SALE AND BUSINESS NOTES FROM ILLINOIS ADS
Various classified ads and notices from Henry county Illinois papers dated 1912 1914 1915 include sales offers for wood and medicines real estate requests Miss Emma fort Farmers Bank notices bank meeting announcements of the First National Bank Henry Ill and annual meetings of the Henry City Bridge Co. Also a stock keep off highways notice warning livestock owners to control animals amid foot and mouth disease with signatures of local commissioners.
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Wheatland Township
S. M. Charles
L. O. Ringeberg
Public Probate Notice In Re Sidney Ketchum Deceased
Executors announce in the county court during the January term of 1915 that they act under the will of Sidney Ketchum deceased. Authority granted by the will directs proceedings recorded in the Book of Wills pages 287 to 289 in the Probate Court Records of Marseilles County Illinois. A public notice is hereby given.
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Sidney- Ketchum
Auder
Sidney “Ketchum
Marsell County
Tinois
Public Auction of Farmland in Champaign County Illinois
Real estate offering at the bank corner in Champaign County Illinois on January 14 1915 at 2 o clock. North half of Section 7 Town 21 North Range 9 East Third Principal Meridian. Terms require 15 percent cash with balance due March 1 1916. Auction by Henry R Jacobs executor of Sidney Ketchum estate. Separate parcels will be sold first then the whole.
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Fisher
Champaign County
Illiois
Champaign
Illi
Sidney
Riso
Aign
Atonicac
Rania i
Letter From Grant Wright About Susie Culver
In a New York City letter to Susie Culver Grant Wright recalls charities amid city misery. He notes tenement hardships with families and sick relatives, praises a loyal friend Johnny Morgan, and recounts memories of Daniel Webster and others at the Stevens house on Broadway near the Battery.
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Grant Wright
Susie Culver
Henry
New York City
Susie
Providence
Maudie Morris
Chicago
Jamadia
John Morgan
United States
Government Grants Two Years Salary for Injured Rural Carriers
Government extends paid leave to postal workers injured on duty, including rural carriers, clerks, and special delivery carriers. Eligible employees receive full pay for 30 days and half pay thereafter for two years, with possible full pay if disability is total. Extensions apply beyond railway mail service to rural routes and related positions.
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Hutts Tt
Wholesale Slaughter of Cattle Unnecessary Opinion
An editorial from the Colfax Press argues against government sanctioned slaughter over foot and mouth disease. It contends that infected animals should be segregated and treated rather than killed, saving cattle and food supplies while reducing government costs. It notes shortages and high prices blamed on slaughter actions and cites a farm paper warning about England and Ireland practices.
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Colfax Press
Hve
Isngland
Ireland
England
Dougherty Back to the Pen for Forgery Conviction
A Pittsburgh letter contends N Dougherty once led Peoria schools and stole nearly a million, a brazen impostor described as a teacher who dazzled peers, hobnobbed with elites, and was jailed then pardoned, now to serve further years. It cites his fall from grace and notes two years ago a reader reports relief from indigestion using Chamberlain's tablets.
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Dougherty
Blandinsvilke
Starsfarzette
Peoria
Supreme Court
State Normal School
Millersville
Princeton College
Nicholas Murray Butler
National Educational Association
Tourope
Heidelberg
Joliet
Board of Education
Inn
S . Oi
Chamberlain's
S.A Keller
Elida
Ohio
Simu
Young coon hunter era remembered in Bureau County
An old time settler Uncle Mike Kitterman is praised for his frontier life in Bureau County near Tiskilwa. His descendants include Henry Kitterman of Tiskilwa, aged 81, who still pursues coon hunting with a night ride after dogs. Henry, born June 9 1883 in Arisple township, spent his youth at jog Schoolhouse and became a lifelong farmer and stock raiser with a large farm between Princeton and Tiskiln.
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Bureau County
Michael Kitterman
Illinois River
Tiskilwa
Nmd
Princeton Republican
Mike
Hale
Henry Kitterman
Tiskilns
Dil
Dale
Kitterman
Arisple
Adson
Princeton
Mariéltn Lolley
sSamantha
Feller
Josiah
Florida winter letter from Mrs Sparling about life in Sanford
The writer reports from Sanford Florida describing Luxurious Royal Palm travel, weather, and a social trip ending in Jacksonville. She notes celery and lettuce farming profits and costs, local crops, and the expensive land prep. She mentions Lake Jessup nearby, alligators, and plans to stay until January before Daytona, while missing home and loved ones.
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Sanford
Fla
Bella “Hyans
Henry
Jacksonville
Cuba
Peatte
S. Ena
Florida
Chicago
Here
Lake Jessup
Town booster poem praises boosters and annual banquet
The piece, a poem by Aman ih Town, lauds boosters as essential town builders and mocks overglorified projects. It contrasts practical action with grand schemes, noting boosters’ role in funding ventures while critiquing idle bragging and unpaid bills.
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Aman Ih
Magee
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Adva
H. Braaley
Hye
Woolner
Henry Central
Askor Sale
Robert Horr
Main Street
Emmafort
New Farmers State Bank
Mason City
First National Bank
Cain
Lloyd Jones
Syenry
Oynual
Henry Cit.Bridge Co
Zoffica of the Bridge Co
Ill
Joseph N. Krenz
Henry City Bridge Company
Henry, IH
Gerry Y. Stibgen
Jeral Law and Collection Business
Snc
la Salle St
Chicago, Tll
Rhinwa Aus
Nn Suay
Jacobs
Ratchum
Nie
the Republican
Gene
Coon Hunter
Brom
Charlotte Sparling
Rankin—Héimandhan
Rankin
Lela
Sheff
Ory Bayete
Eme
Wigan Vale
AUE
Sih
Clothier
Ari Gemini
Amar
Dave
Reney
Illinois
John
McGlothlin
Illia
Roseville
T- Ra
Chambertian
Reineus
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