Weather and monitory notes from the Illinois weather service 1893
The Illinois weather service bulletin for August 14 1893 reports seven days of near normal temperatures in the north and central regions with above normal in the south, normal sunshine, and rainfall on the 10th and 11th that was unevenly distributed. Corn and pastures show mixed effects from drought, with some fields injured and others benefiting from late rain, while grasshoppers and anthrax threaten livestock and crops.
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U. S. Department of Agricultura
Weather Bureau
Illinoia Weather Service
Rome
Peoria
Sangamon
Boone
Scott
Morgan
Macoupie
Montgomery
Champaign
Barnhill
Wayne County
John Crak
Observer Weather Bureau
Springfield
Ill
Money In Watermelons Delights Two Young Growers Near Boakstown
Two youths on forty acres near Boakstown prove watermelons can be profitable. They sold 800 dollars in year one from ten acres, 1700 dollars in year two from twenty acres, and 3000 dollars in year three from the full forty plus another rented field. With 1000 to 1500 melons per acre at market prices, annual yields can reach about 50 dollars per acre, planted May 1 and ready by August middle.
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Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Danmark
Holland
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Ailver
Roumania
United States
India
Europe
Boakstown
Great Rock Island Route Offers World’s Fair Tickets
John Sebastian promotes the Chicago Rock Island Pacific line as the World's Fair Route. Direct electric line from Rock Island depot to the Englewood gate saves time five cents fare and baggage handling to Englewood hotel district near the Fair.
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Englewood
Rock Island
Englewood A
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
John Sebastian
Gen
Doom of Silver and shift to Gold Standard in Europe
Edward O Leach discusses the shift from silver to gold as the standard of value, noting Britain’s 1816 act and Europe’s move away from silver. The piece details European coinage suspensions, the German Empire’s 1871-73 gold standard adoption, and the financial loss from melting silver coins to fund coinage.
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Chicago Tribune
Edward O Leach
United States Mint
Great Britain
England
Europe
Ailver
Orient
German Empire
Guaranteed Cure for Coughs and Colds Dr King’s Discovery
The ad offers Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and chest troubles with a money back guarantee if no benefit after a fair trial. Trial bottle free at J E Wrights or F D Merwin Co's drug stores. Large sizes priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Dr. King
J. E. Wright's
F. D. Merwin & Co
Changes in Dog Tax Use for Road Fund
The legislature revised dog tax rules, requiring excess funds after sheep damage payments to be turned over to township treasurers and used for road and bridge needs. Townships with little or no damage will lose grants for general expenses, starting this fiscal year as running expenses await April meetings.
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Commissioner of Highways
Burlington Route Links Omaha and Kansas City via Chicago or St Louis
The Burlington Route offers direct service to Omaha and Kansas City from Chicago or St Louis with daily vestibuled trains Puell man sleepers and Burlington Route dining cars.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Burlington
Puellman
Seven Blind Mice in Store Coat Pocket Prank
Bert Woodyat found seven tiny blind mice in the inside pocket of a coat left in the rear of the store. A young lady clerk, who moved the coat earlier, assisted, then the rodents were killed and the incident ended without further harm.
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Bert Woodyat
Exeupt All
Dysentery Epidemic, Chamberlains Remedy, and Chicago Gold Trade
In September 1892 a severe dysentery outbreak hit James town. Merchant F J Walter Willard praises Chamberlains Cake Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as one of the best medicines for severe cases. The piece also outlines how Chicago shippers order gold from Europe to settle cargo, with banks playing a role, and extols De Witts Little Early Risers as liver regulators and anti bilious aids.
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Jamestown
F. J. Walter Willard
J. R. Wright
Europe
Chicago Journal
Chicago
England
New York
Historical relics linked to Mayflower oak and Lincoln home
Deere and Co. gathers various antiquities for the peace plow project. Items include wood from a Mayflower apple tree grown at York Maine, material from John Brown’s Osewatomia Kansas home site, a shingle and door sill from Lincoln’s Springfield Illinois home, and a pipe used by Brown. A petrified hollow tree with preserved honey was found on Washington Banner’s Texas farm at fifty feet depth.
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Springfield
Ilinois
L. R. Withrell
Davenport
Withrell
John Brown
Washington Banner
Bandler
Texas
Gas well strike at Stronghurst boosts town hopes
A natural gas well was found at 135 feet on J W Tinkham's Kirkwood farm near Stronghurst. The boom follows prior gas activity, with plans to pipe gas to homes if flows continue, inspiring local faith and fuel prospects.
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Clinois
Supreme Court
Stronghurst
J. W. Tinkham
Kirkwood
Tinkham
Stronghurst Monmonuth Republican
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Exchange Street
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Geneseo, OL
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Henry County
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