Humorous moral notes and local events from LaSalle
The column blends cheerful maxims with local items from LaSalle including social fads, a fatal appendicitis for banker W. H. Colgan, and a Granville school addition contract to George Packingham for 1968. It mentions July insect songs, a deceased Mills estate, railroad whistle changes, and a yacht’s Illinois river transit toward Chicago.
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J.J. Gilligan
Wm Kellenbach
LaSalle
Hennepin
W. H. Colgan
Wyoming
Granville School House
George Packingham
Inois Central
Rock Island
Isaac R. Mills
Decatur
Litchfield
A. M. Caldwell
Farmer’s Review
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Illinois
Sparrows eat moths boosting pest control report
A long list of local items notes sparrows consuming brown tail moths while authorities debate methods to control them. The column also covers countless small town happenings from lawn parties at Granville to rail and fish industry notes in Illinois and Ohio gate receipts.
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Sickinger
Granville
Rock Island
Peoria
Joliet
West Side Fish Market
Chicago
J. B. Joeron & Co
Illinois
Ontario
Onario
Pool Box
D. J. Fenlon
Ripon
Wis
Aurora Beacon
J. M. Powers
Streator
Oklahoma
Jim
Mr Powers
Dare Devil Tilden
Rutland
Big Bend
Ensign
the Vicinty
Aqueduct No 2 crosses Bureau Creek on Hennepin Canal
The Hennepin Canal uses an iron and cement aqueduct to cross Bureau Creek, ensuring canal boats pass safely regardless of water level. Major J C Long supervised the project cost about 75000, located two miles northwest of Tiskilwa and six miles southeast of Wyanet near the old White's mill site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin Canal
Bureau Creek
J.C. Long
Tiskilwa
Wyanet
White’s Mill
Tiskilns
Bureau
Rural Free Delivery to Map Routes and Pay Scale Details
Rural carriers to use a bicycle wheel with cyclometer to map miles on all routes, determining pay by route length with a 720 dollar top and 432 dollar minimum. other items include a missing veterinarian from Princeton found in Ottawa, a lightning killed cow tale in Stark county, Keokuk logger John McCaffrey plans a 200 mile log river voyage to Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Metamora plans a new 25000 dollar factory and 46,000 dollar hospital in Kewanee, Keene hospital dedications, and a Vermilion Alabama testimony to Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Kaull
Princeton
Ottawa
LaSalle
Watertown
Stark County
Jim
John McCaffrey
Keokuk
Mississippi
Metamora
Woodford County
Court House
Henry
Geneseo Republic
Geneseo
J.C. Hammond Hospital
Kewanee
Galesburg
Republican Register
Bishop Spalding
Afton Wins Custody Battle Over Illinois Children
Florian Afton, in a month long clash with the Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society, gains custody of his seven children after Judge Tuley rules parts of the juvenile court act unconstitutional. The trial notes Afton’s past troubles and the death of his youngest child in May, with Supt. H. H. Aart revealing the court-mandated return of the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florian Afton
Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society
Afton
Tuley
Ottawa
LaSalle County
Home and Aid Society
Illinois
Florian Aston
Indigestion Link to Weak Hearts and a Train Conductor Joke
An old advertisement claims indigestion causes heart strain and proposes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy. The column also recounts a humorous incident on a train where a conductor forgets a passenger at Held, then corrects his mistake after the passenger explains a doctor’s instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. & Fla, Powell
Garrett
Lacon
Held
Repulsive Features Warn of Liver Imbalance
An early medical advertisement notes blackheads pimples and muddy complexions signal a liver disorder. It claims Herbine cleanses the bowels regulates the liver and improves beauty, offered at Dr Powell's drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gulledge
Ala
Bucklen
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W. T. Law
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Transact
W. W. Dewey Co
COAL
Charles Motter
Che New City
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Business Gards
J. A. Swem
O. Elsie Smith
Main Street
E. G. Cromwell, M. D
Henry, Ill
Patioken Republican
Second and Market
W. J. Thornley
Henry, Illinois
Hartley
Postoffice
School and
Robert Streets
W. J. Thomas
Ill
Camp House
F. C. Willett
Whitefield, Ill
McKillip Veterinary College
W. A. Smith
Maylfair
Veterinary Physicians and Surgeons Graduates
Chicago Veterinary College
Ford Central
Mcnabb, Illinois
Fred, W. Potter
Henry E. Jacobs
Attorney AT Law
J. H. Franklin
Lacon, Ill
New McMurtrie's Block
R. M. Barnes
Barnes & M
J. H. Magoon
Agoon
Attorneys AT Law
Lacon, Illinois
Aberas
VYYTS
All Newsdealers
INN & Co
New York
Ofice
F St. Washinton
D, C
G. W. Keller
Undertaker and Embalmer
Walnut Hill Dairy
Elmer Mooberry
Brose Attentention
Henry Central
John Hartley
Henry National Bank
Aterott
Amp
R. Phillips
DR. C. F. Meng
Yanochowski Block
Kellogg
Franklin D. Kelley
Oorner
Jefferson Ave
Cross of the Legion of Honor
Paris
London
Edinburg
DR. R
Bayne
J. J. Herry
Fred Mercian
Onor
John I. Thompson
J. 8. Thompson & Son
Acon
G. N. Portman
ApaMs St. Pedria, Ill
Fes
Illinois Tea CO
Hartley Building
the Republic
Eureka
Yorkville
M. Canal
Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Illinois River
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Peoris Journal
Moromoromo
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