Henry township and city vote set amid canal gains and crime
Five elections are planned in Henry this year including township city school judicial and presidential races. The Illinois and Michigan canal earned 12000 last year while a Tiskilwa bank burglary netted about 5000 before the burglars fled. A Finnish union lecture urged expanding women's work and a new German language paper Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung begins in Geneva to present American views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Bank of Stevens & Welsh
Tiskilwa
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Geneseo
A. Lieberknecht
Volksblatt Printing Co
Varna Age Debate and Early Settlement Notes
The Ve nona Index is argued correct about Varna’s age, with references to early settlers, the Graen homestead, and a Varna site visit in July 1870. The piece discusses dehorning cattle as beneficial for safety and calmness, plus a brief advertisement for Griggs' Glycerine Salve claimed to cure various skin and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Lyons
Burt
Wm B. Green
New York City
Chicago and
Petersburg Stage Road
Henry Republican
Illinois
Springfeld
Graen
Shanghai's foreign concessions and the crowded walled city
Mr Lehman describes Shanghai as a double city with three foreign concessions American English and French policed by mixed forces. He notes the contrast between the bustling riverfront and the squalor and smells inside the walled Chinese quarter. He visits a Chinese consul’s villa and a Jesuit observatory, remarks on burial customs and Chinese jurisprudence, and ends with a voyage to Hong Kong admiring its Victoria Peak and gardens.
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China
Dhanebal
Hindoo
Consla
Shanghai
Empire
Marin
Showla
Rocks
Buddha
Jerusalem
Buddha‘s-shrine
Yamon
Yourl
Labals
Jesuit
Observatory
M. M
Natal
Formosa
China Sea
Hong Kong
Victoria Peak
Nou 1
Spavin Liniment Ad Promises Horse Cure Save $50
English Spavin Liniment removes lumps blemishes including blood spavin ringbone and sprains. One bottle saves $50. Warranted. Sold by J. E. Powell and P. A. Powell, druggists, Henry Til.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. EB
PF. A. Powell
Henry
Til
Birthday Greeting Poem by Samuel Parker in Chicago
A January 21 1888 birthday message from Samuel Parker of Chicago appears with verses celebrating the journey of life as a hill to be climbed. The piece mentions Brimpay Crop Mrs G Worley Mrs C E Morgan Miss Julia H Johnston and Samuel Parker and invites comrades to seek rest in the vale after the ascent. The poem blends travel imagery with religious consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
8. G. Worley
C. E.morgan
Julia H. Johnston
Peoria
Samuel Parker
Chicago
Ancient Indentures Recount Farm Apprenticeship 1790s Land Trade
A century old set of documents shows Hannah Jordan binding her son Jesse Jordan to Abraham Smith to learn farming for seven years with strict conduct rules. Another bargain records Richard Atherton leasing land to Jonathan Morris for five years with specific land, timber, and building duties starting May 1702, ending 1797. Barnabas McNamey, John Swaney, and Sam Smith witness. A Prairie Farmer issue from March 1851 and an ad for Ayer s Sarsaparilla round out the curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Smith
Clear Creek
Hannah Jordan
Bethlehem Township
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Jesse Jordan Ian
Abraham Smith
Richard Atherton
Jona
Morris
Isaac Jenkins
Richard
Sam’ Smith
Barnabas McNamey
John Swaney
Prairie Farmer
Iowa
Arthur Bryant
Princeton
Court Records Reveal Distributions and Claims in Winslow R Term
Court orders discharge of executors and settlement of minor estates with bonds and guardians appointed. Claims against estates listed include several for notes and properties. hearings set for February term. probate actions and guardianships noted along with the final sale and distribution details. Death notice for Henry Kirk, 69, in Whitefield.
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Winslow
Oats
Bali
Ruth A Hee O
Sind
Eday Sutr
Davis
Tory
John
Yienenat
Motsushini
Kelly
Lacon
Gitler
Jac
Chambers
Oteinis
E Hofor
S D
RI Burt, Jr
Hutchins
Orman Keifer
McCulloch
Jones
Hulda
Clathe
Petries Am Reen
Peter How & Sons
Walter F
E Forrestali
John Carver
Ownsen
Tepuch Surety
Agusta
Marys Bentley
Elizabeth A Fox
Rom P . Perley
John Rathbun
Baughman & Tarbill
Nowell
Thompson
Heese
Toho Kine Acompson
Forte
Ericr
Adolph Schumacher
Chas B. Winkel
Car Schumacher
Oscar Divilblisa
James Divilbiss
Guardian
Daniel Wague
Actmr
John Nickell
Elizabeth Davidson
Agtess Adkinson
Ket Naomi Maring
Robert Hester
Give Them a Chance! Boschee’s German Syrup Boasts Cure
The ad extols Boschee's German Syrup as a remedy for clogged lungs and respiratory troubles including cold cough croup catarrh consumption and related obstructions. It claims superior action when other treatments fail and sells the syrup for 75 cents a bottle at any druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Sud
H.O. Root
M.O
Pome Sr
Boschee
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Flood
Tood
Brush Electric Light Co
Hood
Great Reef
New Haven
Conn
Mia
Mary G. Smith
Cambridgeport
Mase
Khood
Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
Little Sandy Creek
Magnolia
Putnam Co
Iug
Itool
Ork Suarantoad
Phillips & Bons
Putnam de mM
Bet CF
Wizand
Cit
Chicarg. Oii
Humphreys
Sumphreys
Orm
Anery
Tae Colle
Senet
Nantes
Ye Redician CO
Nou Wlilenra Money
Tima
Ely
Crean
Atreat
New York
Beury
Benz, JR
Postoffica
Jie Illinois
Payson
Illinois and Michigan
Gen. Drake
Irailread Fa
Kankakee
Vera Hjelt
Finnish Women’s Union
Helsingfors
Scandinavia
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Powell
MR. Lehman
Yale
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Ayer
Emmet Young
Samuel J Hoover
Assenger
Rydon Gillet
Warren Combs
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Boarland
Wm Koot
Edwin Leigh
Jacob Schuck
Ma Rogers
Uck
Belle Plain
Fargaret
M—Bienken
Fleming
Pcatherine Fay
Mary Gray
Wm Harrington
Michael Yaeger
Whitefield
Ja Harrington
Jenry Troskins
Wm Taylor
Mr Payson
Public Lands Coinage and Weights and Measures Committees
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Benry
Neenah
Milwaukee
Oshkosh and
Fond DU Lac
Sravenn
Pe Ceed Ad
Meenah
Menashe Stevens Point
Chippewa Falls
Eau Gat "Huston
Stillwater
Vie Junction
Wau
Merrill G
Ana
Lrake
V.m. Finney
Barker
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