Mothers Should Heed This Advertising Advice
Rock Island Illinois residents praise Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a life restoring tonic for women and a reliable remedy for fatigue and weakness reported by multiple local women. The letters also endorse Dr Pierce's Cough Syrup as safe for children, noting it contains no opiates and provides prompt relief from coughing and colds.
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Rock Island, Ill
Dr. Pierce
S. A. Smith
Sixth Ave
Quincy
Dr.Pierce
Julia Curtis
Oza N. Fifth St
Illinois News Notes Highlights From 1920 Counts And Events
Public gatherings in Marion are banned due to flu with 600 cases. A Springfield murder occurs when Mrs. Ella Leedum is shot by her sister-in-law Ethel Leedum. The Cook County forest preserve budget tops $1.17 million for 1920. White Hall plans to convert an abandoned cemetery into a playground. Rural teachers in Whiteside County largely resign for higher pay elsewhere. Benton store raid yields a still, twelve gallons of moonshine, and two barrels of raisins are seized. Illinois livestock and farm values show declines while herds and prices shift. A large Aurora baby weighs 16 1 2 pounds at birth. Fire, wages, and public utility actions shape state life as influenza ebbs and flows.
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Marion
Ella Leedum
Springfield
Ethel Leedum
Cook County Forest Preserve Commission
White Hall
Whiteside County
George Petroff
Benton
Chicago
Edgar
Davis Junction
I. A. Foster
Zeigler
Franklin County
State Health Department
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Charles Perkins
Mendall County
Taylorville
Murphysboro
Tlinois
Wellington the Iron Duke and the Maresfield Park Shooting Tale
The Duke of Wellington, famed as a great commander, was a notoriously poor shot during a visit to Maresfield Park in Sussex. Lady Shelley notes he wounded a retriever and peppered a keeper’s garters, then joked with an old woman at her cottage who had been shot by him. The anecdote contrasts Wellington with Napoleon, who reportedly limited his game to a single dog on his outings.
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Wellington
Maresfield Park
Sussex
Prince Munster von Dernburg
John Shelley
Lady Shelley
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Be good but don’t get too easy Garfield Tea keeps the liver normal
A compact collection of quips and witticisms from casual remarks and humorous exchanges. The snippets reference jokes about marriage creditors and birds and vines with light social commentary.
Civic Pride in Shadow of Industry
A Birmingham Age-Herald reader contrasts civic beauty with industrial growth. A critical visitor questions aesthetics while a local business man defends factories and smokestacks as signs of prosperity, proudly wearing soot as a badge of progress.
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Birmingham
Age-Herald
His Eccentricity Honest to Goodness
The Kansas City Star quotes patrons at a rapid fire restaurant discussing Hughey. They describe him as the queerest guy, noting he believes a man should have a wife along to shows or dining out, and that his own wife accompanies him.
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Rapid Fire
Hughey
Teamster’s Life Saved by Peterson Ointment
Letter from William Haase of West Park Ohio recalls a years long leg sore cured by Peterson's Ointment after doctors failed. He praises the treatment and states the ointment costs 35 cents a box with mail orders handled by the Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo.
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Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Peterson
William Haase
West Park
Ohio
Care
P. G. Reitz
Peterson Ointment Co
Buffalo
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UGH Mfg. Co
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Corega Laboratory
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Ssrrca
Shiloh
Hont
Price Joe
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tax
Illinois News Notes
Har Nuuarvicos Monte
Boston Transcript
Teamster
Eatonic
Hatonic
ATON
California
J W Capener
San Jose
Wisconsin
Pierce
St Croix
Illinois
E. H Marteeny
Mt Vernon
Army Transport Co
Franklin N . City
Nat Wilson & White
Hannibal
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