Kempsterville notes and area activities in December
Albert Young and family spent Sunday with Frank Kempster. Local students near Ne Oor school will close December 18 for a two week vacation. Corn in the area remains in fields while some Kempster area lists report full cribs. Ephram and Grant Kempster toured Morrison on December 8 as part of a county bridge committee. Black’s sale yielded about 1800 dollars. he relocates to London. A Joe S Sommers family addition and travel news, river ferrying at Hillsdale on December 6, and river crossing conditions on December 7 show local activity. The school house cleanup proceeds, and Mrs Grant Kempster helps. Notices promote Ely’s Cream Balm and medicines. An entertainment at the school house raised funds for a new organ. Morrison delivered a lecture on tied sto lustrating hydrogen tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Young
Frank Kempster
S. S. Roe Ne Oor
Wallace Kempster
John Pisher
Carl
Ephram
Grant Kempster
Morrison
Rock Island
Whiteside
L. Black
Frank
Hillsdale
Shellhammer
Kempsterville
Erie
Ely
Mt Brothers
Warren Street
New York
A J Snell
Leo
Bousht & Bottle
Snack
Summer Hill
JF Wright
A Peterson
Schoo
David Fearing
FE. McMurphy
Elis Sdale
McMurphy
Wiliam R. Hull
Levis Daratart
Ae Boylan
Fred Morley
John Linde
Ada Morley
Geneseo Satrday
Joe Maskell
Addie Bradley
Geneseo
Louisa Montgomery
H. A. Turney
James W. Kershaw
C.H Rugh
James Parker
Parker
Rugh
DeWitt
Howell
Houston
Tex
J. EB. Wright
William Johnson
Green River
Moline Journal
Local Manufacturers Form National Reciprocity League Branch
The text reports a group of five local firms joining to promote reciprocity and a wider market for their products. They form a local branch under National Reciprocity League with H Deere as president, K Stephens as vice president, and Nathaniel French as corresponding secretary, linked to Deere & Co and Moline Plow. The venture notes a yearly output of 1.4 million dollars and seven women employed.
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Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
National Reciprocity League
H Deere
Presidenteot Deere & Co the
Great Plow Manufacturers
K Stephens, Lee
Moline Plow Company
Nathaniel French
Bettendorf Wheel Compart
Digestive Ailments Booklet Promotes Pepsin Cure
An ad presents a doctor narrated discussion on digestive tract diseases and many testimonials claiming cure of constipation indigestion and stomach troubles. It promotes Pepsin from the Pepsino Group Co in Monticello Illinois with a reply address to F A Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's
Polsicians
M Harper & Co
Geneseo, HI
Pr Caldwell
Sprun Pepsin
Pepsio
Grup Co
Monticello
Jil Orsee
Peterson
Notice to Trespassers at Premises Under Control
Notice to trespassers warning that all trespassing on the undersigned premises or lands under their control will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Names signed include S W Spaaper F A Sixoncrass Wu Kiegkser dioux S. Corsiss Geo FrorK AniktanaMsox Bros FE Sprache ANGELS Jax Younes Heski Jonsson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Spaaper
F A Sixoncrass
Wu Kiegkser
Dioux
Perry Davis inkiller praised as remedy in old advertisement
An old advert extols Perry Davis inkiller as a cure for neuralgia and rheumatism. It promises relief from torment and urges keeping the remedy at home, claiming it conquers imps and restores peace of mind with comfort of body. The copy emphasizes Perry Davis as the sole inkiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Inkiller
Prairie Farmer ads offer club rate for Illinois farmers
Over 50 000 Illinois farmers are urged to join a neighborhood club. The Prairie Farmer weekly and The Prairie Farmer Home Magazine monthly supplement are offered to members of two or more subscriptions for 65 cents a year with a premium for the club promoter. Send orders to The Prairie Farmer, 160 Adams St, Chicago.
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Illinois
Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer Weekly
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine
Adams St
Chicago
New Year Church Dinner Plans and Local Weddings
News notes report Jesse Black riding a new carriage and Rev Wirsching conducting services. Preparations are under way for a New Year chicken pie dinner at the old church to fund shingling the building. A basket social yielded about $24 for the cemetery association. A December 17 1902 marriage in Yorktown Ill saw Bessie Templeton wed to Charles Lane of Leon. Rev S H Wirsching officiated. A wedding reception followed with family details and future plans for the Lane couple. Prophetstown Spike mentions attendances and holiday visits to Chicago.
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Old Church
Cemetery Association
Yorktown
S H. Wirsching
Prophetstown
Bessie Templeton
Charles Lane
Leon
Anna
Lane
William Lane
Geneseo Collegiate Institute
John Dixon
Chicago
Boiling Soap Custom Leads to Humorous Misunderstanding
In Berks county rural districts Peanthes boil soap at farms. A farmer's daughter rushed to the house when her sweetheart approached. The mother explained, and when the girl returned she was clean. The youth remarked, Why you look as though you had never seen one soap.
