Granville area to see new elevator and canal moves
The report notes a second grain elevator to be built at Camp Grove by J B Bocock, plus expansion in Granville with a telephone exchange franchise and canal land sale to Santa Fe for 6000 dollars. It mentions a growing Granville boom, new surveys, school attendance laws, religious and civic events, and local rail and road developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
J. 8. Bocock
Beckwith
Toluca
Gooretown
Spring Valley
Granville
D. B. Turner
Dixon
Sam Jones
John Helm
Lacon Journal
Roy Woodward
William Woodward
Henry
Rock Island
Princeton
Woodward
The
Christian Church
Eureka
Church
Tabernacle
Eureka College
Living Church
Quincy
H. R. Percival
Philadelphia
Taylor
Board of Education
George Biedelman
Mr Biedelman
Kewanee
Cathran
State of
Illinois
BE. M. Wayne
Delavan
Bartonville Asylum
Yates
Wayne
Dellivan
W. J. Conzelman
Pekin
Canal Commissioners
Santa Fe Railway Company
JoHet
Illinois Valley Traction Company
Split Rock
LaBalle
Freeport
Julius Wagner
Potter's Field
Wagener
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Electric Railroad Company
Monmouth
C. C. McCabe
Omaha
Neb
Los Angeles
Cal
Aual
General Conference
Chicago
Central Illinois Conference
McCabe
Methodist Church
United States
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Ad copy claims fast cure with Grove’s signature on each box priced 25 cents. The text notes ineffectiveness and mentions a failed money-back promise. The fragment references a patent medicine style ad typical of early 20th century sales pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
AZ Llyr
The Henry Republican and Nichols Business Guide Offer
The Henry Republican and Nichols Business Guide are offered together for $2.00. The Guide serves as a daily counselor with various legal forms for farmers, mechanics, and laborers as a practical reference. Readers note handsome local pictures and requests to reproduce images on fine glass paper as keepsakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Republican
Nichols Business Guide
Henry
Kodol Digestive Cure Endorsed for Children in Nashville
A Nashville father credits Kodol Digesta with transforming his indigestion plagued child into a well baby. The ad claims 99 of 100 diseases in kids stem from stomach disorders and asserts the product digests what you eat to keep the stomach sweet. Sold by Dr Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carter
Central
Nashville
Tenn
Powell
Why use lightning rods on a house
A city board member questions lightning rods as protection while an old farmer asserts the devices offer some protection from “night air” pests and simply keeps the house safer.
Not Over Wise Allegory Parallels a Careless Household
An old allegorical image shows a girl frightened by a grasshopper, while a man spends fortunes on cyclone cellar protection yet neglects his family’s medicine. The passage endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, sold by Dr Powell, as prompt safeguard against bowel complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Pinner
Drummond
Tenn
Powell
Tor Asle
Medical anecdote from 1899 Hollands report
In February 1899 W P Brown of Hollands recalls a lump on the tower up. A doctor cauterized it but another sore opened. After taking eight bottles of an unspecified remedy and other treatments the place healed with no signs of disease since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.P. Brown
Hollands
S.S
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RR. Jones
A -E Jones
Iivanead
W. Dewey
COAL
Republican
F .E. Dawson
St Au
Charles Matter
High Glass
Ladies Bazaar
Lidies
Abbott Studio
Abott
Photos
Meat ‘Market
Joan Hankery
J. A. Swemn
E. G. Cromwell
M. D
Henry, Ill
J. L. White
Iza
Oates
Camp House
Elmer Mooberry
Henry Central
Agen
John Hartley
Genry
Jans
G. A. Motter
Pool Block
F. C. Willett
Whitefield, Ill
McKillip Veterinary College
W. A. Smith
Dr. Maulfair
Ford Central
Mcnabbe
Fred. W. Potter
Clover & Jacobs
Ake
J. H. Franklin
Lagon, Ill
deMurtrie
J. H. Magoon
Barnes
Barnes & Magoon, Emt
Lacon
Abe
Peters
J. E. Carlson
J.E. Carlson
LaSalle
L.M. Bell
C. A. Camp
Henry, Illinois
G. W
Keller, Undertakdy and Embalmer
H. G. Beck
Ncnabb, Ill
Cc. F. Meng
Yanochowsk
Iwenry
Ill
DR_R.S. BAYNE
Henry,li
J. J. Herry
Dustin Specialty Company
Fifth Avenue
Fred Mercian
Henry Mandolin Club
Joseph Hartley
Schurr
Purines
Z P-Kellogg
Rae
Chicago Journal
Cumin
Mayl &E
St Louis
ks-in-Chicago
M. Edward Fawcett
Fawcett
Bureau County Independent Telephone Company
Bureau County System
Putnam County
Hennepin
Putnam County Board of Review
Staeet
Orion
Republican Office
Save
Republican Weekly
Travels OF Columbus
Martin Alonzo Pinzon
Columbus Knielt
Dezioss
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