Bargain Prices Drive Heavy Cash Sales in Central Illinois
Local merchants tout cash discounts across groceries and tobacco. Heavy selling of sugar, flour, fruit jars, and Bull's Head tobacco at drastic price cuts attracts crowds and promises further stock at bargain rates. Notes on new wares include porcelain dinner sets and crystal glassware while ad copy urges customers to weigh savings against time prices.
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Star Tobacco
Illinois
New Michigan
Tfe
WEIL
Local Trade and Miscellany Ad Bundle Sparks Sparse Ledger
Local notice style items report new supplies at Hupps and underlined promotions at T L Harringtons. Advertisements claim buggies, wagons, and gasoline store openings, plus sales of beer, porter, and various periodicals. A personal note from John Herm promotes meat stock, with market aims and quality guarantees.
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Hupp
T.L. Harrington’s
L. Harrington
T L Harringtons
Cincinnati
Ohio
Joserry
Jos H. Perry
Shakespeare
Sven
Anne Tronh Perry
Hanna
T. L. Harrington
Josh Perry
Republican
Arlee
Leas
Birt Reynolds
Mayfield
J. W. Niece
Peoria
John Herm
Cut Rate Tickets Offer Across World by Webb's Offices
Webb's Ticket Offices advertise global travel at cheap rates with agents for land and sea routes. The notice promotes accessible booking and suggests locations such as 00 Bouth Adams, Peoris, Ilis for purchases.
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Webb
Bouth Adams
Peoris
Ilis
Local Notes Highlight Visits Travel and Church News
Community tidbits report Mrs Charles Davis's sister visiting, Lee Kinnear traveling to Ohio, Edward Riser greeting Henry friends, and J R Harris from Omaha visiting relatives. Town events include a Methodist sermon absence, a S O V benefit drive, Camp Grove lectures, lawn socials, baptisms at the M E church, and a large Tickel funeral in Patnam.
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Lee Kinnear
Ohio
Edward Riser
Henry
J. R. Harris
Omaha
Peter Harrington
Venona
Ida Plum
Peoria
Philip Steimle
John Whitney
Edward Ayling
Chicago
Mesars Squires and Green
Koch
Camp Grove
Alex Henderford
Wisconsin
Wooda
Tim Wood
Millington
Geof Passell
Girard
Tan
Mra Passell
Judson Goiltra
Babe
Goltra
la Salle
Henry Camp
John Riley
Mooroo Locke
Malone
Lacon
Barton
State University At
Champaign
St John’s Church
George Nicholson
Raymond Jr
Finn
Local Notes and Arrivals Highlight Kansas City Return
Etta Stevens returns to Kansas City for a brief recreation visit and reports good health and favorable work prospects. Community mentions include first class certificates for Nellie McCune and Ernest Ponser, a Galva funeral led by Rev C W Ayling, Rock Island bridge developments, a Putnam funeral party, a threshing accident, a Mae Smith wedding to F Scott, Veterans trip to LaSalle, and a Chautauqua procession with Mayor John S Thompson leading a 48-person county party aboard a palace car.
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Etta Stevens
Kansas City
J M Boyer
Putnam County
Nellie McCune
Ernest Ponser
Henry High School
C.W Ayling
Galva
Rock Island
Omaha
Denver
Henry
Putnam
Stickel
E H Hutchles
J H Adkinson
J. M. Kirkpatrick
Johnson
Maud
Frank Vogelsang
Mra McCune
Bush
James Harris
Whitefield
LaSalle
Chillicothe
Iacon
Hennepin
Lacon
Henry Vic
Hennepin Dc
American Conservatory of Music At
Chicago
Anton
Thi County
Lacons
John 8 Thompson
Thompson
Clark Avenue
Chautauqua
Big Bend Veteran Reunion Set in September at Lacon
The Big Bend Veteran Reunion Association fixed dates September 8 9 and 10 at Lacon for the annual meeting. G A R Post 185 will organize sports and aim for large veteran attendance. The camp is named Camp Fort in honor of Col. L Fort. Farmers report a bumper harvest and value sheltering farm implements. Local items mention fisheries enforcement, cattle disease notes, a night fire incident, and the illness of Mr Edward Murphy in Putnam with dire prospects.
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Big Bend
Iinoia
Legion
Fairbury Blade
Thei
Herryblaze
Squire
Paskell
Cit
Elder Boyer’s Visit Inspires Henry Church Growth
Elder T A Boyer spoke at New Opera Hall on Christianity’s progress and power in an engaging Sunday lecture and delivered a moving sermon on Why I am a Christian and how I became one. His visit strengthens the Church of Christ in Henry as they prepare a new chapel and nurture a devoted, unpretentious leadership team.
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Boyer
T A Boyer
Henry
New Opera Hall
Church of Christ
Christ
God
the Lamb
M. K
School Board Approves Bills and Hires at August Meeting
The board met in council chamber with President Guyer and all members present. They audited payments to T. & H. Colwell and others, approved several insurance policies, hired J. H. McAfee as janitor for the college and new school, and for Wirt school. Bids for the new school furniture will be opened August 26.
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J . Krenz
H. McAfee
Charles Ponser
Wirt
Hoyle
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed by Friends as Medicine
Ask your friends who have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla what they think. Replies are positive and include cures or relief for indigestion headache scrofula salt rheum and other blood diseases. Many say it overcomes tired feeling and call it indispensable based on medical merit.
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Hood
Army of Friends
Excursionists Enjoy Pleasant Trip Despite Delays
B F Scott reports in the Owl about the Chautauqua excursionists led by E N Hioka. The group of seven trains included sleeping cars and the Lacon crowd rode the first train. Delays marred the otherwise pleasant journey.
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B. F Scott
Baya
E N Hioka
Lacon
Arnica Salve Promises Quick Relief and Guarantee
An old advertisement touts Arnica Salve credited with healing bruises, skin eruptions, corns, and chapped hands. It offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied and lists a price per item. The imperfect text also briefly describes a beach scene with a woman in a satin vest.
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Pickien
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Berty Scott
Mac A Smith
Jas Shafer
Alice Bell Hoagland
Mary Priegers
Ella Yaeger
City
Sf Telica
Sacred Heart Academy
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Gongrapatloway
Mra M. L. Hiltabrant
Millie Adkinson
St Sparland
Tesmer
The
Home Journal
Kilkenny
Ireland
Fred Storry
Emerald Isle
London
England
Nelson Clark
Valparaiso
Ind
P. Hill
Hull
Herr
Herrs
J. E. Murden
Union Pacific System
Colo
Gulf Division
Glenn
I’ W. Brower
Oxbow
Mra
Patnam
Watercott & Co
Edward Murphy
Murphy
Urs
Campbell Bros
Mar
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Tom Bote
Lers
Weng & Goltra
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J. H., Adkinson
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