December Traffic Signals Prosperity On Central Rail Line
December freight traffic on the Illinois Central shows a healthy rise from last year and passenger traffic remains steady. Northwestern Agent J F Daly reports a Chicago meeting on explosives shipping rules for interstate commerce, with inspectors and labels required on hazardous shipments. A lengthy account from Old Time Railroader features James W Smith of Fulton recounting 1866 traffic, large drafts, and early railroad steamboat interchanges of up to 150 cars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illindgs Central
Chicago
J. F. Daly
Northwestern
Freeport
Galena
Northwestern Road
Daly
James W. Smith
Fulton, Ill
Smith
Fulton
Mississippi
M. M. Kirkman
Kirkman
Mr. Smith
New Scientific Treatment Cures Dandruff Says Doctors
Mrs. Mary Crawford Alf R. Kelly and Dr E J Beardsley praise Herpicide as curing dandruff and preventing baldness. Claims it kills the dandruff germ and stimulates new hair growth. Sold by leading druggists with 50c and 1.00 sizes. Sample offer for 10c. Special agent Geo F Swarts in Detroit Michigan.
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Mary C. Crawford
Oakesdale
Wash
E. J. Beardsley
Champaign
Alf R. Kelly
Desadero Street
San Francisco
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Geo. F. Swarts
Visits Old Home in Germany
Mr. Charles Schabilon a well known farmer from near Orangeville travels to his boyhood home near Nordhausen Germany to spend holidays with friends and relatives. He plans a two month stay in the Fatherland returning in early spring. W H Wagner who furnished the railroad ticket learned from New York that Schabilon sailed from New York on Saturday forenoon aboard the Kaiser in Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg American line, leaving our city Wednesday evening and aiming to reach Hamburg next Monday with arrival home a day or two after.
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Charles Schabilon
Orangeville
Nordhausen
Germany
W. H. Wagner
Kaiser
Auguste Victoria
Our City
Hamburg
Plan your trip to California now
Part travel notice extols California as a garden spot of America with sunny skies and balmy air. It touts outdoor life among flowers and foliage and promotes the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line as the best direct route. Ticket agents of Chicago and Northwestern Ry provide information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago
Union Pacific & North Western Line
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Unwritten Law Plea in Double Killing at Roadhouse
William Barnhart plans to defend his killing of his wife and Carl Clapp by invoking the unwritten law. He says he would have faced the same treatment if he had been in Clapp’s place, recounting that he forced his way into his locked home after finding the living room barricaded and that Clapp drew a revolver and ordered him out.
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Roadhouse
William Barnhart
Carl Clapp
Barnhart
Clapp
Upholds Primary Law in Illinois Fraud Trial
Chicago reports Judge MecLurely upheld the primary election law as constitutional in the superior court. The ruling allows the trial of politicians indicted by the special grand jury for fraud tied to the Aug 8 balloting, despite doubts about some sections of the act. Also included is a London Family Herald joke about repainting a dwelling and washing windows to match the updated decor.
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Chicago
MecLurely
New Theater Cornerstone to Be Laid in New York
The cornerstone of the new theater, to house the dramatic art of America, will be laid this afternoon in New York. The event gathers authors, dramatists, city officials and notable figures, with Mayor McClellan delivering an address. Augustus Thomas and John H Finley will speak, and Richard Watson Gilder will read an ode.
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New York
Dramatic Art of America
McClellan
Augustus Thomas
John H.finley
The
City College
Richard Watson Gilder
Balloon accident injures spectator at Kingston meet
Mrs. Mary S. Roper testified in Ulster County Supreme Court that she was pulled by a rope from an ascending balloon and carried about 500 feet after her ankle became caught in the tether. Crowds pressed as the balloon rose, she was knocked unconscious, and the trial continued with Maggie Daley to recount her experience.
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Kingston
N. Y
Mary S. Roper
Ulster County Agricultural Society
Supreme Court
Maggie Daley
Charles Brockett
Divine Healer mobbed in Macomb Illinois incident
Schlatter the self-styled Divine Healer declared President McKinley an anarchist at a meeting in Macomb Illinois. He was attacked by a mob and escorted by police to the first train out of town. He proceeded to Quincy Missouri.
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Benjamin Willey
White Mountains
Albany
N.el
Macomb
McKinley
Speed of Flight of Pigeons in Outing Review
The passenger pigeon, once common, was the swiftest of its kind with a total length of about sixteen inches and a wing span near seven and eight tenths inches. Sustained speed exceeded a mile per minute with estimates up to 120 miles per hour. Reports note wild rice in stomachs of birds shot in Canada, evidencing speed and endurance.
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Carolinas
Canada
Personal Appeal for Foley’s Honey and Tar Medicine
An appeal urges readers to choose Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles over unknown preparations. The product is touted as safe with no extra cost and a forty year record of cures credited to H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Oldest Human Remains Found in French Excavation
Paris December 15 Abbes Bouysson and Bardon report discovery at Chapelle-Aux-Saints of bones dated 170 000 years old from the middle of the Pleistocene. The skull resembles a monkey and other bones show an arched structure indicating quadrupedal gait in early humans.
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Paris
Abbes Bouysson
Bardon
Chapelle-Aux-Saints
Student dies testing lungs at university in Lexington
John Bruce Woodward, a University of Kentucky student, died in Lexington on December 15 after a blood vessel burst in his lungs while using a lung tester. The tragedy occurred during a routine test at the university, leaving officials to review safety procedures.
