Summer notes and oddities from St Louis to Illinois
The week’s miscellany reports marriages in St Louis, a famed fishing reel inventor who never fished, and local pride in Troy’s progress. It also cites a high internal revenue take, weather-driven summer claims for St Louis, surprising Illinois apple yields, and Coles county’s jail of freaks led by Sheriff Byers.
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St. Louis
Benjjamin Freek
Frankfort
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sherify Byers
Coles County
Clothing brings illness to Samoa natives says Tilly
Commander Tilly, naval governor of Samoa now American territory, told McKinley and Cabinet that clothing has hurt the native population. He argued bare skin was healthier, noting colds and consumption have appeared since clothing adoption. He urged consideration of nature's intent.
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Tilly
Samoa
American Territory
McKinley
Illinois State News highlights and local incidents
The Cairo City Council budgets 500 for revising city ordinances while East St. Louis seeks beer price cuts amid 165 saloons. Carrie Nation spoke at Salem, and William Perkins, once kidnapped as a child, is reunited with his mother after 21 years. Cloudburst floods Lincoln area. Red Bud train collision injures a crew. Carbondale debates its new waterworks. Staunton Milling goes into receivership. a Greenville well tragedy claims two lives. Gas discovery near Mattoon excites residents. Nashville pursues a city park with council support.
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East St. Louis
Carrie Nation
Twentieth Century Christian Assembly
Salem
William Perkins
Ivesdale
Perkins
Mattoon
Windsor
Nashville
Democrat
Illinois
Taxpayer’s small tax, big town and country value
A discussion notes that a man owning 1000 dollars worth of property would pay about 10 to 15 dollars a year in taxes. It argues this funds police service, education for children, street concerns, courts, and rural bridges and roads. It concedes some hardship in paying taxes but urges that life would be harder without these public benefits.
Happiness is a matter of point of view at Bunker Hill News
A humorous reflection from the Bunker Hill News notes happiness depends on perspective. It recalls a tramp who escaped a railroad wreck unscathed and penniless, contrasting hardship with a moment of joy. The writer recalls printing a 26 by 9 inch edition and feeling fulfilled as the first run finished.
Cow with overproducing milk causes creek dairy scene
Doc Jackson recounts a farmer's cow that yields so much milk it must be milked away from the barn to the creek. Neighbors claim butter is found in the creek and frogs churn the dairy flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Jackson
The Weekly Catt Subscriptions Offered
A note announcing The Weekly Catt at $1.00 per year with a rate of 52 issues per year, costing less than 2 cents per week.
Evans Fends Off Critics in Pension Bureau Row
Washington notes reveal Commissioner Evans defending his tenure amid Sharp charges by Gen Daniel Sickles. He cites no defalcations or misuses of funds and claims four years of loyal service. The piece also covers Loud's push to curb second class mail and Cabinet summer plans of Hay Long and Wilson. It notes no imminent McKinley resignation and ongoing tariff talks with Russia. Oklahoma Indian settlement cases face district and appeals court defeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Evans
Pension Bureau
Daniel E. Sickles
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Gen. Sickles
Representative Loud
California
Washington
Loud
Congress
Hay
New Hampshire
Long
Massachusetts
Wilson
Adirondacks
Department of Agriculture
McKinley
Canton
Russia
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
Oklahoma
Banner of Old Glory and the Liberty’s Song
Poem extols Old Glory as a symbol born of war and peace. It praises the flag’s reach from sea to sea, its guardians Washington and Grant and Lee, and its role in inspiring national unity amid battles and remembrance across landscapes from orange groves to pine forests. The piece ends with Columbia’s banner crowned in peace and glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ave
Liberty
Trenton
Brandywine
Sons of Freedom
Grant
Lee
Columbia
Remarkable Cure Report With Chamberlain Remedy
May report from Bookwalter Ohio recounts a neighbor’s infant illness cholera infantum. After administering Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions, the child recovered in two days. Mrs Curtis Baker notes repeated recommendations and never saw it fail. Sold by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
Ohio
S. Kingston
Cough Remedies and Pile Treatments Adverts
A page feature promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy claiming health restoration for chest and throat ailments and a cure for stubborn coughs. It also markets Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment offering relief for piles with a 50 cent price and a 75 cent option. The ad notes Townsend S Kingston as distributor and mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee on failure.
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Tabler
S. Kingston
E. W
Grove
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Wien Call
B. W. Jarvis
Troy
Dor
Cac
Ilinois
Kinloch
Chafvez
The
St. Louis Republic
Illinois State News
Cairo
Lincoln
Red Bud
Carbondale
Staunton Milling Company
W. P. Wall
Alfred
Louis Balzly
Greenville
Osge
Champaign Times
Bunker Hill
Benton Standard
Misses’ & Children’s
Klein's Store
Baby
Chris. Busse, JR
Kinioch
And
Undertaker
Itra
W. W. Jarvis
G. Jarvis
Cashier
Troy Exchange Bank
Domenstic Exchange
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