Three-I rail talk and local notes fill eating towns
A dense miscellany of Illinois local items covers rail consolidation rumors between Illinois Central and Union Pacific, courtroom hints on liquor license transfers, public notices, fairs, tourism excursions to Niagara Falls, and assorted community anecdotes from Rutland to Ottawa with crop data and a warning against counterfeit money.
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Illinois Central
Union Pacific Rbr
Bert Henning
Mt Palatine
Niagara Falls
Monmouth
Hunter’ S
Hamlin
Arbitration gains momentum with full support countrywide
A surge of public opinion favors compulsory arbitration of labor disputes, seen as fair to both sides and likely to bind outcomes. Reports detail ZeiglerMine tensions with Joe Leiter rejecting union scale and ordering miners to quit by Wednesday, plus a Burlington railroad reform to educate station agents. The issue contrasts with strict mail safety laws and a Bartonville asylum budget report noting cost savings, staff changes, and 758 patients.
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Joe Leiter
Bew
Zeigler
Chicago
Joe
Leiter
Burlington
Burlington Company
Dr Zeller
Insane Asylum
Bartonville
State Board of Charities
George Mitchell
Thomas O'Connor
Peoria
Silverstein
Lacon
O'Connor
DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve Ad Warns of Counterfeits
The notice urges buyers to seek the DEWITT name on every box of Witch Hazel Salve. It touts its purity and claims effectiveness for cuts burns bruises boils eczema and piles. It cautions that fakes circulates and identifies the genuine product as BK. GC De Witt & Co Chicago with J. E. & F. A. Powell as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
BK. GC
DeWitt & Co
Chicago
J. E
F. A. Powell
Polite Gentleman Secures Seat for Tired Lady on Crowded Train
On a crowded excursion train a tired lady could not find a seat. A man, slightly tipsy, asked several others to make room and then offered his seat. One seated passenger asked if the lady had a seat already. The reply highlighted she lacked a place to put it, prompting the man to give up his seat amid laughter.
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United States
Llimois
Charles Rinkenberger
Louis Kuhl
LaRosge
Lacon
Jerusalem
A. D. Fisher
Granville
King Solomon’s Temple
Forest of
Lebanon
Fisher
G.C. McDermott
Lestant Lodge
A.F
A. M
Illinois
J. 5 S. Reynolds
Joliet
Hanlin
Robert Halcock
Chillicothe
Peoria
Halcock
Palace Livery
Jim
Illinois State Band
Milwaukee
Ludwig
Connecticut
Justice Hatch
Kansas
F. D. Coburn
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
St Louis
West Virginia
The Death Penalty and Bucklen Arnica Salve
A short piece extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as life saving for minor injuries. It claims scratches cuts boils can become fatal without it and urges purchase at Dr Powell's drug store for 25 cents.
Rosebud homesteads total registrations reach 97536
The record shows Yankton 8 D total registrations 57884 Boneateel 34064 and Chamberlain 6188 summing to 97536. The figures reflect comprehensive land settlement activity across these districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Rosebud
Boneateel
Chamberlain
Probate Court Real Estate and Guardian Actions
Court House News details probate matters including petitions to sell real estate for estates of George L Ball Sarah A McFaddin and John W Harlin. Final reports inventories and appraisals filed for several decedents and minors. Real estate transfers list multiple lot and acreage conveyances. Marriage licenses show Sylvanus Hitchcock and Johanna M Talmage.
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George L Ball
Sarah A. McFaddin
John W. Harlin
Malissa EK. Davis
John L
DeVault
John Barnes
Stanley H. Scott
Guardian
William H Conner
Charles A Holmetrom
Varna
George Jones
Thomas Kelley
Camp Grove
Leslie A Watt
Edward Burroughs
Evans
William Szimkins
Maggie Ziglis
Santa Fe
Toluca
John Hartley
Effie M Stoner
Henry
John Downey
Peter Zimmerman
Wenona
William E Monser
P.zimmerman
J F Hoge
East
Sylvanus P. Hitchcock
Roscommon, Mich
Johanna M. Talmage
Court Ruling Defines Cider Taxes in Bootlegging Case
In Springfield a Hoopeston man A Lewis was fined for bootlegging after selling drinks labeled as blackberry peach grape cider. The court held cider is only apple juice untaxed while fruit flavored juices are taxed as liquors. penalties apply regardless of local law. The piece also covers labor, agriculture, rail safety, and social anecdotes.
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Springfield
A. Lewis
Lewis
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O. RB. Jones
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Charles Motter
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Elsie Smith
Main Street
E. G. Cromwell, M. D
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Second and Market Sts
W. J. Thornley
Henry, Illinois
Hartley
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W. J. Thomas
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Osmo House
F. C. Willett
Whitefield, Ill
McKillip Veterinary College
W. A. Smith
Maylfair Bros
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Chicago Veterinary College Telephone
Ford Central
McNassp
Iluisinois
Fred. W. Potter
Gep
Henry E. Jacobs
Attorney AT Law
J. H. Franklin
Lacon, Ill
New McMurtrie's Block
R. M. Barnes
Barne
S&m
J. H. Magoon, Agoon
Attorneys AT Law
Lacon, Illinois
Aaron
Chaice
Scientific American
G. W. Keller
Walnut Hill Dairy
Elmer Mooberry
Henry Central
Henry National Bank
J. Watercott
A. Camp
L.A . Phillips
DR. C. F. Meng
Yanochowski Block
Pvrvis
Z. F. Kellogg
Franklin D. Kelley
Peoria, III
Jefferson Ave
Cross of the Legion of Honor
London
Edinburg
DR. R. 8. Bayne
Henry,ll
J. J. Herry
Fred Merdian
Onor
John I. Thompson
Thompson & Son
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Storrma Goons
G. N. Portman
N. Aoams St
Peosia, Illy
Illinois Tea CO
Hartley Building
Morris
Big Bend
Rutland
Pasero
Battrokones
Antenat
Skibingki
Screanski
Raczkaski
Koberno
Benito
Arooshak
Castelaber
Devil” Russell Wilhelm
Zearing
Bureau County
Mendota
W. H. Stead
Mt Clemens
Chicago Chronicle
Ottawa
Quincy
Decatur Review
William Worls
Pratt County
Powers Farm
Decatur
Peoria Glucose Works
Illinois Steel Company
Ilinois
North Atlantic
Court House News
Mary S. Crick
White Plains
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