New Stamps Introduced for Parcels Post Denominations
Postmaster Chadwick unveils a full parcels post stamp range up to 25 cents in red with various duties listed for clerks, carriers, and services. Green postage stamps cover 1, 2, 5, 10 and 25 cents, with engraved designs and bold denomination figures. The change may alter railway mail service as parcels post expands and extra help and cars are added to trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
C! Chadsick
Nobell
AuHUWay UCo_KLDS
Parcela Post
Epworth League to Present Musical at Local Church
Epworth League members organize a musical entertainment next Monday evening in the Methodist Episcopal church. An excellent program is planned and an admission fee of twenty cents will be charged. Tickets available from any League member.
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Epworth League
Methodist Episcopal Church
Keystone League of Christian Endeavor
Tally
George Sanford
Program for Men s Class at Meth Episcopal Sunday School
In place of the regular review lesson next Sunday class No 6 will stage a special program with members taking parts. The program includes prayers songs and brief talks by members followed by closing words.
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Methodist Sunday School
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
W. B. McCrea
Randall -Quartet
S. T. Jennings
E. C. Shippee
Stores to close evenings for annual merchant custom
Farmers and townsfolk recall the longstanding practice of stores closing at 7 pm on most weekdays during January February and March with Saturdays exempt. Several merchants named include A W Rosecrans Co G A Hamel W B McCrea and others as the tradition continues. A separate notice invites bidding on December 27 1912 for farm stock equipment and land near Ashton leveraging a move to Iowa. The sale lists horses cattle hogs farm machinery seed corn potatoes and various household items with terms details and auctioneers listed.
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Iowa
Ashton
West
Brooklyn
Lee Center
Gerbers
Weishaar
Poland
Deering Planter
Amboy distillery memory spurs Shelburne history tale
Editor Carpenter recounts the Rocky Ford distillery near Amboy and Shelburne, its 19th century origin, growth, and decline, noting the remains, the dam, and the old town’s importance on the Peru and Galena stage road. The piece links the ruin to a painting gift and local lore at the Amboy Woman's Club.
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Rocky Ford
Peru
Galena
Amboy
Black Hawk
Janis Detons
Morial
Shelburne
Frederick Dutcher
Jacob Doane
Shelburne Manufacturing Company
Dutcher
Herbert Conner
Amboy Woman’s Club
F. E. Stevens
Dixon Citizen
Dixon
Conner
Amboy News
News of the City Told in Paragraphs
A parade of hometown notices details holiday travels and returns. Carl and Mrs. Greve visit Falton. Miss Eisenberg, Miss Kersten, and Miss Quick return home from York, Naperville, and T. H. pick, respectively. Rooms, trains, and shops are noted, including D. Hartell’s improved rural mail wagon and George Stephan’s boulevard lighting. The Moonlight Special keeps trains safe. the Kennedy show entertains crowds amid a holiday vote for Eliza Griffith’s silver prize.
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Carl Greve
Falton
Justus Wagner
Mildred Bowers
Moline
Dianna Bowers
Charles Bode
Chicago
Carl
Milwaukee
Maude Kersten
Naperville
Northwestern College
John H. Kersten
Lowa
Laila Quick
T. H. Pick
Henry Smith
Dysart
Iowa
Tor
D. Hartlell
Roberta Brown
Tt Byers
Miss Brown
Harrisburg
George Stephan
William C. Schafer
Tampa
Florida
Kennedy
Opera House
Eliza Griffith
Gazette Printing Delay Notice
A notice states the Gazette will be printed late Thursday afternoon on the next press day, delaying publication and distribution.
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Gazette
Subscribers Renew as Year Ends for Ashton Gazette
The Ashton Gazette lists renewals and new subscribers as 1913 nears, naming George Krug Charles Hunt Charles Evans C E Drummond Mrs A J Butler R W Smith C W Bowers C W Vaupel W C Schafer Sr Henry Hoffmeister Martin Smith Adam Schafer Herman Kersten Henry Weishaar Henry Sachs Mrs George Dillon J J Neuman John G Eisenberg A M Moore Wm H Vender Mrs John Roat Charles Wagner George C Schmidt Laurens Iowa joined last week. One year subscription is $1.50.
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Gazette
George Krug
Ashton
Charles R. Hunt
Charles Evans
Muskogee
Okla
C. E. Drummond
A. J. Butler
West Brooklyn
Ill
R. W. Smith
Franklin Grove
C. W. Bowers
C. W. Vaupel
W. C. Schafer, Sr
Henry Hoffmeister
Martin Smith
Adam Schafer
Herman Kersten
Stoward
Henry Weishaar
Henry Sachs
George Dillon
J. J. Neuman
Sanborn
Iowa
John G. Eisenberg
A. M. Moore
Wm. H. Vender
John Roat
Amboy
Charles Wagner
George C. Schmidt
Laurens
Half Century of Service for Northwestern Engineer Dan Tuttle
Dan Tuttle, long serving Northwestern Railway engineer and successor to retired Larry Gagin, will retire on January 1 with a substantial pension. Tuttle’s nearly fifty years of service mark a storied career as Sterling passenger chief among the system’s trusted locomotive crews. James Curtin will cover the Sterling shift train with the other engineer, while the vacant position will be filled by the best claimant. Brick ice cream for Christmas and New Year’s at Mosher’s.
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Dan Tuttle
Larry Gagin
Northwestern
Sterling
Tuttle
Ur. Acter, Holmes
Cardston
Com
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Harlow E. Chadwick
California
Overland Limited
Los Angeles Limited
China & Japan Mail
North Western Line
Odd Fellows
Rochelle
Hickory Grove Lodge No. 230
Ashton Lodge No
Tamme
Wanusry
Sivracu
A. W. Rosecrans & Co
G. A. Hamel
Geo. R. Carters & Son
Randall & Lakg
C. W. Jonker
E. 8. Rosecrans
F. O. Smith
J. C. Griffith
C. Wedler
H. C. Nelson
Clifford Knapp
Ralph J. Dean
Geo. B. Stephan
F. P. Eisenberg
Louis J. Sindlinger
M. N. Glenn
O. W. Griffith
McCape & Weishaar
Andy H. Butler
F. D. Kenney
R. S. Charters
Harry Muxlow
Bride
Town
Henry Neuman
Muxlow
Misa Minnie Neuman
John J. Neuman
Aid’ Mire
A. L. Feldkirchner
Charles Baldwit
Amos White
Lee County
Carpenter
J. W. Pinkston
McWherter of
Decatur
Presbyterian Church
Charles Zimple
Grange
Montana
Henry Zimple
Cedar Rapids
Will
Ashton Gazette
Sterling Passenger
Mosher’s
Illinois
A. W. Rosecrans
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