Local notes mix hogs lumber and cures featured
A miscellany reports carloads of hogs and lumber arriving at Joslin and W H Whiteside's ice house project. J A Perkins cured eczema with DeWitt's salve. Rock Island County Agricultural Association officers were elected and finances improved. Mineral and medical notices highlight One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's remedies.
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Geo
Walnwright
Grok & Wake
Frank Bennett
James Cook
Moline
Joslin
W. H. Whiteside
Christopher
J. A. Perkins
DeWitt
Merwin & Peterson
J. B. Wright
J .E. Wright
Offera
Rock Island County Agricultural Association
Wm Payne
How to Look Good Looks Like a Healthy Body
Health advice claiming good looks come from healthy organs. Electric Bitters are praised as a tonic for stomach liver and kidneys and said to purify the blood and improve complexion. An item notes a mutual association among factory employees and funds paid to disabled members plus subscription income.
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Joe Wright
Kewanee
Democrat
Ald Association
Dont FoBacco Spit And Smoke Your Life Away
An old advertisement touts a tobacco cessation product. It promotes No-To-Hac as a quick method to quit, claims to restore nerve and vigor, and offers a booklet and sample. The Sterling Kennedy Co advertises in Chicago and New York.
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Sterling Kennedy Co
Chicago
New York
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promises Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues. It claims kidney and bladder disorders cause symptoms like back pain frequent urination and urinary burning and offers the product in fifty cent and one dollar sizes with sample bottles available by mail.
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Castorla
Kilmer
Dr. Enmer & Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Nonpartisan police plan eyed for Chicago reform
The Princeton Republican reports Democrats in Illinois push for a nonpartisan Police Board to run Chicago police. They cite New York St Louis models showing improved efficiency after taking control from mayors. Illinois legislators toured St Louis and found both parties pleased with the reform move.
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Illinois
Chicago
New York
St Louis
Princeton
California Excursions From Chicago to California
Personally conducted weekly departures from Chicago via Burlington Route to Denver and via Denver and Rio Grande Railway. Travel in Pullman tourist sleeping cars with full amenities, headed by experienced special agents. For details contact T A Grady Excur sion Manager C B Q R H Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Burlington
Denver
Rio Grande Ry
California
T A
Grady
Clark St
Illinois
A Cure for Lame Back and Rheumatism Claims
Louden Grover of Sardis reports his daughter recovered from fever with severe back and hip pain after one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The remedy is advertised as a certain cure for rheumatism and is sold by J I Wright, Merwin & Peterson, and Wm McBride of Atkinson recently moved to Galva to start a corn flour mill.
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Kewwanee
Will McMeekin
Standard
Galva Post Office
Will
E. E. Johnson
Kewanee
George Craig
Galesburg
Davis’ Tarble Works
Julius Manthe
Dewitt
Merwin & Peterson
J. E. Wright
Minnie Glidden
Atkinson
J H Lippincott
Orion
Florida
Times
Mary Bird
Harrisburg
J E Wright W cC Mage
Kewanee First National Bank
Hi Dana
Moline
Rock Island Peoria
Canton
Galva
Aledo
Knoxville
Monmouth
Stark
Pleasant Ridge
Joe Wricht
Galva News
P Swanson
Aurora
Neb
George Crosier
Salt Lake City
Utah
M. B Ford
Ruddell's
J E. Wright
Adia Brown
Lake City
Iowa
Alice Hughes
Norfolk
Bright
J H McLean
Louden Grover
Sardis
Chamberlain
J I. Wright
Wm McBride
Great Rock Island Route promises fast city access
Passengers arriving at Chicago via the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway can reach any city area with the new Union Elevated Loop. For five cents a fare, riders can go directly to major downtown stores. A Rock Island train stops at the Rock Island station every minute. Address John Sebastian G P A Chi CRO.
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Chicago
Chicago-Rock Island & Pacific Ry
Union
Rock Island
Great Rock Island
John Sebastian
Chi- Cro
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Peyeiclan
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Geo. E. Waite
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Atos
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H’s
Richard Marley
Joslings
Pate
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Rock River
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Pleasant Point
Treasury
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Western Union
Swan Bloomberg
Woodhbull Dispatch
Dave Saline
John Welch
Woodhull Dipatch
Taos
Loy
Atkinson Herald
Mark
Mengell
Quincy
Baller
Quincy Colbert
Menlo
Woodmen Hall
Art Kelly
Clinton
J. G. Meyer
Eight Mile Grove Creamery
Ross Kiner
Prophetstown
Elmer Meggn
Charley Anderson
Grove Laird Farm
Mrs.Anderson
Tampico
G. N. Mason
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Mr Samuel
Alice Kopp
Charley Carvey
Messina Springs
Samuel Kopp
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Rev Shultz
Shepard
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Aerber
First Street
Arnett & Fiedler
Henry County
East Side
Chas. K. Anderson
G. H. Phelps
Theney Hoeft
Walter Turner
Geneseo, III
Perlis
If Tomon
Horse Goods
Farmers National Bank
Fosimile
Izen
Lincoln Nelson
Marshfield
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S.S.S
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Cleveland
Doctor Johnson
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Chicago Journal
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Bellatle
Eddie Anderson
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