Concord Nebraska town grows with railroad help station site and schools
A letter from Concord Nebraska describes a budding town along the North Western line near Wakefield. It notes new houses a brick yard hotel site and a growing school with about 50 pupils and a Sunday school led by G. Locke. Nebraska settlers from Illinois and Iowa bring optimism and talk of crops weather and new business opportunities.
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Nebraska
Henry Republican
Concord
Wakefield
Great Northwestern
Henry
G. Locke
D. C. Cook
Chicago
O. Shumway
Peter Mattern
Mattern
Paul
Northwestern Railroad
Illinois
Iowa
Cambridge
Ayne
Eugene Jones
Jared W
Logan
G. M. Locke
Jason Sparks
Jas. Butler
Cedar
Dixon
Blaine
Lebam
Cattle Plague Reaches Jersey Herds in Peoria County
The cattle disease pleuro pneumonia has been detected in Jersey herds across the state, with Tripp Brothers and O J Bailey among the affected. Authorities report Ohio origin with wider spread, quarantines on other local herds, and condemnation of several cows to stamp out the outbreak.
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Jersey
Illinois
Peoria
Finols
Tripp Brothers
O. J. Bailey
Ohio
Epler
Virginia
Cass County
Boyd
Elmhurst
Vogeler Wins Perpetual Injunction Over St Jacobs Oil Name
In London the Court of Appeal grants The Charles A. Vogeler Company a perpetual injunction against Parrott & Co. forbidding use of St Davids Oil and related marks. The case, tied to St Jacobs Oil, shows the Baltimore firm’s victory after pursuing a faster action than awaiting Comptroller of Trade Marks.
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London
Engianp
CABLE
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Baltimore
Maryland
U.S. A
Parrott & Co
Court of Appeal
St. Jacobs Oil
High Court of Justice
Bacon
Parrott &Co
St. Davids
Charles A. Vogeler Company
Great Britain
St. Jacobs
Charles A. Vogeler
H. D. Ambstadter
Queen's Counsel
Theodore Aston
John Cutler
Theodore MacKenna
Rowland
Wedding Chimes at the Myers Home
On Wednesday the 27th at noon Rev W I Bower presided as Reuben D Bower of Barry Illinois married Miss Linoa Myers at the bride’s father Hiram Myers home in Roberts township. The outdoor ceremony drew about 200 guests under ancestral maples and featured lavish gifts. The bride, a Marshall County native and prominent Central Illinois family member, is Governor Hamilton’s niece.
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Hiram Myers
Roberts Township
W. I Bower
Peoria
Reuben D Bower
Barry, Ill
Linoa Myers
Marshall County
Tliois
Gov Hamilton
Doctor King’s New Discovery Endorsed By Winona Lawyer
A Winona Minnesota attorney praises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption as the best remedy for coughs and colds after over three years of use. Trial bottles are available free at Powell’s drug store. Also noted is a petrified palmetto stump exhibit from Mount Pleasant South Carolina weighing forty pounds, a rare record of palmetto wood petrification at the New Orleans Exposition.
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Aly J. A. Tawney
Winona, Minn
Dr King
Dg Powell
New Orleans Exposition
Mount Pleasant
8. C
Parker's Tonic Promises Powerful Natural Healing
The advertisement touts Parker's Tonic as the best scientific mix of vegetable curatives targeting the stem tech liver kidneys and blood. It claims no imitation will succeed and that it cures those who had despaired of recovery for you your wife and children.
Prohibition Debate and Local News Across Illinois
Peoria library holds 19,009 volumes costing $7200 yearly. Prohibitionists plan a Jacksonville camp meeting starting Friday September 8. A Maquon child born with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Aurora corset plant produces 1,600 daily with 267 hands, mostly girls. Joliet and Aurora under high license reduce saloons. Joliet down from 125 to 80, Aurora from 82 to 16. Mrs Mary A. Harris of Peoria, daughter of Jonathan Brasfield, to Jacksonville asylum for religious mania. Joliet gains a new nonpartisan Sunday Tribune. Watseka Republican notes 266 ministers in central Illinois conference. none Democrat. Putnam County Republican nominations: Prosecuting Attorney W. H. Casson, Circuit Clerk Jefferson Durley, Surveyor D. B. Turner, Coroner Dr D Holsburg. Braidwood coal miners oppose Chicago smoke ordinance. William Simeter, 16, dies of typhoid at Minonk. brother Carles Bimeter from Omaha attends funeral. Elgin to receive free mail delivery after October 1. post office income exceeds $20,000 thanks to Cook Sunday School Publishing Company. Decatur to add letter carriers.
