Lightning damages Kewanee house and local notices
Local items note a house in Kewanee damaged by lightning last Friday and list numerous property transfers and mortgages in the area. Also mentioned are visits by Mrs Powers and others, health notes on Dr Shoop remedies, church events at Ebenezer and Baptist venues, and a crowd-filled trip to Alpha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Kewanee
Galesburg
Dan
Illinois
Shoop
Dr Shoop
J. E B.wright
Sianager
Baptist Church
Clover Chapel
Spc
Ems
Eva Eiker
Jesus
Margaret Spivey
Breakfast Habit and Health Benefit Voice
In a cheerful note the piece argues a healthy stomach supports a healthy mind and body. It recommends Kodol for dyspepsia after meals and notes it is sold by J E B Wright as a remedy to maintain well being and improve work and citizenry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E B. Wright
Transfers and Securities Notices Across Illinois Towns
A dense list of property transfers, warranties, quitclaims, and chattel mortgages dated August 11 and surrounding entries. Names include McMullens, Wierto, Lowery, Overstreet, Gutzman, Uchinghy, Oakley, Good, Bonte, Verkruyse, White, Howes, S S Clouston, Galva, Bennetts, Stova, Farrtmoot, Fitcher, Myers, Gotthardt, Swanson, Leonard, Malmberg, Skoog, Thelen, Weskter, and others across Kewanee Annawan Galva Geneseo Eddy Eddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant View Plate
McMullens
Kewanee
Stealhammer
Johnson Wortenge
EL. Wierto
Lowery
Russell Woodhull
Weebo
Gutzman Warrgnty Lot
la Oakley
Radonork
Whiffen Chattel Mérte Zé
MB Bish
Clouston
Good
Taylor
Walnut Hills Kewanee
EJ Howes
Annawan
Verkruyse
White
Oublot Y Accu
Lay & Pyrman
SJ Stova
Ble
Farrtmoot Kewanee
Fitcher
L& F Kewaree CH Myers
Adams
SF & McA Geneseo Bward
Gotthardt
Edford
Swanson
Eddy Kewanee
A Swanson
Leonard
Fragments of Patent Medicine Ad Copy
An OCR fragment advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure and Washington drugs. It cites F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and endorsers Walding, Kinnat & Marvin wholesale druggists. The text claims internal action on blood and mucus surfaces and offers testimonials and sample prices.
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Hall
F. J
Cheney& Co
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Walding, Kinnat & Marvin
Whotesale Druggists
Hal
Lestimomias
Brall
Alpha and nearby visits mix with local notes
Alpha residents host visitors from LaPlata and Chanute while George Kerr family from Kansas visits. Laborers seek five dollars weekly for board. Local church events include a Milan camp meeting and an ice cream service. Teachers announce a two day class reunion on Aug 29 and 30 with speeches and music.
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Mov Lapthorm
D. H Crateas
George Botton
LaPlata
Alpha
Ratlass
Mr. Brink
Milan
J. F. Cox
Samuel
Nebraska
Summer Warnings and Relief Salve Advertising
An old advertisement explains sunburns and insect stings during summer and promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as the remedy. It urges shoppers to look for E. C. DeWitt & Co on the box and notes J. Eu Wright as a seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
E.C DeWitt & Co
J. EU Wright
Local notes from a small town around August events
Mrs Wm Filbert was on the Sick list. Church services were held. Mr Jesse Leasure and two daughters from Iowa City visited relatives in August. A heavy rain swept through last Saturday with some thunder. A charity car from Chicago brought destitute children. local families offered care for two weeks. A runaway horse and buggy damaged the town fence near the baseball park and was captured unharmed.
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Wm. Filbert
Foo Whiteside
Ghas Wake's
D. 5
Adams
Jesse Leasure
Metta
Ruth
Iowa City
Chicago
Aberdoon
W. H. Whiteside
Notre Dame Woman Offers Free Rheumatism Cure
A Notre Dame woman urges readers to write for a home treatment said to cure rheumatism neuralgia and related pains without climate change. She claims the discovery purifies blood frees joints and improves vitality and invites proof requests to Mrs. Summers at Notre Dame Indiana.
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Notre Dame
Ind
True: New York mortality rates stir urban imagination
A census driven comparison reveals New York City averages: one death every seven minutes, two hours between homicides, and a birth every six minutes. It notes tuberculosis as the leading killer with 8512 deaths, pneumonia 12369, and kidney disease 10220, totaling about 5 million graves across the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York
Compartzon
New York
Bays
New York City
Health Board
Aigentons Stat ‘Istician
Board of Health
Board of Mealth
United States
Calgary
Grain of Wheat Happiness Promises Health Benefits
An article extols a food called Malta-Vita, claiming wheat contains all fourteen essential body elements. It describes whole wheat steamed with barley malt extract to create a nutritious breakfast product, advertised as available from grocers in a large package for 10 cents.
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Nature
Malta
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M Roth
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Galva Ho & LC Association Mortyam
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AJ Soliday
Sand
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Malmberg
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Thelen Chattel Mortrage
Mit Vlas Zane
Lay
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Scott & Towne
Pearl Stine
Wim Britz
Fritz
George Kerr
Chanute
Kansas
Lloyd Gamble
Titan
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Ed. Wainwright
National Biscuit Company
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