Indigestion Linked To Heart Trouble, Kodel Cure Endorsed
A newspaper ad asserts most heart disease stems from indigestion and that Kodel Dyspepsia Cure digesting food relieves stomach pressure on the heart. It cites D Kauble of Nevada Ohio and promotes bottles at $1.00 with a trial size of 50 cents, prepared by E C DeWitt & Co Chicago, sold by Dr Powell's Henry Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Kauble
Nevada
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Dr. Powell's
Henry, Ill
The Washington Name Everywhere in News and Maps
A 1903 remark cites football injuries with two fatalities in 1902 and 21 deaths in a recent season. Elbert Hubbard notes mental illness among players, while the piece highlights the ubiquity of the name Washington in maps and places globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Elbert Hubbard
Monmouth Calls for Higher School Standards and Dam Debate
A Monmouth editorial urges better spelling reading and writing in public schools and stricter diploma standards while cautioning on river dam removal. It notes the Illinois river dam debate, cites the Morris Herald and La Salle Tribune on canal navigation and the sanitary district controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Illinois
Morris Herald
Bloomington
Chicago Drainage District
Henry
Copperas Creek
Rock Island
Bureau
Sanitary District
la Salle Tribune
Arbor Day Prize Offers by State Superintendent
State Superintendent Alfred Bayliss announces a ten dollar gold premium for the best Arbor day program by a graded or country school in the state next year. County superintendents and high school teachers are excluded from the contest. Five sets of patriotic engravings will be awarded to five schools per county for top schoolyard improvements, and ten large flags will go to the ten schools with the greatest improvements. Distribution plans to be decided at the county superintendent meeting in Springfield April 14-16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayliss
Alfred Bayliss
Springfield
General Henderson Opposes Abandoning Old Canal For River Route
Washington report quotes General Thomas Jefferson Henderson of Princeton urging against abandoning the Illinois and Michigan canal. He favors enlarging or replacing the canal to connect Lake Michigan with the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, arguing it remains a public waterway and should be preserved before converting it into a road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Thomas Jefferson Henderson
Princeton
Henderson
Congress
Illinois
Senator Rainey
Lake Michigan
Illinois River
Friends of
Illinois and Michigan
Mississippi
Iowa
Friends of the
Hennespin Canal
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Electric Roads Do the Local Business
The editorial notes that Vanderbilts and other stockholders are shifting funds from steam railroads into trolley lines. Eastern trolley networks now handle freight, especially dairy and farm products, harming steam road local business. If the trend continues, steam roads face losses unless through traffic can be sustained. plans may mirror eastern changes in Illinois, with major development anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilts
Massachusetts
Illinois
Treatment for Deafness and Ringing Nerves Claim
An inventor touts a scientific ear treatment, claiming eight cures out of ten, and notes that it can help most cases unless the eardrum is destroyed. The piece urges timely ear care, cites personal improvements in elderly patients, and mentions many successes with younger patients.
Cure These Troubles Deafness and Sight Restored Credits to Mrs Divelbiss
Letters from Illinois readers praise Mrs Divelbiss for curing deafness and restoring vision without medicine or instruments. A 86 year old man reports rapid hearing improvement after a single in room demonstration, while others witnessed the quiet, natural conversation from across the room. A third note endorses her as a discoverer of a new science and urges statewide patronage for her treatments.
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Galesburg
Ill
Fairbury
Peoria
Divelbiss
Diverbiss
Bradford
Mia Diverbiss
L. A. Foster
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Golden
Naples
D. J. Robinson
Spring Garden
W. Va
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
John Hartley
Camp Grove
Steuben Township
John Hartley Henry
Casselton
North Dakota
Northwest
J.A. Melick Real Estate Ag
T Henry, Ill
Urs
Peterman Bros Fair
Adam Peterman
Henry Ul
Henry Township
HH. J. Crapatys Rocery
Theodore
Henry ‘Township
Grossoup Bros
Wenona
Saratoga Township
W. H. Mills
P. O
Nicholas Peterman
School St
Joan Peterman
Henry, Ul
George Burt
Geerce A
Burt George Burt
Outalde
Republican Office
United States
Indiana
Washington Land
Greenland
Cape Washington
Oxford County
Ontario
Washington Island
mid-Pacific
Hawaii
Mount Washington
Fiji Islands
Boeghia
T. J. Henderson
New Project
Hennepin Waterway
Illinois River Valley
Rainey
Tribune
Commerce
Chonse
New York and Erie Canal
Ayer
John P. Hodnette
Brooklyn, N.Y
J.C. Ater Co
Lowell, Mass
Castor
Alt
8. J. Grable
School of Magnetism
Allie B. Divelbiss
Woolner Building
Peoria, Ill
M. Murray, Or
Park Palace
Nanstatan Af
Ling
SyaIne
M. Murray
AMN & Co
F St
Washington, D.C
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