Omeral Council Proceedings Regular Meeting Oct 4 1880
The Omeral city council meets in regular session with the mayor presiding. Minutes from September meetings are approved. Licenses for J W Hollister and F P Koehler to sell spirituous and malt liquors are granted with bonds. Crossing on West street ordered. Financial reports show receipts and payments. numerous bills approved. City Clerk resigns after dispute over extra labor. Special meeting held Oct 8 to act on petitions. An ordinance proposal on contagious diseases is tabled.
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J. W. Iallister
Fry’s Block
Porter
F. P. Koehler
Galena and
van Buren Streets
Wagner
N. Janssen
J. W. Hollister
Charles Oxley
West Street
Lincoln Avenue
Waddell
Treasury
Dorman
Brewster
Taylor
George Wolf
Justice of Peace
Geo. Wolf
Justice
R. Sheridan
James Work
Alderman Taylor
Zartman
H. J. Greenfield
Chestnut Street
Steck
City Freeport
Moore
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Amboy
Bridge Street
Wm. O. Wright
Mechanic Street
Wik Street
Zarlman
Elk Street
J. H. Porter
Stephenson Street
Hartman
Frank Taggart
Spring Street
Warren C. Clark
Leo Wolf
Thomas Webb
Board of Education
Amina of French chalk found near Rutland Vermont
Amina of French chalk has been discovered about seventeen miles from Rutland in Plymouth Vermont, marking a notable finding in the vicinity. The identification suggests paleontological or geological significance for local researchers and residents.
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Rutland
Plymouth
St Nicholas for 1881 plans bold features and numbers
The St Nicholas magazine expands with two yearly parts for 1881 and reports a gain of 10,000 in average monthly circulation in 1880 over 1879. It announces many serials and features by Mrs. Dodge Mrs. Clement Ros siter Johnson Oliphant and others with new adventures art and literature for youth. Subscriptions begin with the November issue offering an 80 cent Christmas number and American price of 100,000 copies.
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St. Nicholas
Mary Mapes Dodge
Clara Erskine Clement
Phaeton Rogers
Rossiter Johnson
Agassiz Association
Scribner & Co
Broadway New York
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
George P. Lathrop
Hawthorne
W. H. Bishop
W. D. Howells
Henry James, Jr
Harriet Beecher Stowe
T. B. Aldrich
Sarah O. Jewett
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Mark Twain
Rose Terry Cooke
Ellen W. Olney
Goldwin Smith
Edward Everett Hale
William M. Rossetti
John Fiske
Oseph Dugdale
White
Scudder
Bishop
Stowe
Holmes
Houghton, Mifflin & CO
Park Street
Boston
Mass
Wind and scandal in a Paris drawing room farce
A servant rushes to warn of a windy, locked boudoir door and a mistress's indiscreet state. A rotund husband and a doctor clash over exercise while an American colonel replies to a school filled with nobles. The tale closes with the boy’s blunt self description, Imbecile.
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Paris
Education Over Wealth As The Best Inheritance
A writes that parents should prioritize a sound education for children rather than leaving money. Financial gifts risk failing the young, like bladders on a non-swimmer, while guiding morals, cultivated minds, and obedience to law yield greater value than wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indies
Fragile Jewel Quoted in Victor Hugo Verse
A fragment attributed to Victor Hugo speaks of God shaping a delicate jewel from soft clay and pure colors, a mysterious entity gentle to a woman, then the devil awakens and an ominous nail marks the end of that rosy finger.
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Victor Hugo
Sentry Refuses to Smoke as Colonel Passes
A sentry before a magazine challenges a colonel with a Havana cigar and a firm request to stop smoking. The colonel nods, extinguishes the cigar with a courteous gesture, and the scene ends with the sentinel maintaining composure and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Louis
Moves Sparrow and the Summer Flirtation at the Farmhouse
In a rustic tale a naive country youth Moves Sparrow captures the city belle Misa Page with a flirtation that she plans to end in heartbreak. He resists managing to claim no harm done as she prepares to wed a rich older suitor while his mother mends clothes nearby.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Pineries
Palmer House
Pinery
Gayl
Wausau
Alfred
Moves Sparrow
Misa Page
Ani Maria
Mill Pond
Miss Page
Moses
Lion devours tamer to stop parting sorrow at menagerie
A lion in a menagerie discovered his tamer faced debts and discharge. Weeping, the lion declared he could not be separated from his friend and then killed and devoured the tamer to prevent parting pain.
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Couneil Proceedings
St Nicholas
England
America
Turkey
Russia
Montenegro
Herzegovina
Albania
Berlin
Berli
Antovari
Dulcigno
Adriatic Sea
Ragusa
Tukey
Dulcigne
Gambetta
Dumaine
Madame
BANKS
First National Bank
United States
Bu Co. B
Bidwell
Presilest Guo
Deforest
the Second National Bank
Freeport
Thompson Wilcoxon
Jacob Kkoun
F. W. Hanop
David Nxpieu
John H. Adams
Michael Sawyer
Alfred H. Wise
John Keneay
A. Rimflnnder
Joan H. Addams
L. W. Gurtanu
W.H. Taggart
Munn’s
Court House
Ill
Kingsley & Mills, Dentists
Illnois
Elson’s Jewell
Second Nationalank
W. S. Caldwell
Wilcoxon Opera House
Hiram Shons
Orangeville
I. RB
Kieckner
Green
R. Pelck
Gux
D. B. Schulte
J. R. Perkins
Bridge St
van Buren
Western Star
C.C.F
Odd Fellow
W.era C. P
Geo
Lowis
Scribe
Trug & Co
Augusta
Maine
Portland, Maine
Artisiol
Harper's
LUST
Mt. Piblie
Ts of
Eurdos
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper’s Bazar
Harper's Young People
Canada
Harper's Magazing
Harper & Brorn
ERS
Tarper & Brothers
New York
Harper’s Weekly
Hay
Harper’s Periodicals
Harper's Bazar
Harper’s
Mall
Harper & Brothers
Harper's Periodicals
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