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Lexington
John Bruce Woodward
State Universty
DC Cigarette Dealers Face 100 Tax In Bill Passed
Washington December 15 The house approved a bill imposing an annual tax of 100 on all dealers in cigarettes and cigarette papers in the District of Columbia. The measure targets retailers operating within the capital city and outlines tax obligations for the upcoming year.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Weather forecast for four states and Michigan
Weather update reports generally fair skies across Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa with Michigan lower region partly cloudy conditions.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Winter wheat and livestock market report from Chicago
Chicago markets show winter wheat prices for No 3 red around 1.08 and 1.02 with hard types near 1.01. Spring wheat No 1 northern at 1.07. Corn and oats also listed with varied cents per bushel. Hog receipts at 50,000 with prices from 3.40 to 5.70, cattle receipts 29,000 with prime steers from 6.40 to 7.89 and cows 3.54 to 5.23.
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Chicago
Miners' Bodies Found After Rend City Mine Disaster
Du Quoin Ill Dec 15 The bodies of William Murphy Charles Donohue and John McManahan shot firers entombed in the Rend City coal mine were located by a rescue party led by state mine inspector W S Burris. The men were badly burned and mangled by the blast believed caused by a windy shot igniting gas in a sealed entry.
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Rend City
du Quoin
Ill
William Murphy
Charles Donohue
John McManahan
W. S. Burris
Illinois Republicans back Cannon for re election as speaker
A Washington Dispatch reports the Illinois Republican delegation unanimously endorsed Joseph G Cannon for reelection as speaker at a Chicago dinner hosted by Representative Madden. All Republican Illinois reps attended except Cannon and Prince who were out of town.
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Chicago
Washington
Illinois
House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
Madden
Ilinois
Cannon
Prince
Broomcorn Prices Rise as Markets Tighten in Illinois
Broomcorn brokers have cornered the available supply in Illinois. A Paris firm bid $130 a ton for 1,000 tons bought at $82.50. First class brush offers reach $150, with limited stock. Factories raise prices on the lowest grades by 50 cents a dozen, signaling retailer increases.
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Paris
Jil
Ilinois
Rob Near Police Station Burglary Hits Liquor Store
Robbers broke into the building housing the Central detail police station near the temporary city hall and stole goods valued at about 1100 dollars from Nickerson & Co.'s wholesale liquor store. Detectives investigated the break in Mec 15 Chicago. In Hopkinsville Ky tobacco planters formed the Farmers Mutual Tobacco Association to operate a loose sales system Repudiating the Planters Protective Association.
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Chicago
Mec
Central Detail
Nickerson & Co
New Totocco Association
Hopkinsville
Planters’ Protective Association
Farmers’ Mutual Tobacco Association
Train Horror Revealed in Street Scene dialogue
In a grim London Tit-Bits fragment a First Artist and Second Artist discuss a brutal incident where a dealer allegedly bought three murdered girls from Stodge, the scene worsening as an old lady demands the guard stop the train. The passage presents sensational, lurid reportage in terse dialogue.
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Stodge
London
Aluminium Bronze and Its Properties
Aluminium bronze was invented by French chemist Deville in 1859. It is used experimentally for domestic utensils and jewelry, has a gold like color and brilliancy, resists salt water and atmosphere, and consists of ten percent aluminium to ninety copper. It forges and rolls easily when heated and has tenacity similar to Bessemer steel.
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Deville
Foley's Kidney Remedy touted as best for kidney trouble
The advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy increases yearly usage and is the most effective treatment for kidney and bladder problems. It asserts the remedy corrects irregularities, rebuilds worn tissues, restores vitality, and makes users feel and look well. Names H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz appear as endorsers.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Whitmore Visits Chicago and Shannon Guests
From Our Own Correspondent Shannon December 8. G W Whitmore spent the week in Chicago. Mrs Jennie Braman was a Lanark passenger Friday morning. Leslie Bosle of Cushing Neb is here visiting his father. Mrs Al Geiseman and daughter Helen, Mrs Fred Nesemier, Mrs John Trdmier and Bessie Erdmier were Freeport passengers Friday. Chester Harris of Champaign Ti visited Shannon friends Thursday. Hattie Rogers and Jessie McClovin spent Saturday in Freeport. Ethel Hicks visited here on Saturday.
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Shannon
G. W. Whitmore
Chicago
Jennie Braman
Lanark
Leslie Bosle
Cushing
Neb
al. Geiseman
Helen
Fred Nesemier
John Trdmier
Bessie Erdmier
Freeport
Chester Harris
Champaign
Hattie Rogers
Jessie McClovin
Ethel Hicks
Local residents visit friends and attend church services
Oscar Linker and wife spent Sue day with friends at Venton Lena. Mrs E Musser and daughter Laurine and Master Roland Beche of Lena visited the J Bender home over Sunday. Rev Caton is here assisting in evangelistic services at Bethel Evangelical church. Leslie Boyle is visiting Lera friends.
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Oscar Linker
Venton
Lena
E. Musser
Laurine
Roland Beche
J. Bender
Rev. Caton
Bethel Evangelical Church
Leslie Boyle
Lera
Hoarse coughs and colds quickly cured by Fol ey’s Honey and Tar
Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds may develop into pneumonia but are quickly cured overnight by Fol ey's Honey and Tar. It soothes inflamed membranes heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. H J Moogh and Wm F Jangkunz.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jangkunz
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California
the Journal
Vant
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
London Family Herald
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Elgin
Etra
Cash Grain Markets
Representative Madden
Rob
Grandersse
Hugh Flannery, Jr., Mer
MR. Daniel Sully
Father Daly
Jerrold Shepard
Idaho
Ayer
F. Bergman
Exchange St
C. H
Wagner
Albert Sureiare
Bengston
East
Bengston’s
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