Crusty bachelor finds fortune through kindness and promises
In Riverton a gloomy storekeeper John Moore aids a sick ex tramp Lemuel Price and later hires his daughter Martha. Price improves business with bold promotions and a free purchase bell. Martha helps draw female customers and Moore falls in love, proposing marriage to the modest woman.
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John Moore
Riverton
Hull
John
Lemuel Price
Price
Martha
Martha Price
Fortune
W G. Chapman
Kissing as Custom in Seventeenth Century England
The excerpt notes England in the 1600s valued kissing over handshakes. Nicolaus de Bethlen recalls visiting in 1663 and describes kissing the corner of a woman’s mouth, offending married women. He explains the rule to greet senior women first, saving the unmarried girls for last.
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England
Nicolaus de Bethlen
Hungary
Duval
Dialogue excerpt from a play scene in Solid Ivory
Characters Gladys and Gussie discuss speaking to their father in a mansion setting. Gladys suggests asking papa now while he’s in the billiard room. Gussie warns against intruding and jokes about preferring a book to a billiard ball.
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Gladys
Papa
Gussie
Puck
Early Morning Fire Damages Six Illinois Businesses
In Mulberry Grove an early fire caused losses totaling five thousand dollars to Savage & Son general merchandise and other nearby properties. Insurance covered most buildings including T. E. Davis and the Piret National Bank, while James Walker and Dickens and Demoulin faced partial or no coverage.
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Savage & Son
General Merchandise
Mulberry Grove
T. E. Davis
E. W. West
Piret National Bank
James Walker
Dickens and
Demoulin
Illinois Plumbers Listed From State Institutions
A state civil service list shows names of men who passed the November 23 examination for plumber positions at state institutions. The list includes Patrick J. Murphy Joseph Jansen Thomas J. O Neil Michael Kavanaugh Michael Sullivan Phillip P. Silberman Frank B. Matthews Denis White Thomas A. McGrogan John A. Walsh Walter R. Llademan Charles P. Martin Jr Charles Herbert Thomas R. O'Brien Festus Connolly Clarence W. Morrell Walter J. Brunk Robert E. Elms Thomas E. Dial Lincoln Illinois
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Springfield
State Civil Service Commission
Patrick J. Murphy
Joseph Jansen
Thomas J. O'Neil
Michael Kavanaugh
Michael Sullivan
Phillip P. Silberman
Frank B. Matthews
Denis White
Thomas A. McGrogan
John A. Walsh
Walter R. lLademan
Charles P. Martin, Jr
Charles ¥. Herbert
Chicago
Thomas R. O’brien
Downers Grove
Festus &. Connolly
Joliet
Clarence W. Morrell
Anna
Walter J. Brunk
Jacksonville
Robert E. Elms
Elgin
Thomas E. Dial
Lincoln
Life’s Struggle with Illness in Euphemia Ohio
Miss Evelyn Adelia Stewart of Euphemia Ohio recounts severe monthly pains beginning at 16 due to improper self care. After trying Pinkham Vegetable Compound at age 47 during the Change of Life she reports lasting relief, no doctor visits for 18 years, and a career as maternity nurse and seamstress. She credits the remedy for improved health and conference of a stable home.
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Euphemia
Ohio
Kansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evelyn Adelia Stewart
What They Brought From the Christmas Story
A teacher asks the infant class to name gifts given to Jesus. Six year old Alexander raises his hand and proudly declares Gold and Lincoln cents and myrrh, sparking a playful classroom moment about the nativity tale.
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Jesus
Phe
Alexander
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Colorado Springs
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Colorado
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Marion County
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Sterling
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George Griffith
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Palestine Grove
Carmi
Harry Courtner
Courtner
Illinois
E. D. Blinn
Blinn
State Board of Claims
Joseph Fifer
John P Aligeid
Jamieson Estate
Elkhart
Bloomington
Matthew Scott
University of Ilinois
Centralia
Wholesale Grocers’ Association of Illinois
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Sangamon River
Mester
Galeener
Deneen
James Forrester of
Duquoin
Mining Investigating Commission
Thomas S. Holmes
Greenfield —Pleasant Driver
Carrollton
Mount Sterling
Roger O'Hara
Heisman
Mary W. French
Decatur High School
French
High Schoo
C. E. Crawford
Alexander County
Egan
Carondelet
St. Clair County
Galesburg
FE. P. Williams
Illinois State Bar Association
John Tuttle
Harrisburg
United Mine Workers of Illinois
George McArthur
Herrin
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Resinol Chemical Co
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