Local Notes from Osborn and Nearby Towns
Reports from Osborn Albany and Port Byron include visitors and illness updates. Mrs Beck and J H Leasure stop by, Alec Dunbar recovers, and Mr E E David’s children have chicken pox. Miss Vogie and her sister ill with pneumonia. Services at Joslin A B Church and Ladies Aid meet with needlework and a fine supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Brow
Osborn
Scott
Albany
J. H. Leasure
Port Byron
Alec Dunbar
Beck
Sod MyYe- Ale Dunbar
E.E. David
Rocky Mountain Lea
J. E. Wright
Joslin A. B. Church Ladies Aid Society
S. Heald
Fitzgibbon
Preventics and other items pop up in old notices
An assorted 19th or early 20th century clipping mentions Preventics candy cold cure tablets sold in Leon and nearby towns, plus health notices about diphtheria pamphlets, remedies like Kennedy’s Laxative Syrup, and Edison Tesla sleep theories. It also notes local school activities, parish work, and a short note on jewelry made from coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.E Wright
Inventor Edison
Tesla
Gladstone
Simple Life in Cuba Shocks and Satisfies Children
A Leslie’s Weekly feature notes Cuban children at home in heat and stark clothing. It describes bare footprints, goat milk feeding, and improvised outfits, while contrasting summer freedom with winter modesty and fashionable hair arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabans
Iffée
Larriet Quimby
Leslie’s Weekly
Havana
Cuba
Infant mortality and infant feeding in Europe and America
The article cites high infant death rates in England Germany and the United States. It notes summer hospital strain for London children and Birmingham's annual baby deaths. German data show 400000 deaths before age one from two million births. American rates surpass 275 in several states with bottle feeding linked to deaths in Munich. It ends with a remark on love and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Birmingham
Germany
German Empire
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
New York
New England
Munich
Mothers Read This Vinci Cod Liver Remedy Claim
Mrs C W Stump of Canton Ohio writes that Vinci, a cod liver oil substitute, helped her pale sickly daughter who could not tolerate ordinary cod liver oil. She reports remarkable health and strength improvements and praises Vinci as equal to any medicine for delicate children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Stump
Canton
Ohio
Vinci
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S.S.S
S.S. S
SWIFT
Atlanta
A. Spencer
State Street
B.gilbert
John Dedrick Co
Geneseo
Illinois
Staite Medical Board
J S, Collins, Jr
Atkin~dan
Cora Emery Reed
Atu St
Chas
Young
West Firet Street
F. W. Carman
Goresco
W.w. Adame
Ateinsun
J. W. Seids
Wecatur
Annawan - Llinois
Mark Hay
Murtual Telephone
Annawan
B. Coffman
Davenport
Dovnyes
Genesen House
Photographarna Geneseo Llinvie
Clinton F. Luther
Justice of Peace
F. A. Peterson
Geneseo Telinois
E C. Lynch
M H
Smith Golona
John H Murphy, M. D
Geneseo House
Teceronnoxes Central Union
X. Mutual
F.D. Walk
Green River
Ill
H.D Fitzkee
Justice of the Peace
Rhal Hstath
As “Illin
Harry* A.reheed
LAW
Postofigo Block
Mutual
Arthur Parson
Rome
Aldeen & Bolen
Ipibaenat Alice
Dr.r.hantes
State
L.wood
D.D
M. B. Ayres
State St
Gatore
DRO Melg Meverett
Atkinson
Ilinois
Harry E. Brown
Geneseo Illinois
Genenee Houe
Armady
Jerome Arnett
Henry Ces
Saop
Eastside State St
Henry Waterman
Geneses - Eleenols
Forrest M Lowes
Lawytehr
Pontoiica
Joslin
Mionie Heald
Leslie Oliver
S Heald
Rhea
Leon
Sam Eakle
Genesee
Venterville
Gafton Naftzger
Miss Bennett
Prophetstown
Alice Bennett
Leon Sunday School
W. P.steell
Ladies of Leon
Rey Berry
Prophetstown Eicha
Kennedy
F A. Peterson
Illinois State Board of Health
Springfield
Japan
Coqi
Herod
CW. Stump
Grouse & Stamm
Secor
Alsa
Hilmer & Company
Peter Sickler
Frank FP. Jadd
North Main Street
Kewanee, Illinois
Rad Mili
Suoah As
Sen Kon
D.F. Barker
Johnson Bros
Nordling & Peter
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