New Firms Take Over Local Shops and Open Prospects
E J Randall sells his grocery to W B McCrea in the Masonic block. Hardware department sold to M N Glenn and A M Moore, owners with long ties to the business. Rosecrans & Co. transfers after eighteen years. Moore and Glenn promise solid stock and a bright future as they assume duties Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Rosecrans & Co
M. N. Glenn
A. M. Moore
A. W. Rosecrans
Moore
Glenn
E. J. Randall
Wm. B. McCrea
Masonic Block
Local business sale and ownership change in Ashton
After twelve years at the stand the firm begins invoicing Monday as McCrea takes possession. he plans to move to town from the farm, selling the property January 2. Randall has not decided if he will stay in Ashton. An entertainment feature unrelated to the sale, the Pictorial Story of Hiawatha, drew a large audience at Schuchart’s Opera House Friday evening with stereopticon views and Ojibway drama set around Lake Superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrea
MccCrea
Randall
Tucure
Hiawatha
Schuchart
Opera
Lake Superior
Nokomis
United States
Owlet
Death of Frank Killmer Seeks Comfort in Faith
Frank Killmer son of John J and Martha Killmer was born April 21 1886 at Bradford Lee county and died January 21 1906 at age 19 years 9 months from acute cerebral meningitis. He was converted January 29 1899 in Bradford under Rev I Suhr and united with United Evangelical. He was a modest home boy active in church life and was to lead the Young People meeting the day he died. Funeral attended by about 500 at Ashton Cemetery with German and English sermons by Rev Wm Schuster and Rev J G Fidder. Interment in Ashton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Killmer
John J
Martha Killmer
Bradford
Lee County
Jesus
I. Suhr
United
Evan
Brunt
United Evangelical Sunday School
Keystone League of Christian Endeavor
Frand
Frank
Wm. Schuster
J. G. Fidder
Chicago
Ashton Cemetery
Your Stationery Talks from the GazETTE Office
The piece urges readers to judge by letterheads and printing quality, praising GazETTE office for style neatness and accuracy. It argues well-presented commercial printing yields better results for expenditures and invites use of the GazETTE services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Office
Beemer Endorses Harris for County Judge Post
Attorney J W Beemer of Dixon argues for Arthur G Harris for county judge, citing Harris upbringing from farm to Dixon College and a Republican record. Beemer praises Harris as honest, capable, and devoted to equal rights and a small. deal, while warning against multi term power and graft risks in county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Beemer
Dixtona Law
Ann Arbor Land
Arthur G. Harris
Beemer
Compton
Dixon
G. Harris
Arthur
Dixon College
Harris
Wedded At High Noon In Chicago
Miss Lydia E. Long of Amboy and Arthr J. Brown of this place wed at a quiet noon ceremony Wednesday at 5254 Indiana Avenue Chicago. Bride daughter of Mrs. Estella Long and niece of States Attorney C. H. Wooster. groom formerly in Dixon, now night operator on the Northwestern Road at De Kalb. They will reside in DeKalb after February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Long
Amboy
Arthr J. Brown
Lumley Ingleden
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Estella Long
C. H. Wooster
Examination for West Point in Freeport Tuesday
The West Point entrance examination for the thirteenth district will be held next Tuesday in Freeport. Harvey Sindlinger of Lee County has signified his intention to take the test. He will compete with applicants from Whiteside Ogle Carroll Jo Daviess Stephenson and Lee Counties for the appointment. The note also mentions the U S coffee consumption reaching a billion pounds last year and no apparent nerve impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
West Point Military Academy
Thirteenth
Congressional District
Lee County
Harvey Sindlinger
Harvey
Whiteside
Ogle
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Lee Counties
Cut Off Plan to Streamline Northwestern Rail Service
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway plans a cut off from Nachusa to Nelson to bypass Dixon hill. The project will shift most tonnage trains from Clinton to Nelson and then to Chicago, while passenger trains stay on the existing route. Work will begin when weather allows, with gravel beds prepared along the Rock River to support a higher roadbed to Nelson bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Nachusa
Nelson
Dixon Telegraph
Dixon
Clinton
Chicago
Dixon Hill
Northwestern Company
Bowen
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Rock River
Como
Peoria
Seventeenth Avenue
Nelson Bridge
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Moore & Glenn
W. B. McCrea
Nehaha
Pau-Puk-Keewis
Pau-Puk-Kee
Minnehaha
Chibiabos
Shawondasee
Black Robe
Pau-Puk Keewis
Thiawatha
Sagoo
Wabeno
Kwasind
Wabun
Ashton
William B. McCrea
Atty Beemer
Illinois
M. Cullom
Eye County
Jere Ogingo
Acre
Midango Cross Broad
The
Presbyterian Church
J. C. Griffith
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