The Independent ad offers Century Magazine and portraits deal
An advertisement from The Independent promotes a yearly offer for Century Magazine at seven fifty and a Century Gallery of One Hundred Portraits for fourteen fifty value. It touts portraits of world leaders, decorative potential, and suitable holiday gifts. Orders and remittances go to The Independent, 130 Fulton Street, New York.
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New York
United States
Independent
Century Magazine
Century
The
Fulton Street
County News Briefs from Orion Times and Surrounding Areas
Osco to village telephone line discussed. Wm Weidleman of Kewanee breaks leg on ice. Nekoma listing a general store opening. D O Lay installs steam drying pipes for winter brick yard. F H Davis of Kewanee may travel to Klondyke next spring. Morgan of Galva and Hunter of Nekoma attend Springfield Grange. Quotation on liver health and Dewitt’s pills. Lawler elected commander of G L Nevins post in Rockford for 31st time. Express contract stability on Burlington road. Adams Express favored to stay. Chamberlain’s remedy praised by Curtis Fleck of Anaheim. Sterling Standard joins Stars’ club. New stationYoung news dealer’s raw oysters cracker ruse.
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Orion Times
Osco
Wm. Weidleman
Kewanee
Nekoma
D. O. Lay
Atkinson
F H. Davis
Klondyke
N. Morgan
Galva
A. W Hunter
State Grange
Springfield
Dewitt
Merwin & Peterson
J E. Wright
Adams Express Company
Adams
General Office
Chamberlain
Curtis Fleck
Anaheim
California
JE. Wright
Sterling Standard
Stars
Sterling
California Excursions via Burlington Route to Denver
An advertisement notes California excursions leaving Chicago each Wednesday on the Burlington Route to Denver, with Pullman tourist sleeping cars and long‑time agents. It mentions connections via Union Elevated Loop from Rock Island station and five cent fares to downtown Chicago stores. The piece also cites state ag department reports on winter wheat acres down 414000 and rye down 20000, with corn area at 7,051,500 acres, the largest since 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Burlington
Denver
Rio Grande By
T. A. Grady
Clark St
Illinois
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific B’y
Union
Down Town
Rock Island
Great Rock Island
John Sebastian
State Agricultural Department
Peoria
Rook Island
Missouri River Pointe
Pointe
Pullman Palace
Pullman
San Francisco
Fort Worth
el Paso
Los Angeles
Colorado Springs
Ogden
R.btock Soube
Gen
Txt
Agt
Cambridge
Storga
Loop
John Bedartian
Chicirero
Local Notes and Obituaries from Orion Times
A roundup of community items from Erie to Prophetstown including residents at church events and visits, moves to Sterling and Take City, and a local social at John Young's with about forty attendees. Plus a biographical sketch of ex Senator S W Crumpacker born in 1854 and a short note on Dr J H McLennan Saeyn Balm and a sales notice.
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S W Crumpacker
la Porte
Ind
Supreme Court of
New Mexico
Orion
Hod
Indiana
Prairie Home Academy
Miss Laird
University of Michigan
University
Hia
Canada Southern
Baltimore & Ohio
LaPorte
S. F E. Williams
Crumpacker
Maggie Regan
Jonty ” Craumpacker
Orion Times
Everybody Says So Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad
An old advertisement claims Cascarets Candy Cathartic is the most wonderful medical discovery of the age. It touts gentle cleansing for kidneys liver and bowels, dispels colds and fever, cures headache biliousness and constipation. Sold by druggists with a guaranteed cure.
Accident at rolling mill leaves millwright burned
An early morning incident at a rolling mill saw Pen Nance descend into a 12 foot flue to repair a leak test. A torch ignited accumulated gas causing an explosion. Nance escaped but suffered burns to his hands and neck and is expected to be laid up. Local doctors treated him at his Chestnut Street home.
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Pen Nance
Chestnut Street
Cole
Kewanee Courier
Mrs Ford Found Relief After Dyspepsia with Little Pills
Mrs M B Ford of Ruddell s Illinois suffered eight years with indigestion and chronic constipation and was cured by DeWitt s Battle Early Risers. Merwin and Peterson and J B Wright were mentioned in association with the remedy.
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A. Perkins
DeWitt
Merwin & Peterson
J. E. Wright
Ladies' Aid Society
John Young's
M. B. Ford
Ruddell
J. B. Wright
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K. Fairbank. Company
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Aldeen
Gust. Boleen
Aldeen & Boleen
Ing Tailoring
City Building
Geneseo, Ill
Sapolio
Koremus
Becker
Aseline
Thej
Riverside
Doremus & Becker
Bbarker
Annawan
Woodyatt
Sep Oo
Ebeet
Bodyatt
Mest
A.C. Woodyatt
Moline, Ill
M.hosford
Wille
Mortithe Courie
Wlortk
ELY
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York City
A.P. Peterson
Geneseo, III
A. L. Richey
Orvil L. Engineer
P.O. Box
Cambridge, Ill
Court House
Lucinda Lanphere
Fred
Dallas
Iowa
Burt Davis
Kea
Ross Kiner
Eva ‘Lawrence
Harry
Prophetstown
Carrie Reiger
Fred Carney
Lute Ballard
Adin Brown
Viola Smith
Take City
J. H McLesns
Saeyn Balm
E.liptele
HNL
M. Rene Basin
Revue Des Deux Mondes
France
England
Lea Annalés Litteraires Et Politiques
London Athenium
Harper's Weekly
Bazar
Scribner’s Magazine
the Living Age Co
P. O
Dietz
R. E. Dietz Company
Laight St
Poultry House
Center St
Farber & Weaver
Geneseo
BROS
Marcus Geo. Shantz
Rayway
N. J
Bradstreets
LAND
Republic Office
Eerieger
Riegher
Harms & Glave
Tbs
Rock Island & Peoria
WHS
Toulon
Wyoming
Princeville
Eavenport
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Galva Torion
Wyomin
Decatur
Jacksonville
Springfeld
Louis Todianapoli
Evansville
Cincinnati
A.coopef
Ieee
van Buren
Pacific Station
W. L. Meller
Hoop Pole, Ill
Ott & Mathis
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