Harvest Home concert and town notes in Kansas
Mrs Tom Jones returns to Hays City Kan while visitors come from Peoria and Chicago. Local weddings and health, school rally, and court house speeches mark a busy week as Harvest Home funds aid the library. Several injuries occur at a Friday rally as crowd entertainment ends poorly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kincoma
Tom Jones
Hays City
Kan
Will Rutherford
Peoria
Emma Belle Thomas
Charlie Thompson
Chicago
Emeline Ford
Eunice Cook
Hamilton
Hugh Clark
Edinger
Miner Owens
Winston Evans
Marshall County Teachers Association
Fannie Johnson
Nebraska
Rov Wm Waltern
Edwards
Rena LeGrange
Ross McClary
Clara Hoffrichter
George Crawford
J. P. Barrett
Washburn
Congregational
Court House
Potter
Henry
R. B. Edwards
J. W. Funk
Major Connolly
Kirk
Devdivas
Bandatia
Week of local notes and visits in Parker's town
Visitors from Eider Rus and Okowa tour Dr Tesmer's clinic as residents report letters delayed. Hamilton Paretins shifts into Mrs Grasdetd's house while coal shipments await the MEC line. The MEC quarterly meeting closes after weekend sessions. church ladies host an oyster supper. Roy Scott preaches a stirring sermon. Local movers include Owl Buckley joining Sparland coal, Ira Parker returning from Kansas with his mother, and plans for a new H Maxwell building next door to the butcher shop. Noah Welch visits from Custers County Neb ownership interests noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onowa
Eider Rus
Tesmer
Neeney
Hamilton Paretins
Coal Company
MEC
John Barton
Afat
Dr Motter
G. B. Howitt
Henry
Blaine
Charley Gallup
H. Maxwell
Lnto
W. B. Whitfon
Martin’s
Reform
Lacon
Ira Parker
Kansas
Ira
Tesmer Istill
Kanang
Noah Welch
Custers County
Neb
Meat Market
Longstanding land owner returns from Kansas and local notes
Ex Geo Whitman arrives back from Kansas to survey his land estate. locals recount duck hunting, farm life, a trip to Princeton and a humorous cautionary tale about a prohibition rally and local politics with a blessing from Tanglefoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Whitman
Kansas
Joe
Will Wallace
Nettie Burt
Nason
Tanglefoot
Princeton
Bureau County
Board of Registry
Mia Tremain
Robert Mutton
Grand Island
Neb
Richard Mutton
Whitefield
Heory
Local notices mix patent medicine ad and county news
Public notices offer Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from F Cheney and West Traux while local items report court sessions, travel, visits, a tariff address, a death, and a political appointment. Dems choose John B. Allen for county attorney as 7th of November approaches.
Myraps of Figs Laxative Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Myraps of Figs as nature's laxative and remedy for constipation indigestion headaches colds fevers and bilious issues. It claims quick relief with California Fig Syrup Company production and urges purchase at 60 cents to 1 dollar per bottle via Dr Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fi Syrup Company
Powell
Democratic rally and local notes from OxBow
The OxBow column reports a Democratic rally planned for Granville Wednesday night with glee club attendance noted. It mentions court appearances by FP Funk NJ Mathis and A G Hillabrand in Honnepin, rain improving farming conditions, and updates on local families including Mrs Jane Ransom and Mrs W F Trone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaron
Jane Ransom Ia
P. Funk
N.J Mathis
A. G. Hillabrand
Honnepin
C. A Norris
H. A. Glenn
Ilennepin
Lovejoy
Starn and Stripes
Tippecanoe
Tyler
W. J .Hubor
W. F. Trono
Silver Creek
Neb
Hubor
Joseph Funk Sen
Mattie Dunbar
Paynes Point
Ale Wis
Kate Rangum
Quaker Lane News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Eva Billa visits away from home while Wilson of Corning calls on neighbors in Quaker Lane. Center school buys books with funds from last winter’s entertainment. Lu Smith leads as librarian. Abel Mills plans a Chicago veterinary college term with son Clarence, who will miss friends at Center. Prohibition rally attendees from local families. W H Bertram to speak. Leap year weddings tease local expectations. Jennie Wood’s Nebraska return noted. Husking corn and temperance meetings fill a busy week. many residents travel to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Circuit Court
Geasion
Judge Page
Peoria
Wm Smith
Chicago
Mra
Hf Clute
Jackson
Mich
Henoop
Nellie
Avole Seaton
Owen Lovejoy
Princeton
J .Sh. Zonor
John B. Allen
Atty
Allen
Taylor
Quaker Lane
Eva Billa
Wilson
Corning
Iowa
Henry Merritt
Wenona
Abel Mills
Alfred Given
Ohio
J. L. Mills
Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends
J. N. Wilson
Florence Given
Vans Sundsy
Rebecca Howard
Nebraska
Putnam County Teachers Association
Center Schoolhouse
Center School
Lu Smith
Clarence
Chicago Veterinary College
A. B. Wilson
Walter Griffith
Grant Swaney
John Wilson
Perry Milla
Lestant
Oliver Wilson
May Williams
Henry
Urbana
Perry
Jennie Wood
Wood
Bertha Bills
Luella Wilson
Jos Bumgarner
Jesse Lgon
Putnam
John Anderson
Prohibition
Lacon
Jericho
J Sbould
George Sporting
Braceville
H C. Birch
J Watson Cook
Omaha
Dwight Morgan
Lina Stickle
Christian Church
Joshua
Woman's Discovery Aids Life Saving Cure Claim
A North Carolina woman named Mrs Luther Lutz faced seven years of illness and a prolonged cough but reportedly slept after taking Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. She credits one bottle with a miraculous cure during a free trial at Powell's drug store run by W C Hamrick & Co Enfield NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Luther Lutz
W. C. Hamrick & Co
Enelby N.C
Powell’s
Clear Creek Neighborhood Notes and Wedding Hopes
