Carlyle mill in operation and local notices
Carlyle's new paper mill is now in operation. Central has set the contract for its new city building with a bid of 4 787 dollars. A Belleville farmer sold an 88 pound 15 ounce ham. E O Stanard Milling Co of Alton shipped 3 000 bags of flour to Cuba. County hospital inmates remain a bit above one hundred. Carterville had a fire causing 250 000 dollars in damage last week. A large adder was found in bed with a child at Kankakee and killed with no harm. A Carmi man offers to build a mill at Greenville if Greenville citizens raise a 2 000 dollar bonus. E J Brazwell of Roadhouse cut his throat with a case knife. The Otterville post office was entered and 54 dollars in cash and stamps stolen. Cattle near Edwardsville are afflicted with Texas fever. Farms on which the dreadful scourge persists.
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Carlyle
Central
E. O. Stanard Milling Co
Alton
Cuba
Carterville
Kankakee
A .Carmi
Greenville
Otterville
Edwardsville
Art on PHACT PHAN AND PHANCY Divorce Incompatibility
A fragmented column blends jokes and social quips about marriage and manners. It mocks relatives temperaments, jokes on class and beauty, charity, religion, and a Boston lecturer's call to marry quickly. It also notes a West man boasting live oak furnishings and a wife’s takedown.
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West
Boston
Epidemics and Scams Spotlighted in Local News
The text notes a peculiar brain infection at Arcola affecting vision and nasal function. It mentions a silver brick swindle at Normal linked to S. Knott, an elderly retiree, claiming losses between 60 000 and 75 000 dollars. It also references John Walter of the London Times shaping modern journalism and a critique of public education.
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Belleville
That City
E. J. Brazwell
Roadhouse
Phanand
Arcola
Normal
el Paso
Texas
Norm
Bloomington
Gollectio Knott
Pave
John Walter
London Times
Walter
Central Hotel
Market Street, ‘Troy
WM. Meiners
L. E. Rawson
Jeffrson Ave
St. Louis
F. W. Zanders
Roy
Theo, Guennewig
Ain &Market Sts
Troy, Sl
Philosophy OF Life
Witho
Droll's
Tall Advertising
Tor
M. F. Allwarter
H. E. Brown
MNE
Sade
Meiner
Maiu
Baird
A. Baird
Main Street
Troy
Roy City
John Climling
Prop
Corner Market
Hickory Streets
Fred Kuntzmann
J. W. Gornet
Clay Street
Troy Exchange Bank
D. G. Jarvis
Bankers
Troy, I
WM. J. Vetter
Dis Groceries Gungyswss
Asinine
Qyllinsville
WM. F. Peter
Socieety Printing
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