County Correspondence Notes and Local Visits
Edwardsville reports Joe Begeman attended the state fair in Springfield. Linn and family from St. Louis visited relatives Sunday. Leona McKee Ada Kosher returned home from St. Louis after visiting Miss Jessie McKee. Wilkie Barnsback hosts guests from St. Louis with his son and wife in Divernon. Yantes Lodge entertained a visiting St. Louis lodge at Tunnell Hall with a banquet and dancing. John Clark, 30, a farmer near Stallings, came here on...
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Joe Begeman
Springfield
Linn
St. Louis
Leona McKee
Ada Kosher
Jessie McKee
W. W. Barnsback
Divernon
Wilkie Barnsback
Yantes Lodge
Tunnell Hall
John Clark
Stallings
Obituary notes and local society items
Sunday to get medical treatment died Tuesday noon at St James Hotel. His wife and young son survived with him. Funeral Thursday from his home to Nameoki. Robert H. Kinder former resident died Saturday afternoon at Richmond Missouri. Remains conveyed here. funeral at 10 30 Monday at Methodist church. Rev J L Cunningham officiated. many out of town relatives attended. Railroad Jack played at the opera house Saturday night Casey's Troubles next. Florence Tartt attends college at Jacksonville. Dora Judd home after visiting sister Mrs O E Hickerson at Alton. Mr and Mrs Ben Johnson visited Mr and Mrs Thomas Ramey at Monk's Mound Sunday. E W Bur roughs attended State Farmer Institute meeting in Springfield Monday. Mr and Mrs Roa and son Frederick visited St Louis Sunday. Edwardsville and Troy football at Leclaire Saturday. Edwardsville won 10 to 0. Large crowd witnessed. Mrs Charles McDonald returned to Jacksonville after visiting daughter Mrs E L Lax. October 1.
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St. James
Nameoki
Robert H. Kinder
Richmond
J. L. Cunningham
Railroad Jack
Opera House
Casey's
Florence Tartt
Jacksonville
Dora Judd
O. E. Hickerson
Alton
Ben Johnson
Thomas Ramey
Monk's Mound
E. W. Burroughs
State Farmer's Institute
Springfield
Roa
Frederick
St. Louis
Edwardsville
Troy
Leclaire
Charles McDonald
E. L. Lax
Local notes and visits from residents and guests
A roundup of residents visiting and traveling between towns. Charles Mohmne and Robert Livery drove to Highland Monday followed by other visitors from St Louis and Missouri. Several locals and guests were noted in Alham bra, Springfield, Staunton, Marine, Sorento, and Alton with plans to move, and a church musical is announced by Miss Lula Kennedy for October 4 with free admission. Dr. and Mrs. McKinney host Wm. McKinney of St. Louis, and Mrs. Dr. Threadgill is ill with typhoid. An illness item notes typhoid and a health remedy testimonial ends with an ad for King’s New Life Pills.
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Charles Mohme
Robert Livery
Highland
E. E. Vallentine
Alhambra
J. F. Long
Springfield
W. K. Marney
St. Louis
Charles Sutton
Missouri
Jack Hart
John Eaves
Lola
Frank Wedepohl
Alton
J.F. Long, Jr
Staunton
Henry Hertzler
Marine
M. Kray
Charles Mohmne
Nichols
Dusenberg
Wm. McKinney
Modern English Women Face Pressure From Padded Smiles
A London paper argues many women now deploy smiles as mere muscle rather than feeling. Critics say politeness, not joy, drives these ubiquitous smiles, likening them to insincere displays that mask deeper emotions and dull genuine expression.
Leap Year Birthday in Berlin Prompts Eighteenth Birthday
Herr Monteur of Berlin, wealthy and head of the leap year children society, will celebrate his eighteenth birthday on February 29, 1904. The group, the world’s only leap year children society, omits birthdays every four years under the reformed calendar. A major celebration is planned with notable interest from prominent figures. The piece notes February 1886 had no full moon, a rare event not seen for 2.5 million years.
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Herr Monteur
Berlin
London
Warms on American Finance and a Love-Sick Indian
The London Times editorial warns that US finance may not endure if liabilities outrun resources despite good harvests and a hopeful cotton crop. It cautions against ignoring economic laws and notes that the present financial fashion cannot last. Evans Brady, a full blooded Indian, died in Bellevue hospital after a white woman refused to marry him.
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United States
London Times
New York
America
Evans Brady
Bellevue Hospital
Handy Book of Insults Described by German Author Schuch
The Schimpfworter Lexikon catalogs 2500 insulting expressions in five broad categories including insults for men women or children and collective slurs for groups. Marconi adds light humor noting wireless telegraphy evolved from ancient signaling and jokes about cable company interests.
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Herr Schuch
Mississippi
Deautiful Complexions Linked to Liver Health Claim
An old advertorial suggests skin flaws result from a poorly ordered liver. It praises Henpine as a remedy to cleanse the liver, improve digestion, and promote a clear, bright complexion free from sillowness pimples blotches and dull skin. The emphasis is on internal health as the path to external beauty.
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