04 Nov 1875
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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1875
Page
1
Local ad reports a spring and summer boot and shoe stock at Ane L Booth & Co with low cash prices and new season goods. Notices closing up business from January gest is7o and calls for settlement with the authorized party.
I M and John R Archer have purchased Rufus Neal's interest in Quaker City Mills and will operate as Archer & Co. They advertise a top Southern Illinois mill, promise high wheat prices, and a cash motto with delivery on prepaid purchases. They invite friends and the public to call and guarantee satisfaction.
Spiketown reports school closed last Friday while farmers gather corn and hushers will be in demand. A Friday night storm caused damage. James Tierney has two weeks of inflammatory rheumatism. A Marshall couple faced gossip after a recent visit. Health improving, a few chills linger. Dewdrop moved on. Oxp Cons. Spiketown. Nov 1, 1876.
A garbled excerpt from a police or court context shows fragmented dialogue and names such as Ray and Mia amid a disorderly, incomplete report. The text hints at a felon and a finger injury but lacks coherent details or outcomes.
In Marshall Mr Wilson is visiting town. Snowday Samuel Walker arrives at Wm Bodine’s winter home. LB Anderson teaches at Mailland school house. Our public school starts Nov 1 under Ed Pierce with Miss Sheapley. W T Figg reenters dry goods with Francis stock. Jo continues business at the same place. Yeley relocates to Prairieton Ind. Health improving though ague and fever prevalent. Lathrop moves to Texas with property purchase. Crops look good and health improving. Rev Pue preached last Sunday and will return in three weeks. Yellow Eye Old Page Sandy and Pauch head north for a time. Three friends, Mrs Bues Owen Sanford’s child and Hushel Hall’s child, have died. may they rest beneath the sod.
A Sherman man with a prominent wart visits a local photograph gallery hoping for a bust or trick to hide the wart. The photographer resists, but the man insists and, after a playful exchange, agrees to a negative that he hopes will please his Indiana fiancé by making the wart resemble bacon or other familiar foods.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Robert Christie of the Protero suggests a home remedy for scarlet fever using cooked onion juice with saffron, rubbed on the chest and throat, plus goose grease. He claims it cures fever and prevents complications if the patient is kept warm and cared for.
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