Building electric freight lines to improve rail service
A historic plan outlines electric freight lines with poles at intervals and telephones on site, linking Mendota to Chicago area yards. It notes safety compliance, freight traffic benefits, and potential farming and industrial cooperation while detailing proposed construction sites and regulatory hurdles. It also includes a letter from a child praising Grain-O as a coffee substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isou
Freighrt
Bioglatge
Eckrordt
Uasseiges
Mendota
Atta
Phaiferice
New Discovery Cures Severe Coughs and Consumption
In Alexandria Indiana Chas Applegate recounts near nightly coughing from consumption and blood spit until three $1 bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured him. The ad claims the remedy cures coughs colds grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles with 60 cent to 1 dollar price and a free trial bottle at J B Wright’s drug store.
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Birs
Chas. Applegate
Alexanaris
Ind
Dr. King
J. B. Wright
Ministers Ban Divorced Marriages In Kankakee
In Kankakee the Protestant Ministerial Alliance acted to bar divorced couples from marrying within the city. They proposed a $5,809 or higher fee to cover “pretentious” ceremonies, and a ban was enforced by multiple denominations. A test case saw Rev. B D Clark refuse to wed a divorced couple, who finally married with a Christian minister not part of the alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
B. D. Clark
Galesburg
Episcopal
Combine
DeWitts Early Risers Advertised By E Hooper Albany Ga
An advertisement touts DeWitts Early Risers as a biliousness cure aiding bowel health and skin clarity. Customer testimonials from E Hooper of Albany Ga and others claim improved well being after use. A convention date and local officials are briefly noted in the surrounding jumble.
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DeWits—Litte
E. Hooper
Albany
DeWitt
Fésling
Galesargana
Ale Sot
Bottenberg
Selioler
Ehalrnian
One Way Colonists Rates Advertised by Rail Lines
Rail rate table lists one way colonists fares to Northwest Minnesota North Dakota and California with dates of sale in March and April 1902. Advertises special round trip and return limits for various events including California Womens Clubs in Los Angeles and Daughters of the Revelation meeting in Denver. W C Jones Cambridge Agent invites inquiries.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pigranan
Central Dlinois Teachers’ Association
Peoria
Denver
Galo
Daughters of the Revelation
Territory Northwest
Southaves
National Baptist
St. Paul
Minn
RTAB
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
W. C. Jones
Cambridge
Local notes from Moline and surrounding towns
Ma Mrs A W Doushoo visits friends in Moline. Will Donshéo’s children and Char ter Nicholson are ill. WL Nicholson and P Tobin plan home exchanges this week. Mr Enright of Hock Island visited San with PH Buckley. D u Kueh and Ress spent weekend with relatives near Princeton. Miss Sadis Beal closes terebook near Taylor Ridge for short vacation. Mamie Dillon and Kyred Schafer also close schools this week. Port Byron Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Doushoo
Moline
Will Donshéo
Charter Nicholson
Nicholso
P. Tobin
Mr. Enright
Hock Island
Sanday
PH. Buckley
Ress
Princeton
Mamie Dillon
Kyred
Schafer
Port
Byron Globe
Unclear historical item with damaged OCR text
Fragmented readable phrases mention a factory scene and a battle direction. Names and specifics are obscured, leaving no clear event, date, or place to identify. The text appears garbled with numerous misspellings and unreadable segments.
Local Social Notes From Prophetstown Area
Community updates cover visitors from New Bedford and Prophetstown, moving plans for Frank Carlson to Sharon and Linus Goodale to Portland, a church lighting improvement, and a Seagas banquet with sixty five attendees. Epworth League events raise funds for library books and the Lane school closes for spring vacation.
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Charles Small
New Bedford
Lane
Henry Mathews
Edward Cleveland
Prophets ‘Town
Linus Goodall
S. E. Union School
Frank Carlson
Sharon
Linus Goodale
Portland
Leon
Hax
Prophetstown
Mra_ Carlson
Fragments of testament and medical ad in a 19th century note
A damaged OCR fragment recounts a beekeeping or personal obituary scene with mentions of Conger arrival and a family. It transitions to an independent cold remedy advertisement claiming rapid relief and scheduling for work, with price and pharmacist selling details.
Insurance Rates to Rise 25 Percent Nationwide
Officials of companies in New York announce 25 percent and higher rate increases on all mercantile stocks frame store buildings manufacturing risks and special hazards across the United States except the Pacific coast and New York City. The move follows many company liquidations in 1901 and sharp losses from Paterson and Waterbury fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific Coast
New York City
New York
Paterson
Waterbury
Esrawal
Liksiah Svage
Wacarditwehrich
Lawrie
el Sehilo Rales
Allan Putin
Pal
Sincs
Janz
Surance
Very Particular Lady Ard Your Anif Clerk Yes
A dialogue fragment shows a clerk assuring a discerning lady about guarantees. She insists on genuine antique items including a Louis XIV carpet-sweeper, underscoring the era’s sought after furniture and the buyer’s fixation on authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New- York Weekly
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Laysman
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Aloe
Tornoe Harry A. Reherd
GEO W. Bsenedictips
Peere
Mervin
Tony Rulerns
Madebyi
Standard_Oil
Desanbevars Vepociune Investments
Thompson & Son Lacon, Iis
Glawe & Weaver
Wiss
Park
Genesac
Ulinois
State Medical Board
Harry E. Brown
Germeo
K. Waite
Oimes
Siegert
Cailiumile
Akon
Henry County
Steed
Railroad
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Arpenter
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Witziveadtimates
Don Kind
Fowler
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Cambridgeromihe
MaysTerm Aed
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Kodol
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Poe
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Zollages
Terence Ey
Berry
N. K. Fairbank Company
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Boston
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Canets
Balttor
J. Broughton
Chicaza
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