Illinois News Highlights From Decatur To Springfield
Unfolding local stories include a Creston man learning his former wife, now with his brother, lives in Decatur after years apart, and a Freeburg burglary case where a wife and four children moved to Belleville before returning home. Col Thomas Geddes, 87, dies at Mountain Green after Mormon War service and a long Illinois career. A Belleville divorce case ends with a coerced marriage. Illinois board of pharmacy holds annual meeting in Springfield naming officers and reporting 1891 finances.
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Raoe
Arden
Hallet Moomey
Creston
Arkansas City
Kan
Decatur
Abraham Moomey
Ililet
Hallet
David Hendricks
Freeburg
Velleville
Hendricks
Henry Moss
Moss
Belleville
Geddes
Thomas Geddes
Mountain Green
Hancock County
Illinois
Multitude of 19th Century Tragedies Highlight Illinois News
United States Commissioner John Bradford died in Springfield. St Josephs hospital in Highland sustained 7000 dollars in fire damage. A. N. Bird celebrated golden anniversary in Champaign. Garr fatally stabbed Beck near Loudon City after a feud. Boyle hanged atHd wardsville for 1891 murder. Ryan brothers die near Fairbury from grip. Hannah Boyd detained as a raving madwoman in Chicago. Heffern kills himself near Potomac. Glidden attempts suicide near Blooming-ton. Hawthorne wins judgment against railroad for leg loss in Salem. Helby dies in Galena at 75. Douglas commits suicide near Homer. Dentons grain elevator burns at Miller s Station for 15000 loss. Friedman assigns Rockford store with 80000 liabilities. Davis Thompson dies at Virginia at 1 year. Downers Grove bank organized with 25000 capital. Cordell killed in Galesburg yards. Kimmerly commits suicide at Decatur. Haskell elected head of state health board at Springfield. Rogers shot near Bloomington by brakeman Kippehbrook. Gov Wade appoints Coffee to state board of pharmacy. L&Q railway to allow second class ticket holders in Pullman. Patti concert tickets stolen in Chicago. Swirles closes Rockford dry goods firm after judgment. Ridge Prairie Horse-Thief Detective assoc formed at Caseyville. Runaway injures Mrs Radford in Bloomington. Woodward dies after five days sleep. Ridge brakeman killed at Chenoa. Turner pleads guilty to assault of 14-year-old stepdaughter.
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United States
John
Bradford
Springfield
St. Joseph's Hospital
Highland
A. N. Bird
Champaign
Frank Garr
Sherman Beck
Loudon City
Beck
Garr
Patrick Boyle
Hdwardsville
John Muench
George
James Ryan
Bloomington
Ienry Hawthorne
Salem
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Company
Helby
Rock River Methodist Conference
Galena
Erastus Douglas
Homer
W. W. Denton
Miller's Station
Fredericka Friedman
Rockford
Davis Thompson
Cass County
Virginia
Illinois
Downers Grove State Bank
Rufus Cordell
Burlington
Galesburg
George W. Kimmerly
Decatur
W. A. Haskell
Alton
State Board of Health
John Rogers
Patti
James Swirles
Ridge Prairie Horse-Thief Detective Association
Caseyville
J. H. King
Alonzo T. Hart
Thomas W. Radford
Horrific Atrocities by Rebels Amid Manchuria Border Action
Shanghai correspondent reports Chinese rebels in Manchuria committing brutal massacres and arson. Buddhist priest-led bands killed nuns and villagers, burned children, imprisoned hundreds in barns, and subjected captives to bayonets, spears, and disembowelment. Government troops retaliated, hundreds captured, heads displayed as warnings.
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China
Wall of
Han Chan Chung
Mo Wo Kun
Wheehol
Kutulan
Jehol
Mabchuria
Talison
Chilians Sentenced in Baltimore Assault Case
In Valparaiso Judge Foster's verdicts list Carlos Arena alias Gomez 540 days for wounding William Turnbull 300 days for public disorder 60 days for carrying a knife 20 days for false name totaling 920 days Jose Ahumada 520 days for injuring Turnbull Frederico Rodriguez 140 days for wounding Hoatswain mate Riggin and public disorder Rodriguez may not be deemed the killer, Turnbull’s death possibly caused by an unknown shooter Gomez and Rodriguez must pay Turnbull and Riggin’s families damages eligible via civil suit
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Valparaiso
Foster
Baltimore
Court of Appeals
Carlos Arena
Gomez
William Turnbull
Jose Ahumada
Turnbull
Frederico Rodriguez
Hoat
Charles W. Riggin
Rodriguez
Riggin
Fire Kills Mother and Two Children in Florida
A blaze at A M Lennig’s house in Jacksonville, Florida early Thursday claimed the lives of Mrs Lennig and two children while Mr Lennig escaped. Oil in the home raises foul play suspicion. Cable reports New York to the Bahamas line completed with the first Bahamas message sent at 2 10 p m and delivered in 35 minutes. Memorial Hospital in Johnstown Pennsylvania, a 565 000 facility, was dedicated by the state flood commission.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
A. M. Lennig
Bahama Islands
New York
Bahamas
Messrs. Isaacs & Heineman
Western Union Telegraph Company
Johnstown
State Flood Commission
BE. Schlichting
Third Ave
New York City
Dr. Bull
Dancing Fashions and Curiosities From Harper’s Bazaar
In Harper’s Bazar fashion notes young women wear white taffeta dances dresses with pompadour bouquets and chiffon trimmings. The piece also mentions curious items from Mr Instyle and jokes about Jove, plus a Missouri family with two exceptionally heavy babies and a lettered account of early telegraph and water works, and a post mortem claim of lizards in a man’s stomach.
