Dr J A Swem Physician and Surgeon in Henry Ill
Dr J A Swem listed as physician and surgeon serving Henry Illinois with office over C Elsie Smith's grocery and residence on Main street. Office and residence phone numbers are 16.
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Whithfield, Ill
McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
Calla
B.S. Bayne
J. A. Swem
Henry
C. Elsie Smith
Main Street
Cromwell & Coggshall
Physicians and Surgeons
Henry, Ill
Cromwell
Coggshall
Gents Garments Cleaned and Dry Cleaning Notice
An old newspaper ad offers express service for 500 Main St with prompt attention. All work guaranteed. Gents garments cleaned by steam or dry methods. Pants cleaned, overcoats priced. Garments dyed service advertised with a five dollar range.
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Main St.roods
Express
Stamps and money orders show year totals and losses
Postal data report 12.7 percent of 5,000,000 stamps sold and receipts of 226,469,000 dollars. Over 85,000,000 money orders issued and paid totaling 687,715,644 dollars with losses under 2,000 due to errors. Rural carriers barred from politics by executive order. Civil Service Commission empowered to dismiss violators. Illinois livestock premium reforms urged to aid exhibitors and poultry. Kansas natural gas shortages amid cold wave cause suffering. some homes lack stoves and chimneys. Dwight L Moody stresses character over wealth. air brake physics noted. Taft surpasses Roosevelt in Sherman law prosecutions. Keokuk dam lake project described with towns along Mississippi. steamboat business deemed revived with Carnival City Packet Co. San Francisco parade led by Gypsy Smith and YMCAs Henry J. McCoy. State Teachers association backs scientific farming and trained farm demonstrators for soil and crop improvements.
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Civil Service Commission
Anthony
State Board of Agriculture
Illinois
Kansas
Dwight L. Moody
Taft
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Carnival City Packet Co
Moline Dispatch
San Francisco
Gypsy Smith
Henry J. McCoy
Evangelist Smith
State Teachers’ Association
Springfield
State Agricultural College
Ayer's Hair Vigor Ad Promotes Healthy Hair
An old advertisement urges readers to tell those with thin or falling hair about Ayer's Hair Vigor. It promises thicker, richer hair without coloring and suggests showing the ingredient list to a doctor for approval.
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Ayer
Lowell
Mase
Widowed Ellen O Grady Dies at 80 in Lostant
Obituary notices report Ellen O Grady a widow aged 80 died last Saturday at her Lostant home. Born in Ireland she leaves two daughters Mary and Alice at the maternal home. Funeral services were held Monday at the Catholic church in Lostant with burial in Venona cemetery.
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Ellen O'Grady
Lostant
Ireland
Mary
Alice
Catholi
Venona
Harriet M Strawn
John M Strawn
Chittago
Lacon
Joseph Chance
Peoria
Frederike Schoof
Schoof
Germany
la Rose
Toluca
Quincy seeks national cemetery for soldiers home
Col J A Anderson urges the government to establish a national cemetery at Quincy for soldiers of the home and those buried there. The site holds nearly 2000 veterans. Uncle Avery Dalton of Quincy, 103 on December 20, is the last survivor of the Black Hawk war but now feeble. An elevator injury at Minoak injures Joe Benders.
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Vicinity News
Col. J. ©. Anderson
Quincy
Elmwood
Farmers
Minoak
Chillicothe
Peoria
Leslie D. Puterbaugh
Winnie
William McGonagle
Gibson City
Florida Land Pros Promote South Florida Project Amid Cold Spell
Dear Friend Burt notes ongoing frost in central and north Florida Texas and Gulf Coast with crop damage while Miami Land and Development co directors report progress. They tout 20,000 acres improved from Detroit to Biscayne Bay with a nine mile canal, 45 miles of roadway ditches and expanding drainage. Fred and Ralph plan to relocate family and residents praise crops tomatoes beans and winter garden produce amid favorable climate prospects. James M Powers invites Henry and friends to visit Southeast Florida where frost-free conditions, abundant tropical crops and fewer pests persist.
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Florida
Burt
U. S. Weather Bureau
King Frost
Texas
Gulf Coast
Miami
Miami Land and Development Company
Detroit
Biscayne Bay
Ralph
Illinois
Fred
Missouri
Lawton
Henry
James M Powers
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Credited To Cure Grippe
A testimonial from A J Ironmonger of Washington Kansas praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for curing a severe grippe attack that threatened pneumonia after taking three bottles. The warning notes the medicine comes in a yellow package and is said to relieve symptoms quickly.
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Foley
RFE Fisher
Washington
Kas
Tax fight over Peoria street poles sparks city push
Peoria authorities move to enforce a street tax on telegraph and telephone firms using city poles. The Postal Telegraph, Western Union, and others argue federal 1866 statutes shield them, while Peoria cites city rights to regulate utilities. Only Interstate Telephone pays $1,000 annually.
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Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Western Union Company
Peoria
Postal Company
Springfield
Postal and
Western Union Companies
Tbs
Terminal Railway
Peoria Railway Company
Peoria, Bloomington & Champaign Traction Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
The
Central Union Telephone
No Gause For Doubt Rexall Orderlies Ad Claim
A Rexall Store ad promotes Rexall Orderlies with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved. It touts safety for all ages, mild action, and three size options priced at 10, 25, and 50 cents. Distributor A J Ironmonger urges Henry residents to buy at The Rexall Store.
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Rexall
Roxall
Henry
Rexall_Store
A.J Ironmonger
Abolishing U S Circuit Court Unified With District Court
The federal judicial code took effect on January 1 uniting the United States circuit court and the district court into the single United States district court. Illinois is reorganized into three districts and the consolidation reduces clerical staff.
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Congress
United States Court
United States Circuit Court
Circuit Court
District Court
United States District Court
Ilinois
Illinois
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State News
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Ilinois General Assembly
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United States Census Bureau
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Henry County
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