Pocahontas Wants A Coal Mine In Illinois
A survey of general news notes mentions Pocahontas seeking a coal mine, Cairo proposing a $5 000 street fair fund drive by subscription, a 104 year old Carmi resident's death, a Jerseyville woman fined for neglecting chickens, Pinckneyville census shows 2300 population, and local civic developments including a building boom at New Baden and half a million in East St Louis school buildings over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Wam
Driver
Carmi
Macoupin County Gar
Virden
New Baden
East St. Louis
Carbondale Fair Grounds
Reveries of a Debutante Fragmentary Satire List
A collection of pointed paragraphs contrasts advice on romance with social quirks and island life. It mixes witty cautions about money and courting with stark, almost absurd notes on customs, industry, and daily life, including transportation, religion, literacy, and work.
It is a felony to run a crap game in Tennessee
A list of diverse facts notes laws and social trivia from different regions and eras. It mentions Tennessee criminalizing crap games, a drop in American bird populations, Russian marriage limits, global naval strength, tobacco supplied to Mississippi penitentiaries, Paris actresses and their lace, piano material origins, and tea storage tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Russia
Mississippi
Paris
The Best Remedy For Flux and a barber’s sign
John Mathias of Pulaski Kentucky credits Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing flux after a week of failed treatment. S Kingston Druggist sells the remedy. A Pineville barber warns he will close his shop and go hoeing if customers do not visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mathias
Pulaski, Ky
Chamberlain
S. Kingston
Pineville
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General News
Pocahontas
Coats
Jacob Knipp
Mascoutah
Penwell
Pana
Duquoin
City Park
Henry Llorn
West Park Street
L. M. Doughty
Moultrie County
Vandalia
Chicago
Springfield
Decatur
Loveday
Isaac Strawn
Morgan County
W. A. Thayer
Streator
Wm. Barry
St. Louis
Belleville
Prof. Houton
Porto Rico
John Diehle
Odd Fellows Building
Main Street
Cowee
F. W. Zanders
L. E. Rawson
S. Jefferson Ave
Louis
FP. W. Zanders
Troy
Theo. Guennewig
Main & Market Sts
Troy, St
Phil, Eckert
Graham
Fred Kuntzmann
Baker and Confectioner
Troy City
John Deimling
Prop
Corner Market
Mickory Streets
Meiners
Cai
WM. F. Peter
Highland Marble Works
Baraxnteed
L. L. Eckert
Robert Winter
Public Square
the Star Store
The
Old Reliable
M. F. Auwarter
J. H. Stienhans
General Hardware
August Droll
A. Heddergott
General Merchandise
West Clay Street
Troy Exchange Bank
W. W
D. G. Jarvis
Bankers
Troy, Il
Adam
Eve
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