Local weddings and military memorials cross paths in Illinois notes
Reports of a March wedding in Los Angeles mingle with tributes to Illinois soldiers. Deacon Dunlap and Mrs Waugh wed in California while Albert Poole McCoy, a WWI era hero, is honored as his casket returns home to Henry Illinois for burial.
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Dunlap-Waugh
Deacon Dunlap
Whitefield ‘Center
Ill
Carrne Waugh
Sparland
Republican
California
Féwin Aspinall
Bellview Avenue
Sa‘Angelea
Esene
Ayary-Quist
Bellylaw Avenue
Hailsp
Whitefield
Var
Mendélscon
Descon
and Key Dubblap
Illinois River Trapper’s Bleak View on Damage and Fishermen
An Illinois River correspondent writes from home under the name trapper. He warns that pollution and damming will devastate riverside fishing and farming, killing bass and sunfish while promoting dredging and new dam construction as a supposed boon.
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Illinois River
Peper
Illinois
United States
St Patrick's Day 1890 verses from Henry Republican
Poem fragment titled St Patrick's Day 1890 recalls distant isles and green Shamrock imagery. Lines speak of music across waters and dancing on heather with a toast to Old Erin, reflecting Irish themes and a distant homeland sentiment.
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Henry Republican
Patrick's Day
St Patrick's Day
Erin
Corfor
D. Change
Dropsy Cure Praised By Three Years Of Suffering Man
A. H. Freeborough of Borrao New York describes painful three years with dropsy. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports swelling retreating and full recovery after four boxes. Testimonial also from R. H. Altman praising relief from rheumatism. Pills sold by druggists at 60 cents a box or six for $2.60 from Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo NY.
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Borrao
N. Y
A. H. Freeborough
Frank Avenue
Dodd
R. H. Altman
Ratestreat
Dodd's Medicine %O
Buffalo
Jersey Queen Loss Sparks Mourning and Ode
W E Hawthorne Granville county superintendent mourns the loss of Jersey Queen a valued cow at 10 15 am on the 6th. He notes her lineage and laments the dairy loss while reciting a tender ode titled Jersey Queen dedicating to the departed. The item also briefly references a medical nostrum advertisement from Hennepin Record.
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W E Hawthornde
Granville
Jay
Scherzer Herd
Local Visitors Reported Across Town In Brief
Mettie Winter visits in Princeton while Mr Driver from Quincy stays with local kin. Mrea H C Koch ill two weeks. DF Fields and family visited relatives in Bradford last Thursday. Mrs Gertrude Bowman and St Louis children visit her parents Mir and Mrs Iz isa Horsiet. A Maxon died at his son C H Mason’s home on Wednesday morning February 8 aged 84. Funeral at home with burial at Tiskilwa.
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Pool
Henry Republican
Albert Pool McCoy
T F McCoy
Beneca
III
Oo O
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicamauga
Gongams
Porto Rico
United States
New York
Henry
Ill
J H Jones
Albert Poole McCoy
Albert Poole
Jennie Poole McCoy
Guayania
Chicago
D D O'Dell
Albert Poole MaUoy
Ottawa
Perman
Sidney R Blanchard
Company O
O'Dell
Cox
Sam
McCoy
Jones
Washington
Wahington
Santiago
Ponce
Mettie Winter
Princeton
Driver
Quincy
Mrea H C Koch
DF Fields
Bradford
Gertrude Bowman
St Louis
Mir
Izisa Horsiet
A Maxon
C H ‘Mason
Tiskilwa
McWilliams
W P Williams
Peterson & Blers
George Corey
Tennessee
Pearl Heath
Wvanston
Bria
Nr Wallace
Turner
Hudnat
JS Brasfield
Alex Brown
Wenona
Corau Fields
LA Killonexter
Presbyerlang
Elmwood Gun Club
Hennepin
J Laxton
Buffalo
Cincinnatug
N.Y
Gibson Courier
Forrest Bros. Wood & Halbleib
Senachwine
Powell
Thera
Frank Leavitt
David Worner
Jamestown
George Lloyd
LaSalle
Congregational Church
Hite
Grata-O Claims To Relieve Coffee Ailments
Grata-O is advertised as a coffee substitute that counters stomach upset digestion issues and nervous system disturbance caused by coffee. The ad promotes Grata-O as toning the stomach aiding digestion and strengthening nerves at 15 and 25 cents per package.
