County Cullings From Alton Area Highlights
Alton notes report on diverse local events from pensions and birthdays to deaths and industry. Chamles Phinny turns 89. Mrs. Francis Lowe dies at 70. Minois Glassdonates 3000 to St. Louis World’s Fair fund. John G. Blake dies in Carthage. Labor Day celebrations across Edwardsville Collinsville Alton. Typhoid fever outbreak near Horseshoe Lake with ten serious cases. Alton waterworks intake extension costs 40000. Lime and Cement quarry strike ends with ten-hour days. Highland Maennerchor Harmonies drew large crowds. Edwardsville to gain direct St Louis telephone link. Green glass dept resumes at Illinois Glass Alton. Dominic Sylvester dies from injuries and typhoid. 19-year-old Wolbart Gomin dies on belt incident. Mississippi Valley Blade equipment to relocate to Alton. Alton bridge to be freed from receiver. 120-car train through Merchants’ Bridge. New Alton Vandalia railroad proposed. Imperial Coal Co formed. Alton & Eastern line planned. Public notices include chronic diarrhoea testimonials for Chamberlain’s remedy.
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John G. Blake
Collinsville
Carthage
Edwardsville
Alton
Horseshoe Lake
Alton Lime and Cement Co’s
Highland Maennercher Harmonie
Lindenthal Park
Dominic Sylvester
Collinaville
Wolbart Gomin
National Enameling and Stamping Works
Granite City
Mississippi Valley Blade
Venice
Alton Bridge
J. F. Barpyard
Camp meeting near Ashley and town notes across region
Nearby Ashley hosts an old fashioned camp meeting. Medora links to Carlinville phone system while Litchfield police seize slot machines. Ava votes to stay village 76 to 73. broom corn harvests, pickle crop bustle. Eldorado oil excitement. Mt Olive to unveil Virden monument Oct 12. East St. Louis new city hall due Oct 1. Trenton bonds for water works pass by 12 votes. Old Soldiers Day Sept 27 at State Fair. Virden commemorates riot anniversary Oct 12 and 18.
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East St. Louis
the Knights of Pythias
Trenton
State Board of Agriculture
Owen Ware
Macoupin County
England
Shipman
Napoleon and the Itch Diagnosis in Harpers Magazine
A Harpers Magazine excerpt recounts Napoleon Bonaparte’s medical treatment as First Consul and Emperor. Doctors in Paris misattributed his skin ailment to gale repercutee, a then fashionable label masking ignorance. The piece notes modern medicine identifies the itch as a skin disease caused by a microscopic insect, curable by killing the insect.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Paris
Corvisart
Harcper
Green's August Flower praised by world traveler
Prof Houton notes in ten years of global travel he met more people using Green's August Flower for dyspepsia disturbed liver and stomach and constipation. He says tourists and workers with headaches from irregular habits find it a grand remedy. Sample bottles free at S Kingston's. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries. Men’s Furnishings at Hawley’s.
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Prof. Houton
S. Kingston
Quote fragment from a play scene
A sentiment about love contrasts with a witty remark that no woman is certain. The exchange involves a nephew and an uncle with Puck contributing a quip on uncertainty in love.
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Puck
The Louvre Holds Its First Honorary Painting
A rule at the Louvre in Paris requires that no painting is hung until the artist has been dead ten years. The guideline ensures posthumous recognition before display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre
Paris
The Toledo Weekly Blade Advertisement
The Toledo Weekly Blade claims an immense nationwide circulation during presidential campaigns and beyond. It highlights honesty and fairness across public questions, features for all ages, and offers specimen copies, club terms, and a one dollar yearly subscription.
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Toledo Weekly Blade
United States
Union
Household Department
Skunk Roams Near N E Rosens Corner
An odor near N E Rosens corner and the poor farm caused Main street residents to detour. A skunk was found lodged in a tile drain under a crossing. Local boys drove it away with smoke and a rifle. Residents later reported doors barred and clothing left on a tree, suggesting a stable relocation.
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N. E. Rosen’s Corner
Troy Ordinance Raises Lighting Tax With $500 Allocation
Ordinance No 33 of Troy City Council levies a $500 lighting appropriation for the next year to be raised by tax. Sec two states the ordinance takes effect ten days after publication. Passed and approved September 4 1899 with signatures of City Clerk F C Gaves and Mayor S W Rawson.
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City of
Troy
Wliml
F. C. Gaves
S. W. Rawson
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Tuesaday
Chamles Phinny
Francis Lowe
Richard E. Lowe
Minois Glass Company
St. Louis
Central Union
Green Glass
Illinois Glass Works
Madison
Merchants’ Bridge
American Car and Foundry Company
Vandalia
Imperial Coal Co
Alton & Enxstern
Chamberlain
J. R. Grays
Fincastle
L. Shaver
Mr. Gibbs
Mr. Shaver
W. E. Casper
General News
Ashley
Medora
Carlinville
Litchfield
Virden
Carlyle
Ava
Jackson County
Arcola
Decatur
St. Clair County
Eldorado
Saline County
Mt. Olive
Germantown
O A Company
United Mine Workers of America
Vandalia Democrat
Pana
Napoleon
Lis
Gale
Hawley’s
Adam
Hive
J. W. Gornet
Iron Building
West Clay Street
THE
Ashiom
George Liebbler
South Main Street
Troy Exchange Bank
W.W
D. G. Jarvis
Bankers
Main Street
Troy, In
NEW Home Sewing Machine Co
Orange
Chi
Louis
Ma Allan Tae Ban
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
Draughon
Ninth and Olive Streets
Mowat
Nashville
Oldcat
Munn & Co
Scientific American
New York
Broadway
Washington, D
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