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Berks County
Peanthes
Annual meeting of the Mission Teachers Association
The annual meeting of the Mission Teachers Association will be held in Springfield for the last three days of December. An agricultural program has been prepared for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mwssioners Teachers Oassociation
Springfield
Agcareleul
Kodol and Atlantic Monthly Notes
A brief praise for Kodol as a stomach remedy by Gov Atkinson of West Virginia and J E Wright of Atlantic Monthly highlights President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University contributing a December piece. The tone praises the remedy and Wilsons thoughtful discussion of American ideals and national tasks.
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Woodrow Whison
Princeton University
Atlantic Monthly
America
The New York Tribune Farmer Advertisement
The New York Tribune Farmer advertises itself as a premier farming publication offering expert guidance on theory and practice, coverage of agricultural colleges, and features for farm women. It notes modern improvements and invites readers to request a free sample copy by postal card to The New-York Tribune in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
New-York Tribune
New York
The Prairie Farmer subscription offer and club deal
The Prairie Farmer promotes Illinois farming readership with a yearly rate of $1 and a special 65 cent club price for two subscribers. Members receive two premiums including a full year of The Prairie Farmer weekly and Home Magazine along with free access to The American Swineherd and The American Poultry Journal via a two-subscriber club. Mail to The Prairie Farmer, 160 Adams St., Chicago.
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Prairie Farmer
Illinois
Prairie
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine
American Swineherd
American Poultry Journal
Prairie Farmer Weekly
Adams
St. Chicago
One Minute Cough Cure Advertises Health Claim
A Madison Georgia reader endorses One Minute Cough Cure claiming it cured coughs colds lagrippe bronchitis pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles. The ad notes a hoarse voice may invade health and promotes the product as healing and lung strengthening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.H. Wise
Madison, Ga
J. E. Wright
Circuit Court Decrees and Partitions At Rock Island
Multiple circuit court items noting reports filed and approved, decrees of sale, and partitions. Cases include Keer versus Keardower, Ours versus Ours, Norman Shearer foreclosures, and Heatherly actions. Also includes Mary Ann Lynch, Emily B Roberts, George W Wilson, Fred Hoffland, and Laura V Marsh divorce and partition actions with master reports and commissioners appointed.
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Ruby I. Keer
Edwin T. Keardower
William G. G. Ours
William Ours
Rock Island
Gest
Norman Shearer
Pauline Opalka
Channcery
Mary Ann Lynch
Edward Hunt
Emily B Roberts
Albert C. Anderson
George W Wilson
Stephen Wilson
Fred Hoffland
Josephine Gabrielson
Laura V. Marsh
James W Marsh
Foils a Deadly Attack with a Doctor’s Cure
A short personal testimonial from M M Austin of Winchester praising Dr King's New Life Pills for curing a wife’s illness after doctors failed. The ad claims the pills heal stomach and liver troubles and relieve constipation and headaches, priced 25 cents at J E Wright's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M M. Austin
Winchester
Probate Court Sees Broad Estate Inventories and Appointments
Probate court records list inventories and approvals across multiple estates including Margaret Swizer and Joan Sherrard with executors and appraisers named. The docket details appointments, bonds, and reports of receipts and disbursements, plus notices to creditors and several estates settled or pending probate. A tobacco industry note highlights F P Lewis securing stock for two years to maintain cigarette quality.
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Cornell J Wells
Margaret Swizer
Mary Bryan
Christing A Gibson
Mary. Corwin
E'lera J Frank T
Ira C Corwin
Ira T Corwin
Mary FB Sherrard
Joan
Sherrard
R.A Hioman
John Anderson
Isaac Sturgis
McCormack Harvesting Company
Fred H Hand
de Bonis Con
Maurice Opalka
Paulie Opuatha
Boomna FF Cree
Encoutra
Becoseminree Nakes
Nos
Davel & Hosflald
Jenore Hostieta Noslas
Alfred Hare
Desire Hare
Hatb Prexter
Frank House
Lawrence Jomesup
Cough Remedy Endorsed By Chicago Physician
Dr Mary Melendy praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for obstinate coughs and bronchial issues in children of all ages It is described as safe even for untrained hands and offered for sale by Jo E Wright and F A Peterson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary It
Melendy
Jo E Wright
F A Peterson
The Living Age Prospectus for 1903
A promotional notice extols The Living Age as America’s premier weekly compendium of condensed literary reviews and selections. It highlights its value for busy readers and limited means, promising the best of current periodical literature at a favorable offer for new subscribers in 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
World
T'Ne
The Old Man with the Fish and Scott’s Emulsion
An old man with a fish on his back travels worldwide for nearly thirty years bringing health to the consumptive and strength to the weak. He represents Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil, a tonic for children and adults, sold by Scott & Bowne at $1.00 in drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritis
Staal
Scott
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