Electric railways eye DeKalb to Joliet freight line plans
Plans expand rail network around DeKalb and Sycamore with new lines to Hinkley Sandwich Joliet and Morris. Investors Back DeKalb Joliet freight run to bypass Chicago and cut switching costs. Also reports of cholera in Manila with 769 deaths and 960 cases warnings.
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DeKalb
Sycaamore Ines
Sycamore
Aurora
DeKalb and Rockford Lines
Princeville
Hinkley
Sandwich
Morris
Julian Steward
Planos
Sandwich Plano
Yorkville
Joliet
Pittsburg
Chicago
Manila
Zoa Phora Promises Relief for Women’s Ailments
An advertisement touts Zoa Phora as a cure for female weakness and related conditions. It claims benefits including relief from cramps, irregularities, and nervous disorders, with testimonials from Emma Dobson of Jerseyville and others. The firm offers a free trial bottle by mail through Zon Phora Co. in Kalamazoo.
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Zoa Phora
Chet
Zoa Phorn
Emma Dobson
Jerseysile
Norer
Pitsch
North Dorr
Mich
Apt
Pat T
Peters
Phora Co
Kalamazoo
Care urged to protect boundary monuments on highways
At the Illinois Society of Engineers meeting a resolution urged county clerks surveyors and highway commissioners to protect boundary stones markers and fence lines along roads. Disturbance occurs during grading and fence lines are sometimes pushed into the road risking future boundary disputes. The note calls for citizen cooperation and adherence to state law.
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Thinois Society of Engineers
Starr & Curtis
Guardianship actions and estate filings across multiple cases
Guardianship reports for Louis Leonard Pertha Huss and Frank Q Thomas. inventories and receipts approved for Mary R Thomas and minor heirs of John P Fluegel. executor and administrator actions for Marilla I Bean and William W Williams. real estate deeds and lot transfers in Rock Island and surrounding areas. court notices include guardian discharges and placement orders. repetitive note about subscription price appears at end.
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Louis Leonard
Pertha Huss
Frank Q Thomas Miter
Mary R Thomas
Gauardianshire
John P Fluegel
Marilla I Bean
W OH Bean
John To Bean
Wai W
Notlee
Martie
Rudgren
Agricultural weather and crop prospects across the state
Springfield May 13 Special reports favorable growing conditions the past week with warm early weather and cool spells in the north. Showers on Tuesday and Saturday kept ground moist though some areas delayed farm work. Wheat oats rye and corn show mixed progress with droughts and cutworms causing localized damage. Meadows and pastures improved with hay outlook large. gardens and potatoes thrive though garden worm damage noted. Fruit prospects vary with peaches and apples less favorable. overall crops in good condition.
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Springfield
Ags Arule
Sakkarah wreck off Chile impacts $1.5 million in gold
The German liner Sakkarah and its crew and passengers were saved after a total loss on Huamblin island off Chile. The cargo included 1.5 million dollars in gold specie remitted by the Chilean government. Separately, the Cuban court of appeals may review testimony in the Rathbone case amid postal fraud probes.
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Valparaiso
Chili
Huamblin Island
Washington
Root
Cuban Court of Appeals
Estesg Rathbone
Uban
Wine of Cardui praised by thousands of grateful women
A letter from Helena Blau of Wisconsin extols Wine of Cardui as a life changing remedy for female weakness. The testimonial claims relief from abdominal pain after a severe cold and months of ineffective medicine. It urges women to try the product privately at home, noting physician endorsements and a one dollar bottle available from druggists.
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esHo of
Cardui
Helena Blau
Cardus
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Jono Brown
C Maucker
Mary J Rhodenbaugh
Webbs
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Albert W Johnson
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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