Local Notes From Galva and Surrounding Towns
A roundup of brief items from Bishop Hill Galva and nearby places notes include new ear corn at 22 cents in Galva Miss Jennie K Peterson dies at 26 in Galva Woodhull high school plans a drama Jan 1 many local names and events across the region including marriages deaths openings and a new council of United American Mechanics in Galva
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galva
Jennie K. Peterson
Nelson “Gay
Kewanes
Wo. Peck
Clover Township
United American Mechanics
Barry Ickes
Swedena
Frank Munson
Mondyke
F .O. Okerberg
Moline
Kewanee
Charles Selin
Anna Johnson
Woodhull Dispatch
Bishop Hill
Albert Kranz
Oliver Berg
Woodhull High School
Bakarat
Woodhull
Swamp Root Promoted as Kidney and Bladder Remedy
An advertisement urges readers with kidney or bladder trouble to try Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root claiming it restores kidney function relieves urinary and back pain acts as a tonic and improves overall health. It notes prices fifty cents to one dollar and offers free samples by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Sugar beet bulletin to Illinois farmers planned by Urbana station
The Urbana Agricultural Experiment Station of Illinois will publish a free bulletin in January on sugar beets. It covers beets grown in Illinois in 1897, commercial growing details, establishing factories, Illinois as a sugar producing state, lessons learned, and future experiment plans. The bulletin will be mailed to the station list and any others who request it.
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Galesburg
Geneseo
Agricultural Experiment Station
Af Urbana
Hinois
Minois
Kewanee Star
Household Goods and Dr King’s New Discovery Ad
The ancient Greeks believed Penates cared for the family but today the household god is Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and throat chest and lung troubles. It has been tried for a quarter of a century and guarantees to cure or money returned. Free trials at JE Wright's drug store. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
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Dr King
JE. Wright's
Coal mine fire at Silvis Bros mine in Carbon Cliff
A fire has raged since Sunday in the Silvis Bros coal mine at Carbon Cliff. The blaze started in an air shaft and spread to active sections, causing substantial financial loss. The mine is shut with vents closed, and officials fear indefinite closure may cost about twenty jobs.
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Davenport Republican
Silvis Bros
Carbon Cliff
Silvis
Grain O Try Grain O Replace Coffee
A public notice promotes Grain-O a grain based drink as a coffee substitute. It claims both children and adults can drink it with no distress and similar richness to mocha or java. Sold by grocers across the country. A separate item notes linesmen in Wewanee aiding telephone toll operations to ease delays on towns along the old line, with a new connection from Caledonia to Princeton joining Chicago line.
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Ikeat
Isc
Wewanee
Telephone Company
Lne
Calesburg
Princeton
Chicago
Conner
Dandelion Find Highlighted by Student Observer
Amboy Journal notes nine year old Leon Long found a dandelion in full bloom beside the Q track on the ninth day of December. The item is praised as a sign of keen observation and local pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eon Long
WF. Long
Leon
Smoky life warns against tobacco with tonic claims
An advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a cure to quit tobacco with claims of restoring vitality. Others note bank liquidation of Alpha State Bank, guarantee of depositor returns, Hood's Sarsaparilla promises blood purification, and New Jersey finances under Republican management with corporate tax revenues.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Mib
Alpha State Bank
Alpha
New Jersey
Republican Party
Illinois Public Insane Asylums and State Aid Summary
The article lists fifteen state institutions for the insane deaf and dumb feeble minded and soldiers orphans and sailors homes across Illinois including Elgin Kankakee Jacksonville Anna Rock Island Lincoln Normal Quincy Chicago and Chester. It reports July 1 to Sept 30 counts totaling 5948 insane 492 deaf and dumb 629 feeble minded and 1768 at Quincy with quarterly maintenance cost 331274.58 of which 202960.05 was state funded and the rest federal. It condemns the debt as a charge to taxpayers and charity.
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Elgin
Kankakee
Jacksonville
Anna
Roce Island
Chester
Lincoln
Normal
Quincy
Chicago
Soldiers and Sailors
Prevent Pneumonia With Chamberlains Cough Remedy
An old notice extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as an effective preventive and treatment for colds that may lead to pneumonia. It cites a Kansas medical note and local ads for 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by J Wright and Merwin Peterson. Also mentions obituaries in Orion Times, and a Liver and Kidney Balm from Dr NeLeans priced at $1.00 sold by Merwin Peterson. Revival meetings at the Methodist church report sixty three converts and farewell services by Evangelists Kerr and Johns, heading to Monroe Michigan after holidays.
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Chamberlain
Ouulagah
J i. Wright
Merwin & Peterson
J . NeLeans
Methodist Church
Kerr
Johns
Monroe
Michigan
Galesburg
Chicago
Kewanee
Coroner's Jury Finds Train Speed Caused Death
Galva coroner's jury investigates the death of Mrs Margaret Ericson killed by a train. They conclude the railroad was responsible and should be notified that the train was running at too high a speed, a finding presented to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galva
Margaret Ericson
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