Local and State Items From the Camp Point to Dixon
Ed Hennessey plans a Camp Grove store. William L. Leech, Hennepin boy, runs for justice of the peace at Dixon. Schools drop vertical penmanship. Camp Point creamery processed 902,431 pounds of milk in seven months. Reed about cashing checks promptly. Rey James of M KE church spent five years at Sparland, officiated 25 marriages and 39 funerals. I R R cancels St Joe Sunday trains after Sept 21. Steel shipped to Pontiac Reformatory for rebuilding burned cell houses. State W C T U meets at Peoria for five days. Birth announced in Bradford. Baptist calls to Rey Dunton of Tekamah accept. Chicago Peoria St Louis rail plan adds four Springfield fair trains. Local notes on health, crime, and utilities. Pelican shot near Ottawa. bird gifted to historical society. Zoning at Northwestern University restricts colored students’ entry to women’s dorms. Nahum prophecy cited in context of trolley era. Kewanee races report a crash altering a race outcome. Hallock post office closed. list of former postmasters. Marriage in Camp Grove between Nellie Hickey and Owen Sharkey. A joke about a dying editor and fees concludes the column.
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Ed Hennessey
Camp Grove
William L. Leech
Dixon
Camp Point
Rey James
M. KE
Sparland
St Joe
Pontiac Reformatory
Peoria
Philip Real
J. J. Herry
Henry
Bradford
Lacon
Rey Dunton
Tekanah
Neb
Streator
Ottawa
Llivois
Magoon Barnes
Illinois River
Peoria Herald-Transcript
Alton
Wenona
Marquette
Northwestern University
Evanston
Women’s Educational Association
Nahum
Chicago
St Louis
Springfield
Fair Flyer
Illinois Express
Springfield Express
Fair Grounds Station
Phelps
Croup Symptoms and Home Remedies Advised
The notice describes croup beginning like a cold with chilliness sneezing sore throat hot skin and hoarse breathing. It recommends Bal lard's Horehound Syrup in small frequent doses and Bal lard's Snow Liniment on the throat at the first sign of a croupy cough. Available for 50c at Dr Powell's City drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Powell
City Drug Store
Letter in praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
A reader from Bagwell Missouri testifies after three years of bronchitis that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved his symptoms. He tried doctors and patent medicines without relief until his wife bought a bottle. The notice notes the remedy is sold at Dr Powell's City location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W.S. Brockman
Bagwell
Dr Powell
City
A Lesson in Aflotomy Examines Human Bones by Body Part
A rhythmic piece counts bones in each body region from face to toes. It lists fourteen facial bones, eight skull bones, eight ear bones per ear, twenty four vertebrae, twenty four ribs plus two others, two shoulder bones per side, two arms per side, eight wrists per side, five palms per hand, twenty eight finger bones, two hip bones, two kneecaps, two legs, seven ankles per foot, five toes per foot, and twenty eight toes in total.
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertised in 207 Package
A housekeeping note highlights the use of Red Cross Ball Blue on clear white clothes. The advertisement lists a large 207 package priced at 9 shillings 4 pence with a 9-11-4w notation.
Medical testimonial from 1899 patient on lip lump treatment
In February 1899, W P Brown of Hollands reports a small lump on his lower lip treated by cauterization. A second sore formed but after taking seven bottles of 8.3.8 the lesion healed completely and no recurrence has appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.P. Brown
Hollands
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Directory of Henry Business Houses
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W.T. Law
Jones
W. W. Dewey
COAL
E. F. Hunter
Lumber and Coal
Charles Motter
Riga
W. B. Deck
Russ Bros
Henry, Ill
Henry Republican
Pirsteluss
Joan Hartul4y, JR
Airy
Ladies Bazaar
Abbott Studio
Photos
Jos, N. Krenz
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J. A. Swem
O. Elsie Smith
Dence
Malin Street
E. G. Cromwell, M. D
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DR. C. F. Meng
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W. J. Thomas
Henry, III
Camp House
F. C. Willett
Wn Itefield
McKillip Veterinary College
Oalls
W. A. Smith
Maulfair
McNapp, Illinois
Fred
Potter
Attorney AT Law
Meier & Sons
Edward Street
J. H, Franklin
Lacon, Tll
New McMurtrie's Block
Eupils
Z. F.kellogg
Thompson & Son
Lacon, Ill
Altached
Dustin Specialty Company
Fifth Avenue
S?l
Case
Henry Central
R.S. Bayne
J. J. Herry’s
Jafe
G. W. Keller
Undertaker and Embalmer
and— Business College
W. H. Givler
Princeton
J. A. Williams
Apris Tf
E. A. Bauter
Frank Baer
School Street
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Richard
Ua Hi
A.B. Wilson
Magnolia
the Republican
Iroquois
Smith
Lilinois War Department
New York Wall Street Journal
Santa Fe
Altho
Rock Island
Atchison
Illinois
LaSalle County Historical and Scientific Association
Vernonia
Personette
Ione
Hayward
Tremain
Hallock
Chillicothe Enquirer
Mra Sparling
Bromilow
Chillicothe
Rome
Galena
Northampton
Daily Mail
Sam
J. H. McKean
Wm Sparling
Munson Hinman
George Nurse
P. W. Crady
H. H. Nurse
Eliza Starling
St Patrick's Catholic Church
Father Colling
Nellie
David Hickey
Owen
Owen Sharkey
Thomas J. Finnegan
Nora Hickey
Warren Street
Thomas Real
Dr. Forrest and
Owen W. Allen
Enry
Agen
John Hartley
Trenry
W. H. Worley
Henry Republican Weekly
England
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Dove OF Phage
S.S.S
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