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Harper’s Bazar
February Wide Awake issue highlights and contents
The February Wide Awake offers varied engaging stories and articles for youths. It features Mary McIntosh Cox's Jacck Brereton's Three Months' Service, The Lance of Kanana, The Sign of the Prophet Jonah by Eliot McCormick, Indian pieces by Harriet Maxwell-Converse, and other imaginative works. Includes poems, illustrations, and notes on adventure, science, and morality. Winn Awake priced 20 cents per issue or $2.40 yearly.
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Mary McIntosh Cox
Jacck Brereton
Jonah
Eliot McCormick
New York
Harriet Maxwell-Converse
Ohiwekan
Maud Howe Elliott
Jane G. Austin
Lora Standish
Wrpr
D. Lormer Co
Boston
Mass
Reminiscences and Tiny Jests From Period Humor Columns
A string of quips and snippets from humorous writers and cartoons. Liked asides on grog fires and coal trades, classroom geography jokes from a twelve year old, catarrh cures with bold claims, and light verse gibes. Tiny bits of satire and social observation from period papers end with playful quips about physicians, publishers, and bearded lions.
Patent Remedies and Local Slogans in Arcane Advertisements
An assortment of archaic medical claims and testimonials appears, citing Bradyerotine and Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar among other remedies. The collage includes brief quotes from attorney George F Fowler and various periodical blurbs praising cures for coughs, toothache, and stomach issues, framed by satirical city editor remarks.
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Hale
Vike
Crescent on everything they make ad hype in weekly paper
An old one inch display ad from Dr Harter Medicine Co. repeats a Crescent symbol and urges readers to identify a single word to receive a book, lithographs or samples. The ad mocks neighbors, religion and Ram’s orn as part of its marketing style.
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Hall
F. J. Chaney & Co
Toledo
A & Inch
Dr. Harter Medicine Co
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Illinois State Nows
Mary Jackson
William Jackson
East St. Louis
State Board of Pharmacy
W. P. Boyd
Arcola
T. N. Jamieson
Chicago
Frank Fleury
H. A. Green
The
Codhooker
Adph Isaacs Menken
Paris
Pere-la-Chaise
Olympia
Wash
Augusta
Indianapolis News
England
Canterbury
Elizabeth
Peter the Great
Queensland
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Michigan
California
Marche
Albhorne
British Museum
Lobengula
Matabeleland
British South Africa Company
Mashonaland
Mantabeleland
Daniel Mummert
Adams County
N. Y
Lazicus
Bessie
London Board
Straits of
Dover
Calais
Wen
Picayune
Elmira Gazette
PrRerenesets
Pearding
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Liv
George F Fowler
Palatka, Fla
Chicago Tribune
Browns
Mele A
May
Cashier
St. Paul
Minn
Mindenpolls Journal
Teveras
Tate
Tecomen
Baron
Ideas
Lowell Courier
Syaurshieg
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
K Place
N.X
U. S
G. W. Simmons & CO
Oak Hall
FLACS
Ivory
Prorin
Adyco
Neigibor
Hanny Loke
Bethany
Tacols
T. B. Suerer
Constantine, Mich
Jacobs Oil
D. M. Berrick
Dolphin St
Balto
St. Jacobs
WM. C. Harden
City of Toledo
Lucas Co
State of Ohio
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Lucas Co., O
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
FE. B. Walthall & CO
Druguista
Horve
Ove
E. D. Loomis
Detroit
Mich
P. Carson
Scotland
Dak
J. C. Simpson
Marquess
W. Va
Saya
J Qheney & CO
Ely
FLY Bros
Warren St. N
Iepa
Brightenaa
St. Louis, Mo
John A
America
Salzer
P. Harold Hayes
M.D. Buffalo
N.Y
King of
Alexis
Loomis & Nyman
Keystone
Ohio
Keck Palla
Pat Fgles
Kansas
Stockron
Mausam
J.stephens
Lebanon
Thousants
FKL Uh & Co
Philadelphia
Mie
E. T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
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