Visit of Drainage Trustees to Peoria and along the river
Assistant Engineer Eben J Ward met with leading citizens in Youry to discuss the Chicago to Mississippi waterway project. Trustees depart Nov 1 by rail to La Salle then board the City of Peoria for Peoria, Beardstown, and Alton with maps and photos of ongoing work and Ward surveys from 1890 and 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben.j Ward
Youry
Chicago
Tinois
Paorta
la Salle
Peoria
Beardstown
Alton
Hey’ Wil
Ebin J. Ward
Budisclots
Miselasippl
Srenlag
Henry
Ae Forrest
Alderman Camp
Burt
Races at Big 4 Track Amid Cold Weather
About 200 spectators attended the Big 4 track event on a cold day. Delmont beat Invader in a mile race after the other event was abandoned due to the weather. Mokler won the bicycle race. King Bird captured the running race. Taylor Smith won the 100 yard dash. A pony died during warming up before the running race, prompting a somber note from its owner.
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W. H. Stever
King Hird
Motter
Henry
Westbrook
Lacon
Glen
Hopewell
King Bird
Taylor Smith
Patrick McManus
Smith
McManus
Emil Grill
Camp
Farewell Sentiments for Pastor Woolley at Henry M E Church
The Henry M E Church parish submits farewell sentiments for Rev William Woolley after two years of service. Members express appreciation for his labors, pray for his future success, and hope for a warm reception in future appointments within the church community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
William Woolley
M. 5
Henry
Leader product praised as pure medicine for headaches and digestion
A historic claim promotes a tonic described as the best and purest remedy for headaches indigestion constipation and malaria symptoms. Dr Powell endorses it with a money back guarantee and price listed per bottle.
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Powell
Life of Elizabeth Sawyer in Illinois Described
Obituary recounts Elizabeth Sawyer born in Virginia in 1922 who moved with parents to Indiana and then Marshall County Illinois. It details her large family, hardships including losses of sons, husband, and home, and ends with a funeral in Lacon on October 28, 1803.
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Deslroe
Sawyer
Elizabeth Sawyer
Virginia
Add
Lunsford_Broaddus
Lizzie
Indiana
Marshall” County
Lacon
Marshall County
Broaddus
Avery
Ota
Hitle
Illinois
Jesse
Enoch Sawyer
Mons
J. T. Blisé
Magnolia
Isaac M. ‘Forbes
John_—K. Kennedy
Mitchell Miller
Charles Reichart
Adrian de Long
Thomas W. Stoner
Peo- Tia
Simeon
Nebraska
Lucy
Mra W. M. Perkins
Mark
Christopher
Lundsford
Omaha
Enoch
Notiog
Ella J Turner
Saldea
p.Jaa' L B
Turner
Guaranteed Cure Claim for Dr King’s New Discovery
An advertisement promises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs, and colds with a money back guarantee if no benefit after a fair trial. Trial bottles are at Dr Powell’s drug store, large sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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King
Albany priest Burke lauded for saving Thompson in Bethlehem
The Rev Father Burke of Albany New York visited Lacon with Mr and Mrs Thompson after a Jerusalem trip with them. He recounted travels and the rescue of Mr Thompson in Bethlehem's Nativity Church and spoke on his Catholic leadership. Local event noted the Knight of the Holy Sepulcher insignia. Government October crop report lowers yields. possible price rise.
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Pather Burke
Albany
Thomas M
A. Burke
N. Y
Lacon
J. A. Thompson
Burke
Bevorend Palestine
Thompson
Mr Thompson
Bethlehem
Father Burke
Jerusalem
Rand
Thompsboger
Lune
Mra Thompson
Holy Land
A Conglomerate Child and Other Comic Snippets
A collage of brief humor items and quips from newspapers and magazines. Vignettes include a baby with family traits and a hoped for Uncle Fred fortune, distracted spouses, a witty student and professor exchange, a thief warning, a safety remark about scaffolds, a joke about life insurance, and a bank failure payback quip.
Overweight letters and flying machines in late 19th humor
A collage of jokes and witticisms from various papers with quips about postal rates, a failed flying machine inventor, Smith family jokes, city ridges, capital satire, and a punchline about eggs in a knot. The tone is brisk, period humor with multiple named outlets and exchanges.
Surprise tribute to Grandma Provorce in Whitefield Corners
Benevolent women visit Grandma Provorce at her home with her son William McGee and Mrs J S Town to present an easy chair and warm slippers. Donors include Mrs George Barker Mrs Gary Vootick Dr Willis and others in memory of the venerable nurse who tended the sick and stood by the family until death.
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Grandma Provorce
Whitefield Corners
Wm McGee
J.S. Town
McGee
Provorce
George Barker
Gary Vootick
Willis
Sleeth
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Law
Worainy Pow and Coiteror
Ine Henry
Borrox
Whitney
Cleveland
Peniney
Casey
van Alen
Mnesses
Athan
Board of Commissioners
Ilinois and Michigan Canal
Congress
Ilinois River
John McNulta
Bloomington
Seunator Palmer
Ilinois
Cass
David Divolbiss
Ohi Nangas
Ja Lenyas
Saline County
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The
Farm Journal
B. F. Forrest
Alex
G m Has
Steres Meare
Joan Peterman
Edmund Harney
Frank Baer
M. Warrington
Rowe
Ferdinand
Kaprann
Henry Yesger
Eenard Yeager
Joseph Schick
A. L. Hupp
T. Rowe
Thomas Duxe
Philip Steimle
Ald Brown
James King
Old Town
City
Edwards Street
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W. H. Srever
Fred
Harper’s_ Bazar
Madeline
Indianapolis Journal
Mimself
Vogue
Gabe
Chicago Tribune
Pat
Boas
Brooklyn
New Reporter
Brooklyn Life
Charlie
Miss Highup
Texas
Smith Man Company
Capital
Cross Roads Vindicator
Omeret
Faith
Richard A. Proctor
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Raigne
Taos
Ig’ ' Gedeaal
Regu
Rothy
Princeton
Ora
Nemund Anna Winte
Elizab
Lave
Irving
Leland iBroaddus
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Charles
Ersgnes
Johnson
Park Farm
Galesburg
Miry Nan Ig
Cage
Peorla
Chigago
C. G. Closter
Henry, Ll
R. C. McWilliams
Peterson Magazine
America
Octave Thanet
M. G. McGlelland
Julian Hawthorne
Rachel Carew
Howard Seely
Minot J. Savage
Som
Tris
Resch & Si
Eupenreptinn
the Eterson: Magazine Co
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