Illinois News Highlights Distilleries Fears and Local Events
Illinois report notes sixteen distilleries in Pan Amy and panic over whiskey demand. Bloomington Hebrew residents, Peoria grain usage, Rock Island flood news and Ju ly county waterworks expansion emerge. Several rail, farm, and infrastructure updates, plus political nomination lists for Illinois districts and a missing State House funding vote deadline.
Wild forest woman terrorizes Great Creek townshp in eerie tale
A community darkens with fear as a wild, hair-strap wild woman reputedly from the forest stalks Great Creek area. Neighbors, including John Roberts and Stephen Cowell, pursue her amid reports of theft and dangers to children, with race and superstition shaping the hunt. Authorities and locals organize a chase, while cannibal fears and a fierce aura surround the apparition.
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Carey Moore
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Paris Bourse Seen Through American Eyes as War-Time Mirror
A correspondent reviews the Paris Bourse after a visit, noting Wall Street mimicry, free movement between buyers and sellers, and the public’s view of brokers. He contrasts calm, poetic terror with prosaic bustle, describes appetite for provisions, and recalls hardship faced by Hood’s troops in winter 1865, drawing a stark similarity to Civil War scarcity.
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Confederate and Hawaiian notes in a fragmentary tale
A chaotic excerpt blends reminiscences of Civil War battles linked to Hood and Pettigrew with observations on Hawaii and its royal family. It references historic foes and Pacific life, noting dwindling native Hawaiian population and cultural contrasts observed by an American traveler.
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Brown's Iron Bitters Promises Strength And Health Recovery
An advertisement extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a universal tonic to restore vigor for strength to labor study and manage a household. It shares a testimonial from G. Decker of Baltimore who says two bottles revived him after years of paralysis and near starvation from shell injuries and radication, enabling him to get up and move again.
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