Hennepin Canal Conference Hears National Support Push
Chicago meeting of Hennepin canal organizers reviews its national significance and aims to rally Congress and public sentiment. Speakers from Geneseo Dixon Davenport and Chicago urge rapid organization to secure federal action and overcome regional opposition for cheaper river transport costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Congress
Chicago
J.M. Allan
Geneseo
T. J Henderson
Northwest
Mississippi
East
Théo
Judge Murphy
St Loui River
Logan
Charles B. Darwell
James L Camp
Dixon
Aldrich
Acton
Adame
Tiinois
Edward Russell
Hennepin Canal
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Cough and Lung Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr King's New Discovery as a universal cough and lung remedy. It claims rapid relief for throat and chest ailments, notes over one million bottles used in the last year, and offers trial bottles or a regular $1 size through Richards & Sohrbeck's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Dr. King
Richards & Sohrbeck’s
Shooting in Blue Mound leaves man dead after confrontation
Dr Rosewell W Shaw of Macot was killed Sunday evening by James Ward of Blue Mound in a drug store after learning Ward seduced his daughter Miss Franges. Shaw aged nearly years, left a wife and six children. Ward fled then surrendered claiming Shaw fired first. witness Sprague could not recall events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosewell W. Shaw
Macot
Tames
T Ward
Blue Mound
Galesburg
Shaw
Ward
Franges
Sprague
Remarkable Rescue From Consumption Healing After Lungs
Rescued from death in Somerville Massachusetts a man recounts severe lung hemorrhage and coughing in 1876 and 1877. He spent over a hundred dollars on medicines, was told he had a hole in his left lung, and collapsed at times. After using Dr Williams Hall s Balsam for the lungs his health improved, his cough faded, and he plans to work again. He credits two bottles with curing more than prior medicines and urges others with diseased lungs to try the balsam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Mass
Fie
Ciy Hospital
WM. Hall
Ork
Lake Steamer Brunswick Lost Off Dun Kirk New York
The Brunswick owned by Capt Bewick of Detroit built last year at Wyandotte and valued at 150000 foundered Friday night on Lake Erie off Dunkirk New York. The engineer and two cooks were lost. The steamer was rated at one with a and insured for 75000 of which 55000 faced in Sethcarc. Commanded by Capt Chamberlain.
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Brunswick
Bewick
Detroit
Wyandotte
Lake Ewe
Dunkirk
New York
Sethcarc
Chamberlain
Allen's Brain Food paid advertisement excerpt
An ad promotes Allen's Brain Food claiming to treat nervousness and weakness of generative organs. It offers a $16 package for $5 and directs readers to send for a circular from Allen's Pharmacy in New York, with local sale by W.G. Morris & Co in Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen's Pharmacy
First Ave
N.Y
Moline
W.G. Morris & Co
Allen
Explosion at McClare works kills four men near East Saginaw
Ten boilers at Hamilton McClare’s lumber and salt manufactory near East Saginaw Birchigan exploded on Sunday, killing four men. Debris scattered in every direction with fragments falling a half mile away, and property damage estimated at $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton McClare
Saginaw Birchigan
Remarkable Dyspepsia Cure Promoted as Health Renewer
An advertisement touts Wells' Health Renewer as a cure for dyspepsia and bile and liver issues. The tonic is priced at $1.00 and available from Druggists. Depot listed as Ros & Sohrbeck Moljine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ros & Sohrbeck
Colorado Central Train Coaches Blown From Track
Two passenger coaches of the Colorado Central train derailed two miles below Georgetown after a strong wind storm. The badly smashed coaches carried several passengers who were injured but not seriously hurt.
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Colorado Central
Georgetown
Rimen
Whisky seizure and murder warning cross state lines
Internal Revenue Agent Chapman reports seizing illicit whisky from W. J. Fuller in Hobart County. Fuller vowed to shoot Taylor Love, believed to have informed on him, and Love was mortally wounded by buckshot. one pellet passed through Love’s wife’s bonnet. Commissioner Baum orders pursuit and fullest measures to arrest Fuller.
