Death and marriage notices from Ashton area deaths
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Anna Katharine Kersten and Mrs. Anna Griese in Reynolds Township with funeral details at United Evangelical and Lutheran churches. Additional items note a stalled No. 25 Chicago to Ashton train stop and local civic concerns, plus Editor Lux and Miss Melvina Oetzel marrying in Rochelle and settling there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Katharine Griese
Kersten
John Adam Griese
Reynolds Township
Griese
Heinebach
Kurhessen
Germany
Mary Schinzer
Eliza Bertha
Emma Schinzer
Dora Kerst
Anna Griese
Henry Schnell
Christina Mehlhause
Henry J. A. Griese
Lutheran Church
Fritschel
Clinton
Iowa
Wm. Stauffenberg
Chicago
Ashton
Lux
Eugene Lux
Rochelle
Chas. Kersten
Lindeman
Dysart
Helen Blumsteel
Freeport
John Vaupel
Mr. Vaupel
Bankers Protest Express Companies Under Interstate Law
Seven thousand bankers and associations file a complaint alleging that Adams Pacific Wells Fargo Southern and Great Northern express firms engage in banking related activities such as money orders letters of credit and travelers checks in violation of interstate commerce rules prohibiting a common carrier from additional business. Also notes church service theme margins and the Christian life and local social items including Edith Smith visiting Hutchinson and small staff notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.s
Adams
the Pacific
Wells Fargo
The
Southern
Great Northern
Father Finn to Rockford pastor and rector of St James
Archbishop James E. Quigley assigns Rev. Thomas Finn of Rochelle and Ashton to be pastor and irremovable rector of St. James church in Rockford. Finn, age about 45, built Rochelle church finances, led its revival, and also reformed Ashton church debts. He is praised as an energetic administrator and capable speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton Church
St. James
James E. Quigley
Thomas Finn
Rochelle
St. James Church
Rockford
Father Fi
St. Mary’s
Baltimore
Catholic University of
Feehan
Father Finn
Archdiocese of Chicago
Finn
Ashton
St. Mary’s Church
Ashton Notes on Census Data and Local Happenings
The article reports a census in district No. 82 with 181 males under 21 and 120 between 6 and 21, 153 females under 21, and a total under 21 of 351 last year, 17 more than this year. It notes postal changes on special delivery stamps and a Seattle plan for a children’s apartment building with roof gym, plus local social events, laws on spoiled eggs, and various town notices including a band project, obituaries, and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Canfield
Congress
Meyer
Mission Feast Draws Large Audience at Lutheran Church
A large crowd attended a Mission Feast at the Lutheran church with seventy visitors from Paine's Point Dixon and Pole. Prof Fritschel of Clinton Theological College preached in the morning on Go ye into all the world. A dinner for one hundred fifty five followed, then two afternoon sermons on Foreign and Home Missions by Rev Hosfeld and Rev H Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panen
Paine’s Point
Dixon and
Pole
Fritschell
Clinton Theological College
Hosfeld
Paines Point Church
H. Schmidt
Dixon Lutheran Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas Kersten
J. A. Griese
Reynolds ‘Township
Anna Martha Kersten
Charles Kersten
Henry and
Mary Vaupel
Bradford Township
Christ
Peter Himmel
Oscar
Earl F
Ralph
United Evangelical Church
Wm. Storkman
Billing
J. H. Johnson
Methodist Services
Edith Smith
Sterling
Hutchinson
Methodist Church
Miss Smith
Charles Arnould
Gazette
Henry Salzmann
Dixon
Lewis Wood
Arkansas Traveler
S. C. Cates
Cates
Long Beach
Cal
Andes Smith
Assembly Park
Dixon Telegraph
Martha Wagner
E. F. Gehant
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Louis Sindlinger
Wm. Lesslie
R. J. Dean
Sindlingers
Lesslie’s
Seattle
Far-Mer Ina
Henry Vaupel
Nelson
Nachusa
John Sindlinger
Michigan
James Garrett
Champaign
Mrs
Wm. Schade Jr
Lex Hartzell
Prof. Fritschel
Bradford
A. W. Rosecrans @ Co
Illinois
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