Year Without a Summer 1816 Shocks Early Diary Narratives
A clipping traces the 1816 cold season from January through August based on an old diary. It describes prolonged frost, snow in June, crops killed, and widespread hardship across New England New York Vermont and England with scarce warm days and rare rainfall.
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Illinois
United States
Europe
New York
Vermont
New York State
Massachusetts
Tewksbura
New England
Pennsylvania
Barnet
London
England
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Ad Quick Cold Relief
Sudden weather changes bring colds and hoarseness as spring arrives. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey promises to head off new colds or stop old ones, with soothing balsams relieving sore throat and healing irritated tissues. Get a bottle today and start treatment at once. Ad shows formula on the bottle.
Fifty Third Annual Sunday School Convention at Toluca
The Marshall County Sunday School association held its fifty third annual convention at the Christian church in Toluca on May 8 with morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Attendees from Henry, Reys, Martin and Murphy counties included J A Williams and others. Sessions featured speeches by Rev Martin, Dr Murphy, Miss Stocker of Chicago, and Toluca pastor Rev Staplett, plus musical numbers by local quartets and solos. The meeting adopted one day of work and elected officers led by J A Williams, with a large report showing 2479 in Sunday school membership and 1024 average attendance.
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Marshall County Sunday School Association
Christian Church
Toluca
Henry, Reys
Martin and Murphy
J. A. Williams
Martin
Wm. Wheeler
May Stickel
Frances Smith
Murphy
Leta Litchfield
Viola Sheppard
J. W. Skinner
H. G. Rowe
Men's Federation of Organized Adult Bible Classes
Illinois
Rev. Martin of
Henry
Jennie Watkins
Sparland
R. F. Cressey
Presbyterian Church
Wenona
Louis Reuben Broaddus
Varna Ladies’ Quartet
Wilhelmina Stocker
Chicago
Dr. Murphy
Miss Stocker
Marshall County
Fay Ball
Harry Carothers
Charles Staplett
Christian
W. E. Monser
Elizabeth Monser
Maurine Turner
Rowe
Cressey
Frank Fecht
Irma Mae Twist
Skinner
F. 5. Wilson
Lacon
Jennia Watkins
A. L. Turner
BE. T. Murphy
T. R. Edgerton
O. G. Allen
H. C. Crooks
F. BE. Wilson
J. W
Toluca Hosts Warm Reception After Adjourned Convention
Stalled by Miss Stocker, the convention adjourned amid warm cordiality and hospitable reception from Toluca's residents, reflecting goodwill and community spirit.
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Stocker
Toluca
Object of the Child Welfare Campaign
The passage outlines the aims of a Child Welfare campaign to save babies and safeguard children through home, church, school and state cooperation. It calls for a Parent-Teacher association in every school, a Parents' association in every church, a Department of Child Hygiene in every board of health, and a Child Welfare Department at city, state, and national levels. It urges parental and governmental cooperation to conserve children, described as the nation’s wealth, and asks what individuals will do for child conservation.
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Department of Child Hygiene
Board of Health
Restored To Health By Vinci Clinches Clerk's Recovery
Shelbyville Indiana clerk recalls revival from run down health after Vinol treatment. He says energy returned, blood improved, and pimples faded. The testimonial advertises Vinol as a superior tonic for run down, weak and nervous conditions with a druggist guaranty and availability across Illinois towns.
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Vinci
Shelbyville
Ind
Roy F. Errp
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