Man-About-Town warns against removing Illinois river dams
The Peoria Herald-Transcript columnist cautions against removing the dams on the Illinois River before proving the drainage canal has made them unnecessary. He notes costs, potential loss of navigable depth, and Chicago politicians' opposition to a deep waterway, urging maintenance of navigation until a deeper waterway is planned and funded.
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Peora Herald-Transcript
Drainage Commission
Chicago
Ilnois River
Illinois and Michigan
Chillicothe
Aurora
Ilinois
Mississippi
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Timnefs
Great Ship Canal Facts and World Wide Examples in 1900s
The piece surveys major ship canals including Suez begun 1856 and finished 1869 at 100 miles long costing 93 million, improvements in depth and width, tolls of two dollars per ton, and yearly traffic figures. It notes Emperor William and Manchester canals, Amsterdam Rotterdam links, St Petersburg, Corinth, Konigsberg, and Welland versus Lakes Huron and Superior, with freight totals and costs.
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Suez
Emperor William Canal
North Sea
Baltic
Manchester
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
St Petersburg
Gulf of Corinth
Konigsberg
Lincoln's Hay Crop Joke Told By Neighbor
A short Lincoln tale from 1857 recalls a neighbor bragging about hay production. Lincoln questions the neighbor about he farming and the man answers he grows hay, claiming a superb crop and that workers stored much of it outside and in the barn.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Simpson
Electric Bitters Promised Cure For Various Ailments
A claimed advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a permanent cure for digestive and nervous disorders. It promotes benefits for kidney and liver trouble, stomach issues, insomnia, rheumatism, and neuralgia, promising relief and satisfaction for 58 cents.
Women's world and social changes across the era
A扫描 of 1902 press items reports hotels denying single women lodging in New York, Griffen’s blind reading room leader's conference plans, Bertha Williams’s success at Rothschild Chicago, California club push for a juvenile court, and other disparate notices including a Queen Victoria Memorial fund gift, New Zealand job hires for girls, Helen Gould scholarships, and Massachusetts mothers’ guardians law.
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Etta J. Griffep
Congressional Library
Brussels
Bellum
Rebecca M. Colfelt
Philadelphia
Mise Griffen
Bertha Williams
Rothechild & Co
Chicago
Sinder Gertare
Willams
New York City
Rothschild
Castoria ad noting familiar product
An old advertisement promotes Castoria a bottle branded pediatric remedy claimed to ease upset stomach and teething while assuring safe gentle relief. It emphasizes a familiar longstanding brand and trusted usage for infants and children.
Grange and Agriculture Notes From Midwestern Farms
The St Louis Globe-Democrat cites concerns on milk quality and urban neglect, while Metamora creamery produced 6840 pounds of butter in June, netting about $1500. New York distributed 162000 to county fairs. horse feeders rise in Chicago market. chinch bugs threaten crops. Botany and Michigan Farmer advise gradual feeding changes. Maryland farmers’ institutes may run without entertainments, focusing on practical farm science.
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St Louis Globe-Democrat
Metamora
Metamora (Ill
Amoss
Maryland
American Association
Seventeen Year Locusts And Corn Field Observations
Edgar Seger argues seventeen year locusts may appear this year though schedule suggests three more years for Central and Northern Illinois. A D Bhamel notes barren stalks in Illinois corn fields linked to hereditary sterility and pollen from barren stalks increasing sterility, while removing barren stalks reduces barren ears. He cites counts from multiple sections and the impact of seed fertilization on yields.
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Edgar Seger
Hudson
Papera
Ilinois
Nools
McLean County
Te Z
A. D. Bhamel
Illinois College of Agriculture
Illinois
Rain Says Farmer Clinton Herald Eases Drought
A Clinton farmer tells the Herald the summer rain has been the heaviest eastern Iowa has known, and its plentiful rainfall was badly needed, with the speaker noting there has not been too much yet.
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Iowa
Clinton
The
Herald
Caosparieon
Earth Drought Devastates Local Groves and Forest
The narrator notes severe drying near home causing vegetation loss. Natural forest thinning includes dozens of dying trees yearly with burr oak surviving due to deeper roots. Maples cottonwoods willows box elders and others decline more than in earlier years.
Poor Farm Butter Quality Warned by Farm and Home Advice
Mr Cordelia Hutchin warns that butter quality declines when housewives neglect sanitation and proper handling. He cites Mrs A and Mrs B whose clean utensils and temperatures still yield inferior butter, blaming lingering cellar odors from vegetables and poor ventilation for tainting milk and butter.
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Cordelia Hutchin
A. Will
Mrs Stone
Mrs B
Woman credits Dr King's New Discovery for life saved
Dorchester Massachusetts woman Lois Cragg endured severe lung trouble and a stubborn cough until Dr King's New Discovery cured her. The advertisement promotes the remedy as a guaranteed cure with a trial bottle free, available at Wells City drug store.
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Mra Lois Cragg
Dorchester
Mass
Guar- Wells City Drug Store
Home Seekers Excursions Special Round Trip Tickets
Round trip tickets at one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip issued as Special Home-Seeker Excursion tickets on dates June 8 17 July 15 August 5 and 19 Sept 2 and 16 and Oct 7 and 21 1902. For further information call Agent C R B Henry Ill 1 P Ry.
Perfect Liver Medicine Endorsed by Mr Jolley
Mr Jolley of Noble writes that Herbine is the most perfect liver medicine and a powerful blood purifier. He claims it fully accomplishes its claims and prevents Malaria by keeping the liver in order. Powell's City drug store advertises the remedy.
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M. A. Jolley
Noble
Powell’s City
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