Joslin Readers Enjoy Sunshine Sleighing In January
Joslin, January 15 1884 community note. Residents relish sunlit sleigh rides to Erie and lively social plans at Zuma and Sylvester Daily's with leap year and mite parties for the M E church. A town tale recalls a hopelessly lost suitor seeking one last sleigh ride before the snow melts.
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Joslin
Curt Hubbard
Erie
Zuma
Sylvestor Daily
Sition
M. E
William Whiteside
Emma Bond fund debated amid court notes and trials
A column discusses Emma Bond and community responses with mentions of Hillsboro Illinois raising funds, a Dakota marriage arrangement, and doubts about charity for crime victims. Court proceedings in Rock Island include Volk Ehleb, Thompson Moore, Strauss Ankrum, and multiple civil and criminal cases with verdicts and pending actions.
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David Thompson
William Moore
Yale M Cady
Joseph Lloyd
William Miller
Peter Swhle
George Weiss
Thomas Ki Gray
SJ Collins
Ed Hoffman
Eustace Heeren
Virgil Wrren
T J
Henry
L. Bullen
George W Dow
Assumpsit
Mesers. Swethey & Walker
Browning & Entrikin
JM Mongomery
Chas. Burton
Wm. Mosier
John Johnson
John Taylor
Wm Bailey
Evan Swain
CJ Larkin
J L Hardy
Frank Reiley
Frank Collins
B Henley
Volk-Ehleb
Untold tale of voyage ends in trouble and regret
The passage recounts a pilot visiting two houses, seeking shelter and a drink, wishing for freezing weather, and deciding to head toward a church. Exhaustion and winds force a shortcut home. A girl sails with another man, implying missed chances and warning that help could have prevented the young man’s difficulties. President.
Masquerade Skate Promised in Orion
Orion Ontoy Hl January 8 1884 residents report a masquerade skate set for Friday evening January 18 at the rink. Richardson Bros finished filling the ice house while Joseph prepares for an anticipated ice cream season if weather allows. Other notes mention hog shipments January 15, marriage plans, a stock-yard merchant position in Chicago, near completion of a dry goods sale and store for rent, local barber Hank, farm plans in Nebraska and the ice harvest nearing its end.
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Richardson Bros
Joseph
W. W. Warner
David Hamilton
Cornelius Hamilton
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Jack McGovern
Henry Carpenter
Hank
John Holtman Receives Unexpected Friendly Tip
John Holtman and his wife attended the opera last night. Friends unaware of his absence planned a home welcome later that evening. Surprised by his absence, they continued the playful prank until trains arrived. John notes it the friendliest tip he has ever received. A man recovered from debility after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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John Holtman
John
East Moline Man Ed Limberg Fed by Odds of Many
Ed Limberg of East Moline describes a life full of rough episodes. He recounts working in coal mines using his shoulder to catch a four pound iron weight from fifty feet down a shaft, surviving two runaway accidents, and a fifteen hundred pound horse stepping on his chest. Yesterday in D O Reid’s store he slipped into a basement via an elevator shaft while buying a pick handle and struck his head on a stone wall, leaving him briefly stunned but continuing on.
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Ed Limberg
East Moline
D. O. Reid
Ely's Cream Balm Praised by Clinton Editor
R W Caxxver editor of the Her ald Clinton Wis endorses Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and nasal congestion calling it a first rate preparation and recommending it to others with similar ailments.
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Ely
R. W. Caxxver
Herald
Clinton
Wis
Pottery Plant Continues Busy Pace at Carbon Cliff
The Carbon Cliff pottery works maintain brisk business with steady demand as the firm plans to keep cool next summer by stocking up ice. Rev. McCown continues hosting protracted meetings at the site.
Lox Jox Review of Hop Bitters for Liver and Fever
In Lone Jox Mo on September 14 1879 a letter praises Hop Bitters claiming great benefit for liver complaints and malarial fever. The writer asserts the remedy is superior to all other medicines and signs as P Mi Banners.
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Lone Jox
Pleasant Valley Deaths and Illness Report
Mr George Skinner's baby died January fifteenth and will be buried at Bowlesburg cemetery. Sharp Silvis' youngest son is very sick and Dr Hunter is attending the case.
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George Skinner
Bowlesburg
Sharp Silvis
Dr .Hunter
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