Transcontinental Journey Notes From Denver to Oakland
The writer details travel from Kansas through Denver and Greeley to Ogden and Salt Lake City, describing plains, mountains, weather, and hotel stops. She notes companions from Boston New York and San Francisco, visits the Mormon temple in Salt Lake, and a planned Oakland arrival after a delay due to a burned bridge at Truckee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moustalpa
Peaka
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Il[neis
Salt Lake
Nevada
Elko
Rockies
Mother Acems
Truckee
Oakland
Death by own action and a wedding at Fairbury
A man dies suddenly by his own action after months of illness and bilious complaints. He could have been saved by Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Mr and Mrs John T. Smith and Mrs Henry Clift attended the Fairbury wedding of Grace Clift and William S. Veach. The couple live on a newly furnished farm home and receive many gifts and best wishes. The bride previously visited a year ago and impressed all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Smith
Henry Clift
Fairbury
Grace Clift
John Duft
Veach
Catarrh Remedy Promises Cure and Local Transit News
An overheard street exchange promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as curing catarrh after a speaker attributes recovery to the medicine. Nearby, excursionists from Henry station plan a westward trip with 14 travelers including Mrs C A Camp accompanying relatives in Howard City Neb. Others head to Concord, Wayne, and Cozad Neb for farm and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Smith
J. Lused
Sage
J.doso
Henry Station
C. A. Camp
Vnstan
Howard City
Bureatt
Er-Parenta
Leech
Wm Ball
Concord
Neb
W. W. Heath
Wayne
J. O. Hill
J. D. Stibbles
Cozad
J. J. Armstrong
Welmas
Ayer
York
W. T. M. Draggist
C. “ Ayer
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat Advertises Cures
Town notice touts Kemp's Balsam promising cures for coughs sore throat asthma bronchitis and consumption. It advertises trial bottles at one dollar with a money back guarantee. R K Warner, recently working on an elevator project, is reported home again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Warner
Our Sister Towns Sparinud and Social Notes
Our Sister Towns Sparinud. Wr and Mrs McClanahan visited Rutland on Sunday. Many residents share family news from Chicago to Iowa. A track is planned east of Sparland while the State Fair looms. Foregoing items include illnesses, travel, saloon changes, and a Typhoid fever death in Steuben township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparinud
McClanahan
Rutland
Brasfield
Lottie Smith
Wm Riddle
Walter Athay
Alfred
Mily
James Gallup
Chicago
John Maat
George Riddle
Watseka
Burnham
Iowa
Betz & Holler
cClanahan Field
C. Tanquary
Peoria
Charles Gallup
Charlie
D. W. Getz
Milt Holler
Riddel
Baeurdey
Sparland
Charles Gapen
Henry
Johnstown
Sherman (Schoonk)Betz
Colorado
West
Corners items and local notes brighten seasonal harvest
Local columns describe frost and harvest crop bounty with overage hay and grass stocks. Community scenes include John Johnson and Ed Fountan shelling corn, Miss Barber visiting Lucy Spencer, and True Worthington returning from Princeton amid a Malicious Prosecution case. A Chicago trip and a busy Thursday prayer gathering are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefiield Corner
John Johnson
Ed Fountan
Henry
John
Letuchia Fanson
Canada
Panny van Dyke
Eureka
Alstur
Whilis
Calef Ia
Miss Barber
Nebraska
Lucy Spencer
J. H. Franklin
Rush Medical College
Chan
Frank Warner
Franklin
True Worthington
Princeton
W. In
Chicago
Community School Ribbon Cutting and Year-End Celebration
The narrative describes a festive year-end gathering with music, friends presenting a plush album and a new rocker, and a banquet featuring shellfish. It praises Elder Warner and notes church and Sabbath school prosperity, with updates on a new school building nearing completion and its improved facilities, costing about $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Featire
Ene Tire Company
Thos Runnells
Kitefield
Kenyon
Goltra
Henry
Lake Superior
Edinburgh
Putnam Area Notes From Henry County Revival and Local Goes
Citizens attend a revival in Henry while Elijah Henkins builds a home west of town. John Sparling makes molasses for Senachwine township and Mrs Charles Hobb from Council Bluffs visits family. Weather brings light frosts that nip corn. Sunday school review next Sabbath. Marshall Downey to supervise ME Sunday school. J R Veach finishes threshing season and offers corn shelling. Rev Scott’s farewell sermon noted. temperance lesson postponed to Oct 6 with ME church meeting details and program announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarterly Review
Marshall Downey
J R. Veach
Scott
Bro Scott
M E
Parker
J.O Winship
V.H Wheeler
Walt Drake
Rector
Mills' Pills Offer Positive Strength Says Dr Powell
Purported advertisement claims Mills' Pills of AlP strengthen the liver and bowels while reducing the need for continued use. It promises fewer requirements the longer the pills are taken and notes samples are available free at Dr Powell's Drug Store.
