Various Local Notes From Springfield and Sparta
Miscellaneous items report the west’s largest kiln at Sheator with 2,000,000 brick capacity, a Litchfield ordinance ordering Electric Light Co to paint poles, a Avon pupil with perfect attendance, relics donated to Sparta high school, ideas on mineral wells from limestone and iron hoops, a Carlinville man healed by a mule kick, Dr. Wetmore in Waterloo with a convict cane, a prison medical item about a governor’s residence, a newspaper joke about a military store owner, and Gov. Altgeld’s plan to veto a libel bill restricting damages without a conspicuous retraction in good faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wetmore
Waterloo
Chester
Gov. Bond
Kaskaskia
James
Springfield
III
Altgeld
Nho
Dr King's New Discovery and Electric Bitters Adverts
A house note praises Dr King s New Discovery as a reliable household cough remedy with trial bottles at S Kingson s drug store. Druggist G A Dykeman endorses it as the best cure after eight years use. A fraudulent note scheme near Mulberry Grove leads to a $150 note left at Vandalia bank. a con man cashed about $1 500 in notes. Electric Bitters touted for female complaints and overall relief, claimed to restore tone to organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Fuller
Canajoharia
N. Y
Dr. King
G. A. Dykeman
Catskill
Dr.King
S. Kingson’s
Mulberry Grove
Vandalia
Loni
Wheat and corn mixed merchandise at Troy elevator
A fragment notes corn stored in an elevator at Troy in April by a Black man described with clothing details. It offers a reward for information leading to recovery of carpet or arrest of the individual. Also mentions saddle horses at Star stable in Jefferson Virginia and St Jacobs, with rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storen
Jefferson Virgin
St. Jacobs
Young Couple Married After Barber Chair Rush
An exchange tells of a young couple in this county a few weeks ago forcing a squire to wed them half shaved from a barber’s chair. They plan a future gift to a lawyer for twenty years if he will grant a divorce. A cautionary note urges youths to go slow in wisdom’s wicked world.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheator
Litchfield Council
Electric Light Co
Avon
Sparta
Treasuke E
Montgomery Station
Troy
Seele Mills
Edwardsville
Star stablexxUenaane
E. Peter
Opera House
Kimberlin
Hack
Winger
Anks Jour Mille Regulators Avrimare
E.B. Winger
Kanwood Terrace
Chicago
Palace
Suwanee Springs
Suwanee
Florida
Droll
Sweet. Orr & CO
Emma Padon
A. E. Meyer
New State Bank
Collinsville
Ormond
Volusia County
Anderson & Price
Mgrs
Fla
Deezter
Tom
Dexter
Adchutt: Bros, Owners
Ua Dorbitty
Pete Cea
Seas Arms
Gebauer: Bros
Parisons
Eldredge Manufacturing
Belvidere, Ill
Fang Ie
Bt. Pia
Hotel Imperial Aie
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