September 4 1900 Stephenson County Court Docket
The September term of the Stephenson County Circuit Court convenes Monday with Judge G. Heard presiding. Labor Day adjournment shifts grand jury reporting to Tuesday. New cases total 39 since June: 14 common law and 25 chancery. Criminal docket light with a few bound-over suspects including Maher, Howard, and Eaton. Grand and petit jurors listed by township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County Circuit Court
Grand Jury
James Maher
Hoebel’s
James Howard
Peter Eaton
Comon Tay
Freeport Telephone Exchange Company
A. Forepaugh
Freeport Railway, Light & Power Company
George Gillogly
J. H. Firestone R
Laundrigan
H. V. Rees
Commissioners of Highways of Kent
A. Boedeker
Reichel
J. Deke
M. H. Wilcoxon
Burwell
Maud M. Gelwicks
B. E. Burwell
Hine
Robinson Mfg
B. Chittey
Chienzo
Great Western Railway
Autumn fashions open with bold contourieres and novel fabrics
Openings of couturières promise an extravagant season as shops unveil fabrics and styles. Modistes guard new creations, favoring harmony with nature and flower-inspired color schemes. Semi tailored gowns rise with refined jackets, while mohair, voile, silk, tartan, and radium velvets appear in a varied palette.
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Coutouripres
Ultrasmare Contourieres
Polly Primrose at Grand Opera House in wartime romance
The Grand Opera House presents Polly Primrose a love story set near Washington during Lee's invasion plans with spies and marital knots. Carol Arden captivates as the female lead amid a tale of southern and northern tensions. The Sieges of Port Arthur are noted for its dramatic intensity and global impact.
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Polly Primrose
Grand Opera House
Washington
Lee
Polly
Polls
Carol Arden
Golden Medical Discovery Cures Coughs and Bronchial Illness
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for persistent coughs bronchitis and lung ailments caused by exercise or cold. It claims herbal alcohol free composition with no narcotics and features testimonial quotes including Rev Frank Hay praising the cure and offers Dr Pierce's Medical Adviser for sale by mail from Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
Golden
Frank Hay
Nortonville
Jefferson Co
Kansas
Dr. Pierce
Humphreys
Gam Medical Guide
Humphreys’ Med. Co
William & John Streets
New York
Lyman H. Hove to show authentic moving pictures
Lyman H. Hove presents a living history of a historic battle at Grand Opera House on Monday January 1. He is the first and only exhibitor of these authentic moving pictures in America after a 19000 mile journey through Russia, Siberia and Manchuria. The films depict immense struggles endurance hardships and narrow escapes, promising a convincing display.
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Lyman H. Hove
Grand Opera House
Howe
America
Russia
Siberia
Manchuria
Birth Rate Decline Reported Across Several States
Census bulletin released in Washington shows declining birth rates in Illinois Indiana Maryland Kentucky Michigan and Ohio since 1850 with Illinois 1 000 women 15 to 49 per decade figures 1860 through 1900 and a fifty year drop of 309 Indiana drops 340 France and the United States cited as experiencing sharp declines Roosevelts anti race death speech referenced Army jam tin discovery noted in British South African stores with 1 350 818 surplus tins sold after the war.
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Ilinois
Washington
Department
Indiana
Maryland
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
France
United States
Roosevelt
American Hen and Mine of Wealth in U S Poultry
Government statistics highlight poultry as a leading money maker with over 250 million chickens consumed yearly and an earnings figure of 280 million dollars. The article compares poultry to other crops, touts the egg train through crates, and notes egg nutrition and pricing from twelve to twenty five cents per dozen.
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Franklin Forbes
Success
United States
America
Staples
Forbes
Epg
Clergy to Enter Retreat From Chicago Archdiocese
About 100 Roman Catholic priests from the Chicago archdiocese, including curates and assistants, will travel from Chicago to the University of Notre Dame near South Bend Indiana for a week long retreat and annual reunion conducted by Very Rev Francis V Nugent. Archbishop Quigley will celebrate a closing mass Friday morning and the priests will return to their parishes. The program includes spiritual exercises and sermons focusing on youth education and church interests in Chicago.
