Opposition is done with L W Miller on school tuition ruling
County Superintendent L W Miller welcomes the Supreme Court upholding the 1918 Magill High School Tuition Act. He cites opposition to tuition payments by Lee County school directors and notes varying annual costs from several towns. A separate local ordinance targets shooting galleries, with penalties in Ashton IL.
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Supreme Court
Miller
Lee County
Dixon
Harmon
Brooklyn
Compton
Steward
Amboy
Ashton School
Ashton High School
Reynolds Christmas Program At Church Includes Choir and Cantata
The Reynolds Evangelical church Sunday School presents a Thursday evening program featuring piano, songs, duets, readings, and a cantata A Rose of Bethlehem with numerous participants led by the pastor Remarks and offering follow the program Ashton reports 115 autos in town and surrounding area with local debts notice asking settlement at once from C W Jonker and advertising new turning lathe services at The Ashton Garage.
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Reynolds Evangelical Church
Pearl Meyer
Della Neuman
Joy Sandrock
Roland Hewert
Margaret Chean
Vivian Mavis
Ray Sandrock
Chris Kingle
Faye Wagner
Illia Ewald
Bernice Mavis
Carol Chean
Evelyn Pfeiffer
Glen Hewert
Hilda Ewald
Jesus
Luella Walter
Clarence Hewert
Emma Zimmerman
Wilburn Marvin
Clinton Pfeiffer
Elva Meyer
Choir
Glen Vaupel
Santa Claus
Carrie Mavis
Bertha Zimmerman
Hazel Pfeiffer
Rose Kersten
Vera Chean
Mamie Marvin
Dolly
Roy Krug
LeRoy Kersten
Fern Ewald
United Evangelical Church
Bradford
Ashton
Amboy Road Meeting Highlights County Road Status
County Superintendent L B Neighbour outlines Lee county highway facts at Amboy gathering with 215 miles hard surfaced including 52 gravel and 158 stone roads. Whiteside official W N Taggett backs reinforced concrete for small bridges and notes Tice road law value. Subscriptions and real estate ad items accompany a local notice page.
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Lee County
L. B. Neighbour
Palmyra
Palmyra Avenue
Dixon
Dixon Township
Amboy
South Dixon
Lee Center
Stone Roads
W. N. Taggett
Whiteside County
Brushed Aside by Death Welcome to Ashton Bride
Fred Kliebe and Harry Bowers escaped a fatal collision when their buggy was struck by a fast freight train at the Douglas avenue crossing. The buggy wrecked but both men were uninjured as the engineer stopped the train promptly after the impact. The incident followed the Sterling passenger’s departure and a blinded view due to the siding train's electric light.
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Fred Kliebe
Harry Bowers
Douglas Avenue
Sterling
No Hunting Notice on Farms Near Lafayette Township
A list of landowners in Lafayette Township posts a no hunting or trespassing notice for farms bounded by Hoosier Street Reed Street the County line and the Gilbert and Dugdale road. Violations will be prosecuted. Dated December 15 1914.
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Lafayette Township
Hoosier Street
Reed Street
Gilbert and Dugdale
Fred Tilton
Fred M. Wetzel
J. Wagaman
Geo. Worthington
Ed. Hardesty
Horace Bucher
Wm. Brecunier
M. J. Paddock
J. A. McCullough
George Heinzeroth
John Sloggett
Frank Haenitch
Charles Kersten
Edison Vogel
Raymond Hoop
Charles Barnhart
Marcus Pfetzing
Clayton Bowers
Mrs. Voss Dies at Home North of Town
Mrs. John Voss died Tuesday at her home on the Charles Trainer farm north of town. The funeral will be held Christmas afternoon at two o'clock at St. John's Lutheran church with Rev. G. Mack officiating. Obituary to follow next week.
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John Voss
Charles Trainer
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rev. G. Mack
Stores Agree to Evening Closings in Winter Plan
Merchants signed an agreement to close all stores each weekday at six oclock except Saturdays. The plan begins Monday December twenty eighth and runs through March first.
Knapp and Smith Buy Ashton Sheep Yards in MN Real Estate Move
Nathan Sanders sells Ashton Sheep Yards of 289 acres to a Minnesota firm in exchange for 480 acres near George Minnesota. Willard Knapp and Conrad Smith acquire the business and plan to continue operations, bringing sheep feeding expertise to Ashton. Dr J E Carlson of La Salle to fit glasses in town on December 29. H M Kersten visited Roschelle yesterday.
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Nathan Sanders
Ashton
Minnesota
George
Sanders
The
Land Company
Messrs
Willard Knapp
Conrad Smith
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L. W. Miller
Illinois
County of
Lee
Ralph J. Dean
North-Western
North- Western
Jacob Wendel
Reynolds
Faust H. Boyd
Ashton Township
C. W. Jonker
Ashton Garage
Neighbour
Lincoln Shumway
T. H. Quick
Henry J. Messer
Wm. Myers
Charles W. Schaneberg
O. W. Griffith
G. A. Hamel
W. J. Kested
Clint Myers
Henry W. Reitz
Elton Luckey
Austin
Minn
S. D. Clark
Horton
Kansas
E. A. Durston
Fred Klenke
Fred H. Klenke
Racine
Mary Vaupel
A. R. Worthington
H. H. Vaupel
Fairbury
Neb
Jesse Lundy
Mendota
H. M. Kersten
Frank S. Harr
Gazetite
Narrow Escape
Joseph Dauntler
J. J. Dauntler
Joe A. Dauntler
Woodmen
Woodman Lodge
Mr. Dauntler
Woodman
Joel Dauntler Jr
S. J. Mall
Dauntler Sr
Joe Dauntler Jr
Dixon Daily News
Lwater Works
John Vender
Hoy
Thompson
Richardson Avenue
Frank S. Hart
Neoga
Springfield
Knapp & Smith
Carlson
J. E. Carlson
LaSalle
Roschelle
the Gazette
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
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