The local columns report an upcoming wedding in Clear Creek. Grandma Wilson shows some improvement while apple picking remains the day’s focus. Georges Sibert recovered from an attack last week and his children recover from sore throats. Community members Mort Wilson H K Smith and H Ransom court this week as Wilson serves on the grand jury and others on the petit jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Creek
Grandma Wilson
Georg Sibert
John Williams
Henry Athertona
Pickens
Will Sibert
Tsanc Ham
Mort Wilson
H. K. Smith
H. Ransom
Mr. Wilson
Pelit
Apples for sale by Ransom at the market
Ransom offers 80 or 40 bushels of good keeping apples for sale at market-prices. Call in Moar Marel W40Mk Waren C-h-0-0! C-h-e-o! C-h-0-0! Also an ad for Dr Saxe's Catarrh Remedy promising $500 reward for an uncured case and selling at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. i Ransom
Gou
Mr Ransom
Moar
Mraal
Saxe
Free remedy recipe offered for lung diseases in 19th century ad
An elderly physician promotes a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis and asthma after testing in thousands of cases. He offers to mail the recipe free of charge to readers of this paper. The notice also advertises wedding invitations and band politics with local rosters and rally moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
Noyes
Rochester
The Homeliest Man in Henry and Political Gibes
An 19th century column promotes Kemp’s throat and lung remedy with free bottle offers from druggists, claiming cures for coughs asthma and bronchitis. A political note mocks Governor Hill and President Cleveland amid Mugwump tension with reference to Cleveland’s slow response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Syrup of Figs Promoted with Carp and Rally News
An ad touts Syrup of Figs as a superior remedy and urges purchases in 60c and 1 dollar bottles from Dr Powell. It notes an annual carp distribution in November with United States Fish Commission stock, shipping after applications are received and approved. Judge Payson to speak in Venona on October 30 as Republicans plan a grand rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fish Commission
Washington
N. K. Fairbanks
Chicago
Payson
Venona
Burg
Deacon Albert Pool Early Henry Illinois Pioneer Leader
Albert Pool born September 4 1827 in McConnellsville Ohio endured paralysis from age eleven developing a vast memory and reading habit. He moved with his family to Putnam County Illinois where he absorbed political ideas and later helped form the Republican party. He taught school then built a long mercantile and banking career in Henry with partners Jones and later Pool Jones. He married Julia Manny in 1853 and became known for integrity and enterprise despite early hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Pool
Albert Milton
Monroe
Pool
McConnellsville
Ohio
Albert
Bedford
Indiana
Pope
Plutarch
Gibbon
Rome
Russell
Europe
England
Tim
Ilinois
Putnam County
Henry
Caton
Dickey
Henry Clay
Republican Party
Reavy
Wi Allen
Snyder
Crow Meadow
Chicaago
Jesse L Jones
A M Pool
Jones & Pool
St Louis
Jas Blood
Edwards Street
H. Yaeger
Samuel Camp
Pepovience
J.L
J. H. Jones
Wm J Smith
God's
Pool & Smith
Julia Manney
Frank Smith
Sol
Early memory of Mr Pool and family in Henry
A long obituary recounts the life of Mr Pool of Henry detailing his weddings his children and four daughters two marriages and his public work. It notes his support for public improvements including streets sidewalks and a new schoolhouse and his devotion to the Presbyterian church and Sunday school. He died in old age and is mourned by many in Henry and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y Jones
Pool
Ely? Gardner
California
Poo
Alan Well
Board of Education
Paley
John Winn
Presbyterian Church
Mr Winn
W P Williams
Alex Hoagland
Jesse Kilgore
Henry
J. H Jones
Electric Bitters Endorsements Reported Across States
The testimony from W D Sult of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio touts Electric Bitters as the best remedy for rheumatism and general liver kidney and blood issues. They claim rapid relief and strong sales with the product priced at fifty cents for a bottle or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.D .Sult
Bippus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellville
Ohio
Republican Rally Excursion From Lavon To Lacon
A Lavon Republican committee chartered the Rescue for a Friday night trip to a Lacon rally. The Light Guard band played, torches and fireworks lit the procession, and speakers Hon. M. Bane and Gen Funk of Livingston County held a large crowd's attention. The Return voyage carried the party back amid cheers and victory enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavon
Henrytown Committee
Lacon
J. F. Cosa
Edward Street
Ken McNeal
Howard Young
John Schneider
Gen Funk
Livingston County
Glee Club
J A. Connelly
Henry Boys
Relief From Rheumatism and Cough Syrup Endorsements
A reader reports relief from rheumatism after using Salvation Oil and praises its effectiveness. Another testimony notes a severe cough cured by Dr Ball's Cough Syrup available for 25 cents, with an enthusiastic recommendation from Henry Winkel of Baltimore, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Oil
Henry Winkel
Baltimore
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Henry Republican
Hall
Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F Cheney
West & Traux
Toleda
Walding, Kinoon & Marvin
Eva Mills
Nver Bloomington
Mattie Mills
McLean County
H KX
M. A. Wilson
Hennepto
Abel Miller
Mary E Polson
A B. Wilson
Oliver Mills
LaSalle
Ottawa
Momnms
Putnam and
David Wilson
Hie
Evans
Decatur
Philadelphia
H. O
Willis
Maud
Mason Wilson
H . Jennings
Bloomington
Walter Q Griffith
Oliver
Edith Mille
Missouri
Champaign
Canter Achool
A A. W
Governor Hill
Cleveland
Armar
Dr Powell
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