Population centers of Illinois and political notes
The piece notes 47 Illinois municipalities with 4000 plus inhabitants and 21 above 10,000, with a Springfield ballot fight eyed for state treasurer. It cites Senator Sherman on republican policy and lists candidates for stateNomination including Bassett, Gross, Secrest, Collier, Becker, Leesem, Swigert. It also discusses Australian ballot adoption, chronic alcoholism, and a Chicago Times opium smuggling alert implicating officials in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilinoi
Prairie State
Springfield
Mark M Bassett
Peoria
Jacob Gross
Cook
Conrad Secrest
Iroquois
John H Collier
Ford
Chas Becker
St Clair
Isaac Leesem
Seat
Charles P. Swigert
Kanakee
Chicago Times
Washington
Secret Service
Treasury Department
United States
Citizens call for world arbitration conference in Chicago 1893
A petition circulating nationwide urges Congress to invite a world conference in Chicago in 1893 to discuss arbitration and harmonize international law. The piece also notes a Chicago pork market outlook with prospects of lower hog weights and record shipments, affecting local packers and producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of the
United States
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills Promotion
Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills claim to regulate the liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. The ad touts a bodily cure for biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and other ailments with 50 doses costing 25 and offers free samples at J E & F A Powell's Drug Store Henry Isly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
J. E & F A. Powell
Henry Isly
Capt Henry Allen Ford profile and career summary
A biographical sketch of Capt Henry Allen Ford, Detroit editor and author, detailing his Ithaca NY birth on Sept 24, 1885, family background, education at Amherst and Michigan, Civil War service with the Nineteenth Michigan, and later journalism and literary work. Also notes marriages to Emily Chapman and Kate Brearley, and mentions his son Francis Ford, with additional brief items on St Patrick's Pills endorsements and Edison inventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Allen Ford
Charica Ritch Johnson
Toledo
H A Ford
Evening Journal
Detroit
Michigan
Ithica
Allen N. Ford
Generationa Aco
Prentice & Whittier
New England Review
Telegraph
Hartford Coon
Lacon
Ill
Ford
Lesby (I) Seminary
Eureka
Amherst
Michigan University
Kalamazoo
Nineteenth
Michigan Infantry
Niles
Midh
Indiana
South Bend
Thease
Ohio
Penobscot County
Maine
Putnam and
Marshal Counties
Chamber
Cyclopedia
United States
Emily Frances Chapman
Kate Brearley
Kalamazoo College
Francis, Ford
Chicago
Real Estate Transfers Across Wonona and Lacon
A list of property transfers shows numerous deeds from James B Martin to Nora Fitzgibbons in Lacon and other transfers in Wonona and Richland, naming parcels by lot and block, with many buyers including Edwina and Preston Gants, John N Shaw, Leonard C McMurtrie, and Catherine M Grady among others, plus several inter-county exchanges and a county clerk transfer. The item closes with mixed advertising text and a stray health product pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heal
James B Martin
Nora Fitzgibbons
Lacon
Althea Hamilton
Edwina
Preston Gants
Lota
Wonona
Iillen Hoagland
Johp N Shaw
John Hogers
Leonard C McMurtrie
Lagan Jerumoe Howe
Bilon F Howe
Wononna
Catherine Grady
Richland
Wm J Fort
Richland IB Warren
Mary Morrell
Varna
Warner Combg
Eliza A van Antwerp
Brouben Edward Green
Geo F Wightman
Ianbellu K Davidson
Amon Schooler
Buckwith
David Wilson
Lote
Wenona
Margaret Dunne
John Franklin Hoge
Lot
Wenona Thomas
Goodell
Mary T Goode
Robert
Hester
Gox
Acre
Boll Plulo
Lydia
Bolland
Newton
Robert B Edwarda
lotSow
Bonnington
Hiram Myers
Joshua J Myers
Saratoga
Theodore Noll
Thos L. Harrington
Holmes and Hancock
Tae Henry James A
Riely
Lizzie
Mary
Katie
Nallie Hiely
Laben
Chase Balwarda
Mary C Brovoort
W'G Srey
Belletaire
John Ho
Brovourt
Bennington
Doury K Low
Walter Baylor
W McCullogh
Mary P Tnompton
Wm E
Ira
Haneneck
Nelie
Nelie AM Boys, Tots 4 and Bik 44 Lacon Morris 8 Molmea
Milan
Holoes
Lot Ib
Wily
Nts
Tat Prairie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erie
Wolff & Randolph
Philadelphis
Feringoes Gcat
Richard Mellow
Fifth Street
City Hall
Starkey & Palpa
Nerkey & Palon
DRS, Starkey & Palen
Arch
Philadelphia
Sutter
Ban Francisey
Slygh & Powell
Edwards Errect
Henry, Ill
Invest Ible Funds
Thompson & Sons
Lacon, Ill
J. BE
W. Morgan
Wanty
Acorn
Court House
Wenona and
Henry
The
Henry Republican
John Sherman
Alabama
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Virginia
Steve
Dad
Denver
Mrdo Reynolds
Mayfield, Ky
J W. Niece
Edison
Mr. Edison
Board of Education
the Boar
L. W. Smith
Aero Manufacturing Company
H. H. Colwell
E. F. Bunter
H. Ziegler
Doty
John Stap W. Bush
Chas Motter
Motter
Alex Brown
Geo, Worley
B. F. Hunter
Cash
Ova Melelas
New England
Ely
K. Mellor
Worcester
Mass
Bush & Co
C P. Alden
Geo A
Hill
Springfeld
W P Draper
Druggzist
Asee Eeaae
Pastor Koerigg
Fitnwonz
Ubuque Co
Misa K Finnigan
Pastor Koenig
Roce Jananno
Ivo
Hey Noaarmann
Davenport
Kooniy
Koenig
Tillie Bimon
Aftor Koenig
Ind
Mm Conte
Koenic Med. CO
Shorts
Mes Lesbone
Hersereaudlo
Observatory
Fata
Adams Street
Home Office
Garneress
Knpson
Noble St
J A Beckman
Lndtana Atroot
Beckmans
MTA) Ltd
Cuicaqu
Lacon Woolen Manufacturing Company
Manupacts
Prairie State Shawls
Illinois
Hainols
bPry
Lacon Woolen Manufacturing Co
Coan & Bush Fardoat Stoves
Aladdin
Coan
Bush
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!