Grocery Price List Blasts of Bargains
A catalog of discounted staples featuring Grimes Golden apples at 40c per peck and Diadem beans 10c each, 3 for 25c, plus Crisco 25c, salmon 15c or 2 for 25c, coffee 20c per pound, baking powders 10c per can or 3 for 25c, and assorted canned goods, pickles, cereals, and household items with bulk and box lot offers. Includes oil sardines 5c can, dill pickles 10c, maple city bars 26c, and brooms at 25 35 45 and 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Hillside Tobacco
van Camp
Maple City
Tornado Fire Insurance Offer for Farm and City Property
Cre Cole advertises fire and tornado insurance with lowest rates from large companies. Write or call for terms on farm and city property coverage.
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Cre& Cole
Public sale notice for Ernest Carpenter near Mattoon
Ernest Carpenter will hold a sale of stock and farm implements at his place two miles west of Mattoon on Bronday February 10. Large sheets of carbon paper for tracing patterns are also to be sold at the sale site.
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Ernest
Carpenter
Hye
Mattoon
Bronday
Better Than Spanking Cure Advertises Free Medicine
An advertisement from the Rowan Drug Co. of Chicago offers a harmless 50 cent package free to readers of the Herald claiming it cures bedwetting and frequent urination in both children and adults. It urges readers to write for the medicine and to spread the word to neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CGI
Rowan Drug Co
Chicago
Herald
C H. .Rowan Drug Co
Parcel post questions raise odd mail transport doubts
Kansas City readers ask how the post office will ship OSes butter cheese a pig in a crate and a goose in a basket by mail once parcels post begins J H Harris local postmaster says over 500 inquiries have arrived and he has sent them to Washington for answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Post Office Department
J. H. Harris
Harris
Washington
Air Scout Is Prisoner in Tripoli Capture
Turkish efforts to smuggle an aircraft into Tripoli succeeded by accident when Captain Molzo of the Italian army had to land in hostile territory after his motor failed during a flight from Zouara to Tripoli. He was taken prisoner.
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Tripoli
Molzo
Zouara
Votes for Women Stamp Back Checks in Newport Ad
In Newport Cheerie Mrs G N Belmont campaigns for suffrage by stamping "votes for women" on all her back checks as part of advertising the cause. The effort highlights local support and public campaigning for women's voting rights.
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Cheerie
Newport
Church Directory and Announcements for Clark County
The Herald lists church directory details and weekly notices for Clark County. Includes Baptist Rev I B Lee Catholic Fr Healey Christian Rev Burt Evangelical Rev Ehrhardt Congregational Rev Drew Methodist Rev Taylor United Brethren Rev Pierson with service times and youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. Lee
St. Mary’s Catholic
W. Healey
D. D. Burt
Evangelical + Association
L. J. Ehrhardt
W. J. Drew
Methodist
Chas. E. Taylor
S. S
League
B. L
United Brethren
E. M. Pierson
Second Sermon At Methodist Church On Stumbling Stones
The Methodist church will host the second sermon on Stumbling Stones to Religion at 7 o'clock next Sunday evening. Each sermon stands alone so latecomers may still attend. The men's chorus draws crowds and Chester English delivered a much admired solo last Sunday. Rev C F Baker is to preach Sunday morning February 9 at 1045. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Methodists Church
Chester English
C F. Baker
Lincoln Day Service at Methodist Church
The Lincoln Day service in the evening of February 11 will be held at the Methodist church under Epworth League auspices. Rev B Sullins of the M B church at Newton will give the address. No admission fee or collection. Program begins at 7 45 PM. All are invited.
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Lincoln
Methodist Church
Epworth League
B. Sullins
M. B
Newton
Lincoln Day Observance Noted At Congregational Church
Last Sunday featured morning and evening concerts. Lincoln Day is next Sunday marking the Golden Jubilee of the Emancipation Proclamation. Sunday school begins 9 30 a m under Harry Black with a special program if a fixed offering is reached. Evening services include a Lincoln sermon illustrated by stereopticon with special music Illinois. Morning worship at 10 45. Your presence is requested.
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Harry Black
Illinois
Congregational
Lincoln
Baptist Church Week Ahead Plans and Socials
The Martinsville Baptist Church Sunday School meets at 9 30 led by 25 attendees last Sunday. A hearty party is planned for the 14th. The What to do Girl group meets with Miss Nora Flanningan next Saturday afternoon to organize a sewing club. The Baptist Mission Circle meets Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. P. B. Read. Mrs. Cockrell leads an upcoming literary and musical program.
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Martinsville
I. E. Lee
The
Baptist Sunday School
Nora Flanningan
Baptist Mission Circle
P. B. Read
Cockrell
Illinois Road Work Flawed by Seasonal Scheduling
Reports to the legislative committee show Illinois road work is done in the wrong seasons. Spring work is best, fall work undone by winter and spring weather. rural carriers report only 12.7 percent of routes improved. Only 2,724 carriers cover 66,628 miles, with one-fifth macadamized and four-fifths gravel, while farmers perform 72 percent of dragging.
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Legislative Committee
Illinois
Fire Committee
Hlinois
Champaign
Cook
Livingston
McLean
St. Clair
Vermilion
Legislative Investigating
Regional Split in Illinois Road Improvements by County Groups
The report divides Illinois counties into two main groups by road improvement levels. In the northeast twelve counties over half of public roads are improved, with two thirds of the state's improved roads. A second group of fourteen counties has 10 to 25 percent improved roads, totaling more than a fifth of improved roads. The remaining seventy six counties show very low improvement, under one percent of total mileage. Data from 1909 to 1912 show gains but still small nationwide.
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Kane
McHenry
DuPage
Cook
Kendall
Boone
Winnebago
DeKalb
Lake
Bureau
LaSalle
Peoria
Edgar
Whiteside
Ogle
Kannakee
Grundy
Vermilion
Putnam, Lee
Massac
Ford
Adams
Stephenson
McLean
Illinois River
Ilnois
Permanent Road Improvement Labor Figures by County
A legislature committee report shows rural letter carriers report little to no permanent road improvements. Averages exceed 50 percent in several northern counties, while Hardin Calhoun Monroe Perry and others show very low figures.
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Alexander
Perry
Massae
Jasper
Illinois lists high road costs with little payoff
A fragment from a 1930s editorial argues Illinois spends 7.9 million dollars annually on road work but gains little benefit. It urges conserving funds and prioritizing the creation of good roads to improve overall value and performance.
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