Legal notices urged to publish in Tue Cat
Notices to publish request attorneys to act. July 22 1899. John Lambert of Joliet named as probable successor to Cullom in US Senate. Railroad right of way nearly finished and upgrade near assured. The Cabin to publish that $8 000 subscribed to railroad and coal mine. Post Office plans to seek congressional appropriation for mobile service to major post offices. Mokuweowee volcano in Hawaii erupts with three lava streams. lights not needed 25 miles away. National Bimelric League meets in Chicago. John W. Tomlinson elected president. supports free silver while preserving league identity. New Illinois law makes certain amusements crime. penalties $10-$100. New medical practice act requires diploma and state exam. excludes physicians with preexisting certificates. Russell A. Alger resigns as Secretary of War. Meiklejohn to assume duties. opinion of many parties label his tenure a failure. St Louis Republic advocates strong US stance on Alaska boundary with Canada Britain. warns against surrender of tidewater port. patience exhausted.
County Cullings from Edwardsville Area
County notes report 94 inmates at the county farm and a malaria influx from the American Bottom. Amanda Wiles, a county poor farm inmate of five years, dies. relatives live in Collinsville. W. P. Bradshaw reports a $500 diamond stolen from his Edwardsville office safe last week. J. M. Todd, Clover Leaf inspector, dies in Charleston. buried in Alhambra. A mad dog in Venice is shot. Quarry work halted due to a miners strike demanding one dollar fifty per day for eight hours. A tramp named James McCullom shoots Richard Smith at Peters Station. Smith lightly wounded and McCullom jailed. George Stehr drowns at Duck Lake after cramping. aged 24, leaving a young wife. Labor Day plans loom with parade and speeches by Thus, M. Jett and Senator Brenholadt. A Botom farmer nearly swindled by a Bluff Line conductor scam for six dollars to buy a uniform. Illinois Terminal railroad reps assess a proposed switch to the Home Trade mine. one-and-a-half miles, minor grading needed. The spur could boost mine output by eliminating wagon transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCullom
Richard Smith
Peters Station
McCullom
Smith
George Stehr
Alton
Duck Lake
Ile
Alton Trades and Labor Assembly
Hlon
M. Jett
Brenholadt
Granite City
Ife
Illinois Terminal Railroad
Edwardsville
Ilome
Highland City Gains Ownership Of Power Plant Site
The Highland electric light committee on Monday completed a deal with Highland Brewing Co. to transfer lots 10, 11 and 12, block 10, the old mill site, where a new power house will be built. The city pays $600 for the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlanders Progressive
Highland Journal
Electric Light Committee
Highland Brewing Co
Destructive Worms Strike Local Evergreen Tree
In Highland Journal notes a peculiar large dark worm with brown circular stripes attacked a north side evergreen near C L Macchtien's gallery. The worm lives in a pod and can be hard to detect. a large boxful was removed from a single tree last week before the damage was noticed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Journal
C. L. Macchtien
We Agree with Willie From an Exchange
Bill Nye quotes a man who would save ink and wear but calls a man who refuses to pay for a newspaper a gentleman and a scholar by comparison. The note contrasts frugality with refusing delivery and returning a paper.
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Willie
Bill Nye
Madison County historical notes on towns and early presses
The article recounts Madison County’s early newspaper history beginning with Edwardsville Spectator in 1819 and lists current towns Alton Edwardsville Collinsville Granite City Venice Upper Alton Highland New Douglas Marine Troy and St Jacob. It describes Alton as county metropolis with rail access industry and 12000 population. Edwardsville as county seat with merchants residences and N O Nelson M'Py plant. Collinsville as a twin to the county seat and home to a large cow bell factory. Highland home to Helvetia Milk Condensing Co. and growing industries. notes on manufacturing in Granite City Madison Venice Marine and the Tri cities network. a correction about mounds builders the Monks of La Trappe and Cahokia mound site with signs diet and frugality.
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Hlooper Warren
Edwardsville
Madison County
Ilinois
Alton
Collinsville
Granite City
Venice
Upper Alton
Highland New Douglas
Marine
Troy
County
Bluff City
Mississippi River
Leclaire
N. O. Nelson M’py. Co
Priu
Highland
Helvetia Milk Condensing Co
Madison
St. Jacob
Tri-cities
Order of
Free sample Boschee's German Syrup offer
An adult suffering from cola settled on the breast bronchitis throat or lung troubles may call at S Kingatown to receive a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup One bottle per person and none to children without parental order The ad claims twenty years of distribution and physician endorsement and notes a 75 cent bottle can cure or prove its value Sold by dealers in all civilized countries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Kingatown
Boschee
Dealera
Remarkable relief from cholera morbus endorsed by Ohio merchant
During a hot summer Mr. A. A. Unne of Hare Bros. in Fincastle Ohio suffered a severe cholera morbus attack forcing him to leave his business. After two or three doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he was relieved in hours and could return to work. He recommends it to anyone with stomach or bowel trouble and notes it is sold by S Kingston Druggist.
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A. Unne
Hare Bros
Fincastle
Ohio
Chamberlain
Kingston
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Weekly
Gall
B.W. Jarvis
Tug
John Lambert
Joliet
5. M. Cullom
United States Senate
the Cabin
Post Office Department
Congress
Mokuweowee
Hawaiian Islands
Chicago
John W. Tomlinson
Alabama
Senator Harris
Illinois
State Board of Health
Russell A. Alger
Meiklejohn
War Department
St. Louis Republic
Canada
Great Britain
England
United States
Klondikeep
George A. Lytle
James A. Rose
Amanda Wiles
W. P. Bradshaw
J. M. Todd
The
Clover Leaf
Charleston
Alhambra
the Press
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
Main Street
Ase
New Home Sewing Machine Co
Orange
MABB
Union Square
N.Y
Chi
Ban Pranciscoe
St. Louis, Ma
Atlanta, Ga
George Liebler
South Main Street
J. W. Gornet
Iron Building
West
Clay Street
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