Greatest Exposition Opens in St Louis and Towns Grow
The world’s greatest industrial exposition opened in St Louis amid calls for voters to focus on principles rather than parties. The era’s hard times still see ongoing development and progress as towns grow. A Georgia bridge sign warns white fine and black lash for speeding. Astronauts face danger in their field, with fatalities noted in daily papers. The Bunker Hill News, a six-column eight-page weekly, enters its ninth year under Henrichs and Wulf and shows signs of success. Towns thrive when residents cooperate, and Jerseyville Republican enters its 32nd year with J. W. Becker at the helm. The Montgomery News reports frost harming crops as farmers press cider, potatoes, and pumpkins, while nuts fall in frosty woods and political burnings amuse. A rising concern about photographic wallet checks worries editors as customers bring in money. A St Louis coachman trapped a burglar with a monkey wrench, hinting at demand for hardware in ads. Edwardsville plans a new telephone exchange and modernization advances.
Edwardsville Connection to Link Major Business Houses
A company will build a direct link with Edwardsville’s leading business houses. Construction starts immediately and will be pushed to completion. An exchange warns merchants to advertise and stock up before an October doomsday. It urges subscribers to pay up to secure influence when Gabriel blows his trumpet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel
City Directory Census Notes Population and Names
Cuicaco issues a city directory showing 1 752 000 residents with 5 400 Johnsons 4 200 Smiths 3 700 Millers 3 650 Anders ons plus several surnames. A census-taker resignation is noted amid remarks on thinking liberty and individual judgment attributed to John Wesley and farm life observations on gender and equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicaco
Przeurzowski
Pszolinska
Ruehmensperger
Trezezpratowski
Rexzjo
Editor’s grim muse over debtors and justice
In a lurid fantasy the editor envisions his death and heavenly afterlife. He imagines surveying a great gulf to scorn swindlers who fail to pay for water, bidding them to moisten their tongues with the ink on his paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise
Jasper
Gulf
Also Mentioned on This Page
August Droll
Tue Weery Uall
Troy
Illinois
St. Louis
Georgia
Bunker Hill
Hen-richs & Wulf
Jerseyville
J. W. Becker
The
Montgomery News
Edwardsville
Central Union Telephone
God
John Wesley
Hood
Ber Bes
Harm Journal
U. S
United States
Maine
California
Montana
Florida
Farm Journal
Philadelphia
OF the
Julian Curzon
America
Morocco
Publisher’s Supply CO
Emilie Building
S. Kington
Auy
J. Fred Reily & CO
Atlantic Building
Washington, D.C
Stienhans
Scientific American Agency For
Rte
Coryrionts
Penaton
Munn & CO
Tio
Americe
Hevedway
New York City
M. F. Allwarter
General Merchandise
Public Square
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!