Mingle of local notes spurs several community items
A crowded column reports on farm sales and rail progress from Bennington and Macomb to St Louis, notes about school work and court actions, cyclone warnings prompting cyclone cellars, barbers’ price union in Wyoming, Santa Ana plating works, and a California divorce case highlighting lax Western laws and court responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Putnam
LaSalle
Woodford
Barbers
Toulon
Wyoming
Princeville
Barbers’ Protective Association
Santa Ana
Electro
J. R. Veach
Ale North Main Street
Veach
Santa
Cal
Benjamin Judd
J. M. Kirkpatrick
J.W. Holton
A. C. Gargin
Kira A. L. Turner
Free
I.’ Martino
Lucy Dunlap
Della Wells
W. H. Parkinson
Benjamin Udd
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted As Cough and Consumption Cure
Advertisers claim Boschee's German Syrup is the only current preparation that relieves and cures consumption. It lists ingredients like pure tar and gum extracts and asserts endorsements by medical congresses. The ad urges rest, fresh air, good food, and states the syrup provides easy morning expectoration and rapid relief, offering small bottles at 25 cents and larger sizes at 76 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
Theological Reporter Sifts Sermon in Base Ball Memoir
The sporting editor covers a church sermon by an eminent visiting divine while reporting a perfect day at the grandstand. The Rey Dr Blank pitches for the Unitarians, mixing slow and fast balls to dominate the game, with the crowd’s cheers echoing from the bench to the bleachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey Dr Blank
New Jerusalem
Beecher Memorial Plan Shifts Site in Brooklyn
The Plymouth church memorial group has incorporated and bought a site on Orange Street Brooklyn opposite the church instead of adjoining it. The building will house a library recreation and lecture rooms and a repository for Beecher family books pictures and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher
Plymouth
Orange Street
Brooklin
Henry Ward Beecher
White Cream Vermifuge praised by mother’s letter
J A J Montgomery of Paxico Missouri reports twins plagued by worms finally relieved after using White Cream Vermifuge. He notes dramatic counts and growth benefits, with the medicine selling for 25 cents at Dr Powell's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.A.J. Montgomery
Paxico
Wayne Co
Dr Powell’s Drug Store
Cyclone disrupts fairgrounds. amphitheater damaged at Bradford event
Charles Griswold returned from Griggsville with horse Amerigo winning first money and Aloncere third. A cyclone struck the fairgrounds on day two, moving the amphitheater nine feet and blowing down most structures. No one was seriously hurt. Griswold and another man saved a large oak trunk. Reports from McDonough county note Rock Island Railway survey efforts and a Chicago editors meeting to handle foreign ads. Four La Salle youths were fined for chicken stealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Shelton
Bennington
Rock Island
Burlington
St Louis
Macomb
Rushville
Chicago
Edna Fosbender
Charles Fosbender
Wenona
Des Moines
Iowa
Allerton Bay
Chas Motter
Henry
Bradford
Ed Haines
Dwight
Peoria
Patterson Prowse
Btar
Central Electric Company
Eureka
Thomas Kennedy
Woodford
Poe—tranyute
Corps Conaista
C . Fay
Edith Quinn
Millie Granburg
Granville
Kate Brando
Hamlin
Anti-Cigarette League
Congress
Leagues of the
Charles Griswold
Griggsville
Amerigo
Aloncere
Fair
Proetan
Griswold
Bradford Republican
He Macomb
McDonough County
Asea
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Corps of
Illinois River
Femighty
Tenn
Minneapolis
Gulf
Ilinois
Agen
Association
la Salle
Puts an End to It All With Dr King’s Pills
An advertisement extols Dr King’s New Life Pills as a quick remedy for pain from tired organs, dizziness, backache, and constipation. The copy claims the pills are gentle and effective, sold by Dr Powell’s drug store for 26 cents with a guarantee.
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First National Bank
Capital
Punige
W. Dewey & Co
Aitee
COAL
Republican
E. E. Dawson
Charlés Motter
Rybner
Elzuar
Oorseets
Ieb
The
Abbott Studio
Leeda
Abott
Photos
Joan Hannixy
J. A. Swem
Henry, Ill
Ofice
C. Elsie Smith
Main Street
E. G. Cromwell, M. D
Fenblicen
J. L. White
Ferris, M. D
W. J. Thomas
Tenry
Ibl
Camp House
Dr. B
F.C. Willett
Verinary
Whitefield, Ill
Mektlip Veterinary College
W. A. Smith
Dr. Maulfair
Ford Oramat
McNisa
Illinois
Fred. W. Potter
Henry E. Jacobs
Clover, & Jacobs
RENRY
J. H. Franklin
Lacon
New McMurtrie's Block
Barnes
J. H. Magoon
BARNES & MAGOON, ATTORNEYS _AT LAW
Lacon, Illinois
J. E. Carlson
Camp House Henry
Gil J. E. Carlson
L.M. Bell
C. “A. Camp
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
Walnut Hill Dairy
Elmer Mooberry
Henry Central
John Hartley
Benry i
G. A. Motter
Pool Black
H. G. Beck
DR. C.F. Meng
Yanuchowsk
Hnenky
R.S. Bayne
Ill
J. J. Herry
Jacob A. Melick
Kline Building Telephone No
Ted
Dustin Specialty Company
Fifth Avenue
South Adams Street
Peoria, Ill
Fey Hotel
the Republican
Chicago University
Harper
Inter Ocean
Portar Pu
Handa
Board of—Review
Putnant County
Post Office Department
United States
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Et Louis
San Francisco
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Chicago, St Louis
Memphis& New Orleans
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Dakotas
A.J. Snell
Coffin
California
Ticnon
Tia
Republican Weekly
Travels OF Columbus
S.ss
SSS
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Lewis the
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