Varied 19th Century Local Notes Involving Taxes Fires and Trials
A wide array of local items are reported: Venona fair profit of 1860, Farmington water works cost 814042, Mason county back taxes 46000, a Canton dog that swallowed a $10 bill, Venona store fire loss 1700 with 1000 insurance, Arainage bill watch by readers, Chicago Fat Stock Show renewal, Penn township farm sale 865 per acre, La Salle carrier John Hypki in limbo, H B Phenix dissolves with Daniel Owens taking over, Lostant deceptions marry Dr Sweet, Old Soldiers event on September 24 at Illinois State Fair, asylum cruelty rules at Kankakee, Kerrick station naming, Chicago Herald deal 2 000 000, starvation death of William Ellis, coal miners’ plight, Monmouth Baptist cook book, Quincy rescue league, Peoria road reforms and wide tires, lamb shipments from Bradford, Eureka woman Harry Scott suicide, Beebe vs Illinois Central verdict 5000, Wenona death shipping goods, Macoupin grand jury indictments, Washburn mad poison test, Metamora county seat bid, Pawpaw Shabbona dog paper carrier, Pawpaw Times notes, Quincy Whig brief contraption, Watch Tower political troubles, Wyoming Post-Herald wax-chewing remedy for pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venona
Farmington
Mason County
Canton
John Stout
State Board of Agriculture
Chicago
William Eagleston
Penn Township
R.D. Jones
Bradford Ex- Change Bank
John Hypki
la Salle Mart
Sam
H.& B . Phenix
Bradford
B. I Phenix
Daniel
John Owens
Louie Stillwell
Lostant
Dr. Sweet
Kankakee
Tlinois Central
Normal
Hudson
Thomas Kerrick
Kerrick
James W Scott
Chicago Herald and Post
William Ellis
Spring Valley
Baptist Ladies of Monmouth
Quincy
Jacob Thomas
Peoria
Chicago Tribune
George Pace
George
Harry Scott
Eureka
Beebe
Milnois Central Railroad Company
Ira Beebe
Wenona
Webster City
New Lebanon
Ind
George Ball
Illinois State Grange
Macoupin County
Macoupin
R.M Carruthers of
Washburn
Forrest
Wales
Metamora
Woodford
Breer Democrat
Pawpaw
Shabbona
B. F. Atherton
Doc Boynton
Atherton
Pawpaw Times
Quincy Whig
Galesburg
Lear
Wyoming Post-Herald
Pike County
The Genuine Merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla Wins Friends
Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as a superior blood purifier and strength builder. It claims to purify blood by expelling taints such as scrofula and salt rheum while boosting overall health and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Widow Remarries Years Later Alters Monument Inscription
A young widow erected a costly monument for her late husband bearing the line My grief is so great I cannot bear it. About a year later she remarried and, uncomfortable with the inscription, added the word alone to read My grief is so great I cannot bear it alone.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
Frank Baer
Henry, III
Ward Street
School Street
Third
Richard
Frank Erer
William Kuss
Ant
WM. Kuss
Main St
Henry
H.J. Bell
Iceantist
Henry, Ill
Eller G. W. Keidertaker
Illinois
Inter Ocean
the Times
Tecorefer Eere
CHE Inter
OCEAN
THE
NEWS
Cotnens
TUS BP
SHE Asean Og
Hnai Echon Tan
East
West
Leary Republican
St. Jacobs
P. B. Jacobs
W.B. Deck
Menry, Illinois
R. & L. C. Hunter
Odd Fellow Block
Mass
W. L. Douglas
J. Watercott & Co
Henry, I
H. H. Kirchman
Watchmaker
Eso
James Quinn
Marshall
Tllinois
Marshall County
Uinois
Lacon
Eald Marshall County
Catate
Barbaha Quinn
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