Illinois State News Highlights From East St Louis to Granite City
A string of Illinois items reports on Kate Yorkovic in East St Louis attempting suicide after fear of losing a boarder, a Cairo double electrocution of Mockler and Reynolds, Vandalia selling its electric plant to the city amid legal challenges, drownings near Geneseo and Carlinville, a cornerstone ceremony for New Athens John’s Evangelical church, death of Roland W. Diller a Lincoln associate, a barn fire near Bunker Hill, a Carlinville Old Settlers picnic, a Mount Sterling fall endangering a farmer, Perkins murder case continued in Vienna, creation of the Bank of Christopher, a train fatality near Sorento, a Cheyenne man killed resting on tracks, a Quincy Bay drowning of a Burlington engineer’s son, additional river drowning near Canton, a Clover Leaf brakeman injured at Edwardsville, Labor Day celebration in Granite City, and Italian laborers overworked on an Edwardsville to Mitchell electric project.
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Kate Yorkovic
East St. Louis
Joseph Tovicick
BaDie Ateache
Harvesting the Walnuts in California Orchards
The article traces California’s walnut industry from its Los Angeles mission seed origins to rapid expansion. It notes bearing age, long tree life, and favorable yields. Harvest runs from mid September for about eight weeks with labor by Japanese and Chinese workers, school walnut vacations, and drying on trays after picking.
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California
Los Angeles
Spain
Acre
Insect mimicry and Persian veiled privilege discussed
A naturalist describes an insect in Nicaragua that mimics a leaf so well that predators ignore it. Another insect in South America mimics a leaf-cutting ant and carries a leaf fragment in its jaws. Rees notes Persian veils are a privilege more than a restraint and women’s movements are rarely questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
J. D. Rees
Persia
Return to Nature Egg-O-See Wheat Cereal Ad
An old time wholesome wheat cereal advertisement promotes Egg-O-See made from white wheat. It touts perfect digestion, buoyant health, and energy. Sold in air tight inner lined packaging to ensure purity and freshness.
Woman Forces Return of Striker to Interborough Job
In a crowded scene at the Interborough Railway offices, a determined wife pushes her husband back toward his platform job after a long strike. Officials indicate John will return to work as soon as formalities are done, while hundreds of other men wait nearby.
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Interborough Railway Company
New York World
Norris
John
Mr. Norris
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Bayfield County Family
In Bayfield County, Wisconsin, residents report relief from back pain after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. I. T. Wold and his wife both experienced benefits, with Wold noting the medication ended his pain and recommending it as a cure for backache and kidney issues. The ad emphasizes kidney trouble as the source of pain and promotes the pills as a prompt permanent remedy, preventing further illnesses such as rheumatism dropsy diabetes or Bright's disease.
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Drummond, Wis
Bayfield County
Dodd
Test and Found Column Advertisement Fragments
A collage of old newspaper snippets includes a mock finder’s ad about a wallet and papers with no questions asked, a shoe sale pitch for Allen’s Foot-Ease, a quip about extremism and abstemiousness, and a Pine’s Cure for consumption testimonial. The language is dated and fragmented, reflecting miscellaneous 1900s era notices and ads.
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Philadelphia
Bits of History and Odd Customs From Old Journals
A collage of jokes, quips, and quibbles alongside notes on medieval crafts and burial rites. The mix includes snippets about dining, finance, and politics, followed by a rescued historical section detailing corals for teething, Worsted yarn origins, bell mentions, sparkling champagne, and unusual burial customs in Europe and Ireland.
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England
Norfolk
Hurstmonceaux Castle
Sussex
Detiennes
Henry VI
Polydore Vergil
Paulinus
Nola
Campania
Italy
Perignon
St. Peter Hautvilliers
Champagne
Everyday Life Maxim Distilled From Common Sense
A collection of pithy proverbs on marriage, finances, health, trust and honesty. It notes that paying for a wedding suit precedes a divorce suit and warns that failing to wind down bad habits harms health. It promotes loyalty to a single person over breadth of influence and questions effort spent in convincing others of truthfulness.
Test for kidney health and free Swamp-Root offer
A reader guide advises testing urine after rising to detect kidney issues and promotes Dr. Kilmer and Co. Swamp-Root with a free sample bottle offer plus a coupon. The ad claims broad testimonials and urges sending for the free book and sample, noting available bottle sizes at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Swamp-Root
Swamp Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Kitmer
Binghamton, N
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Illinois State News
Bitte
John P. Mockler
Oevar Reynolds
Cairo
Mochkier
Mockier
Vandalia Light & Fuel Co
Vandalia
Circuit
Herman Melin
Moline
Bea Brooks
Osco
Rock River
Geneseo
New John’s Evangelical Church
New Athens
Lincoln
Roland W. Diller
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ben Player
Bunker Hill
Old Settlers
Carlingisle
Old Settlers’ Association
Carlinville
J. W. Phillips
Beardstown
R. A. Bailey
Mount Sterling
Perkin
Vienna
Fred Perkins
John Betts
New Bank of Christopher
Bank of Christopher
Nelson Browning
T. C. Harrison
Jesse Dimond
Christopher
Thomas Horn
Duquoia
Michael Rutledge
Sorento
William Starr
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago & Eastern Hinois
Mount Vernon
Quincy
Matt Wright
Burlington
Quincy Bay
Bent
Jessie Crone
Illinois River
Copperas Creek
Charles Piper
Edwardsville
Sega
Mattoon
Granite City
All Unions
Tri-Cities
Mitchell
New York
Angela
Wester ST
Chicago
Kansas City
Timothy
Allén
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Charles
June Lrnde
Detroit
Kesa
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Bernére
Jenners
Duest
Tommy
Senator Sorghum
Boston
Polly
Back Bay
Mamma
Labruck
Connemara
Ireland
Ton Ubls
ASEZ
Woertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co
Bargest Pine Sho Exclusivists
BT. Bowis
U.S. A
Winchester
Nublack
W. Crank Bhug CO
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