Priest Gets New Post in Murphysboro and Johnston City
Multiple local notices report clergy moves with Rev. Fred Witte reassigned from Murphysboro to Johnston City as pastor, and Rev. Henry Alberg remaining at Johnston City after three years. Other items cover Des Plaines camp meeting actions, primary petitions filed, and bank and legal actions across Illinois towns.
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Fred Witte
Murphysboro
Johnson City
Des Plaines
John Thompson
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thompson
Record Fish Is Caught Near Quincy
Springfield reports a seven feet two inch alligator gar weighing 209 pounds was caught after two hours in a slough off the Mississippi river near Quincy. The mouth measured 19 inches, body around 88 inches, teeth about an inch long, and 32 eggs with smaller fish found inside.
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Springfield
Miseissippi
Quincy
African Garb Too Advanced How To Sprinkle Lawns
A Rushville church women group planned to stage an entertainment with Africa tied costumes that were never worn, while a U S Department of Agriculture bulletin urges scientific lawn sprinkling. It warns that surface moistening alone harms roots, recommends rotating wetting across spots for 6 to 12 hours per area, and stresses gradual deep watering to prevent drought damage.
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Women’s Missionary Society
Rushville
Ind
Africa
United State Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Rash clears with Cuticura after spreading eczema claim
Miss Emma Retzloff reports a rapid rash starting as a small pimples patch, spreading to a deep itchy sore that swelled and oozed. Two months of symptoms ended after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with a global sales note for Cuticura featured in the advert. A separate exchange narrates a comic dialogue about whisky removing varnish, deeming such experiments foolish.
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Granton
Wis
Hiad
Emma Retzloff
Cuticura
Capt. L. Boston
Impossible of Course Lifeboat Coat Pucker Scene
A bystander reports a chaotic lifeboat moment as passengers scramble for survival. The ship sinks while a passenger worries the life belt distorts appearance, creating a tense, improvised escape scene.
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Elise
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Ad Claim
The notice touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as curing long standing cases. It promises pain relief and healing simultaneously and lists prices of 5s 6d 40c and 61.00.
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Porter
Waterproof telephone in submerged test novelty
A novelty item features a telephone that operates fully when submerged in water. The device is claimed to work after tests conducted “down in Wall street,” illustrating a demonstration of seawater or waterproof capability.
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Bacon
Hubert
Wall Street
How To Give Quinine To Children Ferriline
An advertisement touts a tasteless quinin e syrup called Ferriline for children and adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. It claims children eat it without knowing it is Quinine and says it does not nauseate or disturb the stomach or cause nervousness. The product is sold in original packaging with a blown bottle label.
To Build Long Bridge From Csylon to India
Survey shows Adam's bridge reef capable of supporting a bridge across 22 miles between Csylon and the Indian mainland. Estimated cost around 4 million dollars, including extensive causeway work, far less than earlier estimates.
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Adam's Bridge
Csylon
India
Wine quote reflects restraint in self appraisal
Detroit Free Press notes a witty exchange about vanity and skill. The speaker contrasts boasting with wisdom, admitting past folly yet claiming clever restraint in home projects.
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Detroit Free Press
Grove's General Tonic and Quinine Iron Claim
A vintage patent medicine advertisement touts Grove's Whenever You Need a General Tonic. It markets quinine and iron with claims to purify the liver enrich the blood and strengthen the system. The piece ends with a comic line about a mortgage on a car.
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Grove
Bromoid Quinine Cure Promises Quick Cold Relief
An ad fragment touts Laxactive Bromo-Quinine as the genuine remedy to cure a cold in one day. It urges calling for the full name and bears a signature of E. W. Grove. The notice links the product to stopping cough and headache and notes a 250 price. It also hints at a social remark about a society possibly invented by a married woman seeking to forget it.
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E.W. Grove
Medical Test Every Year Advocates Public Health Duty
A health advocate argues annual thorough medical exams for all citizens, stressing duties over rights. Early detection of tuberculosis cancer and heart disease could extend life and reduce suffering, urging preventive medicine as essential to public welfare.
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Deaton
Victor CG. Vaughan
Journal of the American Medical Association
Anti-Suffrage Lecture Sparks Bitter Jokes
Mrs. Miriam Mills Alden of Woonsocket delivered an anti-suffrage lecture on Feminism and Free Love. She mocked suffragettes with lines about staying home, shouting at them to wash dishes or mind the baby, then quipped that some suffragettes are home less than others.
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Miriam Mills Alden
Woonsocket
Alden
Historical Sayings. Webster's Last Words Joke
A classroom quip about Daniel Webster’s final words. The pupil recalls that all his last words began with Z, delivering a light historical joke about famous figures and language.
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Webster
Murino Eye Remedy Ad Promises Relief for Eyes
An advertisement from Murino Eye Remedy Co of Chicago touts Murino Eye Remedy for watery eyes and inflamed eyelids. It claims benefits with no stinging and invites readers to write for a free hook. The copy also oddly cites a German birth rate proposal urging each child to reach one year old.
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Murino
Murino Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Germany
Crientara
Dat Map, Co
Baverstock Co
Baxpsteap
London
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for recovery
Unionville Missouri woman details severe female trouble including weakness nervous spells and inability to walk or speak she credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring health after doctors failed and urges others to seek guidance from the company which notes letters from beneficiaries are opened read and answered by women in confidence.
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Unionville
Lydia B. Pinkham
Tha Seavey
Missouri
Lydia E. Pinkham
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