Rain and hail drift over Fishpe region and church plans
Rain and occasional hail caused minor flooding in the Fishpe area north and west of town. Horace Hoos’s wife near five miles northeast is gravely ill with stomach cancer. J E Wright promotes various medicines including Dr Shoop’s tablets and Restorative, while a Baptist church reconstruction contract is let and plans are approved for a new Exchange Street church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Hoos
Ben-DeGrane
J. E. Wright
Baptist Society
Dr. Shoop
Witter
Court Street
Exchange Street
Electric Bitters Promote Health on Highlands and Lowlands
An old Rural Spirit ad touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for climate related ailments including fevers malaria jaundice and general debility. It claims benefits for nervousness insomnia and blood purification with a price of 50 cents at J E Wrights drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.E. Wright
Oddities from The World In Briefs Across Nations
A mixed set of notes reports British graves in South Africa remain unmarked, 228 Scottish schools with savings banks, 35 712 depositors totaling 48990 dollars, and John Bull’s 52 percent success rate in battles. It notes first female philology lecturer in Vienna, a 94 year old Edinburgh widow’s navy pension, and Swiss rail electrification. Also mentions Freiburg’s municipal ventures, cheap opera seating, and gold railway tickets issued as gratitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Scotland
John Bull
United States
Fraulein Richter
Vienna University
Miss Robb
Edinburgh
Robb
Royal See
Europe
Switzerland
Freiburg
Great Britain
British Isles
Raiilway
Progress of the Day
New South Wales shows varied facts from salt percentages to tides. The Salvaton Army operates in fifty four countries and colonies while Berlin plants thousands of trees. A Krupp gun prototype weights 2600 pounds for Kronstadt fortifications. S. W. Ramsey of Girard Ohio develops a fuel brick process using dust briquettes and flue dust in large furnaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coluisbo
Walta
Salvaton Army
Krupp
Kronstadt
S. W. Ramsey
Girard
Ohio
Fragments From a Dated Almanac of Curiosities
A garbled collection of statistics and statements on population, industry, and daily life. It cites Greenland’s population, France’s newspapers, mine employment, food plants, and various dubious numerical claims. It preserves a snapshot of an old pamphlet style compilation of world facts.
Fire Commissioner Lantry Urges Pluck In Fire Service
A New York fire chief praises pluck in firefighters with a story of a rookie facing a perilous first blaze. He describes orders to climb, crawl, leap, and rescue, ending with the rookie asking for a pen and ink rather than praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Ilsuts
Swannell & Son
Mvs
Devoe
F. W. Devoe & Co
New—York-and
Lantry
New York
Bane of Merit
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An old advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured female ailments without surgery. It features testimonials from Mrs. S. A. Willems of Marne Iowa and Mrs. Alvina Sperling of Chicago invoking recovery from “female troubles” and other conditions after three months of use. The ad asserts thirty years of use, invitations to write for advice, and a call for women to seek health guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
S. A. Willems
Liner
Marne
Lydia & Pinkham
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Quest for the North Pole Echoes Through History
Extreme fascination with polar exploration is traced from early expeditions led by Wil loughby and other pioneers to Peary’s claimed reach. The piece contrasts science’s reach to distant planets with man’s stubborn drive to plant a flag at the pole, highlighting risks, glory, and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Earth
Tibet
Jupiter
Mars
Sig
Willoughby
Spain
England
China
Asia
Wittiongbby
Peary
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Geneseo, Iil
J Rollister
Rocky Mountain
J. EB. Wright
Wm Pierce
Congregational Church
Mediterranean
Skoops
Shoop
B.J Brown
Denver
Col
Weather Bureau
Harry Ridenour
Walsh
Chitis
Astoma
Larry Consum
Waigal Institute
Patgag
Frank P.tiadd
North Main Street
Kewanee
Geneseo
John
Lape
Nelson
Annawan
Jersey
Smith & Adama
Farroe Toews
Mate
Brown
TeGrang
Cook Co
Filtnols
Fearent
Hank Henninger
Gyeneseo
Qiltemans
Scapalettewining Co
Farmers’ National
Hank
Schnabele
Suaron Church
Geneaga and
Proph- Crown Road
Frask C Bennett, & D
Farmers Phone
Erie
Dow On
H. E
Ott
Genesco
Notige
Clalys
Tore Ae
Fletcher Bollen
Henry
Goa
Ania
SEAR
A. D
W Live Stock Insurance
E. A, Hunn
Atkineon
Murray—Brothers City Scavengers
Telephone
Chichester S
Chichester
G. F. Pobanz
Austin
Sturdevant & Swanson of
Peffers
Herve
Forrest
Peffer
Hood
Peterson
Sn MO. I. Thompson
J. S&s Thompson & Sonee
Lacos
New South Wales
London
Greenland
Liberty
Berlin
France
St. Gothard
Australia
Holland
Pyramids of Cheops
Germany
Unite States
Country
Maken
Theo Ostee
Mexico
Kingsford’s
Oswego
Kingsford
T. Kingsford & Son
Oswego, N.Y
National Starck Co
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