03 Feb 1876
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Newspaper
Joliet Daily Sun
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1876
Page
1
Receipts of dressed hogs were liberal with prices quoted at 8.25 dollars, the season’s peak. The same price had been paid a few weeks earlier, signaling strong demand and steady cash trade in Chicago markets.
About 150 attendees at the Ottawa street M. E. Church for a monthly temperance society gathering. Miss Lydia Strawn of Ottawa delivered the principal address, praised for its excellence, followed by readings, recitations, a social interlude, and a humorous charade.
L. P. Pierce once a cigar store proprietor and former clerk for Simonds became insane and tried to cut himself after handing his revolver to his mother. He raved and prayed for someone to shoot him, was watched overnight, and may recover if his illness subsides.
J. XK. Epsatt current attorney general seeks renomination while Senator Canfield of Aurora also runs. Bo is Hon. Tom Boyd of Fulton County. They grew all good men and good lawyers.
The regular monthly session opened dryly but ended in a spirited clash over tax abatements and street improvements. Aldermen Hicks and Browne led a long debate, after which Devine and O Connell were approved for the middle bridge work amid Mayor Steel vetoes and retrenchment talk.
A reader reports that raw beef fed to hogs cured cholera, citing a physician's dysentery remedy and noting success among neighbors in Cass County Illinois. The account describes healthy hogs after eating beef and claims widespread use by a large breeder.
A California woman caused neighbors to stare when she muttered an odd phrase about a husband’s weight and danger, leaving onlookers puzzled by the remark and its context.
An 19th century advertisement touts Sarsaparilla for scrofula skin eruptions liver stomach kidneys lungs and other ailments. It claims to be a mild yet effective vegetable alterative by Stillingia mandrake yellow dock and potash iron, prepared by Dr J C Ayer & Co with certificates and public endorsements of its cures. It emphasizes safety for children and broad usefulness.
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