Fresh Oysters at Kuntemann's and New Year Notes
Brief items recall fresh oysters at Kuntemann's and Christmas trees at Kuntzmann's. Mrs. Margaret Rawson ill with threat of pneumonia, a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geffen, Dr. Sallee offers glasses at low prices, Fred Liebler welcomes a son, and shorter days conclude with days lengthening. Local notes on real estate, fall injuries, payroll timing, a 40 acre farm sale to John Deimling, patent lawyers offering a free diary, Franz Welte’s new shop, a funeral in Collinsville, and wedding invitations produced by The Call office.
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Tuesaday
Fred Liebler
Braner
Lester and Nelson Kinder
N. Jarvie
Old Park Place
Troy
Ill
Mra. S
Avia
Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co
John Deimling
Rawlings
Editor Outwitted by Stopped Paper Demonstration
A blunt verse from a Circulator laments an editor outsmarting a longtime subscriber who stopped the newspaper after eleven years of support. The note blends humor with a public grievance about debt and insult, ending with a vow to halt the sheet rather than be treated unfairly. Nearby, a CARD OF THANKS expresses gratitude to neighbors for aid during illness and death, signed by the Wilkinson family. The snippet also advertises sale bill services through THE CALL office with free publication notices.
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Dunnin
Joseph Wilkinson
Monkey Wrench Misunderstanding On Country Road
A Cham pag e Times recounts two travelers on a northeast Paxton road who had a buggy mishap. While one man sought tool repair, the Swede farmer denied owning a monkey wrench saying he had cattle, horse, hog, and sheep ranches instead.
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Paxton
Broder Ole
Nels Nelson
Minister in Missouri Sells Hymnal Ads to Pills Firm
A Missouri preacher, unable to buy hymn books, received free Bibles from a patent medicine company only to find no advertisement inside. He handed them out the next Sunday urging singing to page 130, but congregants belted out a spoof: the angels sing Johnson’s pills for man and child, mocking the failed ad scheme.
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Missouri
Johnson
Angels
Epitaphs and odd verses in Charleston churchyard
A Charleston churchyard holds the dust of eminent men and quirky epitaphs. One line for Charlotte Elford, died May 9 1817, lists virtues from childhood to death. A stray anecdote recalls Professor Wilson of Edinburgh finding a student altered an announcement with God Save the Queen.
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Charleston
S.C
Charlotte Elford
Wilson
Edinburg
A Costly Mistake in Early Advertising
A humorous warning about costly blunders and a promotion for Dr. King's New Life Pills at 25c in S. Kingston's drug store. The ad claims the pills relieve dyspepsia dizziness headaches liver and bowel troubles and urges diligence in work to avoid financial losses.
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Dr. King
S. Kingston
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