The Lacon Fire and Mill History of Lacon
The Lacon Home Journal recounts the Model and Phoenix Mills built in 1855, rivalries, fires, ownership shifts to Ewing Brigg s Co and Thayer Bros, and later changes including a distillery, alcohol house, and malt works. A 1800 bushel capacity, fire losses, and a 25,000 damage are noted, with Louis and Drake expanding but ruin implied. The piece also covers counterfeiting Brown's Lion Bitters and local business figures.
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Lacon
Lacon Home Journal
Fenn, Perry & Dodds
Wm. Fisher
Phoenix
Fisher
Chicago
Fenn,Perry & Dodds
St Louis
Brent
Ewing, Briggss& Co
W. T. Graves
Thayer Bros
Bessel
Thayers
Thayg
Fred Briggs & Co
Clinton Briggs
Jesse Drake
Drake
E. Louis
Dorion, Louis & Co
Louis
Swan
Elisha Swan
J. B. Martin
Pittsburg
Lacan
Local Appointments And Farm Activity Noted
Mr Baguley son in law of Geo Hulben has been appointed post master at Van Orin Bureau county Samuel Welty former resident of Marshall county is now a prominent lawyer of Bloomington The Chillicothe canning establishment has over 600 acres planted to seed corn
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Ishler
Thaddeus Stevens
Mishler
Mishler Herb Bitthers CO
Commerce
Philadelphia
Madison County Record
Huntsville
Ark
Brown
Daugherty
Baguley
Geo. Hulben
van Orin
Bureau County
Samuel Welty
Marshall County
Bloomington
Chillicothe
Transfers and notices in Gott House Real Estate May dates
A historic column lists real estate transfers and life events with numerous names, parcels, and towns including Ezekiel Diehl, Frank Schmaehl, Abraham Kedere, Abiathar Fowler, Chas Fowler, John Hattan, Phebe Robertson, Frank J Specht, Wm M Hamilton, Robert Burgess, Susan Furden ta Russell, Jane La Prairie, Henry B Earing, Elia Hoshor, Emmys Hoshor, and many others across Wenona, Lacon, Richland, Whitefield, and nearby townships. It also notes marriages, deaths, and licensed marriages with dates in June, plus medical advertisements and patent remedies.
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Ezekiel Diehl
Wm Bough
Whitefield
Frank Schmaehl
Augustus Schmahl
Smith
Lacon
Abraham Kedere
Martha Dounian
Linck
Wenona
Abiathar Fowler
Chas H Fowler
Aida
Hopewell
James A-Foster
Walter Foster
Rea
Roberts
Nie
Angeline Mpd
Kobt McCulloch
Julie and
Howard
Edminster
Amity Jones
Isabella J
Win Easton
David Mercane
Lot
Ephraim Hoyt
Henry
Sophia Flechtner
David B Stockton
Ned Self
Pt Self
Ipublic Inghway
Whitefeld
Elia A Hoshor
Emmys E Hoshor
Lucan
Mern
Hood's Sarsaparilla Proved Effective for Rheumatism
An 19th century testimonial claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by purifying blood. W. F. Woop of Bloomington Illinois describes severe hip, ankle, and wrist pain, bed confinement, then four bottles leading to perfect recovery and high praise for the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
W. F. Woop
Bloomington
C. J. Hoad & CO
Lowell
Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ely
R. E. Hills
Henry, Tll
Thompson
Sparland
G. D. Winters
Bowling
Bradford
Jacob Ou
la Prairie
Ellen Hastings
OF Thomas
Evang Township
Elmira
Watt
Wim Snaign
Richland
Frederick Tribboy
Jos Tweddale
Michael Lawless
Garfield
The
Hanna Wagon Co
Butler, M. D
Cleveland
Ohio
Jos. Kapram
East Park Row
Henry, Illinois
Aiaelnt A. Kline
Sam
C & G. Cooper &Co
D. L. Travis
Henry, Ill
Lacon Steam Granite
Thomas Dekire
Fifth Street
Bridec
Lacon Til
Croft & Co
Butcher, Henry, III
William
Weeks
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