County News Highlights from Collinsville to Alton
Collinsville resident Samuel Harrison Sr dies. Highland’s Gottlieb Remmer passes away. Madison County Teachers’ Association to meet in Madison. Alton council annexes land east of city. Miss Tillie Blume dies of typhoid in Red Bud. county jail fire causes minor loss covered by insurers. John Copperwood alias Baltimore sentenced to 17 years for murder. Edwardsville resident George Bickelhaupt suffers severe paralysis but may recover. Board of Education unanimously favors $40,000 Alton high school. finance committee to meet city council. Warrants against Madison pool sellers found defective. prisoners released. Wm Tipton heads raiders and is released on other charges. Bluff City seeks to unite three Altons into one municipality for services. Census likely to boost Madison County to 70,000, triggering recorder of deeds election. Granite City Steel plant builds railroad access with new locomotive. Edwardsville Intelligencer notes a drunk case ending with “Irish buggy” ride to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Copperwood
Baltimore
Ellis Robinson
Venice
George Bb. Bickelhaupt
Edwardsville
Board of Education
Alton
Madison
Wm.Tipton
Bluff City
Altons
Alton Sentinel-Democrat
Madison Ison County
American Steel Company
Granite City
Bluff Line
Chicago & Alton
Wabash
Big Four
Merchants’ Terminal
Steel Company
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Offers Wide Skin Cure Range
Volcanic eruptions are grand but skin eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen’s Arnica salve cures them as well as running sores fevers ulcers boils felons corns warts cuts bruises burns chapped hands and chilblains. Best pile cure on earth. Drives out pains and aches. Only 25c a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Kingston Druggiat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Arnica
Kingston Druggiat
New opera house rising in Charleston and town notes
A 15000 opera house is under construction in Charleston. Pocahontas seeks a coal mine site. Springfield and Decatur connect by electric railway. Girard hosts a poultry show December 8 to 12. Taylorville to build a 100000 court house. M Burton becomes Macoupin master in chancery beside W E P Anderson. Peoria mail carrier Henry Adair fatally shot his wife then killed himself. Illinois Sugar Refining Co. starts a 700 ton per day beet factory at Pekin. Freeburg has erected 45 houses since 1895 at 1200 each. St Clair County Farmers Institute set for November 22 and 28 at Belleville. RE Godfrey elected mayor of Staunton to fill term of deceased Coerver. Suburban electric car collides with wagon. three mules killed. Ashland awards 6000 sq ft granitoid sidewalk at 63 cents per sq ft. Spring Valley three citizens fined 300 and costs for double ballot issue. Carlyle to hold a five day street fair next year with two political days. Safe of Rock Island Modern Woodmen robbed at noon. Supreme Court backs Modern Woodmen move from Fulton to Rock Island. Williamson county grand jury holds 21 for Carterville miners killings. Springfield mayor indicted for dereliction of duty. Toledo bonds 23000 for waterworks. Parkersburg vein of silver found eighteen inches thick forty five feet deep. Spring Valley miners strike over state and sub-district agreements. Decatur coal offers nine cents above union scale. miners fatigue, not yet accepted. Mrs Ernestina Shaediich acquitted in Wall murder case. Buy sell rent swap in this paper.
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Spring Valley
Costa
Carlyle
Black Hawk Building and Loan Association
Rock Island
Supreme Court
Fulton
Grand Jury
Williamson County
Carterville
Springfield
Sangamon County
Green's August Flower Advert Claim Dated Benefit
Questions Answered. August Flower claimed to be the largest selling medicine in the civilized world for indigestion bile and general malaise. It purportedly cleans the system regulates the liver and stabilizes nerves with a few doses in liquid form. Sample bottles advertised at S Kingston's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
S. Kingston’s
Popular music offer and a Va. injury story recall
An advertisement promises six piano and organ pieces for a mail request with coins or stamps, listing titles such as The Flower that won my Heart and Mamie O Rourke plus Dewey s March Two Step by the U S Marine Band. A Clay West Virginia man bruised his leg on ice in 1897 and healed after using Chamberlain s Pain Balm, which he credits with saving his leg from amputation. sold by B Kingston.
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Mamie O'Rourke
Manila
Dewey
U.S. Marine Band
Washington, D. C
Popular Music Co
Indianapolis, Ltd
Jus. Reed
Clay
W. Va
Ife
Chamberlain
Kingston
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Troy
Marine Road
W. W. Jarvis
Samuel Harrison, Sr
Collinsville
Gottlieb Remmer
Iighland
Madison County Feacher’s Association
Tillie Blume
Highland
Red Bud
General News
Charleston
Pocahontas
Decatur
Girard
Taylorville
Christian County
M. Burton
W. E. P. Anderson
Macoupin County
Henry Adair
Peoria
Illinois Sugar Refining Co
Pekin
Freeburg
St. Clair
Belleville
East St. Louis
Ashland
Inia
Toledo
Cumberland County
Parkersburg
Richland County
Decatur Coal Company
Ernestina Shaediich
Otto Mathes
Hampton W. Wall
Staunton
Andrew Wi’micken, JR
Stewart Drug CO
Carmi
Ill
Giffen & Giffen
Chicago, Ill
George Liebler
South Main Street
A. Heddergott
Sir Devler
West Clay Street
Vandalia Line
Westward
Vandalia Accom
Ind
Sun
Indianapolis Mail
G.L. Elliott
Illinois
Jd. M. Chesbrough
St. Louis
Highland Brewing Co
Martin J. Schott, Sr
Draughon
Inth
Olive Streets
Hanlie Building
Nashville
Galvestor
Tex
Savannah
Woxorkana
South
TrRave
DeEsians
Munn & Co
Scientific American
New York
Washington, D
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