Bargains Fill Local Stores as Sales End Soon
Adkinson and Jones claim deep discounts on melons straw hats and lamps while Schick gears to close out remaining stock. Doomes offers photo services for a week and Yaeger touts cognacs brandies and tonics with varied wares from H J Adams to W P Hoyle. Excursion sales and whiskey from bonded warehouses draw interest as Casper Woods takes over Booth restaurant stockpile.
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Adkinson’s
J. H. Adkinson
J. H. Burt's
Field's
Field’s
J. H. Jones & Son
J. Schick
Chicago Daily News
Republican
Clanka
J. H. Jones &Sons
Peoria
C. H. Doomes
Henry Yaeger
Samuel Croft
Mra McKinney
Main Street
Metropolitan Journal
H J Adams
Dr Scheila
Henry Yiegers
L. A. Meier & Son
J. Bohick
J Bohick
Woolford
J.E
F. A. Powell
Henry
Yeorg Yaeger
WH. Yaeger
L. H. Negus
W.P. Hoyle
A. L. Hupp
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
California
Dakota
Texas
C. H. Moss
Frankfort
Hesy Yaeer
Casper Woods
Booth
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad Runs For Dr Powell’s Drug Store
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and skin eruptions with a claim to cure piles or no pay. It guarantees satisfaction and lists a price of 23 cents per box at Dr Powell’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Dr Powell's
Local Melange Notes Busy City Headlines
Local column records residents visiting and arriving travelers from Kansas Ottawa Chicago and Rockford. Mentions mail times births deaths school openings auctions and upcoming events including a cat dance and a Sunday School convention with names of local figures and businesses.
Edson Merritt Plans Colorado Venture After Geneseo Visit
Edson Merritt has spent a couple of weeks in Geneseo teaching at the Normal school in place of the principal on vacation. He then proceeds to Colorado and may decide to locate there. The note calls him a talented gentleman and wishes him success in any chosen path.
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Edson Merritt
Geneseo
Rom
Colorado
Mazileon
Hartsock
Henry Landing
Squire—Waterfall
Joan Green
Frank Baer
Lacon
Saverance
Perdy Campbell
Perdy
Severance
Henry
Undercliff Hotel
Sparland
Fred A. Raymond, Jr
Rebeccas
State Grange
Lake
Buckley
Nywctu
GGARR
Helper
Eckhart
Piscaveny
Clar
Christern
Harry Nieco
Eckert
Sexton
Miss Allen
Miss Helper
Deyne
Mir Holper
Misa Bexton
Y's
Christian Church
Monda
Tirat
Emma Ivanson
Whiffen
Chillicothe
York
Zeller
Rlae
Miss Harney
Messrs Weber and Crompton
Calof
Chicago
Parnell Ave
Death of Charles Crone at Kansas City and Monier Infant Passings
Obituary notices report the death of Charles Crone aged 80 in Kansas City Missouri with funeral services conducted by Rev S C Eby and burial beside siblings. Carrie Monier, nearly eight months old, also died August 1888, with mourning poems and prayers. Modern Woodmen of America organizer G W Draper plans to visit Henry and La Salle to recruit members noting the society’s large membership and favorable insurance metrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I, Crone
Charlies H. Crone
Kansas City
Henry, Marshall Co
Penria
Ill
Trumbull, Reynolds & Allen
Crone
New Church
C. Eby
Peoria
Puple
J.orr
Ed Hummel
Frank Krenz
John Russell
Charles Booth
John
cCannie
Bo Monera
Angel of Death
John Monier
Carrie
Mansions of Light
Mia Monier
Woodmen of America
G. W. Draper
Henry
Grand Lodge
Wlincils
United States
Imola Department
Draper
la Salle
Thoroby
Electric Bitters praised by druggists across states
The record shows W C sul of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio testifying Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for liver kidney and blood diseases. Dr Powell's store sells bottles for fifty cents and the Mazilcon steamer bids for lake excursions with Hartsock Hoopes and Scott Hartsock aboard as courteous officers.
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W. C Sul
Bippus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellville
Ohio
H H. Hartsock
Chas Hoopes
Sherman Hartsock
Scott Hartsock
Morgan Hartsock
Syrup of Figs Promoted for Delicacy and Efficacy
An ad touts Syrup of Figs as a popular California liquid fruit remedy praised for pleasant taste and cleansing action. Sold by Dr Powell with bottles at 60 cents and 1.00. Nearby, J. H. Jones & Bros reportedly loaded an old farmer with 361 dollars of dry goods and clothing.
