Anniversary of Zinc Plant in La Salle
Fifty years ago next January the zinc plant at La Salle, now among the world’s longest, began under Edward Hegeler and F W Matthies. The enterprise helped shape La Salle’s industrial rise, with ore from Mineral Point and coal locally, rail and canal transport, first dirt December 24, 1859, first furnace during the Civil War, temporary closure, resumption in 1862, and in 1882 sulfuric acid production as a by product now distributed by nearly a hundred rail cars.
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la Salle
Edward ©. Hegeler
F. W. Matthiesgen
Loral
America
Mineral Point
Wis
St. Louis
Described Farm Real Estate to be Sold at Auction
Sale on Tuesday November 30 1920 at 10 oclock includes 42 acres of improved farm land with a residence barn and outbuildings. Personal property includes a steam engine saw mill equipment and farm implements plus lumber posts and a dairy cow. Real estate terms require 20 percent down with balance by Feb 25 1921. personal property cash or credit options available with notes and interest.
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Wisconsin
Spring Valley
Iinois
Seatonglle
Ilinois
Princeton
H. P
Rumley
Surrey
County Totals Show Thirty Million In Assessments
Total assessed valuation of property in Bureau county this year is 30,758,975. Personal property stands at 7,398,545 while farm lands total 19,313,640 and town lots 3,996,890. Princeton township leads with 3,748,865. personal property 1,398,365 and town lots 1,328,100. Hall township has the largest farm land valuation at 1,065,060. Selby follows with 1,050,735.
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Bureau County
Princeton Township
Princeton
Hall Township
Selby
Rheumatism Sufferer Credits Dreco For Relief
Edward Trout of Centralia Illinois reports ten years of rheumatism left him unable to raise his left arm and with severe nasal catarrh. He says after a bottle of Dreco his symptoms improved quickly and he plans to continue use until fully well. Dreco, marketed by Spring Valley Drug Co, is said to purify blood and aid stomach kidneys liver and bowels.
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Edward Trout
North Hickory St
Centralia
Illinois
Spring Valley
Spring Valley Drug Co
Steve the Elephant Seeks River Bath on Evening Stage
In a tale by Mary Graham Bonner, Steve the elephant escapes from a theater after deciding he needs a real river bath. He wanders streets, elicits childlike chatter from onlookers, and finally finds a river to swim in before returning to perform.
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Steve
Daddy
Elephant
Parable Preference Fools Sunday School as Johnny Chooses
A Sunday school scene ends with a humorous misquote when Johnny claims a parable he likes involves loafing and fishing. The exchange hinges on a child’s misunderstanding and the minister’s gentle prompt.
Thick coal beds of Victoria described as world’s thickest
The brown coal beds of Victoria are claimed to be the thickest in the world. At Morwell a bore passed through 780 feet of coal in a 1010 feet vertical reach. Four main coal regions cover about 1200 square miles with an average seam thickness around 50 feet, dipping from 60 to 800 feet underground.
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Victoria
Morwell
Not the Mother of a Child Says She Misjudged Tri Cycle Aid
A correspondent recalls helping a niece on a tricycle at a crossing by lifting the front onto the sidewalk. The writer notes this was improper and that T should have used the handle to lift. The companion adds she cannot know best practices because she is not the mother of a child.
Rat-Snar touted as swift rodent destroyer in ad
A nostalgic testimonial proclaims Rat-Snar as the best quickest rat killer after a cholera scare among pigs. The ad notes three sizes 35, 65e, and 1.25 and lists Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co as sellers with a guarantee.
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Jas, Watson
Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co
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Jacob Koteski
A. P
Howard J. Childs
Harry P. Childs
Berean
Manlius
Wyanet Sonecord
Ohio
Greenville
Berlin
Leepertown
Assadbees Aedssene
Indiantown
Neponset Ooenesnn
Wheatland
Dreco
Ally
Mary Graham Bonner
Their
Ers
I Thompson Drug CO
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Asline
James DE Filippi
Johnny
Francis Kilduff
Kilduff’s
S Coats
Kildafef’s
Kildufef
SEMAN
Spring Valley and
Ladd
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