Illinois quarrel sparks shooting near Dale obscurity
Fred Hicks eighteen shoots Charles Richardson fifty while Richardson sat on a coal wagon in Dale. Hicks held on $2000 bond after arrest by Constable Carey. Richardson’s injuries are dangerous but not incurable. The quarrel began a week earlier when Richardson attempted to strike Hicks with a club.
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Fred Hicks
Charles Richardson
Dale
McLeansboro
Richardson
Hicks
W. L. Carey
A. S. Crouse
Illinois county soil reports aid farmers with phosphorus findings
The University of Illinois soil survey reports detail ten years of work led by Dr. Hopkins and a team including Mosier Pettit Readhimer. The Moultrie county study highlights low phosphorus in brown silt loam prairie and shows how applying fire-ground rock phosphate can double soil phosphorus, clover yield, and eventually corn yields with proper rotation. Clay county report spans 32 pages with color maps. Moultrie report includes 38 pages, color map, and eight plates demonstrating field treatments and wheat results.
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B. E. Powell
College of Agriculture
University of Iiaois
University of Illinois
Ilinois
C. Q. Hopkins
Clay
Mountie
Illinois County
Illinois
Dr. Hopkins
J. G. Mosier
J. H. Pettit
J. E. Readhimer
Moultrie
Clay County
Moultrie County
Millet a Good Late Crop for Hard Season
Millet proves a useful late crop when earlier harvests fail or as a second crop. It grows easily and yields well, tolerates late season planting, but is not highly palatable and has only a small amount of protein, similar to corn or sorghum.
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Taylorville
S. E. Morgan
Charles Flood
Clarksdale
W. F. Duval
Johnson Township
W. A. Johnston
Real Woman Hater Will in Famous Wills Chronicle
A noted bachelor, famed for resisting marriage, leaves a humorous testament in Virgil M. Harris's Ancient Curios and Famous Wills. He requests burial away from women, and if impossible, demands three graves with himself in the middle, the side plots left empty.
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Virgil M. Harris
Cole's Carholisalve and Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Pub
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carholisalve for quick relief of skin diseases and burns with claims of no scars, plus Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets described as sugar coated granules. It includes 250 and 600 dosages and a sample request address in Wisconsin.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Dr. Pierce
LEONARD QUOTE PROMPTS FRUGAL SMOKER ADVICE
A quirky line extols cheap 5¢ cigars, urging thrift and cheerful living with a humorous nod to Louisa May Alcott. The ad-like snippet nods to economy and personal well being via frugal tobacco choices.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by Pazointsment
Four druggists offer a money back guarantee if Pazointsment fails to cure piles including itching bleeding protruding or painful cases within Gold days. Price 50 cents.
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News OF Illinois
Telegraph
Urbana
Champaign County Anti-Tuberculosis Health League
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Young Men's Christian Association
J. H. Rayhill, Jr
A. Rice
W. G. Goebel
H. L. Griswold
Aurora
Granville Thomason
Hall Farm
Fox River
Granite City
Faulkner
Madison County
George W. Niedringhaus
Granite City National Bank
C. EB. Stelzel
Citizens’ Trust and Savings Bank
John B. Judd
Stelzel
Judd
Niedringhaus
Oakford
Cyrus
Ryal Armstrong
Ruth Bell
Missouri
Cahokia
John Jackson
Ellen Ripley
Jackson
Metamora
Henry Martin
Abraham Lincoln
Marion
Harris
Williamson County
Peoria
William H. Reeves
John Roth
Danville
United States
Clark
Mrea
Clarence Rogers
W. H. Sperry
Chicago
Rockford
Grover Haight
Belleville
St. Clair
The
Association
Petersburg
G. A. Wilson
Presbyterian Church of
LeRoy
W. Spanots
Northminster
Buffalo
Epworth League
H. 8. Wiley
Anna M. Gamble
Ferne Osenton
George Cantrall
Gladys Smith
Algelea Hdwards
Allen Penneman
Serena Hdwards
Pana—Bee
Bertin Seller
Pana
Alton
Hattie Black
Indianapolis
Macomb
J. McGilvrey
Western Tinois State Normal School
Alfred Bayliss
Beardstown
Mt. Carmel
Migs la Cigale Ferris
Dick Ferris
Mexico
Los Angeles
Litchfield
B. W. Flegenbaum
Edwardsville
Montgomery County Medical Society
Pontiac
J.&. Kendall
Collinsville
Kendall
Springfield
Grace Creel
Becky Sharp
Elgin
Gilberts
Fred Rasmussen
Galesburg
Louie Stevenson
Woodhull
Montana
Fromberg
Mont
Stevenson
County Soil Survey
Professor James
Hfe
Louisa M. Alcott
Kow Kure
Dairy Association CO
MFRS
Lyndesville, Vt
U.S. A
Carter
American Poultry Plant
Cleveland
Ohio
Labette
Cherokee
Fins Imp
Waiters & Co
Oswege
Kan
Virginia
FARUS
Amos & Poindexter
Ehig
Richmond
Yap
Roswell
Great
Pecos Valley
New State
French & Malone
Ermucro
New York
Syracuse Farm Co
A&m
Hid
Syracuse
N.Y
Ramone
Thvea
Ten Cent Corporation
Mutual Blig
Alex. Roghers
Sullivan
South Dakota
South Dekern
Wrile Tod
Deets
Pierre
Western Canada
Canadian West
Prince Albert
Julius $. Woodward
Bec
Board of Trade
Dept. L
Banky
British Columbia
Graham Island
Bes
Merrill & Merrill
Grandville St
Vancouver
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