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Peoria
Jacksonville
Ces
Ivas
Maquon
Aurora
Asso
Joliet
Mary A. Harris
Jonathan Brasfield
The
Sunday Tribune
W. H. Casson
Jefferson Durley
D. B. Turner
D. Holsburg
Braidwood
Chicago
William Simeter
Minonk
Lacan
Carles Bimeter O
Omaha
Elgin
Cook Sunday School Publishing Company
Decote
Sure Cure for Piles by Dr Bosanko Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy as a cure for piles with itching at night after warmth and for bites ringworm and salt rheum. The product, 50 cents, is manufactured in Piqua Ohio and sold by Zimmerman Aton.
Henry Aug 28 Regular Meeting of the Board of Education
The Board met with C. W. Carroll acting as chairman pro tem and J C Townsend absent. Minutes from prior meetings were read and approved. a job offer to Mrs Culver as assistant high school teacher was filed. Bills totaling several amounts were presented and approved. contract work on desks and benches was completed and paid. The 1884 85 school year was divided into three terms: Sept 1–Dec 24 1884 Jan 5–Mar 25 1885 and Apr 6–Jun 16 1885. Visiting committee for September was Kirchman and Sny der. Adjourned.
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Board of Education
Henry
C. W. Carroll
J C. Townsend
E. Culver
Kenyz
John Riley
James Hartley
Wm. Whalen
A. L. Gilpin
H & E. F Hunter
A. V. Goltra
Kirchman
8. C. Snyder
H. H. Kircuman
Fort Favored as 20th District Senator Candidate
Pekin Republican endorses Hon Wm. J. Fort of Marshall county for the 20th senatorial district to succeed Senator Shaw. Fort is praised as cultured, experienced in legislative affairs, and broadly popular, with Republicans urging him to carry the party standard without wire pulling.
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Wm. J. Fort
Marshall County
Shaw
Tazewell County
Mr Fort
Hay Fever Cure Reported by Two Men
Gabriel Ferris of Spencer New York and O T Stevens of Ithaca say Ely s Cream Balm cured their Hay Fever and Catarrh last July and August and gave immediate relief with no recurrence by December 28. The price is 50 cents.
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Ays
Ely
Gabriel Ferris
Spencer
N. Y
O. T. Stevens
Ithaca, N. Y
Meier Reports Pleasant 112th Regiment Reunion
L A Meier attended the 112th regiment reunion at Galva last Thursday. Gen Henderson, their former colonel, was present and extended a hearty greeting to the gathered veterans.
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L. A. Meier
Galva
Tickets to the Ghic 60 Exposition Sale At Station
Tickets to the Ghic 60 Exposition will be sold at this station on several dates with return deadlines. Fare round trip including exposition tickets is 4.25 dollars. C. W. Carroll, Agent, offers rail passes and land ads with a free excursion promotion. Webb's ticket office at Main and Adams, Peoria.
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C. W. Carroll
Kansas
Webb
Main
Adams Street
Peoria
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Potter
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Marshall Co
Henry Hunter
Putnam Station
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I. Splonald
At & Bargain
H. L. Obr
Roge Hill
Senachwine Township
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William Barnhart
Putnam, Dl
Samuel Coleman
Marshall
Iinois
Lacon
Montay
H Jones
Ball Goods
Burt
Bauer & Treizzer
Hall’s
Bioilian
Hatsi
Buckingham
Buckingau
R.P. Hal & Con
Nashua, N.H
Droggiste
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N Steam Printing Ofice
Geo Burt, Jr
Rt Bobs Geie Tion
Savateene
A. FP
A. M
Henry Lodge
Regulator Building
3D Story
Marshall Lodge
Evry
Lodge
Story City Bakery
Marshall Encampment
Clarron Lopgh
Sparland
A.R
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Moodey
Ary Goods
Edwards Street
O. M
Post Room
Sharp. . CO. U
A.M. Pool
CAN and Insurance Agency
Repulican
Republican
Second Street
Public Square
Perley
Edward Street
GC. C. Jones
Weis
J.C. Kalb
M. D. Hybician
Burgeon
H.8
Whitcomb
Dr. Kalb
W. H. Jones
Regulator
City
F. A. Hamilton
M.D. Reuesenece
Henry Reader
Pas Cian
Whitefield Corners
F. Taylor
M. Wb
Magnolia
Putnamcoanty
Urgeon
Ave
Henry, I
W. H. Kister
Ounty
Henry, Ill
John E. Henseler
Dilder
Madison Street
Regra
I Chinois
Chas. Riehm
Iano
Adal & Brown
Jennie Mowt
Boston Conservatory of Music
John Whitney
F. G. Smith
Root & Bons Music Co
Joseph Schick
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