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California
Gale
Powell
J. H. Jones & Bons
California Fig Syrup Company Ad and Local Excursion Note
An advertisement touts a laxative product described as nature’s own remedy for biliousness headaches fevers and indigestion. It notes bottles sold by Dr Powell and a 60 day supply at $1.00. A steamer excursion to Undercliff is announced for Sunday departing at 1:80 pm from the lock with round trip fare listed. It also mentions a possible Henry football club game at Undercliff grounds in the afternoon.
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Benny
Lewis Buck
C. Gould
Kansas
Willam Matthewe
J. G. Miles
Ella Hutchins
Ottawa
Chicago
Rockford
Till
Harry” Everett
E. H. Hutchins
L. J. Shelly
Peoria
Sophie Kline
Y.C. T.A
A. R. Hall
J. W. Ryan
M E
Lyman Horrom Hynes
Lant# & Co
Sterling
I S Burt
Colorado
Ellison Wood
Eif
Canton
Mary C Gates
JF. Gates
E A Shea
Dunlap
John Peterman
F A Powell
Dr Powell
C Eby
Henry
Cornelius Tanquary
Oata
Samuel Parker
California Fig Syrup Company
Powell
Mazileon
Henry Faootball Club
Undercliff
Webb's Ticket Office Adama Veorin Rails and Steamships
Webb's Ticket Office on Main and Adama Veorin advertises access to all railroads and ocean steamships with the lowest rates to all points and various routes. The note urges customers to purchase soon for money saved.
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Webb
Adama Streets
Veorin
Kingston father brings daughter for breathing aid. tumors removed
Frank Brazena of Kingston brings his six year old daughter to Dr Tocel after she could not breathe through her legs. Two large fibroid tumors were removed, allowing her to breathe normally. Mr Littleback and Jacob Popinga also visit for cystic tumor removals via electrolysis and alvano caustic battery. Dr Toel treats a Meredesie patient for nasal growths and pain with painless cocaine anaesthesia.
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Frank Brazena
Kingston
Tocel
Littleback
Toel
Jacob Popinga
Peoria
Charles A. Wildny
Meredesie
Illnois
Wilday
Tool
Republican Caucus Meetings Seek Delegates to County Convention
Republican voters in Yenry township meet on Saturday September 1 at 8 PM at E T Disosway's office to appoint 20 delegates and conduct other business. Whitefield township caucus convenes at Sixteen School House on September 1 at 7 PM to select 8 delegates to the county convention. Saratoga town hall gathering at 7 30 PM on Saturday to choose delegates for the county convention in Lacon on September 6.
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Yenry Township
Caucag
Satuday
E. T. Disosway
Pfice
Whitefield Townships
School House
Town Hall
Saratoga
Lacon
Friends Yearly Meeting at Mt Palatino area
Friends yearly meeting will be held at the Friends yearly meeting house four miles southwest of Mt Palatino from the sixth month fifteenth to the twentieth. Public meeting on first day at ten oclock a m and eight p m and on fourth day at ten oclock a m. The public is cordially invited. From the committee to M. A. Mruxs Clear Creek, Illinois.
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Brown & Smith Bes
Smith
Brown
Isaac Castec
Lawrence Lippert
Bickerman’s Hall
J. Hartley
F Qsbon
B. Cook
F. Baer
J. E. Barry
Thos
Harrington
Friends Yearly Meeting
Friends Yearly Meeting House
Mt Palatino
M. A. Mruxs
Clear Creek
Itt
Log Cabin Birthplace of Early Presidents
The article extols log cabins as birthplaces of several early presidents and notes their simple, rugged conditions. It highlights Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as a modern restoration of the traditional blood purifier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
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Nice
Gronce Hunt
Burron
Chas. G. Wineteer
Illinois
Whitefield
George Vail
Frank Ebaugh
Oaibe
Thomas O'Hara
Sire Anna Warnke
Harriet
Capt
T Q Willebrand
Washington
Father Blood's
New York
St Paul
Campbell
Board of Education
Parnaso
Ian
Grand Army Post Room
David Coan
Sugar Grove Cemetery
Milo
Wheatland
Abram Anderson
Grove
Lone Tree
L. Turner
Singer
John Heim
Persie
Estuaries
Breaih
Kentern Baratoga, Ill
Joseph Hilb
Henry, Ill
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