Burglary Hit Wood Bros Store In Eston by Window Entry
Robbers entered the Wood Bros. & Son general store at Eston Sunday night, took about $156, and unlocked the safe by manipulating the combination after breaking a window. The incident contributes to a pattern of burglaries across eastern Illinois reported in the past six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Bros. & Son
Eston
Dlinois
Harry Waxler
Olney
J. H. Holderman
Hutsonville
Whitecaps
Win
Parker
Montgomery Township
Hells
Issac Swinger
Frank Buff
Merom
Westfield Oil Drillers Face Cave-Ins Amid Local News
Westfield reports ongoing cave-ins plaguing oil drillers in the area with every newly drilled well. Local updates include hospital transfer for an operation in Chicago, a baby born to Floyd Barbee, and the marriage of Ivan Bennett to Emma Tichenor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hinkley
Clarence van Scoyk
Hahneman Hospital
Chicago
James Dawson
Js. Williams
Floyd Barbee
Ivan Bennett
Emma Tichenor
Rich Woods
J .E. Tichenor
John
Will
Thornton Timmons
Ashmore “Township
W. E. Hofeas
Heher Briscoe
Horsas
San Francisco
Revival at Clarkaville church attracts regional attendees
In South Dolson revival services continue at the Clarkaville church with many locals traveling to join the event. The message draws a number of people from nearby areas including Marshall and surrounding towns.
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Clarkaville
Elreule
Marshall
Tontisan
Imotherse
John A Sy esDa
Dr Hell PineTar Honey Claims Cure for Whooping Cough
The text asserts that whooping cough can be cured by using Dr Hell's PineTar Honey, challenging the old belief that the illness must run its course. It emphasizes the remedy's proven effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hell
Community Notes From Local Carroll County and Nearby Visits
The week saw the Murphy bunter wagon make its last trip here. Mrs. Matilda Hawkins visited her daughter in Douglas County, while Mrs. Nora Claypool and son Osby were in St Louis visiting her sister. Dogs attacked Charles Fitzgarrold’s flock, killing ten sheep and crippling two. Mrs. Nellie Nidiffer visited her mother in Terre Haute. about twenty of Mrs. Ella Schwartz’s friends quilted at her home. Lon Alfred reports a plum tree budding. Corn harvest progresses with yields up to fifty bushels per acre on high, well drained land. Regular preaching shifts to Clarksville mornings and Dolson Chapel afternoons. next preaching day November 21. Fat hogs around 250 pounds sold for $7.80 per hundred at Grandylew. lighter hogs brought lower prices.
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Matilda Hawkins
Sallie Carnie
Douglas County
Nora Claypool
Osby
St. Louis
Plains Jeffelt
Charles Fitzgarrold
Nellie Nidiffer
Terre Haute
Mandana
Will Coons
Ella Schwartz
Lon Alfred
Clarksville
Dolson
Grandylew
Henry
Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve advertised for skin ailments
The advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve with a 25 cent price and claims it relieves eczema salt rheum tetter ringworm running sores chapped hands pimples black heads barber's itch sunburn insect bites fever sores and nasal catarrh.
Local notes from Melrose community update
Alfred Wells remains quite ill. Wm Morris visited Terre Haute last week. Clace Shaffner returned home from husking corn Saturday. Mrs Iona Spayde of Belleville Ohio visits here. Elmer Snavely did a West York business call Friday. Wm Handy of West Union was on our streets Thursday. Mrs True of Holyoke Colorado visits the P F Dodd family. Ida Medsker and Edna visit Mrs Elmer Snavely. Wm Medsker and family spent Sunday with G W Thompson family. Mrs G W Cornwell and Miss Alice Snavely visited in West Union Sunday. Mrs Chas Rook of West York visited her brother John Wells Saturday night. J M Wells, who fell a week ago, remains feeble and unable to walk. Mrs Oscar Cooper of Martinsville visits her parents the Hodges. Harry Baker attending Browns Business College in Terre Haute visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday.
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Alfred Wells
Wm Morris
Terre Haute
Clace Shaffner
Iona Spayde
Belleville
Elmer Snavely
West York
Wm. Handy
West Union
True
Holyoke
Colo
P. F. Dodd
Ida Medsker
Edna
Wm. Medsker
G. W. Thompson
G. W. Cornwell
Alice Snavely
Chas. Rook
John Wells
J. M. Wells
Oscar Cooper
Martinsville
Chas. Hodges
Harry Baker
Brown’s Business College
Novel engagement rings from unlikely sources in Cork court
In a breach of promise hearing in County Cork, engagement rings were shown to have surprising origins from a pig nose insert, a Christmas cracker interior, and even a horseshoe fragment. Other rings included tobacco formed into iron like appearance, a pistol barrel piece, and a tobacco plantation leaf treated to resemble iron, underscoring odd sources of rings in the era.
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Macroon
County Cork
Cupid
Brighton
Etis
Gating
Aril
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W. A Coates
Hayworth
L. Taylor
4Th Regt
1. N
COA
D B Miller
Board of Education
A Pierson
Dorris
Natal Anni
Versary
A E Dosbaugh
East Main Street
Lewis Weaver
Johnson Township
Bedford Stone
Jess Baughman
Beast
Committee On Water
Bruce Fitzpatrick
Banner-Times
John Shadley
Bruce
Becca Young
Boulder
Cole James Goodwin
Fountaintown
Ind
Martha Walker
R RB Fitzpatrick
Tom Mccambridge
Deseronto
Canada
A C Garrison
Chas Eldridge
al Emrick
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida
J C Collings
Squire Sheffstall
Moriah
Doniphan
Jake Heffley
Emrich
Vandalia
Jersey
Chas Newlin
Chas Rhinehart
Robinson
Linn
Wm Burkett
Yale
Ray Phillips
Bloomington
Chas. Newlin and
Here
Wm Grooves
Chas. Newlin
Everett Connelly
Cloone
Joe Terrell
Newt Terrell
Nat Lee
Amos Parcel
Mart Fish
Garrett Burkett
Auburn
Wm. Burkett
Ida Kelley
Sallie Garver
Lindsey
C. Newl
George Stanton
Indiana
Walter Umbarger
Indianapolis
Mattoon
E. A. Tyler
Rosa Tyler
CC. H. Hammond
Cleone
S. Adams
Ohio Oil Co
Coral Greene
Berkeley
Lulu Brandenberg
Chas Snyder
Jerry Madigan
Lem Seaton
Joe Adams
James Adams
English
Patton
Alvis Campbell
Bernard Hedges
Quincy Snedeker
Rev. English
Oliver
Jerome Hedges
Tennessee
Geo. Tobias
Frank
Floyd
Walter Adams
Floyd Tobias
Bert Evinger
Grace Adams
Westfield
The
Review
Dfe Bell
Homer
Patchett
Slidell
Sheeep
Sun
South Dolson
Murphy Bunter
Melrose
Miss Minnie Jarbeau
Lorry Ee
Der
Pythian Theatre
Bhats
Noytte
For All
Ee ‘Se
Vssie Complete Outfitters
OY West Union
Ile
Ras Lett
L . Sorian
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