Alton and County News Highlights From the Week
A lodge of Elks formed in Alton on the 14th and Alton jail currently houses 24 prisoners. Edwardsville hosted a coal hoisting engineers convention at Tunnell Hall. Mississippi Valley electric cars faced weeklong delays due to cold. Alton brick plant shut for winter improvements. Mrs. Julia Kreutzberg of Marine died in St Louis. Ice industry begins. harvest expected large. Sophia Demuth elected Madison County Auxiliary president. Alfred Zimmerli of Marine to Soldiers Home in Quincy. Equitable Powder Works plans expansion and higher capacity at East Alton. Banker James I Dillard of Collinsville lost his residence to fire. wife rescued. Edwardsville Electric Light seeks 10-year franchise extension. Alton to build a $50,000 school on Seminary Square. bonds soon issued. Fred Branding and wife died within hours of each other. double funeral held. Collinsville Hustler reports a cow with a two-bodied calf and eight legs killed for preservation. Marine Gazette notes electric road pass. Illinois Central adds Mine No. 4 flag stop and hourly daytime service. Alton Sentinel-Democrat: George Washington letter on surrender of Cornwallis owned by Clarence A Hawkins. Edwardsville Intelligencer: Chas Schwarz nearly froze after lodge event. saved by tower house keeper.
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Sophia Demuth
Alton
Madison County
Ilinois
Electric Light and Power Company
Edwardsville
Seminary Square
Fred Branding
Madison
St. Clair
Special Club Offer Brings Farm Papers At Low Price
A farmer oriented promotion announces a four paper club including Iowa Homestead The Poultry Farmer and Special Farmers Institute Editions plus the host paper. The deal offers all four for one year at 1.25 with samples available in the office for a limited time.
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Iowa Homestead
Farmer's Institute
Poultry Farmer
West
Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Christm as Gazette endorses Chamberlain cough remedy
In Toowoomba a local resident W C Wockner lauds Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a two month cough. The advertisement notes S Kingston druggist sells it and urges readers to try it. Also promoted are Vandalia Line holiday excursion tickets from December 24 to January 1 1902 with return by January 2 1902. Ballard's Snow Liniment offered for injuries with immediate relief and wound healing at S Kingston's store.
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Toowoomba
Australia
Chamberlain
W. C. Wockner
Wockner
S. Kingston
Vandalia
Vandalia Line
K. A. Forp
St. Louis
Ballard
S. Kingston's
Have you been taking chocolates from my box
A playful exchange quoted from The Gentle Blaetter notes a speaker accusing another of hidden theft as the other claims ignorance due to eyes being shut, illustrating a lighthearted moment.
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Gentle Blaetter
Fakes in Collecting Across Artifacts and Autographs
Andrew Lang argues for an international exhibition of fakes to reveal imposture in pictures books ivories gems caskets and autographs. He notes forged items abound from Burns autographs to royal coins and urges collectors to admit flaws while warning about forgery and its ubiquity.
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Burns
America
Andrew Lang
New York Independent
Hostes Humani Generis
Care of Wounded Sailors in Naval Battles
British Medical association in Cheltenham discusses humane treatment of wounded at sea. Surgeon C Kirker notes ships modernize to keep the injured on deck until ambulances can evacuate. proposes onboard operating rooms and improved sanitation aboard iron warships.
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British Medical Association
Cheltenham
C. Kirker
London Spectator
Alty
Women get better streetcar transfers noted in Salt Lake City
The article describes Salt Lake City streetcar transfers that mark passengers by a punch card with male or female facial icons and age signs. It praises women’s advantage, noting age not considered for female riders, and contrasts with male fare markings. Also mentions petrified tropiecat fruits found in coal near Splitcireen in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Splitcireen
Asecte Ocean
Greenland
Nova Zembla
Earth interior heat as power source and energy possible
The article reviews Cassier’s Magazine on the earth’s interior heat, noting temperatures at depth exceed 5000 degrees F at 50 miles and that hot interior could drive a massive heat engine. It argues for serious study and direct conversion to electricity as a future, economical power source, reducing steam engine waste.
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Magex
Cassier
Origin of absinthe harmless in past medical use
European temperance groups were astonished to learn absinthe began as a harmless medical remedy. French doctor Ordinaire, living as a refugee in Couvet Switzerland, devised a secret elixir sold by his housekeeper Mile. Granad Pierre and later by others, spreading to vagabonds and merchants until refined versions diverged from the original. Prof Heinz of Erlangen proposes a sea sickness antidote: deep breathing floods the brain with oxygen, offering a free, self-testable remedy.
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Europe
New York Herald
Ordinaire
Couvei
Switzerland
Mile. Granad- Pierre
Henrigd
Heinz
University of Erlangen
Mourning Customs Ended for Congress Members
A New York Times report notes that about fifty years in Congress and the Senate would have required crepe for many days after a president's death. Mourning provisions faded as the membership grew, making perpetual mourning impractical and unwise.
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Senate
New York Times
Congress
House
Workman Walks Road With Gunpowder Bag Incident
An Austrian accident report notes a workman walking along a road while smoking a pipe carried a 50 pound bag of gunpowder on his back. The event highlights hazardous handling of explosive materials in daily labor. Authorities investigated the incident and warned workers about storage and transport risks.
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Austria
Dogs That Never Bark Varieties of Quiet Dogs
A note on dog varieties that never bark including the Australian dingo the Egyptian shepherd dog and the lion headed doe of Thibet. Plus a small ad line for Tar Weekly Cats priced at $1.00 yearly or under two cents a week.
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Thibet
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County News Notes
Lodge of Elks
Mississippi Valley
Julia Kreutzberg
Ernst Kreutzberg
Marine
Collinsville
Fred Grese
Cuba
Max Kirschbaum
Marine Gazette
Illinois Central
Mont
Mine No. 4
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Hawkins
Francis Marion
Mr. Schwarz
J. M. Hawley
Wives Geo. Liebler
Uheane
Mscalls € Magazine
McCall CO
West 31St St
New York
Sanders
Lebanon
CAL
Henderson
H. C. Cerfen
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