Samuel Skelton Dies at Eureka Rich Citizen and Former Sheriff
Samuel Warder Skelton, longtime Eureka resident and Marshall County farmer, died at his Eureka home at 5 30 AM Wednesday from diabetes aged 66 years 4 months 13 days. He served as Marshall County sheriff in 1879 and later as Eureka alderman, was a deacon and Sunday school teacher, and had moved from Toluca to Eureka in 1900. He leaves a wife Elizabeth Stevenson, and children Lena Burt and Charles, with two siblings surviving. Funeral was held Friday at the Christian church, interment in Eureka cemetery.
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Samuel Skelton
Eureka
Central
Ilinois
Samuel Warder Skelton
Joel and
Jemima Skelton
Morgan County
Indiana
E H Ward
Wm H Skelton
Magnolia
Marshall County
Eureka College
Toluca
Elizabeth Stevenson
Lena
Burt
Greensburg
Kas
Charles
Bennington Township
Antioch Christian Church
Samuel W Skelton
Christian Church
J. Radford
D. H. Shields
Eureka Republican
La Rose Hosts 21st Marshall County Farmers Institute
The 21st Marshall County Farmers Institute at La Rose drew a large crowd with sessions opened by Rev. J. H. Kern and welcomes from C. W. Sheppard and J. A. Perry. W. B. Mills, C. F. Wright, and others spoke on corn, cattle feeding, and the home economy, followed by music and readings. John E. Wayman of Cook County delivered the principal address on politics, with further discussions on alfalfa culture and live stock importance. A large exhibit of corn and farm produce accompanied the event, and Alfred Wright of Varna, Penn., was named a director.
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21St Farmers Institute
la Rose
J. H. Kern
Belle Plain
W.sheppard
Perry
Lacon
J. A. Shanklin
Ottawa
W. B. Mills
Me— Nabb
C. F. Wright
Varna
C. M. Ritchie
Royal Neighbors
L. A. Seass
Arthur
W. F. Handschen
Urbana
Haze Neill
Anna Spangler
Bell
Miller
M M Bangs
Chicago
Bangs
Walcott School
Washburn
Marshall County
Ritchte
Centralia
W G_ Eckhardt
University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
H—Ritchie
John E. W Wayman
Cook County
Wayman
Ralph Allen
16th district of State_Farmers' Institute of
Delavan
W F Handschen
Farmers’ Institute
Alfred Wright
Penn
Averts Awful Tragedy With Timely Cough Remedy
Mrs C Weil loughby of Marengo Wis credits Dru King s New Discovery with saving two lives after doctors warned her severe cough was a consumption risk. She reports the medicine eased her cough and helped her boy during bronchial trouble. The remedy, priced 50 cents and 1.00, offers a trial bottle free and is guaranteed by local druggists T J Se graves and A J Tronmionger.
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T. J. Segraves
A. J. Tronmionger
Illinois Poultry Show Set for La Salle December
Illinois Poultry association schedules a major show in La Salle from December 4 to December 10. Regional business trends show declines since July with fall weakness blamed on poor crops in Oklahoma Texas and Kansas. The plan is to maintain a 10 percent gain in January and expect conditions to normalize later. Last week a Pontiac incident saw 32 vagrants removed from an empty baggage car on an Alton line.
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Illinois Poultry Association
la Salle
Rock Island
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Normeule
Pontiac
Change in Woman's Life Text Promotes Pinkham's Compound
A published testimonial from Graniteville Virginia praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the change of life. It claims complete restoration to health and urges readers to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Graniteville
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Barcnay
State Farmers' Institute Delegates Named At Centralia
A list of delegates from Sparland Henry Toluca Lacon La Rose Venona Foluca Columbus and other towns is announced to attend the annual State Farmers Institute to be held in Centralia on February 20 21 and 22. A testimonial letter from Mrs T J Adams Columbus Kansas praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for children's coughs and colds.
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Filey
T J Adams
Kansas Ave
Columbus
Kas
Foley
A. J
Death notices and local events in Hennepin Record
Relatives report Osie Hamm died at St Luke's Cedar Rapids on his 28th birthday from typhoid fever and was buried in Independence Iowa beside his mother. A Forty Hour devotion was held at St Patrick's with several priests assisting. Also reported is the birth of a granddaughter to Mr and Mrs H M Hartley in Henry, and updates on visits by Tone Forester and Beans Forester, a hotel accident involving Mrs Hammond, and local factory tile work progress in Henry and Wennepin communities.
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Hennepin
Osie Hamm
St. Luke's
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Ireland
Ottawa
Hand of Lostant
Fr Delo
Granville
Schuetz
St. Patrick’s Church
Thomas Paxson
J A Swein
Henry
H. M. Hartley
Tone
Beans Forester
W. W. Hammond
Riverside
Ady
McCormick
Grandma Etscheld
Joslo Etschicl
Mamie—Bogner
Wennepin
Mmrs
Colby
Voneer
Safe Cough Remedy For Children Ad
A reminder advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for coughs and colds in children. Offered for sale by A J Ironmonger and Tva Segraves, druggists, urging prudent households to use it during illness.
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Chamberlain
Ironmonger
Tva
Segraves
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