Postal Employees Annual Picnic In Chillicothe Area
The Sixteenth District postal workers and friends held a picnic at Peoria Automobile Club grounds near Chillicothe last Thursday. Rain cooled the gathering but attendance was large. Senator McKinley and Post Office officials spoke on education and government interest. Ostmaster Harnuff of Princeton chaired and praised post office cleanliness. Congressman Hull lauded the Postal Service as the government’s largest business and mail carrier.
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Sixteenth
Peoria Automobile Club
Chillicothe
Senator McKinley
Post Office Department
Ostmaster Harnuff
Princeton
Specialists Offer Nonoperative Treatments for Wide Range of Ailments
Saturday, July 25th specialists advertise full time care for stomach and liver disorders, kidney and bowel issues, diabetes, rheumatism, female troubles, neuralgia, deafness, varicose veins, ulcers, eczema, epilepsy, heart trouble, PILES, and rectal fistula treated without knife. Eyes treated with glasses fitted, granular lids and conjunctivitis relief. Lenses ground and fillings done in house.
Pay As You Are Able Avoid Unnecessary Operations
Instructions emphasize budgeting medical steps and seeking professional guidance before procedures. The message advocates consulting doctors and avoiding nonessential surgeries to minimize risk and costs. It frames patient autonomy and prudent care in a directive tone.
Free Consultation and Examination Offer
Advertisement promises a thorough scientific personal examination free of charge. It assures help even if prior medical treatment failed and offers to arrange affordable future treatment for all regardless of wealth.
Postal Service Picnic Highlighted By Community Ties
Speech by JT recounts his start at 18 as Assistant Postmaster and career from Galesburg to Havana. He urges higher Civil Service pensions and lauds postal workers for public service. The 16th District picnic drew families and will become an annual event with attendees from Spring Valley including Mr. and Mrs. Burnell and several others.
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Postal Service
Galesburg
Havana
Peoria
United States
Civil Service Department
Postal Force
16Th Congressional District
Spring Valley
Wm. Burnell
James Doyle
Joseph Solan
Sam Sweeney
John Steele
Genevieve Hollerich
Grace Smith
Anna Krob
Electrically Operated Train Shifts Chicago Milwaukee Route
An experimental electric passenger service replaces the old steam locomotive on the Chicago and Milwaukee line between Rockford and Oglesby passing through Ladd Cherry Seatonville Howe and Granville. A gasoline powered unit in the front generates electricity for day coaches and one trailer runs Rockford to Mendota and Mendota to Oglesby with a conductor baggage man and minimal crew.
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Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad
Rockford
Oglesby
Ladd
Cherry
Seatonville
Howe
Granville
Mendota
Dr White Leaves Seatonville For K P Home Decatur
Dr J C White who recently turned 80 and has lived in Seatonville 35 years retiring after 15 years as postmaster left Friday to reside at the K P Home in Decatur A farewell party hosted by the Congregational Church featured ice cream and cake with many friends calling to wish him well.
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J. C. White
Seatonville
K. P
Decatur
Congregational Church
Death Taxes as Business Killers
Charles S. Dewey argues that heavy federal and state death and inheritance taxes force failures of thriving enterprises. The fable of John Henry and Walter Brown shows how taxes wipe out a family business, prompting bond-financed rescues and relocations to tax-friendly states, urging tax reform to preserve incentives and opportunity.
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Charles S. Dewey
the Treasury
American Bankers Association Journal
John Henry
Walter Brown
John Henry, Jr
California
Henry & Co Inc
Michigan Corpn
Henry, Jr
John
Walter
Walter Brown & Co
Florida
America
Damaged Soldier's Monument Vandalism Sparks Reward
Vandals destroyed a Soldier's monument in Ladd honoring World War veterans. The inscription plate was scratched, the statue’s face and hat chipped, and park benches wrecked by a heavy blunt instrument. A watch is kept at the park and a $25 reward offered for the arrest of the guilty party.
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Ladd
Ladies Aid Picnic at Starved Rock Park Notes
Congregational Church notes report Ladies Aid members and families picnicking at Starved Rock State Park this Thursday evening. Next Sunday morning the pastor will preach on Tongues or Understanding.
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Ladies Aid Society
Starved Rock State Park
St Onge Trio to Headline Bureau County Fair Show
The St Onge Trio, a strongman act led by Joe St Onge with two partners and a female performer, will headline the Bureau County Fair at Princeton on September 1 2 8 and 4. The act features aerial feats on a silver apparatus, hanging and rope work, and a double somersault toe catch by St Onge.
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Sons
France
St. Onge
Princeton
Joe St. Onge
Europe
New York
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Hull
Washington
Haley and
Knowles
Dr. Knowles
la Salle
Miles Hotel
Illinois
D. E. E. Haley
M. D. Peoria
DR. White
K. OF P
Malone Shoe Co
First Street
Treasury
Michigan
Walter Brown Co
Mich. Corp
Minn
Mont
Bureau County Fair
East St. Paul St
Spring Valley, Illinois
C. W. G. Best
LUX
Dic
W. G
Brillo
Chrysler
Touring de Phaeton
Detroit
Subjec
Superior Chrysler
Chrysler Motor
DeFilippi & Leimbach
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