Whimsical Items and War Talk From the Times
A miscellany of notes on everyday curiosities and headlines spans humorous observations about mustaches and eyeglasses, quips on war versus peace, sugar consumption comparisons, and odd cooking of eggs. It also recounts a local incident of a fatal scythe accident, a youth’s wireless hobby shutdown by federal order, and several scattered anecdotes about townsfolk and stock ventures.
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Sear
Mississippi
Mermaid
Minnesota
Hich
Port Byron
Change Papers
Heest
Chicago
Tata
United States
United
Tommy
Fether
Cook County
Shabbona
Robert Lindley
Robert
Forest Thackaberry
FCG
Thackaberry
Tampico
Wessaber
Forest
Long Island
Galveston
San Francisco
oTdursser
Illinois Exhibits at State Palace Models Show Educational System
At the Panama-Pacific Exposition Illinois presented four educational models including La Salle Township High School Illinois Normal University Knox College and the University of Illinois. The Knox College display shows Galesburg between the college and public schools with eight city blocks depicted. Water works bonds amount to 17090 exceed the legal debt limit by 9000, due to an obsolete law preventing further indebtedness without legislative action.
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Palace of Education
State of
Ilinois
la Salle Township
Illinois Normal University
Knox College
University of
Opnhile
Galesburg
Churhhill School
Lbrary Post Office
County Court House
Standish Park
Philip FE Pratt
St Lows
Furekais
Wood & Gaktey
Chicago
The New Plow Horse The Farm Tractor Comes
A dramatic history of farming power traces ox to horse to the farm tractor. Bloomington hosts Aug 23 to 28 with demonstrations and short courses. Farmers from Illinois and nearby states will see tractors work, compare breeds, and attend anatomy style lectures on tractor parts and operation.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Ane
Bureau County Fair Harness Entries Grow for 1915 Meet
The Bureau County fair at Princeton Aug 31 to Sept 3 expects a record harness race entry list with horses from many states. Notables include College Gent and Strathtell from Winnipeg. Our Colonel and others from Chicago and Jonesville. The fair emphasizes education, community pride, and expanded facilities and meals, with Children's Day on Aug 31 and a projected 50 000 attendance. The 1915 Premium List spans 769 pages detailing divisions and school displays.
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Princeton
Nion
College Gent
Strathtell
Jae Carson
Winnepeg
Canada
Black River
Jonesville
Ta Elight
J B Jones
Chicago
Our Colonel
Hal Actor
Care'ime
Blue Line
Natta Prime
Jon Barnett
Alexandria
Dotte
Bessiah
Jessie
Matthews & Johnson
Lady Richmond
Robert R. Shipmaster
Bessie la Mont
Bureau County
Bureau
Illinois
Doposters
George O Smith
New Uses for a Ford Against Gophers and Ground Hogs
An Iowa farmer attached a rubber hose to a Ford exhaust and drove through fields to drive out gophers and ground hogs. The car fumes drove the pests from their burrows and were quickly dispatched by a companion with a club. An advertisement at the end promotes Champlain's Liniment for sprained ankles.
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Iowa
Ernest Wolf
Mt. Morris
Jesse Derby
Jesse
Sloan's Liniment Aids Various Aches In One Bottle
An ad touts a 25 cent medicine chest with Sloan's Liniment claimed to relieve toothache bruises sprains stiff neck backache neuralgia rheumatism and other emergencies by combatting congestion and inflammation. It urges buying two bottles to prove its effectiveness and notes widespread druggist availability. The text also cites a high per capita national wealth figure for the United States and references Watulum wealth.
A WORD FOR MOTHERS SCOTtS EMULSION ADVERTISEMENT
An advertisement urges mothers to avoid silence about aches and pains. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a nerve tonic and blood builder, claiming it strengthens tissues and nerves, supports energy, and has no alcohol. The ad cites Bloomfield New Jersey company Scott & Bowne.
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Scalt
Scott & Bowne Bloomfield
N. J
Lightning Destroys Concrete Dam At Swanlake Farm
A massive concrete dam at Mack-Groves stock farm along Swanlake shore near Estherville Iowa was shattered by a thunderstorm and a lightning bolt. The center exploded into a triangular hole, large blocks weighing up to twenty tons scattered about, wings torn free, and a new dam planned as Nature's power astonishes observers.
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Swanlake
Estherville
Mack — Groves
Lakea
Groves
Nature
Mr. Groves
Illinois waterway commission to tour river for progress update
Springfield reports three commissioners named will travel the Illinois River soon to gain firsthand information on work ahead. Remaining two members to be named within ten days. Governor Dunne aims to start the project but Fergus injunction ties up state funds, with decisions expected by the October supreme court term.
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Illinois Waterway Commission
Illinois River
Springfield
Gov. Dunne
Fergus
Waterway Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
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America
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Chas L. Trimble
Chas. L. “Trimble
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