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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
1
Eleven year old Minnie Strube heard a splash near a cistern and rescued her nine year old brother Henry from six feet of water. She lowered a broom, pulled him up, and her sister Mary helped carry him to safety. The Amboy incident highlights local bravery and community spirit.
A group of Ashton youths camps this week at Schmidt's cottage Grand Detour a half mile above the bridge. The party includes Misses Lucy Hart Amanda Vaupel Eva Arnould Ada Orout Viola Burnham and Messrs Glenn Rosecrans Carl Pfeiffer Fred Wagner Charles Arnould and Ray Chadwick. Chaperone is Mrs K E H Chadwick.
Treasury officials consider standardizing note designs with the same portraits on all issues by denomination. Reported plans include abolishing the two dollar note to prevent confusion with larger bills and improve security.
The current issue of the Amboy Journal includes an Illustrated Prospectus detailing the city’s advantages. It runs twelve pages printed on fine paper and features forty nine pictures of the town.
The Detroit Journal notes extraordinary profits in auto manufacturing, citing Cadillac's sale to General Motors for 4.5 million and multi million stockholder gains. It also highlights E M F Company Olds Buick Ford and Packard profits and vast capitalization boosts in the Detroit industry.
Harry Pierce sold his barber shop located near Roesler's to Earl Beamis on Tuesday. Pierce opened the shop last spring and Beamis recently left the Van Ness shop to take over. John Krug will continue working there and Beamis has many friends hoping for his success.
Tomorrow the Dixon Browns face the world famous White Sox in Dixon drawing many fans. People from here plan to attend, and attendance could rise if No. 12 stops in the evening.
Eye lid injury occurred Friday afternoon when Joseph Mall, building a grain elevating conveyor at his home, was cut on the upper right lid by a brace on the track. Miss Anna Eisenberg secured a teaching position in shorthand and typewriting at Shenandoah Iowa.
The Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Association of Freeport joins with Great American Life of St Louis and International Life of St Louis to form International Life with headquarters in St Louis. Cosmopolitan policies will be reinsured by Great American starting Friday and its reserve used to prepay policies. Local unit in Freeport remains a strong garrison with 125 members plus Emminent Ladies. full merger details expected soon.
The Friday evening performance was very well attended and regarded as good by attendees. The band and orchestra proved to be a major drawing card and gave concerts at 3:00 and 7:30 PM.
Complaints mount as the new Lincoln pennies circulate. Owners report the lighter coins slip through machines or jam the slot due to size and thickness differences from the old pennies, causing inconvenience and operation issues.
Low rates and an illustrated folder describe the exposition via the North Western Line. Variable paths cover Yellowstone Park Yosemite Colorado Utah and the Pacific Coast. Free booklets and maps are available on application to any ticket agent.
Dr J E Carlson noted optician of La Salle will be at Dr H B Bremmer's office Monday August 30 to fit glasses. Gazerrer listed at 1 50 per year.
Killmer and Boyd traveled to Chicago on business Tuesday. Frank Purdue left for South Dakota to find threshing work. Al McCrea and his wife visited W. B. McCrea's family in West Brooklyn. Mrs. D. M. Billmire plans camping at Franklin Grove during the Lincoln Chautauqua. Mrs. Edgar C. Shippee will visit relatives in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska for two weeks. The Reynolds church construction slowed due to lumber delays. masons finished the wall three weeks ago. Margaret Beach returned from Thermopolis after ten weeks visiting relatives. Funeral attendance brought Anthony, Kansas visitors. R. D. Brown and daughter Mrs. B. B. Fitch stayed with T. H. Quick. Wheat use in Lee County remains high with strong yields. Butler reports a 25 acre wheat field yielding 40 bu per acre. oats from 150 acres yielded 127 loads at 60–65 bu per load. Presbyterian church work continues. foundation and walls advance. steeples removed and bell down. Allan Krug returned from Chicago for a two-week vacation. works for A. C. McClurg & Co. Miss Mabel Clark graduates Dixon College and returns home for vacation. Bert Reed's Gazette address updated from Spokane to Kalispell. Bert has a shoe-store job.
The North Western Line promotes discounted excursion fares to major East Coast and Atlantic resorts. Tickets cover New York City Boston Toronto Montreal Quebec Niagara Falls Atlantic City and seaside and mountain resorts with full details at any agent.
James E. Kirby, a prominent Alto Township citizen and former supervisor, died Thursday evening at his home after more than a year of illness. He was 62 or 63, came to Lee County in 1862, built an 800 acre estate, and was active in county affairs and Democratic politics. Funeral services were held Monday at Rochelle Catholic Church. He leaves a wife and six children.
Work on the Nelson-Na husa cut-off advances with tie and rail laying likely to start within a week. The west grading is done, the eastern section should finish by week’s end if weather holds. Machinery and crews are at Nelson for track laying, followed by gravel trains from the Galt pit.
Mrs Nexson announces the opening of a Dressmaking and Millinery Store in the Mrs Randall building on the first of September. Patronage solicited.
The Lee County Board of Review closed its books at Dixon last Friday, reporting a total county valuation of 16,231,448 with 167,369 added through a late year review. The session began in July and, under a new law shifting assessment from one-fifth to one-third, boosted township values and prompted a multiplier of three to reach full valuation.
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