Announcements for Jarvis township offices and civic questions
The notices announce William Rueker and Edward Klein as Democratic candidates for Jarvis township Commissioner and Town Clerk, respectively, subject to the Democratic Convention on March 14, 1903. The rest of the text presents political commentary and reflections on public offices, elections, and civic processes, urging citizen participation and criticizing old nomination practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rueker
Jarvis Township
Charles Wendler
R.F. Allwarter
Edward H. Klein
Death of Hon. John Baker Ends Illinois Political Era
John Baker died at his Belleville home last Sunday. He was thrice elected to Congress and uniquely defeated Col. William Morrison. Serving as United States Minister to Venezuela under Hayes and Garfield, his career later shifted through a fusion of Democratic and Populist support to win Congress again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baker
Belleville
Illinois
Baker
Congress
Col
Wm. R. Morrison
Hayes
Garfield
United States
Venezuela
Illinois State News Roundup Highlights Statewide Issues
St Clair county has 200 inmates at the poor farm and Chester’s penitentiary holds 948 convicts. Three miners died in a Auburn mine explosion last week. Illinois Press Association meets in Cairo May 12 13 14. McHenry county Marengo township has only six farmers without telephones. Litchfield glass works repairs finished resuming March 1. Carlyle paper mill closed for lack of material. Fred B Merrill named master in chancery in St Clair County. A 345000 school contract let for Decatur on Church site. State treasury demand nears 7 million with about 2. i million expected in legislature. Kinmundy fruit expert says peaches damaged statewide. apples pears cherries good. Everett Moore syndicate may operate central Illinois interurban Springfield to Decatur, Decatur streetcar system to be owned. Centralia to install 20 miles 620 feet of stone sidewalk. 37998 feet laid in 3 years, 14762 feet in 1902. Smallpox declines statewide due to health measures 180 February cases across 34 counties and 45 communities. Nonpartisan Club East St Louis to nominate mayor against M M Stephens who may run if opposed by Citizens party. friends back him for Worlds Fair mayor.
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Auburn
Illinois Press Association
Cairo
Marengo Township
McHenry County
Litchfield Glass Works
Carlyle
Fred B. Merrill
Belleville
St. Clair County
M. W. Borders
Decatur
Centrallinois
Illinois State Treasury
Springfield
J. G. Mendelhall
Kinmundy
Everett- Moore Syndicate
Cleveland
Ohio
Illinois
Centralia
The
Sentinel
Board of Health
Wedding Tale and Coin Reel From Old Columns
A fragment blends a rustic wedding anecdote from a grandmotherly tale with a purchase scene in a Mexican shop. The wedding recounts a quiet ceremony, a rough kiss from the grandfather, and a parson in odd attire. The money piece explains Mexican currency, real value, and making proper change with mixed coins.
Public concerns and local commentary across newspapers
Greenville Item notes large remittance earnings and dividends while routing funds abroad. Carlyle Banner questions home investments in get rich quick schemes. Alton Sentinel Democrat mocks St Louis crap shooters near the World’s Fair. Trenton Sun calls for abolishing the grand jury as a costly nuisance with little return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Banner
Clinton County
Alton Sentinel Democrat
St. Louis
Board of Trade
Sweet Cough Syrup Praised by Mrs Peterson
A Kansas reader lauds Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a speedy, pleasant remedy for coughs and colds. The note urges not neglecting slight colds to avoid pneumonia and recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a counteraction and cure. Sold by S Kingston and Kingston's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Peterson
Lake St
Topeka
Kansas
Ballard
Kingston's
Chamberlain
S. Kingston
John Blount Recovers From Rheumatism After Balm
Many friends of John Blount learn he fully recovered from rheumatism. Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured him after doctors in Monon Indiana failed to relieve the pain. The prompt relief from this liniment is worth many times its cost. For sale by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blount
Chamberlain
Monon
Ind
S. Kingston
Electric Bitters Cited As Cure For Nervous Ills And Run Down Systems
A promotional blurb extols Electric Bitters as a reliable remedy for overwork sleep loss and nervous tension. It claims to cure liver and kidney disorders, dispel nervousness rheumatism and neuralgia, and expel malaria germs. Available for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by S Kingston, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Kingston
Woman Hobbying Cloth Rolls Seeks Friend at Store
A woman at a large city dress goods counter dragged down and unrolled nearly all stock. The clerk, tired but polite, offered to show more rolls. She said she was merely looking for a friend, and the clerk replied he would unroll any rolls that might contain her friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott’s Magazine
Twenty Five Years Ago This Week In Troy
From The Weekly Bulletin March 7 1878 the issue notes births movements and lectures in Troy. A son was born to Mr and Mrs John E Wood George A Purviance moved near Marine. The board declares the centennial flag pole a nuisance and orders its removal provoking town anger ahead of elections. Lectures by J R Miller and Spencer M Case are announced with a visiting committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Wood
George A. Purviance
Marine
J. R. Miller
Caseyville
Presbyterian Church
Spencer M. Case
East St. Louis
Royal Purple Association
Mesdames
F. A. Peterman
Jane Lawson
Belle Hassinger
Mattie Thomas
Messrs
Frank Cramer
W. D. Renfroe
George Henderson
Chesley McKee
George Armstrong
John A. Keown
Troy
Selah
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Six Month Leg Sore
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered a frightful running sore on his leg for six months and writes that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. The salve is claimed best for ulcers wounds piles with guaranteed cure at 25 cents by S Kingston druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Buckien
S. Kingston
What Each One Gets Distilled Wealth and Social Loss
A bushel of corn yields four gallons of whiskey and a shared distribution shows government four dollars forty cents, farmer five dollars five cents, railroad one dollar five cents, manufacturer five dollars, retailer seven dollars eighty cents, customer doomed to drunkenness, wife to hunger, children to poverty, and taxpayers burdened with higher taxes for jails and poorhouses. A Missouri editor cites a Bible verse about divine mystery while promoting Rocky Mountain Tea priced thirty five cents at S Kingston's.
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Stephens
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Phact, Phun and
Phancy
York
Greenville
E. J. Arnold & Co
Mexico
Trenton Sun
Ayaa
Ilumbei
Boyer Prote
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Ruchter
J. H. Steinhans
Canon Wilberforce
Missouri
Rocky Mountain Tea
S. Kingston's
AL Steowhi “Chin
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West Clay Street
Kinloch 13
W.W. Jarvis
WD. G. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
Grandpa
Grandma
Father
Madison Medicine CO
Atadison
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