Local notices blend church affairs fair plans and odd ordinances
Peoria presbytery prepared for Rev James Clark to install in Eureka and transfer Rev A C Brown to Calvary Peoria with A A Brown as moderator and others as clerks Venona Union Fair plans include balloon ascent parachute radio games and stork exhibit Sept 21 five day event A People's Party critique of McKinley and local Abingdon blue Sunday ordinance restricting ordinary labor yield quirky policing of Sunday acts including donkey work and sneezing outside town limits.
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Peoria
Eureka
James 8. Clark
Yates City
A C. Brown
Bethel
Calvary
A. A. Brown
B. George
W. J. Semilroth
Venona Union Fair
Thorn
Illinois Civil War Monuments Dedicated at Gettysburg
The 8th and 12th Illinois Cavalry monuments were dedicated on Sept 8 with ex-Guy Beveridge presenting as major of the cavalry. Guy Fifer spoke for the state and Edward McPherson received the monuments for the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association. Other addresses by Hon A C Matthews and Col H Clarke followed, noting the markers will ornament the field.
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Illinois
8Th
12Th Spols
Gettysburg
Guy Beveridge
Guy Fifer
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association
Edward McPherson
A C Matthews
H. @. Clarke
Primeval Forest Revealed in Green River Marshes
The Walnut Bureau county motor reports a primeval forest uncovered in Green River marshes after ditch water eroded the marsh bed. Logs with augur holes and sawed ends suggest ancient habitation, with trees spanning one to three feet in diameter lying in various directions.
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Walnut
Bureau County
Green River
Elmwood letter guides city on electric light costs
Mayor Krenz publishes a detailed Elmwood reply dated Sept 7 1891 addressing arc and incandescent lighting for streets and buildings. The letter covers per light costs about plant ownership and operation by the Western Electric Light Co Chicago and urges a local visit to verify setup and avoid election day electrician changes.
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Krenz
Elmwood
Ottawa
Quincy
Peoria
Elmwoop
Ill
Jos N. Krenz
Henry
Istost
E.R & Lester Brown
Brown
Boston
Western Electric Light Co
Chicago
P. F Bouraoin
Granite and Marble Works
How I Was Defeated in a Schoolhouse Debate
A teenage narrator recalls a winter debate on Art versus Nature at the schoolhouse. The opposing speaker trumped a vivid portrait of beauty with a closing line praising nature as made, prompting loud laughter and the crowd to carry the rival on their shoulders as the judge adjourned.
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Allkenloom
Vj. M. K
Henry and Vicinity
Ivory Soap Illustrations Elevate Advertising Artwork
The Century magazine last page features full page drawings praised as top tier in book and magazine art. Advertising work could soon attract renowned names like George Wharton Edwards and E W Kembie, blending trained imagination with skilled technique for stronger interest.
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George Wharton Edwards
E. W. Kembie
Reading Habit Elevates Family Life and Mind
A Harper's Bazaar essay extols reading as daily bread and recreation. It portrays a prolific reading wife and mother who fills her home with books, enhancing her family's studies and conversations while keeping minds lively and well informed.
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Harper's Bazar
New York Press Denies Baking Powder Legislation Rumor
The New York Press exposes a false story that the New York Legislature acted against Royal Baking Powder. It states no such legislation exists in the state or anywhere, calling the article a fabrication by rival baking powder makers and disavowing responsibility for its publication.
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New York
Misleading French Marriage Law Alleged To Cause Heartache
A US citizen warns that marriage to a French citizen may be treated as a sham in France. He notes that American or English wives can be left as castoffs while their French husbands remarry in France, and that French law treats such unions differently for men and women. He explains American women may be deemed unmarried if they go to France and marry again.
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United States
France
Republic
Seven Railroad Plans Stir Texas Policy Debate
James R. Lamb of the Texas People's Party argues for federal construction of seven trunk railway lines backed by full legal tender paper money. He claims this plan would pay for roads levees post offices and public works, end taxation and tariff reliance, and provide better service at lower cost.
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Texas
Lone Star Commonwealth
James R. Lamb
People's Party of Texas
United States
Teachers Meet at Putnam on September 19
A teachers meeting will be held at Putnam on Saturday September 19 to review the Second Month work under the State Course of Study Appendix. Speakers cover Fourth Reader topics and First Month exams. program includes grammar arithmetic history geography and miscellaneous topics with time blocks and names of instructors.
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Lacon
Wenona
Putnam
Katie Ransom
Mrs Carpenter
Lucy Burt
G. E Evans
Cora Goodwin
W C. Schefer
Mra Hendrick
Joyer
J M. Borgen
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sold By Drug Stores At 75 Cents
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. internal remedies treat the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as not a quack medicine, prescribed by physicians for years, combining tonics with blood purifiers to address the constitutional nature of catarrh. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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Hood
C.J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Maas
Texas
Austin
Texae
Hall
Chansy Co
Powell
Dily
Real Estate Transfers in area highlighted by transfers around Toluca and Varna
Listing of multiple property transfers including Chag B Dilley to Lillie B Knopf Richland. Lillie M Knopf to Conrad J Hold Jr. John Holm to Organ Beckwith. County Clerk to Elijah Camery and Anna M McClay. Long to Noel. Schafman to Wright. Twist to Justice and Coldower. Twist to Stratten and others in Toluca Varna Bonnington and Bel Plain. Also Zion H Held to Wm H Porch and Griswold to John McDonald, with several Montrose Varna transactions.
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Chag
Dilley
Lillie B. Knopf
Richland
Lillie Mi Knopf
Conrad J Hold Jr
John Holm
Organ Beckwith
Holmes and Heacock
Henry
Elijah Camery
Anna M McClay
Assess
Sparland
David
John Noel
Ball's
Lacon
Schafman
Alex Wright
Varna
Mercy F Justice
Oluca
Thos C Coldower
Bonnington
Martha Jane Stratten
Toluca
Morcy F Justice
Biok
Lyaia Spruten
O Lewis
M & Church of
Zion H
Porch
Bel Plain
Atbow Griswold
John McDonald
Steuben
Michael Kemnaitz
Thos Monaghan
Lote
Montross
Theodore Bickerman
Betasy Carver
Davia
Ocala Urged as Central Florida Capital Move
A Florida movement gaining favor outside Tallahassee argues Ocala is more central than the current capital and should be named the state capital, challenging the present arrangement.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Ocala
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