Smallpox Rages On Suburbs and Local Incidents
News brief assortment from the region reports a smallpox outbreak near Chicago, a failed asylum removal in Chester, multiple fires causing financial losses, a sale of an electric plant, a shrine stone laying for Pekin refinery, and various local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chester
Flora
Messrs
Farmers’ and Traders’ Bank
Manchester
Green County
Breese Creamery. Co
All Sorts of World Facts and Oddities
A miscellany notes global population figures and language reachs. It mentions 116,000,000 English speakers, Arabic coinage with Koran inscriptions, U.S. mintage in Sandwich Islands, Samoan snake sleep remedy, Sahara’s size, a French woman testing chocolate’s sustenance for 60 days, a wedding in Auburn Maine, Niagara Falls power first used in 1725, and hydraulic canal plans by Augustus Porter with one completed in 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandwich Islands
United States
Samoan Islands
Sahara
Mississippi
Auburn
Noiagara
Augustus Porter
Out of the Ordinary World Facts Across Nations
A miscellany notes diverse oddities and claims from around the world. It cites Japan boasting seventeen shipyards and two electric railways, Germany reporting electric plowing, and Cuba’s vast virgin forests. It mentions Russia’s empress with a valued handkerchief, Italy exporting chestnuts, and Brazil’s limited inland transport prompting North American grain imports. It also recalls a Maine farmer opposing shoeing horses and Havana cabfare protections via color coded lamp posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Wisconsin
Russi
Cuba
Russia
Italy
United States
Leeds
England
Brazil
North America
West Bath
Havana
Random Fact Collection From Historical Anecdotes
A compilation of curious claims about animals people and places including whale oil yields height to foot ratios Sunday school pupil counts in Fiji and colorfully dated notes on tea prices and animal anatomy such as hyena kneeling posture and condor tenacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji Lalands
Honolulu
China
Empire
Proverbial Advice Against Vanity and Duty
A compact set of maxims urges balance in work and envy, advising against overwork and outward envy while valuing pluck over luck. It warns that retreat from fault is corrective and that tears reveal swift change, ending with a reminder not to deride others and to avoid empty talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Quincy
J. H. LaPearl
Danville
Fairfield
Christian County
Red Bud
Missouri City
Galesburg
J.D. Crab
New Staunton
New York
I- 18
Consolidated Coal Co
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General News
Buukes
Shelby County
Th Cobden Bank
Messrs. Linnell & Miller
C.D. Taylor
Fayette County
Fred Kuntzmann
WM. F. Peter
Phil. Eckert
Graham
Highland Marble Works
ED Paats
L. G. Eckert
Central Hotel
WM Meiners
L. E. Rawson
Jeffrson Ave
St. Ieeo
F. W. Zanders
Troy
Theo, Guennewig
Main & Market Sts
Troy, Il
Baird
Urs
A. Baird
Accomodations
Main Street
M. F. Allwarter
TRON
J. H. Stienhans
THE
Rouse Turniseer
General Merchandise
W. Clay Street
ROY Exchange Bank
W. W
D. G. Jarvis
Bankers
Troy, I
Troy City
John Drimling
Beabron
Corner Market
Vickery Streets
Marns Desians
Copynicuts &c
Communicaon Acriett
Munnoe
George KB. Secord
Towanda
N.Y
S. Kingston
Humphreys
Isi Ier
Druggiata
Willia
Mati
Upticalns
Ague the
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