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Freeport
Notre
St. Joseph’s Church
Francis V. Nugent
Congregation of Missions At
St. Louis
Quigley
Chicago
Notice to Dairymen Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co Pecatonica
Notice to dairymen that Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co Pecatonica will pay August milk at 1.16 per hundred pounds for pure clean milk received at their factory. Payments on the 20th of each month with statements for next month. Interurban shipping tickets at Freeport station cost 1.5 cents each, delivering one can to the factory and returning it to the shipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co
Pecatonica
Freeport
A Warning to Mothers About Bowel Care in Heat
An 1890s style notice warns mothers about using castor oil for infant bowel troubles in hot weather. It endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, warns against substitutes, and urges keeping remedies ready. The ad cites Lewin and Clark Exposition travel options and endorses the product through a druggist from Joplin, Missouri.
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Chamberlain
Obe Witmer
Joplin
Low Round Trip Rates to Portland from Northwest Zine
Travel notice listing routes to Portland via Northwest and direct San Francisco Los Angeles connections. Offers 2 cent stamp for illustrated folder with route choices including Yellowstone and Alaska side trips. Includes a quip attributed to Gb dwid Shepherds about wool and weather.
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Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Yellowstone National Park
Alaska
What Are They Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets
An advertising item touting Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. Priced at 25 cents, carried by all druggists. Also notes painting and repairing sleighs for winter, signed E Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Mme Michand facial massage advertised at 7 30 p m
Mrs Hale in electrical facial massage listing notes Fine-toilet creams as specialty with Tuesday and Saturday sessions from 7 30 to 8 30 p m The ad provides a new phone number white 978 and a Stephenson Street address for Newman Sanitary Dairy Co phone 377.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Sanitary Dairy Co
Illinois Central stockholder notice offers travel tickets
Public notice announces the Illinois Central Railroad annual stockholders meeting at Chicago in October 1908. Stockholders with registered shares as of September 26 1905 may request free travel tickets for the journey to Chicago and return, to be countersigned and delivered by October 21 1905, with limits on number of travelers and eligibility, requests in writing to the President, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Contral Railroad Company
Chicago
Tinois
Amness Central Rillroad Company
H Im
W.G. Bruen
Aly
A. G. Hackstapff
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BH Cohen
S.S
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
U. K
the Dells OF
Wisconsin
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Kilbourn and the Dells
Truesday
Kilbourn
Freeport College OF Telegraphy
Ath Float Rive Building
Philadelphia
North-Western
Sovereign Grand Lodge
O. F
Chicago & North-Western Ry
C. Vick
M. Telkamp
M. Leverington
F. Leverington
L. J. Lee
A. W. Lee
H. A. Palmer
E. D. Palmer
T. J. Montague
W. P. Montague
C. Sparger
M. Mulntix
Bil
L. R. Jungkian
M. R. Brawley
C. J. Wells
P. Becker
A. B. Andress
J. P. Kramer
J. Schabilon
C. Schabilon
Hoebel
B. Hoebel
M. Eb, Stahl
P. Stahl
Mary A. Evans
Frank Evans
Grand
Lancaster
Charles M. Hutchison
Ference
George Hashel
Silver Creek
Hire Relats
Loran
D. F. Kuhlemeier
Oneco
M. G. Wirsing
Winslow
George Daws
Gev. W. Miller
Harlem
Henry Medike
Chas, Franz
Dr. J. M. Saucerman
Oscar Wagner
Carl Becker
Rock Grove
Rudolph Ferry
Ridott
Heye Herren
Rock Run
W. A. Holcom
Thomas Hays
Petit
William Kuhlemeier
D. L. Mitchell
Jacob Aurand
William Molter
Robert O'Brien
Peter Metzgar
Fred Christen
Fred A. Gross
Emil Molter
Arthur S. Lehmidh
Miles J. Hamain
Henry M. Serf
Arthur F. Winters
Albert Vick
Albert Burdell
Williard Bowers
Brooks Yarger
Charles Vaughn
Wilfred Kennedy
West Point
Willian du
Paris Fashion Notes
Port Arthur
Madigan Tea Cing CO
Vadrann
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Joseph Ki‘inert
Cannon Street
Misa Iten Ieller
E. Grant
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Bengston’s Jewelry Store
Bengston’s
Stephenson &E. Freeport
Stephanson
DR. Davis
Wilcoxon Elk
Monsey
P. A
Illinois Central Railway
Billings
Mont
Helena
Butte
Garrigoi
Chinook
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pocatella
Idaho
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Walla Walea
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Weenatehe
Wash
Umatius
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Tacoia
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