Days lengthen as towns plan new rural route and courts vs water company
A reporter notes lengthening days and a 28 mule rural delivery line covering 25 square miles serving 500 houses. Other items include Omaha and Illinois area notes on marriages, court cases, river transport plans, elevated waterworks, fires in Dixon, advertising gains for Rock Island, and a dramatic rescue of Irving Broaddus from a furnace foundation.
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Wenona
Hennepin
George Watkins
Peoria
Ottawa
St Louis
Packet Company
LaSalle
Watking
Utica
Rock Island Railroad
Golden State Limited
Rock Island
Missouri River
California
Rock Island States of America
Land of Flowers
Grand
Chicago
Spring Valley Coal Co
Marquette and Ladd Cos
Devlin Coat Co
Toluca
Galesburg
Joseph Costa
O U RD
Corpus Christi Church
Rey J S Spalding
Rt Rey P J O'Rielly
Rey EJ Kmery
Illinois
Lovejoy
Illinois River
Beardstown
Irving Broaddus
Nannie
Irving
Lacon Democrat
Remarkable Cure for Croup Saves Boy’s Life
Joel Demont of Inwood Iowa credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving his son's life. He bought a bottle from A. E. Steere of Goodwin, North Dakota, administered the medicine every ten minutes until the child vomited, and pulled long strings of phlegm from his mouth. The testimony promotes the remedy as a life saver available through De Powell.
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Chamberlain
A. E. Steere
Goodwin
8. D
Joel Demont
Inwood
Towa
de Powell
Bank Directors Elected and Officers Chosen in LaConna Bank
At the annual stockholders meeting of the First National Bank of LaConne the following board directors were elected J S Thompson L G Thompson W H Ford James Smith Wm Riddell John I Thompson R M Barnes. At a later directors meeting officers named J S Thompson president Joe I Thompson vice president W H Ford cashier M A Hassenflu assistant cashier J G C Law bookkeeper. The completest stockholders include L a Thompson C H Martin James Smith W H Ford Wm Riddell M Forbes M A Hassenfiu J S Thompson J I Thompson R M Bates R B Fort vara B Fort Mrs W H Ford. Heads Should Never Ache. Never endure this trouble. Use at once the remedy that stopped it for Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Va she writes Dr King New Life Pills wholly cured me of sick headaches I had suffered from for two years Cure Headache Constipation Billousness 15c at Dr Powells drug store. Bishop Spalding a member of the anthracite coal strike commission received a miniature cathedral altar carved from anthracite by miner Peter Conway among Scranton miners. It shows miners’ esteem for Bishop Spalding. The will of Lydia Kline late of Streator allows her husband Edward Kline life use of property valued at about 19000 with remainder to children after his death.
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Frank Peterman
Minnie B Short
Warren R Short
Eva McClanahan
James McClanahan
Julia Flaut
Reva Flaut
Dixon
H. 8. Dey
Rock Island
Chicago
Lake Shore
Bloomington
Chicago Tribune
Oscar Green
Saybrook
John Tjardes
Board of Trade
The
Republican
Esther Culton
Arthur Gray
Wyoming
Churchill-White Grain Co
Illinois
Indiana
American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Lostant
Three- T
Milla
Priscilla
First National Bank of Lacon
J S$ Thompson
L G Thompson
W H Ford
James Smith
Wm Riddell
John I Thompson
R M Barnes
J 8 Thompson
Joe I Thompson
M A Hassenflu
J GC
L A Thompson
C H Martin
M Forbes
M A Hassenfiu
J I Thompson
R M Bates
R B Fort
Vara
Fort
N. A. Webster
Winnie
Bishop Spalding
Scranton
Peter Conway
Lydia Kline
Streator
Edward Kline
To Cure a Cold In One Day Health Elixir Claim
A vintage medicine ad proclaims a single day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It promises refunds if it fails and features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price listed as 25 cents. Refers to a 12 11 ly date.
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E. W. Grove
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Charles Motter
First National Bank
Capital
Fito T. Law
R. Jones
Oashier
L. Jones
Transact & Gener
E. F. Hunter
F.E. Dawson
W. Dewey Coo
Ladies Bazaar
Mrs. Kinnear & Ward
Henry,ll
Abbott Studio
Photos
Joan Hantuey, Jr
J. A. Swemn
Henry
O. Elsie Smith
E. G. Cromwell, M. D
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W. J. Thomas
Camp House
F. C. Willett
Whitefield, Ill
McKillip Veterinary College
W. A. Smith
Maulfair
Ford Central
McNasp
Illlinois
Fred. W. Potter
T. ¥. Clover
Chancery
Clover & Jacobs
Henry Be, Jacobs
J. H. Franklin
Lacon, Ill
McMurtrie’s Block
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E. S. Ferris
J. D
J. M. Pitzer
Ptatio
W. H. Worley
Grossoup Bros
Venona
L. M. Bell
O. A. Camp
Henry, Illinois
R.S. Bayne
J. J. Herry
G. W. Keller
Walnut Hill Dairy
Elmer Mooberry
Henry Central
Jagod A. Meligk
Henry, III
Agen
John Hartley
Ill
A. Bauter
L Case
Henry Ventral
Bor
G. A. Motter
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Alex Wunder
Whitefield
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
W W .Johnson
Josie Koehler
McNabb
George Koehler
Wyoming Post-Herald
Nixon & Thomas
Nixon
Galena
United States
Altho
Princeton
Catherine Arnold
Arnold
Tiskilwa
H M Snow
I M Ong
Peru
H H Frost
Geneseo
Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
West
Farmers' Institute
ASTH
Dustin Specialty Company
Fifth Avenue
Thompson & Son
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Fom
Notre Dame
Ind
Summers
Agus
M. Summers
Coxcoo Notre Dame
U. S.A
Frem Insurance A Speq
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N. J
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