Morton's Dual Life Celebrated In Funeral Eulogy
A funeral oration by Bayliss honors Morton, praising his public leadership and private tenderness. The speaker notes Morton's commanding will, strategic acumen, and fearless command in perilous times while highlighting a deep, enduring family devotion. The tribute contrasts public prowess with a loving home life marked by constant affection from wife and children.
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Morton
Ambia
Ste Bayliss
Senate
Ambias
Jeon
Alexander
Funert
David
Jonathan
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Morton's Honest Life Praised At Funeral Oration
The speaker extols Oliver P. Morton as a hardworking leader who balanced firm ant iCorruption stances with deep compassion. He helped soldiers, answered every letter, and died poor yet virtuous, embodying integrity and gentle humanity amid political turmoil.
Don't Forget Your Influence as a Woman and Mother
A moral exhortation warns women and girls to exercise restraint in public behavior and dress. It argues a mother shapes future men, urging firm rebuke of misdeeds to gain respect. It condemns loud, coarse conduct and cheap appearances as doomed for social and marital disappointment.
Adopting Business Grapes Spark Young Thief
A boy about ten slipped past a gate on Macomb Street to grab grapes in front of a house. He reappeared sixteen inches ahead of the family dog, stammering about adopting an orphan as neighborly banter turned to mock concern over the late season pucker of sour fruit.
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Macomb Street
Bub
Detroit Free Press
John Aderhold
Ernstina
Stephenson County
Lhois
John L. Taylor
Eliza A. Mayer
Court House
Freeport
Florence
Ogether
John Adernhold
Erastina
Joan L. Taylor
Parker's Hair Balsam Promises Youthful Hair Revival
A promotional notice extols Parker's Hair Balsam as a premier hair dressing that promotes luxuriant growth, restores gray or faded hair to its original color, and cures dandruff and itching. It emphasizes safety, lack of dye, and urges readers to buy from Swarts & Stocking as sole agents.
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Parker
Swarts & Stocking
Celebrated American Worm Specific Vermifuge Adverts
Forty years before the SCO an ad promotes Dr C Lane's Vermifuge claiming to cure worm symptoms. The piece lists pale countenance dull eyes swollen lips and feeding irregularities as signs and asserts the remedy contains no Mercury and is safe for infants. It warns the genuine bottle bears signatures of C M Lane and Fleming Bros on the wrapper.
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C.m.lane
Fleminc Bros
Dr. Mclane's Liver Pills Advertisement Claim
An old advert claims Dr. Mclane's Liver Pills help liver affections bilious complaints dyspepsia and sick headache. It says they are a superior simple purgative and effective before or after quinine. The genuine pills are not sugarcoated and bear a red wax seal with the imprint and signatures.
Freeport Central Railroad Time Table 1877
Freeport trains depart north for Sioux City and south for Chicago with multiple daily passes and freights. The schedule lists morning and night departures, Sundays exceptions, and revised agent notes for ticketing and arrival times in Chicago and Freeport.
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Nyrote Central Railroad
Freeport
Kondays
Sioux City
A. Mattikus
Glen
Werstrraraily Ing Fiastrrive
Chicago
Paas
Titan
Hi Strennet
Gden
Pass
Westry Kunton Railroad Schedules and Rates Notice
Train timetable note from Rock Island detailing freight and accommodation services. Mentions Westry Kunton line, sector times 6.00 pm and 8.80 pm, departures from Freeport and Rock Island, and officials J. A. Corton, G. Skinner, and G. Skinner Penfield. Includes fare references and passenger/ freight movements.
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Westry Kunton Railroad
Crainsgolay
Pabreu
Freeport Assenger and Mal
J. A. Corton A
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