Buy Health While You Can Not Rent Time
An essay argues wealth cannot buy health after ruin, but smart spending may preserve it. It cites Col. Thomas Scott and many businessmen, urging regular rest and recreation to protect nervous systems and prolong life, claiming two months annual leisure can pay off by preserving health and wealth.
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Eason
Issife
New York City
Shemmelgen
Thomas Scoot
Mabor
Wall Street
Oldtime Illinois Town Notebook of Epidemics and Rail Debates
A fragment from a 1881 Illinois newspaper recounts cholera infantum cases and medical strain in a village, notes on Sunday school plans at Lisget’s Grove, the artesian well near town and its history, a deteriorating Baker’s store, local rowdy days, and a look at a pending hanging in Gallon county with sheriff surveillance and execution venue questions.
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Bechodt
John Fowler
Perfur
Bishop
Pfiate
Pwigg
Lisgex's Grove
Castor
Burt
Swanksen
Swansen
Theofer
Wong
Seth Green
fJabo Telard
Paper currency evolution and money order system concerns
The piece argues for expanding money order offices and reducing costs to serve more people. It questions maintaining small denomination paper currency and questions safety of mailing coins. It discusses accessibility for distant offices and the impracticality of high imdap orders and postal notes for petty payments.
Adjutant General Seeks Albany Capitol Target
A man identified as an aspiring killer was found ascending the Albany Capitol steps Wednesday armed with a shotgun. He claimed to be the State’s Adjutant General and wrestled his weapon from guards after a confrontation. Authorities question his intentions and possible aim at Governor Cornell.
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Capitol
Albany
N. Y
Gov
Cornell
China-U.S. Treaties Ratified Limiting Immigration
The State Department reports a message from James J. Angell announcing the Chinese Government ratified two U.S. China treaties. Congress had already approved them and they are now in force. The accord restricts Chinese immigration to the United States while maintaining mutual advantageous trade relations.
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Ng States Department
Washington
United St Tes
China
United States
Congress of the
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Germany's Free Trade Policy Under Scrutiny Abroad
In Germany the debate over industrial policy and tariffs grows daily as the public weighs the impact of free trade on the economy. Many fear government policy is at the root of unemployment and hardship, sparking renewed concern over national prosperity.
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Germany
England
County Items Report Local Misfortune and Mule Theft Case
Mrs Nelson Sherwood of Edgington broke her thigh after a sidewalk fall in Rock Island and is under Dr Boughton care. A man named C F Banks from Kansas visited David Richardson’s Edgington farm with mules and a wagon. Richardson sold the team and transported Banks to the station for a 7:30 train. Weeks later Mercer county sheriff and a Washington Jaws man identified the same rig as stolen property.
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Nelson Sherwood
Edgington
Rock Island
Boughton
C. F. Banks
Kansas
David Richardeon
Nnat
Mr. Richardson
Mr. Banks
Ame
Mercer County
Washington
Jaws
Notes by the Wayside on Ingraham Murder and Local Affairs
The sketch reviews rumors of Ingraham's alleged killing near Carbon Hill and notes his residence between Pillsdale and Justin, now Brewster farm. It reports drought damage to oats from a partial worm, church events for a Sunday School convention at Canoe Creek, and debates over Moline water supply proposing city ownership over private firms to ensure free water access and local control.
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Roch Islander
el Ingraham
Carbon Clit
Fay
Pillsdale
Justin
Brewster Farm
Canoe Creek
Mer Jackson
Morrigon to Host Grand Firemen's Tournament
Bureau County Board of Supervisors finds widespread mismanagement at the County Poor Farm with the warden censured and likely removal. Sheriff Ankrum reports fugitives Daniel Omlor and 16 year old Elizabeth Walter captured in Cable and jailed in Minonk awaiting City Marshal transfer.
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Board of Supervisors of
Bureau
Daniel Omlor
Minonk
Ill
Elizabeth Walter
Elizabethi
Ankrum
Cable
Calamity Beholds Minnie Reeves in Fatal Train Collision
News reaches Hopkins and Moline of Miss Minnie Reeves, station agent for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad, dying after a collision between trains near Faribault. She visited Mr and Mrs O Lester six weeks ago and stayed in Moline two weeks before returning home. Friends here deeply deplore the calamity.
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Minnie Reeves
O Lester
Moline
Hopkins
Minn
C.M &.St Plr. R. Co
Faribault
Monument Park Proposal Revisions Dim Historic Washington Gift
A damaged report discusses proposed changes to a stone gift to the Washington Monument Association from the Ring of Siam. It mentions carved oak reliefs and three major designs tied to events around Cornwallis and Washingtons inauguration, with price disputes and mounting costs.
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Washington
Ring of Siam
Cornwallis
New York
Monumien! Association
Southern unity urged in speech at Oxford
Mississippi Senator Lamar warned against factional talk as the South and North are parts of one nation. He urged self-government in accordance with the United States and rejected calls to separate or favor one region over the other. The Genevso News noted the division theme.
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Scifor Lamair
Mississippi
Oxford
Port Byron Academy Prospectus and Local Happenings
The Port Byron Academy prospectus outlines a three year program under the Congregational church board, with Latin, Greek, French, German and a commercial course. Edward T. Harper, Oberlin graduate, named principal, and the new firm Schafer & Casteel to replace partners in the local business scene. The item also notes busy farmers, a new band uniform order, and various local residents and activities around Port Byron.
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Port Byros
Port Byron Academy
Sunpeed
the Prospertus
Port Kyron
Dorteance
Edward
T. Ularper
Ober. Haoandas
Remarkable Cure Claim Tonic Promises Ills Recalled
An inconclusive array of notes mentions death by own action and dyspepsia alongside a touted cure Wells Health Renewer described as the greatest tonic and bilious liver remedy. It lists druggists Richards and Johrbeck in Moline and notes Governor Daniel F. Davis of Maine as seriously ill from a disease contracted in the army.
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Richards & Johrbeck
Moline
Daniel F. Davis
Maine
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Rock Island County Fair Association
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