Illinois Corn Crop Totals and Yields Report
Illinois crop board reports 1908 corn area at 6,780,500 acres down 7 percent from 1907. Northern Illinois yields 33 bushels per acre, total state corn 212,366,624 bushels with 94,613,268 from north, 96,404,437 central, 22,288,919 southern. December 1 price 57 cents yields crop value about 131,160,615. Northern area totals 2,887,897 acres. central 3,085,000. southern 857,610. Other crops include wheat rye potatoes and pastures with varied conditions.
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Mercer
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McDonough
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Monroe
Washington
White Counties
Illnois
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mining Fatalities and Injuries Rise in Year
The article reports an alarming rise in fatalities to 175, up ten from the prior year. Injuries delaying a month or more numbered 674, thirty eight more than the previous twelve months. Average miners employed reached 48,751 versus 45,498 the year before. Mining cost averaged 69 cents per ton for hand work and 47 cents for machinery.
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Lowe
Early Shopping Eases Christmas Rush for Workers
The piece urges buying Christmas goods early to spare factory and store workers from fatigue and long shifts. It notes many laborers endure twelve to fifteen hour days in candy shops and other outlets and appeals to consumers to shop ahead to preserve the holiday spirit.
Early map of Illinois and Missouri unearthed in Warsaw
Map dated 1821, property of former congressman B F Marsh, shows Illinois with Chicago and Fort Dearborn, Vandalia as capital, and sparse northern settlements. Missouri area marks Sioux Dist and limited surveys, with rivers des Moines and laway R noted and unexplored southern regions.
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Warsaw
Richard O. Marsh
Moline Dispatch
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Jo Daviess
Vandalia
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Marion County
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R. Des Moines
Laway R
Exhibit Car Returns to Freeport Tuesday
Exhibit car of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway will return to Freeport on Tuesday, Dec. 22, with farm product and fruit exhibits from the Pacific coast extension. Admission is free and the car invites inspection of the promising new country along the line. Booklets about the region are available from F. A. Miller and Geo. B. Haynes.
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Tuesaday
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Montana
Idaho
Washington
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Geo. B. Haynes
Marquette Bidg
Congress Receives Bonaparte's Report On Federal Offenses
Bonaparte urges stricter enforcement of banking laws and federal warrants. He notes land fraud harms from lax enforcement, calls for magistrate powers to issue search warrants, and argues naturalization funding is too low. He urges larger jury challenges for the United States and salary increases for federal judges.
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Rially
United States
The
Familiar Doan's Kidney Pills Work for Back Pain in Freeport
Freeport Illinois resident William Kloche testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his back pain and weakened kidneys after months of hard work. He bought a box at Emmott's drug store, noting improved kidney function and pain relief. The advertisement urges others to try Doan's Kidney Pills, priced at 50 cents, Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo as sale agents.
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Dean
William Kloche
Shawnee St
Ill
Emmett
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
This Date in History Highlights Major Events Across Years
A chronology lists key moments from North Carolina adopting its constitution in 1776 to Lord Roberts taking command in South Africa in 1899. It notes New Jersey’s 1787 ratification, Washington's burial in 1799, the first US Catholic orphan asylum in 1807, Moodkee battle in 1845, public deaths of Thomas Corwin and General Henry Kyd Douglas in 1865 and 1903, and birth dates for Corwin and Douglas.
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Philadelphia
Hugh Gough
Moodkee
Thomas Corwin
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Henry Kyd Doneglas
Vaudeville for Lyric Manager Heads to Chicago
Lyric theatre manager Hopper departed this morning for Chicago seeking engagements for the upcoming vaudeville program. He plans to return with bookings and acts to headline the Lyric show.
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The
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Vaudeville Show to Feature New Talent Next Week
The manager plans to secure fresh vaudeville performers for next week. He released the piano player and illustrated singer last night and will hire new acts today. William Whitlock will sing Sunday evening, and Mr. Hopper will introduce new feature pictures for today.
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Liam Whitlock
Mr. Hopper
Quail Season Nears Closure Amid Legal Debate
Quail season winds toward end as deputies debate arrests for December 20 hunting. Attorney General Stead says both November 10 and December 20 are permissible hunting days, but Deputy Tankersley of Taylorville vows to enforce arrests on the 20th. Game Commissioner Wheeler prefers enforcement only if needed, noting hunting will end at dark on December 20. Good quail hunting and reduced hunter numbers due to land access limits have boosted quail numbers statewide. This ad also repeats a local liver pill pricing notice.
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Stead
Tankersley
Taylorville
John A. Wheeler
Bride and Groom Return to Freeport Home
Mr and Mrs W J Osborne return to Freeport and stay with Mrs Musser at 159 Chicago street. They plan to begin housekeeping about February 1. The couple were married at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago by whanoguor Dunn at noon on the day.
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W. J. Osborne
Freeport
Promoted Pile Remedy Claims Instant Relief
An advertised personal experience endorses Man Zan Pile Remedy as immediate relief for all forms of piles. The offer guarantees 50 cents plus handling by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guerner.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guener
Piano tuner Burdett orders weather column read
F J Burdett the piano tuner orders Browss Dollmeyer's or phone route to read the journal's weather column. The note appears in the 106 record line.
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F J. Burdett
S & Dollmeyer
Journal
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