Local Love Ties Linked to Damages Suit
Mrs. Mazon widow of Dr. John Mazon wed Henry Drost on July 27 1908 after Mrs Drost was injured in an Rock Island street accident. The pair kept their marriage quiet to avoid prejudicing Miss Drost in a pending damage suit against the city where Mrs Mazon testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lind
Galesburg
Woodhull
Woodhull Dispatch
Chicago
St. Louis Avenue
Kinnie Street
Mary Quirk
John Quirk
Marshall Field & Co
Kewanee Star
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised for many ailments
The notice promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped skin and eruptions and promises money back if not satisfied. It is sold by J E Wright and Merwin and Peterson at 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E. Wright
Merwin & Peterson
Grain-O touted as coffee substitute in local stores
An article notes a new grain based drink Grain-O offered 15 and 25 cents a package claimed to suit delicate stomachs and appeal to children. It contrasts with coffee and cites grocery store promotion amid small town anecdotes of local accidents and window displays from Erie Independent and Galva News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beedie Hanson
Juniata
Galva News
Local notices mix deaths and community affairs in Illinois
Sanders of Galva dies in Plano on December 16 while Henry I. Jordan, early Orion settler, passes away. Orion Times notes local letters from Calistoga and missing person search for Miss Jessie Bagley. Kewanee and Canton papers discuss a pineapple juice diphtheria cure and a Cedar County fraud case. Illinois Democratic factional fights loom with Harrison Altgeld battle and Mayhew vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Galva
Plano
Henry I. Jordan
Orion
E. E. Bell
S.A. Richardson
Calistoga
California
Richardson
Andrew McWhinney
E. T. Blodgett
Times
Orion Times
Griffin
Atkinson Herald
Hobson
Canton
Hont
Kewanee
Jessie Bagley
Rock Island
A. G Soderberg
Osco
Moline
Qosco Cor Orion Times
Kewanee Democrat
Democratic Party
Ilinois
Harrison
Altgeld
Mayhew
Clinois
Chase Badd
John Peter
Henry County
Ladd
Remarkable cures advertised in midwest paper notices
An eighteenth century style medical remedy claim promises relief from crippling diseases with a 25c to $1 bottle. The report cites Dr. J. H. Meveans s Voleante as a miracle worker and notes earlier casualties and individual deaths in Woodhull and Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Jalieng
Woodhull
J. H. Meveans
Not Susceptible Brant's Balsam Bottle Ad and Local News
An advertisement touts Brant's Balsam as the largest bottle and a cure all at 25 cents. In Hayes Pump and Planter Co shop a benzine barrel explosion injures Sam Vandervoort but he survives with a hand wound. Cambridge area notices a sale of the Dahlbergs belongings due to illness and hardship at their northwestern home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brant
J E. Wricht
Hayes Pump and Planter Co
Sam Vandervoort
Sam
Galva News
Alexis Dahlberg
Cambridge
Cambridge Chronnicle
Josie Owen
Montpelier
Ohio
S.S.S
Geneseo Street Address Notice
State Street two doors north of Farmers National Bank in Gene seo is described with location detail for a notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Waite
Geneseo House
Abrber
First Street
State Street
Geneseo, II
State of Winds
Cor Palace Row
Spruce Street
Geneseo, Ilinots
Farmers National Bank
Geneseo
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Weaturstate
College
Spencer
H. A. Chase
Dtate Street
B. B. Gilbert
John Dedrick Co
Unitarian Church
A. Ferry
W. G. Brown
Stateset
W. L. Kirkpatrick
Gupessu, Ninols
Cora Emery Reed
Rock Island, Ill
Young
W. W. Adams
Atkinson
Dra. W.8
Cleora E. Gilbert
Physicians and Surgeons
C. B. Gilbert
Dr. W
Gilbert
Lua
Todp.m
G. P Noren
Schnabele Clothing Company
J. Young
Osteopath
J. W. Seids
Webster
Annawan
Illinois
De.eb.hantes
Urgeor Dentist
W. B. McCord, D. D. B
BSS
First National Bank
J. E. Webt
D. D
W. G. Skitmore
Berner
Geneseo Illinois
G. L. Wood
M B. Ayres
State St
Telephone
Bunny C. Graves
BraTe
Harri B. Brower
Attorneys AT Law
Post
Geo. W. Benedict
J. P
B.randall
United States Express Office
Gqambridge
H. McArthur
Stein
Geneseo. Il
Harry A. Reherd
Attorney AT Law
B. L. Bhuby
Pleveland, Illinois
United States
Dietz
R. E. Dietz CO
Laight St
New York
BR. W. Milar
Linois
Richard Marley
Ricreard Marley
Photograph AE
F. Geneseo Illinois
Wiegand & Monesmith
Bucklen’s
Arnica
John Johnson
John Besse
Erie
Sam Spath
W. H. Wells
Spaths
Erie Independent
Rentz County
East Elde State St
Chas. K. Anderson
Barber & Hairdresser
Genby Bhoeft
Walter Turner
Genebsev
IIL
A. P. Peterson
John V. Okeberg
J. M. Hobford & Bon
General Insurance & Real Estate Agents
J.m.bosford
Doctor Johnson
ASRER
Annawan Township
J. H. McLean
J. E. Wright
Draggist
Iowa
E. T. Dobbins
Hawthorne
Cedar County
Tipton
M. V. Flater
Flater
Frater Dobbins
Dobbins
Towa
Zntold
Las Station
Dr. Pierce
Atlanta
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
U.5
U. S
U. S. Patent Office
G.A. Snow & CO
Washington, Dh
H. Hoeft
Saddlery
Horse Goods
Basdeekalts
Univedates
Dominion of Canada
Mexico
Bair
Aereley
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