Miscellaneous News From Various Localities
A collection of brief items notes unusual bee activity due to drought, celestial predictions from Wiggins, political barbs about aluminum and scrap iron, a Pike county school board district run by a single director, and optimistic statistics on Black literacy and higher education. It also covers Illinois jury law opinions, Civil War veteran divisions in Congress, the formation of the Kewanee Hunting Club with a $3,000 capital and a 240 acre game reserve, tariff debate before the Ways and Means Committee, and appeals by textile workers and Donegal village representative for tariff relief to aid Irish districts.
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Peffer
Pike County
Peoria Transcript
Pblic
Illinois
Congress
House of the
Lnter
House of
Whicch
Kewanee Hunting Club
Lawa
S J Sharp
Koos
R Martino
F T. Anderson
Chas Remick
L. Lewis
J.Q Hill
W.d Wood
F.H. Davis
W J. White
Luke Barker
Thos. McClure
L W. Chandler
Fred Halline
Mike Fischer
J. W. Williams
John Bowen
Will Pierce
Geo. Bowen
New Boston
W.w.eddy
F Davis
Kevanes
Europe
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Textile Fabrica
Boston
Philadelphia
James Edgar
Ernest Hart
Donegal
Edgar
Ireland
America
Community notes from Hanna and surrounding area
Green River reports mild rain improves pastures and corn prospects as Hanna residents mingle with visitors. Ada Mabie returns from Chicago. James Paddleford visits and plans law work. local train conductor Tom Cain visits. a protracted meeting affects leagues. citizens praise ice house visits with boys and shared activities.
World’s Fair Ticket Route via Rock Island Line
John Sebastian, General Ticket and Passenger Agent, promotes the Chicago Rock Island Pacific as the official World’s Fair line. Passengers can buy ahead at the Great Rock Island House, ride an electric train from Rock Island depot to Englewood gate in ten minutes, fare five cents, and have baggage checked to Englewood near the fair.
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Englewood
Rock Island
Englewood A
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
John Sebastian
Gen
Briar Bluff Local Notices and Movements in 1893
Briar Bluff notes move ins and outs as families relocate to Gilchrist and Coaltown. A baby sickness prompts concern for Mrs. Patterson. Lizzie Weed teaches fall term. Thomas Anthony, 14 months, dies. funeral in Glenn cemetery. cholera illness in James Brooks treated with Chamberlain’s remedy. Farley Slagle ad, J E Wright Drugist sale.
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George Patterson
Edd Russell
Gilchrist
William Flynn
John Jacobs
Barstow
Jacobs
Len
Coaltown
H. Cornwall
Gobow
Frank
Moline
Lizzie Weed
Thomas Anthony
Thomas Simpson
H. Weed
Colona
Glenn
James Brooks
Chamberlain
Farley & Slagle
Goffton
Putnam Go
Tenn
J. E. Wright
Draggist
Oldest Henry County Pine Still Thrives On Howell Farm
The Henry county tree, grafted from seed brought from Long Island, sits on L W Howell’s old farm now owned by Peter Peterson. Planted in 1886, it stands 7 feet 7 inches in circumference, cataloged in the Woodhull Dispatch, with a recent photo by Edgar E. of Fairbury Nebraska showing it healthy and striking.
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Henry County
L W. Howell
Peter Peterson
Peterson
Long Island
Deacon Robinson
Andover Presbyterian Church
Howell
Edgar E
Fairbury
Neb
Woodhull
Kewanee
Itruto
Virginia
A Chance to Make 8500 or Better
A promotional notice offers $900 for an incurable catarrh case cured by Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It lists symptoms such as headache nasal obstruction discharge and altered taste. The ad promises cure for the worst cases at 50 cents, sold by druggists nationwide.
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Stern
Noble Self Sacrifice Ends Life of Rock Island Foreman
Thomas Whalen, near 70, section foreman for the Rock Island road, died after shielding a man from an oncoming freight engine near Columbus Junction Iowa Friday. Whalen pulled the hand car away, placing himself on the track and was struck, suffering fatal head wound and multiple injuries. He leaves a wife and a large family after a lifetime of service to the railroad.
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Muscatine
Whalen
Rock Island Road
Iowa
Corporation
Harvest Excursions Offer Low Rates on Rail Routes
The Rock Island and Peoria Railway announces excursions for polota in the West North West South and South West including Kansas Nebraska Colorado Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Arkansas. Dates Aug 22 Sep 12 and Oct 10 1893 with one fare plus 3200 for round trip, stopovers allowed. Through cars to Council Bluffs Kansas City and Sioux Falls. Ex President Harrigan to speak in Rockford on Decoration Day per Grand Army post.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Tennessee
Alississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Sioux Falls
Rockford
Harrigan
Grand Army
La Grippe Remedies and Public Notices
A notice promotes Dr. King's New Discovery for la grippe with claims of rapid cures for throat chest and lung diseases and asthma. Free trial battles at J B Wright's drug store. The New York Tribune is cited on monetary policy. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is advertised for piles burns sores and other conditions.
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Dr. King
J. B. Wright
de Witt
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