Elgin to Build $30,000 School in Illinois
Illinois town planning a new $30,000 school at Elgin while other nods to local finance surface across several counties. Reports detail a mix of civic projects, fires, and oddities from Arcola to Urbana, including a $25,000 opera house loss at Kewanee and a rise in village business associations.
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Elgin
Nashville
Kewanee
Chester
Amos Richardson
Ramsey
East St. Louis
Consolidated Coal Company
No. 10
Mt. Olive
Mise Sallie Potter
Illinois
Urbana
Hillsboro
Mattoon
Oold Fellows
A Digest Of Common Health Dos And Don’ts
It lists cautions about work while unfit, overheating from heavy underclothes, the belief that more eating makes healthier people, children doing as much as adults, waking early to gain time, excessive or violent exercise, small rooms as sleeping spaces, sleeping in drafts, and rapid or appetite-less meals. It emphasizes sensible limits and moderation across daily habits.
Curious Facts From a Bygone Era
A compilation of odd claims across cultures and history. It notes Russia owning millions of horses, snow weight, Chinese comin gifts for elders, early stockings, feet bandages, carp longevity, a $5,000 handkerchief, and Anta intelligence relative to body size.
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Russia
Pointed Paragraphs reveal wry social observations
A collection of wry aphorisms on love, ambition, vanity, and social mores. It quips that love hates vacuum, poets are born while service workers are objectified, men seek moral courage over intellect, and wedding plans can hinge on jealousy and miscommunication.
Devious Definitions and Scribbler’s Quips
A collection of witty wordplay defines traits such as kleptomania sanctified miseries and mischief. The piece lampoons common slips in language with playful definitions and humorous takes on daily folly. It concludes by promoting printing services offering quick, economical job runs and urging a trial order.
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Fayette County
Decatur
Litchfield
Summerfield
Richard Matthews
Morgan County Fair
St. Clair County
Pana
Palladium
Shelbyville
Ragan
England
Wabash
Ind
Maine
Bureau of Stratistics
Vis
Salvation Army
Becreaanor Iter Orr Ciee
Westminster Abbey
Jim
Magazinery
M. F. Allwarter
Sis UP
J.H. Stienhans
General Merchandise
W. Clay Street
Phil. Eckert
Graham
Highland Marble Works
Hofphuts
Guara
L. L. Eckert
Centhal Hotel
WI Mbiners
Cati
L. E. Rawson
Jeffeon Ave
St. Louis
Dr. F. Wanders
Troy
F. W. Zanders
Theo, Guennewig
Kopulet
Ular Hall
Main & Market Sts
Troy, St
A. Baird
Accomodations
Main Street
Troy City
John Climling
Prop
Corner Market
Hickory Street
Fred Runtzmann
Connection
WM. F. Peter
Troy Exchange Bank
W. W
D. G. Jarvis
Bankers
Troy, Ill
Emenee Atents
Scientific American
Costes Journal
Torma
All
New York
Washington, D
George B. Secors
Towanda
N. Y
Chamberlain
Kingston
Humphreys
Parta
Hidney
Pecei
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