Baptist State Convention Set for Kewanee
The Illinois Baptist State Convention will meet October 18 to 21 at the First Baptist Church in Kewanee. The event draws over 1 000 churches and 500 to 700 delegates, with notable speakers including Rev. Dr Geistweit of St Louis and Rev. Dr Barbour of Rochester Theological Seminary. Lodging and breakfast are provided on the Harvard plan, with local churches and citizens helping host visitors.
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Annon
Northern Baptist Convention
Geistweit
St. Louis
Barbour
Rochester Theological Seminary
Kewanee
America
Lsmem
Potter
Short Jeff College
Alton
Til
Harvard
Fortieth Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Robert Nelson
Mr and Mrs Robert Nelson celebrated forty years of marriage with friends and neighbors at their home near Blandinsville on September 16 1880. Their life together has been marked by hospitality charity and daily ministry to the sick and needy.
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Robert Nelson
Blandinsville
Randolph Hotel
Macomb
Ill
Eliza Keithley
Moon
Imo
Triumph Pills Sold At Milwaukee Medical Institute
Readable fragment states irregular or suppressed Triumph Pills are not sold at a Milwaukee medical institute. The note implies a declaration about product availability and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ak Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Nelson Wedding Ties Two Families In Town Celebration
The ceremony at Nelson united the couple with best man Mr Frank Sweeny and bride Miss Keithley of Kansas as ring bearer Ruth Keithley at the piano. Flower girls Mrs Carrie Locke and Mrs Jas Anderson. quinister Mrs Stella Davis. ushers Cramer and Mrs Knappenberger. Guests enjoyed a two course lunch and gifts including a ruby ring and silver jelly spoon along with a speech by Mrs W A England. Birthdays honored include Uncle Jimany Hardin on Sept 15 and Aunt Ruth Monner on Sept 16 with a large family dinner at Good Hope featuring fried chicken, noodles, veal loaf, pies, coffee and tea. Many relatives attended, with 48 in total at the later gathering.
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Nelson
Frank Sweeny
Miss Keithley
Kansas
Ruth Keithly
Carrie Locke
Jas. Anderson
Stella Davis
Quinister
Cramer
Knappenberger
W. A. England
Jimany Hardin
Ruth Monner
Frank
Good Hope
Ruth
Jimmy
Becklehemer
Camden
Kent Smith
Mary. Byers
Hughes
Harold ‘Smith
Vera Smith
John Stubbs
Perl
Visionary potato vine could end digging burdens
J Wallick claims a Pathfinder potato sprout eight feet long and still growing may yield a vine bound potato that climbs a pole or runs along the ground. He collaborates with Dave Welch who holds seed rights and expects public announcement soon. The claim promises a crop grown without digging and an end to backache from harvests.
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S. J. Wallick
Luther Burbank
Sahara
Tie
Dave Welch
Bushnell Record
Farm Wedding and Auction of Oddities Reported
The Poketown Gazette notes a quirky notice where Wm Smith and Miss Lucy Anderson were auctioned at a farm sale near a rose cluster. Rev Jackson officiated with hay rope as the knot. the couple departs on a John Deere plow, with a baby buggy and kitchen utensils to new owners. About seventy guests attended the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardolph News
Poketown Gazette
Smith
Lucy Anderson
Jackson
John Deere
Farms for Sale Listing with Various Acreages
Advertisement lists multiple properties priced per acre including 40 acres near Mecomb for 225 dollars and 160 acres near Colchester with other entries such as 240 acres near Bardolph and 380 acres near Mecomb priced around 150 to 250 dollars per acre with additional city property noted.
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Mecomb
Colchester
New Philadelphia
Bardolph
Fandan
Gage Tea Promises Hair Darkening and Youthful Look
Advertises a cosmetic remedy named Gage Tea to restore dark hair by adding certain ingredients. Claims to transform gray or faded hair into a darker, youthful appearance within days. Promises no disease treatment. markets as a beauty preparation sold by a store.
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Baptist State Convention Soon
Saffell & Gorbach
Leonard Snowden
Jefferson Street
Illinois
Excelsior Steel Furnace Co
Chicago, Ill
and Katie Hall
Plymouth
Colmar
Fred G. Parkinson
Col. E
Gage
Miggeat Ccllers
Melba
Stra
Poo Selah Pone
Milial Trail
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