Local Republican notes and small town incidents in 1897
In Henry County a Republican paper recalls Montgomery County notes, praises Chamberlain's remedy testimonials, and reports on Wyomin Galva races with a gold medal event. It records a death by suicide of Mrs. Tennie Victoria Malcolm in Moline and a humorous parental scolding about candleless courting time in a Minnesotan city.
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C. Li
Hasbrouck
Mendon, Mich
Chamberlain
Wyoming
Galva
Wyomin
Ludwig
Léoon Journal
Ae Ludwig
Tennie_Victoria Malcolm
Ernest B. Malcolm
BE. J. Severence
Moline
Severence
Campbell Bros
Florid area notes and community updates
Local notices from Florid and nearby areas recount visits by Wenona residents Mae Wierman and Theoddfra Wilson, attention to church events, and a social at the Yearly Meeting House. Items cover weather, farming yields, blackberry picking, moles damaging crops, and a hay fire at Peter Feltes two miles northwest. Obituary for Mrs Doelzer and community tributes to Illinois in the Civil War context are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Oral Hogue
Wenona
Mae Wierman
Clement
Norman Fittcraft
Usk Park
A. B. Wilson
O. Wilson
Idaho
Utah
Rackley
Tikilwa
Wilson Hopkins
Granville
North Carolina
H. K. Smith
John Okey
Mendota
Abel Mills
O. G. Mills
Phenix Insurance Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Aetaut
Peter Feltes
Visitor Compliance at Washington Library Sparks Amusement
An incident at the Congressional library in Washington leads to a humorous scene as a tall woman arrives with a brown paper parcel. A staffer enforces a rule banning parcels inside. The woman refuses but finally hands over the package contents and exits after complying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Congressional Library
Washington
Sosaya
Post
Logan Statue Unveiled in Chicago Amid Parade and Pride
Chicago marked a grand unveiling of a $380000 bronze equestrian statue of Gen John A Logan. The ceremony featured Ramp speeches music and a vast parade, with Mrs Logan hosting an evening reception at Colosseum in Jackson Park. The monument, designed by St. Gaudens, stands 24 feet above Lake Michigan and includes a crypt for Logan’s remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John A. Logan
General Logan
Gandens
America
Logan
Atlanta
McPherson
Lake Michigan
Crick
Eldredge Court
Lake Front Park
Park Row
Mrslogan
Jackson Park
Paine
Illinois
E. H. Hutchins
Western Electric Co
5. L. Jenness
Sontntan
Hutchins
A. V. Hutchins
Fils
Rockford
Chicago University
Edward
Potter
O. Brown
Chicago Grand Boulevard
Washington and
Jackson Parks
Ines
Mr Jackson
Postal Mall” Service
Messrs Griswold & Brown
South Park Ave
Plans for Jackson Park and Washington Park improvements
The passage praises Washington Park as a pleasant leisure ground and notes Jackson Park still bears scars from the World’s Fair demolition. Only the Art building and a few minor structures remain to mark the Exposition, with workers active on site and future plans for a handsome park system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Washington Park
Jackson Park
Condition of the Insane at Illinois Central Hospital July 1 1897
Report lists Marshall county patients with names and mental conditions. Entries include Cassie Hoadley good stationary Amelia Locker good stationary Magdalena Sohmal good unimproved Mary A Fort good stationary Jacob Aman good stationary Aug Kupzman fair unchanged Alice Smith good stationary Mary Glendenning good stationary Elizabeth Leudtke fair stationary Jessie B Bane fair fair Obas Harris very good improved Newton Reed good unimproved John Epley good dismproved Cornelius Palmer poor ailing Gertrude Lormis good disturbed No Griping or Pains. ApronsMITH IIL Jan 21 1807. Dear Sirs I have been bothered for 15 years with constipation and I have tried many preparations during that time. I commenced using Dr Cald wells Syrup Pepsin in the fall of 1895 and unhesitatingly say it is the best remedy I have ever found for my trouble. No griping or pains after taking Yours etc Wat Horr Sold by Dr Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Illinois Central Hospital For the Insane
Cassie Hoadley
Good
Amelia Locker
Magdalena Sohmal
Mary A. Fort
Jacob Aman
Aug
Kupzman
Alice Smith
Mary Glendenning
Elizabeth Leudtke
Jessie B. Bane
Obas
E. Harris
Newton Reed
John Epley
Cornelius Palmér
Gertrude Lormis
Apronsmith
IIL
Caldwell
Powell
Fac simile guature CABSTORIA citation
Fragmentary OCR reads as a facsimile image caption and captioned text. Names and places are unreadable, but the fragment indicates a historical publication marking CABSTORIA and a captioned illustration. Further readable context is unavailable in the fragment.
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Edward Street
Henry, Il
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