Discouraged Women Benefit From Dr Pierce Prescription
A Mississippi woman describes long illness and failed treatments before writing to Dr R V Pierce seeking his Favorite Prescription. After eleven bottles of medicines including Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pills she recovers enough to resume work. The appeal invites weak women to consult by letter free of charge and promises strict confidentiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Crowder
Ripley, Lauderdale Co
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Bargains for Sale in Central Locations
Two good houses centrally located offered at reasonable prices with easy terms. One six room house three blocks from Watercott's corner on a 60 by 150 foot lot priced at 750 dollars. Farmland includes 160 acres with improvements one mile from Camp Grove Monier's quarter at 95 dollars per acre and a 575 acre farm in Steuben township priced at 10000 dollars. John Hartley Henry, Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watercott's Corner
Camp Grove
Highland Herd Poland China Pigs For Sale
A Rosamies seller advertises a fine herd of Poland China pigs bred in March April and May for sale. With over twenty years of experience, the breeder claims to know what to raise to please the trade and invites calls or written inquiries from Washburn and LaRose, Rosamies four miles northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
China
Washburn
LaRose
Rosamies
Washurn
President Roosevelt praised. Shaw backs sound money plan
William Allen White notes Roosevelt as the first post civil war president to act as the average man would. Secretary Shaw calls for sound money with all forms exchangeable by gold and 60 percent in silver alongside 100 percent greenbacks. The strike commission inquiry should be thorough and may span months or a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Roosevelt
Shaw
Congress
Electric lines coming to Illinois towns and routes
The Princeton Republican notes extensive plans for interurban electric lines across Illinois. Projects include connections from Ladd to La Salle, Ottawa to Streator, Ottawa to LaSalle, Spring Valley to Princeton, and routes from Kewanee toward Galesburg Cambridge and from Galesburg toward Knoxville and Quincy. North of Bureau county plans cover Dixon to Sterling with a 5000 dollar deposit, and Rock River valley expansions. Aurora to Elgin already operates, and eastern towns show high use. Ohio lines are widely used and rapid extensions are anticipated statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ladd
Spring Valley
LaSalle
Ottawa
Streator
Princeton
Bureau County
Kewanee
Galesburg
Cambridge
Knoxville
Quincy
Dixon
Sterling
Rock River Valley
Aurora
Elgin
Ohio
Linois
Princeton Republican
New Court Rules From Illinois Legislature 1900 Reforms
Illinois moves to major reforms in practice and procedure acts. A five attorney commission proposes stricter divorce timelines three months after default, limited continuances in criminal cases, appeals by prosecution, and state funded counsel for capital reviews. Jury officials barred from guiding verdicts, summonses for ordinance violations, venue changes limited to defendants, and tighter deadlines for writs of error, estates claims, and will contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illmois
Supreme Court
Oliceman
Justices of the Peace
Chancery
Boston Journalist Heir Aids Poe Letter Mystery
Lillian Whiting, daughter of late State Senator Lorenzo D. Whiting of Bureau county, built a Boston journalism reputation and cared for Katefield. Whiting claims Katefield appeared in a voice directing her to deliver a letter of Edgar Allan Poe to poet Edmund Steadman, who had long sought the letter but did not know its whereabouts. The tale is described as hypnotism, second sight, or spiritualism, noted as very singular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Whiting
Lorenzo D. Whiting
Bureau County
Boston
Katefield
Miss Whiting
Miss Field
Edger Poe
Edmund Steadman
A Dangerous Month Promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup
A Salt Lake City reader endorses Ballard's Horehound Syrup as immediate relief for coughs colds and throat irritation. The ad cites retail prices 25c 50c and 1 at Dr Powell's City drug store and urges others to try this pleasant and efficient remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Anderson
West 5Th St
Salt Lake City
Dr Powell
City
Set the Children to Work
A reflective note from Superintendent W. W. Stetson argues that children must have jobs and responsibilities to build strength and character. Experience cannot be gained by proxy. once task directions are given, the worker should complete the result independently, valuing effort and learning over final product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Stetson
Old Man with the Fish Promises Health for All Ages
An iconic traveling figure, described as the Id man with the fish, has spent nearly thirty years aiding the sick by delivering health through Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil. The tale highlights benefits for consumptives, weak children, and those with pale health, promoting it as a natural food and tonic for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Probate and Marriage Notices From Richland Henry Toluca and Lacon
Probate Court grants guardianship letters for Earl Smith minor to Edith Eagleston with $150 bonds. Estate matters include James Antrim, Minnie Kemp administration with bonds, and J. A. Kemp inventory approval. Multiple marriage licenses and lots/tract transfers listed among Toluca Lacon Sparland and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Smith
Edith Eagleston
Henry
James Antrim
R. E. Antrim
Foster
J. A. Kemp
Minnie Kemp
Delbert Cross
Ya Malone
Richland
Fred Hathaway
Alice Burrus
Toluca
James Monahan
Livingston County
Elizabeth Clarke
Washburn
Kazmin Rudsinski
Mary Gadamska
Wenona
Orren Whetzel
Miss Mayme Little
Varna
Marshall County
H. Duggan
Martha Batenos
W. K. Gillet
Eunice A. Evans
Mary McCullum
Kate McEntee
Lacon
Absolom Green
Sarah Green
Louis Coleman
Richard Carrithers
Sarah Kohler
Elisa Wise
Venona
Louisa Buckley
Domenico Baratta
Sparand
Board of Education of
Ellen C. Blair
Robert Blair
James Powers
Frank Wood
Thomas Kennedy
Geo Schilling
Bennington
Eunice A
Evans
Johanna Marie Fredriks
James M
Powers
William Dewey
Joshua T
Shreve
Geo B
Martin
Belle Plain
Timothy Wood Jr
Henry Gresser
Richard Hendricks
L. R. Phillips
Mabel Cooper
William Clifton
Sparland
Marvin Hughitt
Robert Kelley
Camp Grove
William Rowe
Hopewell
Roosevelt appoints arbitration panel for anthracite strike
The Arbitration Commission appointed by President Roosevelt met at the White House to discuss duties. Roosevelt ordered expediting inquiry into the strike, presenting formal instructions to establish just relations between miners and operators and to prevent future conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbitration Commission
Strike Arbitration Commission
Rooevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Wright
Mitchell
Moseley
Neil
Theodore Roosevelt
Worm Destroyer Vermifuge Sale at Dr Powell's
An old parcel lists Worm Destroyer and White's Cream Vermifuge that kills worms and clears mucus enabling nests to be removed. It promises a quick healthy body free of worms and advertises 25 cents at Dr Powell's City location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Dr Powell
City
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John Hartley
Righland Herd
R. W. Iliff
Fairview Herd
King
W.G. Griffith
T. E. Orth
McNabb
H. R. Morris
McNabb, Putnam Co
Chichester
Melester Chemical
D. Him
Parker
Magnolia Yaa
Lash
Burr
Republican Office
Lewis
United States
Frank P. Lewis
Peoria
Bilee Oliver
Deering
Cassaday Gang
Diamond
Duke Brothers
Gunther
Warren & McAleer
Ill
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