Envelopes for 50 Cents at He Call Office
A jumble of notes from Canton Ohio to Alton Illinois mentions a woman in Canton forcing a marriage attempt on George Saxton, a vast annual highway spend with little improvement, a man hanged for killing his stepdaughter, fur markets in Beardstown, and a 1200 pound shipment of muskrat skins. Reports on a German bell dividing into notes, a blocked Illinois river, a rising gorge near Alton, Latin training in Boston, a 1587 Latin Bible found in Belvidere, a new envelope factory proposed for Centralia with $20,000 raised, a $10,000 Maccabees judgment in Kansas City, the largest elevator in Buffalo, a Good Roads group in St Charles county Missouri, highway macadam plans for Madison county, a counterfeit $2 note warning, and geological notes from Amboy Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
George Saxton
E. Everett Hale
Boston
F. Conner
Belvidere Commandery
K.T
Alton
Centralia
Kansas City
Lenny Winslow
Great Northern Elevator Co
Buffalo
N. Y
St. Charles County
Good Roads Association
Madison County
Quips and Quandaries From a Quizzical Page
A collage of witty observations and odd anecdotes recounts brisk maxims, humorous misread lines, and quirky scenes. From a beehive rush to Florida alligators and a Kentucky cat, items mix parlor humor with brief vignettes and the era’s playful wordplay.
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
William Carr
Missouri River
Beardstown
Henry Sunderman
St. Louis
Illinois River
Treasury
B. Tillman
Register and Morgan
M’phereon
Lake Shore Company
Amboy
Wright
Geol
Phaoct
Phan and
Phancy
Florida
Agassiz
Aenat
Zouisville
Courier- Journal
Iowa
Spening- School
Gebauer Bros
Market Street
Yroy, H1
Baird
A. Baird
Accomodations
Main Street
Troy
Troy City
John Deimling
Prop
Corner Market
Hickory Streeta
WM. F. Peter
City Garber Shop
H. E. Brown
Meiner
Fred Kuntzmann
King Clothes
Queensware
Majestic
Superior
Buck’s
Buck’s Oaks
J. H. Stienhans
Undertaker and
Ont-fitter
WM. J. Vetter
IS Froceries
Ueenswats
Et Heat Market
Prasynttt
Collinsville Premium
Lars Ik
Duce
J. M. Hawley
William Goalby
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows’ Building
Jey
Qur Grocery Dept
Wita Wa
J. W. Gornet
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