Newspaper changes and local notes in Vermilion and Illinois
The excerpt reports multiple abrupt items: a printer sale as J. B. Cole sells Progress to Noll and Eckoff, the Venice Limes consolidating Venice Granite City and Madison, and a joke about wealth. It also mentions a cyclone cream incident in Vermillion County and a University of Illinois conference with high school leaders aimed at strengthening ties with the state school system.
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J. B. Cole
The
Progress
Nokomis
Noll & Eckoff
University of Ilinois
University of Hinds
How to Kill a Newspaper in Hillsboro Journal
A provocative editorial from the Hillsboro Journal warns against patronizing or supporting local papers. It urges readers to cancel subscriptions, delay ad buys, and avoid informing others, claiming such neglect will shrink readership, advertising, and ultimately the town’s vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro Journal
Did You See a Coach Go By A Field Hand Testimony
An old time southern planter questions a field hand about recent events. The slave recalls a coach with gray and roan horses, mentions a tall Colonel Jones Major Peters and Tom McShifter, and notes a breech loading gun. The hand also says he saw nineteen wild pigeons and a hunt near the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Jones
Major Peters
Tom McShifter
St Clair County Fair Belleville Sept 10 11 12 18
Local notes report the St Clair county fair scheduled in Belleville for September 10 11 12 and 18. Other items include Bond County bond plans waterworks loan at 3000 and various local incidents across communities from Marion to Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair County
Belleville
Mystery Cure Letter List Uncalled in Troy Post 1895
A fragment from the Troy Post lists uncalled letters including a letter pack titled Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. The notice mentions a Jackson County Illinois entry dated June 1 1895 and references a curious medical claim about rapid cures and mysterious bodily effects.
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Yaton
Troy Post
Jackson County
Iinois
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Edwards 4 Drome, Publishers
Troy, Tll
Sorento Ento Blade
Venice
Granite City
Madison
Bro. Brown
Vermillion County
Bond County
Lorento
Montgomery County’ Christian Endeavor Union
Hillsboro
Odin
Westerman
Finley
Salem
Marion. Co. Denocrot
Wm. Wenkel
Columbia
Timothy
Charlie Wright
New York
Stillsboro
Buechschuetzenmeister
John Baum
Mascoutah
Switzerland
Baum
Waterloo Times
Board of Supervisors
Greenville
Sorento Blade
Metropolis
United Brothers
Gubler
Clinton Co
Centralia Sentinel
Windsor Gazette
James Weeks
Ash Grove Township
Troy
B. F. Knapp
Troy, Ill
A. G. Buscher
S. Kingston
Boore
Ely
Wain Street
Troy, Il
F. L, Hampton
Bill Heads
Gebauer Bros
Harrows
Milwaukee
Lute
Ders and
Wvowers
M. F. Allwarter
General Merchandise
George Liebler
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