Brewer Pansea Dies in Chicago at City Hall
Chicago reports the death of John E Cooke president of the Cooke Brewing Company aged 01 from heart failure. The obituary notes his prominence among liquor dealers across the west and lists his March 13 death in Chicago and a misstated March 15 Madrid date for royal treaty ratification context.
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Pansea
Chicago
John &. Cooke
The
Cooke. Brewing Company
West
Volcanic Eruptions Are Grand But Skin Eruptions
A dubious advertisement touts Ga Salve as a universal skin cure for sores ulcers boils and many injuries. It claims dramatic relief and offers a guarantee with a price of 250 a box sold by Dr Powell.
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Powell
Illinois Governor Signs Allen to Alling Law Repeal
Springfield reports Gov. Tanner signed the repeal of the Allen railway law, with an emergency clause, replacing it with the Alling law. The new measure re enacts the horse and dummy statute and extends it to cable and electric lines. The governor consulted the attorney general before signing. He plans to monitor pending legislation and address changes in his official family while pushing hard roads and monument restoration initiatives. A state hard roads organization is planned with a summer convention to organize counties. A committee may examine the Lincoln monument for a permanent repair appropriation. The juvenile court bill by Newcomer is under consideration and amendments were made.
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Springfield
Tanner
Reni
Fanner
Boards
Mise Harber
Illinois
Senate
Newcomer
New York
Bornard Roads
Hella C. Harber
Trenton
Interstate Good
Illinois Commissions face expiration and Shiloh monument plan
The article notes many state boards including Lincoln's Tomb trustees and the Shiloh Commission, which has propose d monuments for each Illinois unit at Shiloh and a large statue for Gen Walsh. It also covers convict labor proposals, corporate tax bills, and impending spring adjournments as well as the death of pioneer John Wilson Drury of Rhine Rock Island.
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State Historical Library
Industrial Home For
Chicago
Soldiers’ Widows
Willmington
Fhe
Inaw
Shiloh
Illinois
Tanner
Senate
McClernand
Springfield
George A Bunse
Gen. Wallace
John Wilson Drury
Rock Island
George Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifi Railroad
Free Doctor Miles Treatment Offer for Heart and Digestive Ailments
An ad by Franquin Miles M D offers a free 2.50 value New and Complete Treatment for heart liver stomach and dropsy. It cites testimonials from residents of Joliet Elgin and Freeport and claims 25 years of research behind a regimen of elixir tablets laxatives and plaster. Readers are urged to request the free trial set from the Masonic Temple Chicago.
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Miles
Porteques
Joliot
Elgin
Ilinois
Charles & Young
57Th St
Chicago
Ailes
Thos
Heather
Detroi
Til
Freeport, Ill
J. C. Scott
Files
Milea
Masonic Temple
Local notes and notices from the Gibson Courier era
A collection of brief community items reports postmaster changes, visitors, travel, and local moves. Mentions include taxes, rail and canal activity, farm and boat movements, illnesses, and a mix of personal news across nearby towns with dates and names such as Brimfield Hen nepin and LaSalle.
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Reday
Allinson
Minnie
Ray Allinson
Ege
Faly
Mra
Smilax
Callas
Llingle
Burt
Disasway
Reuben Thorpe
Canton
Thorpe
St. Louis
Peoria Herald
Wm-Thorps
H Condit
Putnam
Klondike
Dawson Oltr
Alaska
Dr Carper
Oliver Beker
Lancaster Claims Hill
Lancaster
Carper
Ricoh
Hyes
Freeborough
Jersey
Chicago News
J. B
Milo
Andvised
Madrid
Gov. Tanner
Allen Law
Shitoh
Lincoln
Yaxca
House Committee On Revenue
Auditor of Public Accounts
House
Ale Srp
Guv Tanner
Franquin Mites
Ghiogo
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