Oxbow Grange Fair Promised Big Crowd Next Week
The piece notes the Oxbow Grange fair will be in full blast next week with favorable weather. It mentions a wandering refugee seen in Caledonia, wearing stripes on his hat, and a ill looking couple returning from Friends meeting. Rev McNiel left the M E conference for Free Methodists and may take several appointments. Wenonn fair is over, a local attendee reports it was better than recent years. J A Koys is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxbow Grange
Caledonia
McNiel
M.e.conference
Free Methodists
Wenonn
J. A. Koys
Local Notes and Accidents Reported in The Republi can
A lively mix of community anecdotes details several incidents. Kays praises his cattle stock while Pisqua’s absence is noted. Harry Beck of Clear Creek hunts cattle. A cyclone in Galedonia injures no one seriously. Ed Lambert near Tonica escapes a run away buggy losing an ear. internal injuries feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kays
Pisqua
Republican
Harry Beck
Clear Creek
Huntler
Galedonia
Ed Lambert
John Lambert
Tonica
Heg
Deer Park picnic and county news gathered from Wenona Fair
Five couples picnicked at Deer Park last Sunday while attendees from here visited the Wenona Fair on Thursday and Friday. Eliza Smith fell ill Thursday night and remains at home. Harvey Ramage and his father had accidents while hauling straw, breaking Ramage’s arm and Harvey’s leg in separate incidents the same day. Several locals travel to Indiana yearly meeting in Richmond, with Victoria Trueblood visiting relatives in Lafayette. A large barred shawl was missing from the yearly meeting house and may be returned to the Grange Fair or L. E. Wilson in Magnolia for safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Mary Odell
Iowa
Charlie Williams
Luther Williams
Steuben Township
Charlie
Charle Gallup
Ed Crehore
Eodolog
Sanday Q E. Oxce
Quarker Lane
Deer Park
Eliza Smith
Carver Tomlinson
Ohio
West
Esther Mills
Kansas
Joshua Milla Jr
Fairbury
Geese
Thomas Tomlinson
Iona
Bertie Wotan
Nebraska
Nona Coale
Holder
McLean County
Abel Mills
Indiana
Yearly Meeting
L. E. Wilson
Magnolia
Harvey Ramage
Ramage
Harvey
Prosper Hill Community Notes and Local Tidings
Local items report cattle loss, callers, and trips to Hennepin and Peoria. Household activities include peaches, a birthday party, and a sick list with several names. A Friends meeting at Clear Creek recalls school days and old friends from yesteryear.
Advertising a Patent Medicine and Steamboat Venture
Advertising a patent medicine offers sample bottles free to druggists for trial before purchase. Large bottles cost 50 cents and 1 dollar. The text notes Frank Ebaugh as master of the steamboat Hebe on the Mississippi River with Oda Scott as assistant to operate the craft this navigation season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ebaugh
Hebe
Mississppi River
Oda Scott
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised with guarantee and price
Claim of Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and all skin eruptions includes a money back guarantee and 25 cent price per box. Mention notes Dr Powell's drug store and Mrs Warner visiting Illinois friends for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Arnica
Bea
Local store touts low prices and wide stock for fall and winter
A regional retailer promotes its broad fall and winter stock. The ad highlights a fine carpet department, low prices, and a claim to lead in shoes including Varna and Henderson’s Red Schoolhouse Shoes. It promises free home delivery if not satisfied and notes a recent shipment of about one hundred overcoats in a bid to attract buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Henderson
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Joe
South Adams Sr
Proria, Ill
Henry Republican
Grace
Harwood
Jettera
Kansas City
Boston
New York
San Francisco
Prince Edward's Island
Denver
Goat Plains
Mra Guyerno
Greeley
Chayenne
Capitol
Sfrestiall
Om Beedilyn
Ami Te Foog
Dominies
Prosper Hill
Broaddus
C H Ransom
Jane Slanday
Jas Shields
Hennepin
Leland Broaddus
Sam Erving
Shafer
Morse Sunny the
The
Hill
O. K
Dan Haloenerty
Julius Morse
Ina Ransome
Andrew Morse
H. C. Hailey
William Ransom
Dan Allen
Merly
Tuluca
Friends Yearly Meeting
Mystic Shore
William
Warner Nee Mack
Illinois
Kahn Bros
Varna, Ill
Meas . Co
Pri
Zerarsosey
Hickens
Nowepenae
Ayer Gso
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