Diverse Local Notices and Ads From 1900s State Papers
A mosaic of small town items reports savings from smallpox cases in Dixon and a Belleville dairymen association, Bunker Hill 1900 improvements, Hoopeston scarlet fever fines, Springfield park system votes, and Park era rail town shifts. Quarantine at Monticello amid 150 mild smallpox cases, Carlyle bonds vote, electric plant electrification plans, Bluff Line shop move from Jerseyville to Springfield, reduced Pinckneyville phone rents, August Flower patent medicine ads, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised for croup prevention, and Kingstons drug store life-promotion lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoopeston
Springfield
Panna Gizette
Carlyle
Seloct House
Contsa
Bluff Line
Jerseyville
Jersey County
Pinckneyville
DuQuoin
Pamaron
Sunfield
St. Johns
Manny
When Does the Twentieth Century Truly Begin
A long excerpt examines the dispute over when the twentieth century begins, noting debates about whether 1899 or 1900 marks the division. It traces historical misreadings, cites Charlemagne, Peter the Great, and the Paris Exposition, and quotes a 1801 Connecticut Courant stanza on century beginnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Trivind
Charteanagne
Christ
Peter the Great
Phe
Apor Er Wolliaim
Terd Helvin
Bato
Pialiar
Theodore Dwight
Conneticut Courant
Pullanany
Cultivators and Remedy Run Through Store Listings
A distressed customer sought relief for severe ailments after trying various home remedies without success. Dickey's Mountain merchant Dickey Masson reports a local case where Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy quickly helped a young man recover. S. Kingston, a local druggist, notes the Barenin Store advertises ongoing savings and invites customers to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bop. Hess
Dickey’s Mountain
Nithelit
S. Kingston
Ingersoll Letter From Hellish New York Colony
The Pinckneyville Democrat notes a satirical missive from BOB INGERSOLL describing a strange afterlife in New York City. He mocks hellish officials, meets historical figures, and jokes about publishing letters. He mentions Mephistopheles, Judas Iscariot, Voltaire, and Franklin, while observers discuss media attention and a pending rain need. The piece ends with a report on Australian wool shipments to England, including butter, milk, rabbits, and carcasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville Democrat
Neptune
Hell
Ter Lo
Kansua
Styx
Moses
Fleary
Beccher
Mephistophetes
New York
Horne
Thorace Streetey
Spurgeon
Peter Cartwright
Palmage
Pom Paine
Voltaire
Ben Franklin
Lilioukatanna
Higer Thanehipmonks
Solomon
Singham Young
Blain
Day Gould
Judas Isenhout
Ananias
Tle
Australia
England
Melbourne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dixon
Belleville
Bunker WA
Claob
Paylorville
Stamton Electric Hight
Malbeery Grove
The
Pariers’ and Merchants’ Bank
State Board of Health
Monticello
Pratt County
August Plower
Green
Union
Chamberlain
ML OY. Fisher
Liberty
W. Vac
Bismaarck’s Tron
Dr. King
S. Kingstons Drug Store
Oliver
Bradley
Morrison
Manley & Thompson
H. Cc. Gerfen
Bob Ingersoll
Hades
Addeens
Werrer Company
Akron
Ghic
Werner Company
Humphreys
Ases, Mange, Eruntions, Nee
Pare
Cacti
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Cor
William & John Sts
Drusgisis
Wolphreys
William
John Sts
I St
Washington, D.C
Tun Call
Union Bargain Store
Paul Hochmann
Wheeler
Wilson
NEW Royal
J. H. Stienhans
J. WW. Gornet
General Merchandise
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