Local Notes and Real Estate Deals From Peoria Area
Local notices report travels of residents to Iowa and Missouri, upcoming Central West Association of Congregational Ministers meeting, and a funeral in Minneapolis. Found leather chain and locket restored to Perley Bassett. Chicago News weighs Gen John A. Logan’s presidential prospects. Real estate values rise in La Prairie with several farms changing hands at high prices. Clarifications on MANN family deaths and a Florida visit. Foreigner voting discussion at Old Settler meeting in Lacon. Peoria Fair invites ten thousand free tickets for schoolchildren to promote the Great Fair.
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Peorla
What the Show Revealed about Church and Charity
A Detroit Post report describes a Virginia audience reaction after a performance where a speaker lambasted church leaders for hoarding money. He accused ministers of preaching piety while accepting offerings to fund lavish lives, urging Christians to question those who profit from faith.
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Detroit Post
Scrrous
Virginia
Cunrch
Gaston Nursery Tour Delights Old Settlers at Lacon
Mr Av’H Gaston hosted guests from Henry and local families at his southeast Lacon residence for a reunion dinner. He outlined young Catalpa and Russian mulberry stock, plus variegated Catalpa cuttings, praising hardy growth, beauty, fragrance, and fruit. His nursery invites visitors seeking shade trees and rare varieties.
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Av'h. Gaston
Henry
Ron
Nikesidenge
A. S
Edgar Culver
Gaston
Catalpa
Central Park Needs Improvement for Open Air Meetings
Our town praises its fair appearance but calls Central Park an eyesore. A small outlay could trim grass, tidy trees, remove rubbish and build a neat platform with seating for concerts. Citizens urge council action and reward public-spirited help.
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Central Park
Community entertainment aims to elevate taste with notable guests
The association invites support for a winter season featuring prominent speakers and artists including Colfax, Swing, Spauiding, Tilton, Beecher and others. Rev O L Thompson receives a long awaited letter from Crookwell NSW praising his work. Visitors to Rev John Winn’s Madison home include Miss Hattie Winn and the Winns of Yokohama and Shanghai.
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Colfax
Swing
Spauiding
Tilton
Beecher
Mra Slayton
Mrs Dainty
M’'lle Litta
Bwedleh
O. L. Thompson
Crookwell
New South Wales
Australia
Thompson
John Winn
Madison
Wis
Hattie L. Winn
Yokohama
Japan
George H. Winn
Winn
Kansas City
H. Winn
Shanghai
China
Drh.h. Winn
Grave robbers and bogus cures in Mendota ad comic tone
A fragmented clipping contrasts grave robbing with a fake remedy Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure claiming to conquer consumptives and lung ailments. It notes a two mile wide liquor prohibition strip around every incorporated town in Illinois, barring sale inside and outside cities.
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Mendota
Illinois
Free Remedies and Roadside Advice in City News
A notice promotes a new domestic remedy for piles by Dr Deming with free sample boxes via Dr Powell. It urges farmers to weed roadside growth and use the mower. It discourages arsenic and quinine and endorses Ayer’s Ague Cure. William Everett of Grand Creuse visits the city.
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Deming
Powell
Ayer
William Everett, Esq
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Rapid Skin Cure
An old advertisement for Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims it quickly cures burns bruises ulcers fever sores cancers chilblains corns tetter and other skin eruptions. Sold by J E and F A Powell with a money back guarantee and a 250 per box price.
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Bucklen
J.E
F.A Powell
Janil
Light Guard Band Serenade at L A Meier's Thursday Evening
The Light Guard band visited L. A. Meier's on Thursday evening to serenade young ladies. The event reflects a neighborhood social activity with the band performing in a casual visit setting.
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L. A. Meier's
Trial bottle offer for Dr King’s New Discovery at Powells
A rush of customers for a trial bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds at J B & F A Powell’s drug store. Asthma bronchitis hoarseness and throat and lung ailments urged people to call and obtain a free trial bottle.
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J. B
F. A. Powell’s
Dr King
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