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Internal Revenue
Chapman
Atlanta
Raum
W. J. Fuller
Hobart County
Taylor Love
Love
Baum
Puiler
Salve promises quick relief for skin ills at 25 cents a box
An advert offers a salve for nats bruises sores ulcers and many skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Richards and Lohrbeck sell the product at twenty five cents per box. ANOTHER female minstrel troupe quarrelled with police in Atlanta. Harry Woods and his wife, members of Rentz Stanley troupe, fought. police intervened and some members were fined $33 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards & Lohrbeck
Atlanta
Harry Woods
Rentz-Stanley
Railroad Right of Way Through Choctaw Nation Approved
COW Reugrs general manager of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad received a dispatch Friday that the Upper House of the Choctaw Nation Council passed a bill granting a right of way through the nation. The project speeds construction from Fort South Arkansas to Paris Texas linking with the Chicago Texas and Mexican road and the Texas system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cow Reugrs
St Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Council of the Choctaw Naion
Fort South
Ark
Paris
Texas
Tex.is
Electric Bitters Promise Quick Cure for Weak Women
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a speedy remedy for delicate constitutions and stomach liver kidney complaints. It claims health and happiness follow use and notes a physician’s endorsement and a price of fifty cents to a dollar.
Catarrhal Poison and Accidents From Prairie City
A fragment recalls catarrh remedies and a dangerous blast incident near Prairie City Iowa where two boys died and a third was injured when a rabbit trap with blasting powder exploded. The item warns of the dangers of using powder by children and mentions Parson's Extermina and Sanford's Radical Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
Iowa
Electro-Volt Belt Trial Offer Promises Quick Recovery
An advertisement from the Voltaic Belt Co. of Marshall Michigan offers thirty day trials of electro Voltaic belts bands and suspensories for weaknesses nervous debility lost vitality and other diseases. It guarantees speedy cures and restoration of manhood urging immediate address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Heavy Lands Slide Near Cleveland Damages Walworth Valley
A south Cleveland hill slope slid into the Walworth valley during Saturday afternoon and continued to noon today, depositing about five acres of earth into the ravine. The slide dammed the stream, risking greater losses estimated at $50,000. Excavation for the New York Chicago and St Louis Railway caused the slide. Also notes an unadvertised remedy for catarrh named Dr Sykes' Sure Cure.
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Cleveland
Walworth
New York, Chicago and St. Louisa
Trumbling trestle engine falls at state house site
An engine on the trestle work at the new State house in Indianapolis fell about twenty feet at one o clock Friday when timbers gave way. The engineer named Smith is probably fatally injured. No others were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New State House
Indianapolis
Smith
Minstrel group nabbed on breach of contract warrant
The Big Four, a minstrel act, were arrested Saturday night in Louisville after a performance on a warrant issued by the Indianapolis theatre proprietor accusing them of breach of contract.
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Big
Louisville
Indianapolis
Universal Electric Bel Bands Advertisement Offer
A Uberal Offer by Waeger & Co of Michigan Avenue and Jackson Street Chicago promotes electric belt devices for nervous debility and other diseases. Free examination and trial before purchase claim these devices are Dr D A Joy University of Michigan invention and the only electrical cure devices built on scientific principles. Read their advertisement in this paper.
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Waeger & Co
Michigan Avenue
Jackson Street
Chicago
D. A Joy
University of Michigan
Bea
Tax Massachusetts paper company faces $200,090 liabilities
The Massachusetts paper company based in Springfield has failed with liabilities totaling $200,090. The filing highlights financial distress and potential liquidation steps ahead for creditors and stakeholders.
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Tax Massachusetts Paper Company
Springfield
Mass
Death of Capt. Josep A. Aiken, New Orleans steamboat man
Captain Josep A. Aiken, a leading steamboat operator and wharf lessee from New Orleans, has died. Born in a river city, he managed docks and river traffic for decades and was a well known figure in the port community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josep A. Aiken
New Orleans
Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure touted as health breakthrough
An advertisement claims Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure restores organ health and treats numerous ailments from liver torpor and headaches to malaria and urinary issues. It markets a large bottle at $12 by H. Warner & Co., Rochester, for use in pregnancy, menstruation control, and leucorrhea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Drugsts
H. Warner & CO
Rochester
Dr William's Indian Pile Ointment touted as cure
An advertisement claims Dr William's Indian Ointment cures blind, bleeding, itching, and inflamed piles. It describes the ointment as absorbing tumors, relieving intense nighttime itching, and acting as a poultice. Hon. M. Coffinberry of Cleveland vouches for its immediate relief. Sold by Wm. Clendenin in the Postoffice block.
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William
M. Coffinberry
Cleveland
Wm. Clendenin
Postoffice Block
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