Thanksgiving and Prosperity Highlight Rural and City Life
A late 19th century column recalls a year of genuine Thanksgiving and rising prosperity with bumper crops, cheap fuel from corn, and nerves steadied by moral exhortations. It covers river navigation, telegraph cable work at Peoria, and public concerns from hunting licenses to indigent care.
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West
United States
Peoria
Central Union Telephone Company
Illinois
Tfe
Princeton
Depue
Ilinois
Department of Commerce and Labor
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Illinois State
Copperas Creek
Chicago Canal
Illinois River
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Marshall County
M. P. Ryan
W. M. Ryan
Blair
Toulon
Augustine M. Ryan
Iowa
Ja Hall
Dudge Worthington
Phoebe Rose of
Dunlap
Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Church of America
Supreme Court
Illinois Penitentiary
Murphy
Mary Terry
Potter's Field
Oakwood Cemetery
Postoffice Department
Mallory
Pontiac Reformatory
Holiday shipments and farm club plans from the region
The article lists holiday food and goods, urging early shipping to avoid Christmas delays. It notes a Douglas County farming club forming with a $50 membership, each selecting twenty acres of corn and sharing prize money from yields. It also discusses bee and insect roles in red clover fertilization and critiques revolvers amid recent fatal accidents and farmer resentment toward city gun use.
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Crs
Express Companies
Douglas County
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised For Piles Cure
Local reader Harry Colson of Masonville New York reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best cure for blind bleeding itching and protruding piles. He also notes its effectiveness for cuts burns and injuries sold for 25 cents at J B and F A Powells City Drug Store Henry U1.
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Harry Colson
Masonville
J. B. & F. A. Powells City
Henry
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Cromwell and Coggshall
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E. A. Hall
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Dauber House
School Street
Othee
W. J. Thomas
Menry, Ill
Camp House
F. C. Willett
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McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
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LA Pramue Center
Chicago Veterinary College
Maylfair Bros., Veterinary Physicians and Surgeons
Chicago Veterinary College Telephone
Ford Central
Mcnabs, Ill
Fred W. Potter
Heal Estate and Insurance
Henry E. Jacobs
Df. H .Franklin
Lacon, Ill
of First Street
R. M. Barnes
J. H. Magoon
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Berne
Franklin D. Kelley
Malin Street
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Henry, HI
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Raterfolerloole
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G. W. Keller
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J. 8 .Thompson & Son
Acon
McNabb
G.N. Portman
Adams St
Peoria, Ill
Hamer’s
Sure Cure
Ly Mutt Or
Express
D. Hamer
Sure Cure CO
Vermont
Kansas
Niquette Bros
Salina
Kas
the Republic
Dr.Caldwell
Allie Jackson
Farmer City
Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup CO
Micnticello
Keen Kutter
St. Louis Exposition
St. Louis
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the Burial League of the
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Charles Clifford Doran
Henry, Il
Rock Island Railway
Denver
J. N. Fike
Colby
Marshall Field, Jr
H. G. Pinkerton