Gas figures and highway talk hit Bond county
A local column notes Dunn and Hyde representing the Greenville Gas Company at Bond County seat. It jokes Dunn handles dunning while others will do the hiding. It also reports the appointment of Hon. James A Willoughby of Belleville to the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission, noting his kinship to Governor Deneen and his Belleville Advocate ties.
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Messrs. Dunn and
Hyde
New Greenville Gas Company
Bond
Dunn
James A. Willoughby
Belleville
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Weather prophets and the stubborn winter forecast
The piece notes that the weather prophet who forecast a hot dry summer was wrong about summer yet persists predicting a hard winter. It questions why weather forecasters consistently expect harsh winters and wonders why mild winters aren’t spoken of sometimes.
Rural carriers to receive paid vacation and layoff pay
Carriers with over a year will get fifteen days vacation with full pay and those under a year earn one day and a quarter per month served. Regular substitutes will fill positions and be paid 3600 per year for time served. Uncle Sam is strict yet a desirable employer in canal work. The Collinsville Herald to be sold to a local firm with Lew A. Cates as editor and manager. The paper will move to larger quarters with new equipment. Collinsville hopes revival of a once dying local press.
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Sam
Collinsville
Herald
J. N. Peers
Lew A. Cates
Chicago Tribune
Mee
Moe
Collinavile
Townspeople win by bold action in Salem shop project
The Centralia Sentinel notes Salem’s decisive push for Frisco shops. Citizens each pledged 1000, secured land and yards, built shops and offices, and earned profits as lots sold. Subscriptions were at risk, yet investors recovered their funds and more, with remaining lots still yielding gain. The piece credits Salem residents for nerve and persistence.
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Salem
Centralia Sentinel
Themelves
Labor Day observance to honor workers in Troy
Troy plans a Labor Day celebration Monday with open gates and a spirit of brotherhood. The piece traces labor movement history from early guilds to the Knights of Labor and emphasizes recognizing workers in factories mines and shops, aiming to strengthen fraternal ties and ensure peace and plenty for humanity.
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Troy
Sons of Labor
United States
Canada
Knights of Labor
Tailors
Brotherhood of Man
Wisest Way to Take a Vacation
The article argues most vacations fail due to misfit of personal needs. It urges individuals to choose activities that fit their own desires within means, stressing self guided choices over external advice. It notes that rest and recreation come from following one's own hobby or inclination, even at low cost.
Burbank Plans New World Potato From 4000 Varieties
Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa horticulturist, has platted 4000 potato varieties on his farm as part of a broader 12,000 tuber species experiment this year to create another new potato for the world.
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Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Cal
Burbank
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Advertised
An 19th century notice touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as pleasant pills that cleanse the skin and bowels without griping, promoting better fellowship and citizenship. Sold by S. Kingston.
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DeWitt
S. Kingston
A Doctor's Night of a Hidden Morrison Murder
A physician recalls a midnight trip to a distant house, a fatal bedside scene, and a chilling revelation. He later learns the Morrison murder, long dismissed as a fever dream, was real and the milkman's testimony confirms it. The tale blends medical duty with uncanny doubt, ending in a buried truth.
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Maer Eres Cee
Fe Wari aneuUdere
Morrison
Interstate railroad passes to be canceled January first
Ed wardsville Intelligencer notes that about 100000 complimentary interstate railroad passes will be canceled under the new commerce law. Free transport after January 1 must be limited to exempt classes, ending widespread personal and business passes. The move signals the end of the purely complimentary pass era and may affect many readers connected to rail lines.
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Fruit Eating for Inebriety What to Eat
A brief health note promotes fruit as the sole cure for drunkenness. It claims fruit dulls the appetite for alcohol and ends the craving, asserting fruit lovers never crave drink and drinkers dislike fruit. The piece hinges on a simple, dietary cure versus appetites.
Fonet ic Fogyizm in Highland Journal
A short, jokey critique notes professors and the English press pressuring President Roosevelt after he may leave office. The piece suggests the White House occupant would rue the day of expressing a departure.
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Roosevelt
Slag Road Project Planned for Greenville Streets
Greenville plans add two blocks of hard slag road from Mange's elevator to Vandalia depot. Pennsylvania Line supplied slag from Collinsville. city lays twelve inch depth on the street. A steam crusher will crush slag for a permanent, better road once state project begins.
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Greenville
Pennsylvania Line
Collinsville
Mange
Vandalia
Betwixt the Acts and a Cold Cure Ad
Milwauke e Sentinel notes beware of constipation from cough remedies and endorses Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar to stop coughing and move bowels. S Kingston sells it and a Cat pattern department offers items via page 6.
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Kennedy
S. Kingston
Eve Mor gerson milkmaid tale from Kentucky theatre scene
The fragment describes Eva Mor gerson of Ford Kentucky the bright milkmaid who milks two thirds of the family's cows at age 30 while her father handles the rest. A seaside scene follows with a woman expressing love for the sea and foam on waves before a beer garden moment and Byron Williams credited.
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Eva
Kentucky
D. H. Morgerson
Ford
Rose
Winchester Sentinel
Merry Breakers
Byron Williams
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Troy Weekly Call
Market-Street-By-The-Square
B. W. Jarvis
Ilinois
Gorloe
Suissen
Troy. I
Kinloch
THE
CALL
F. A. Mitchell
Tennyson
Highland Journal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Catu
Miatharwick
Grocers
Star Tailorine Company
Chicago
Star Tartorine Company
Star Tailoring Company
M. F. Auwarter
Mista
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