State lawmakers chart cuts and county reform ideas
The Forty fifth general assembly appropriated 320242.00 but plans to cut to about 19000000. Governor Deneen aims to prune budgets for state charitable, correctional and departmental institutions. Peoria and Henry counties debate replacing township with a three or five member county commission to streamline government and reduce costs. Judge Robert H Lovett advocates the reform, arguing commissions would lower expenses and improve county business oversight.
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Forty-fifth General Assembly
Deneen
Portyttt Geocrat Assembly
Denegh
Peoria
Henry County
Peoria County
Robert H. Lovett
Tus
Household Hints On Cleaning And Thrift Practices
Practical tips on home care and thrift from a past era. Advice covers removing clinkers with oyster shells, cleaning water bottles with salt and vinegar, de composing chimney soot with wine vapor, curing hiccups with ice cream, tidying tar stains with salad oil, and folding and beating quilts. Emphasizes organization to avoid waste and improve efficiency in daily tasks.
Annawan News Roundup From May 1907 Local Items
James Seids acts as Geneseo Steam Laundry agent. Local births include a son born to Mr and Mrs Henry Gradert and another to Mr and Mrs Peter Loacga. D. F Barker expands Fulton interests. Ross & Way advertise machinery. A M Bellows aged pioneer dies near Annawan. Bible readings and community events noted with dances and sales ads from O W Lager Co and D E Barker.
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Laties Aid Society
Chas. Tucker
Henry Gradert
Annawan
Ian
Peter Loacga
Sarr
Warren Kemmerling Bhas
Teen Cine
Ross & Way
Deere Planters
A. M. Bellows
Annawan Township
New York State
Fairview Church
W. C. Varriett
Domestic scraps and local notices blend in bustling Osco page
Local items record trades, visits, and gossip from Osco and nearby towns. Hogs marketed in Cambridge, church services at Munson Presbyterian, village social at Pleasant Hill, and varied farm and shop news mix with ads for hats at Gimbel and household goods.
A Doctor Uses Carrier Pigeons for Field Medicine
A northern Scotland doctor with a scattered practice uses carrier pigeons on long rounds to speed medicine delivery. If a patient needs urgent care he writes a prescription and the message is carried to his assistant who prepares and dispatches the medicine. If future visits are likely he leaves a pigeon for quick recall.
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Scotland
Patchen Gentry 43240 A Beautiful Night Formed Safer Breed
Patchen Gentry, a three year old brown horse sired by Patchen Wilkes and linked to Joe Patchen 2:91, earns praise for speed and soundness. The colt, described as one of the speediest, is to be kept at the farm Monday to Thursday then moved to Weinrich Bro Geneseo for the balance of the week. Limited to 25 approved mares to insure quality and lineage.
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Patchen Wilkes
Joe Patchen
Cat Jennie Neff
Canada Land
John R. Gentry
Gentry Treasure
Fragments of Proverbial Quotes and Sayings
A collage of translated maxims and adages from multiple languages. Notable lines include reflections on virtue and benevolence, the distance from saying to doing, and insights on love, pride, and restraint from sources such as Latin Cicero and Dutch, French, Turkish, and Italian expressions.
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A. Lieberknecht
Annaman
James Seids
Geneseo Steam Laundry
Ant Harvey
D. F Barker
Japan
O. W. Lager & Co
George Holzinger
Hooppole
Annawan Bank
Geneseo Orchestra
D E Barker
Aunawano Bible Reading Circle
Miss Dodds
Esther
Job
Hammond
Felton
Ill
Fulton Atention
Fulton
Barkers
Wideawake
Edward Robbins
D. F. Barker
Barker
M. L Garman
Dir Hobbins
Boyce
Dobbs
Benners
Jenners
Munson
Frank Vincent
Cambridge
Alice Henandez
Victor Henander
Charlie Swanson
Chicago
Richard Andersom
Will Douglas
Hillsdale
Ain
Mers
aAlbert
Geneseo
Mr. Horrecker
Pleasant Hill
Munson Presbyterian Church
ALBA
Augusta Salzman
Yorktown
DéSchenper Brothers
Wm. A McNeill
Shicaco
George Blackett
Walter Pritchard
Walter
Nettie Warner
Eden Olson Weod
Kewanee
Warner
T Nickerson
Albert and
Charles Rimmerman
Joseph Trackenrider
John Spath
Mendota
Spath
Hooppole and Annawan Telephone Co
Mud Creek
F. Verbeck
Fifth Avenue
New York
Park Row
Pullman
Saratoga
Devery
Elzevir
Samuelson & Westerlund
Royal
John Lindburg
Dek. C. Blogelhs
Molfas
Hadley's
Crow's
D. S. McCown
Henry
Tiinois
Beth Nash
Florida
Johnson
Anderson & Coq
Lyon Steam Laundry
Moline
Badley’s
DS. Purviance
Genes Eo
B. Bester
D. O. Hinman
C. Claw
Ed S. Claw
Samnudson & Westerlund
Will Phillip
Dedrick Soderoburg
Jobo Soderbung
Hobt, Manguson
Lux Island
Osco Camp
Kxii
Especia
Ward Samuelson & Westerlund Jos Tracy
James Stephenson
George Brown
Grace Church Guild
Osco
Hadley
Marie
Harry Fuller
George
Fuller
Redal
Fred Hillie
The
Soluie Hae A Quinncy
Suday
Ian Aioe
Robert Dail
Hedman & Anderson's
Sharoa-church
George Rollo
Edith
Hugh Hossick
Sife
Harold
Tampico
Ed. Frank
Offerte&Cor
Patchen Gentry
Fred W. Weinrich
Spencer
Stott
Hubert
Cicero
Syrus
Pawre
Hock Island Lines
California
Los Angeles
Santa
Portland
Round Rock Island
USS
Ional
Rock Island Northwest
Tacoma
Vancouver
Spokane
Christian Endeavor
Seattle
Rock Island
Colorado Science Line
el Paso
Golden State Limited
Co. Brown
Rock Island Lines
Geneso
Illinois
Ardee Flour
Ralston
John J. Guild
J. A. W. Welmer & Co
West Exchange Street
Mutual and Central Union
Ross
Deere & Co
Mandt, Avery and Moline
SS Annawan
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