Funeral tribute recalls S T Zeller memory and life
The large Genoa area gathering attends the Sterling funeral for Samuel T. Zeller born June 5 1853 died May 27 1917 aged 63. A W Rosecrans delivers a heartfelt tribute citing Exodus 3311 and highlighting Zeller as a friend educator churchman and businessman with a family of five children and ties to Ashton Harmon Genoa and Sterling. The service at the home was followed by a train trip to Riverside Cemetery with Masonic and Knights Templar involvement and distant relatives in attendance.
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S. T. Zeller
Fred A. Graham
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genoa
Zeller
A. W. Rosecrans
Samuel T. Zeller
Andrew P. Zeller
Maria Flickinger
Ohio
Franklin
Warren County
Lewisburg
Samuel
Old Chicago University
Caroline A. Foster
Harmon
Illinois
Counly
Board of Education
Ashton
God
Pearly Gates
Ashton Lodge No
J. J. A. Zeller
W. C. Stubs
Celina
A. E. Kessler
Chicago
Methodist Children Day Program and District Chautauqua Notice
The Methodist Sunday School announced its annual Children’s Day program for Sunday at 7 30 PM with a sequence of exercises including a Prelude chorus prayer and various class performances. A separate public notice from Brush Grove Drainage District in Lee and Ogle counties Illinois seeks a fifth assessment for drainage works with a June 21 1917 hearing in Dixon. The item also previews the Reynolds Township Sunday School Convention next Sunday at Reynolds Evangelical church with talks by Rev F A Graham and others and musical selections.
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Methodist Sunday School
F. A. Graham
Freddie Graham
Brush Grove
Lee and
Ogle
Illinois
Lee County
Lee
Dixon
Reynolds Township
Reynolds Evangelical Church
E. H. Wiener
A. W. Rosecrans
Ethel Kay
Odd Fellow and Rebekah Memorial Service Set for June 10
The Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges announce their annual Memorial service in the Odd Fellows hall on Sunday afternoon June 10. The service starts at two o'clock with special music. All members and families are invited to attend.
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Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Odd Fellow’s
Chautauqua Managers Endorse Press and Congress in War
The Lyceum and Chautauqua Managers of America at their Chicago convention on April 7 1917 adopted a resolution praising the Chautauqua movement value in shaping public opinion. It lauds leaders like Wen Phillips John B Gough and Ralph Waldo Emerson and asserts support for justice humanity and American ideals during wartime.
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Cri
Lyceum and
Chautauqua Managers of America
Chautauqua
Junior Chautauqua to Feature Childrens Work and Pageant
The Junior Chautauqua will be a major Assembly feature this summer. A supervising med will open with a detailed outline, followed by a 9 30 story hour for children. The schedule includes Camp Fire stories Favorite Stories of My Lands and Japanese Fairy Folk Tales, with a final Night at the Fairy Carnival pageant. Afternoon activities add more stories and games. Youth season tickets grant access to both the main program and children’s activities, and earners may receive a special badge.
Children Day at Presby terian 98 Men Registered
Registration day at the Presbyterian church drew 98 men between 21 and 31 on Tuesday for Children’s Day observances. The report notes distribution by township Bradford 58 Reynolds 86 and details on ages dependents exemptions and a single alien registrant. The event featured a program with choirs classes and a sermon referencing Isaiah 40 3 11 and John 10 11 15.
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Ghildren
Presby
Presbyterian Rich
Ashton
Bradford Township
Reynolds
Hemstitching Shop Opens in Dixon Illinois
Miss Mabel Manges opens a hem stitching shop at 213 First St Dixon Illinois on Saturday May 26 offering mail orders as a specialty and guaranteed work.
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Mabel Manges
First St
Dixon
Illinois
M W A Meeting Promotes Adoption of Four Candidates
Ashton Camp No. 48 Modern Woodmen of America to hold June meeting Monday evening with at least four candidates for adoption. Refreshments will be served and a strong member turnout is urged.
Memorial Day Observance Marred by Rain in Rochelle
Memorial day services were moved indoors due to steady rain. Rev F W Landner delivered a brief address at the high school auditorium while Rev Ernest Wray Oneal could not attend because of his wife's illness. The program included prayers by Rev Fred A Graham and Rev W H Manshardt, with the roll of honor read by Otto Schade and hymn singing by a quartet. Cemetery ceremonies were scaled back with flowers laid by the Dey Lewis Wood marshal and veterans graves decorated. Prof O A Fackler visited Rochelle Saturday.
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Ernest Wray Oneal
Joliet
One
Fred A. Graham
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. H. Manshardt
Presbyterian Church
Otto Schade
Harry Wisman
Lawrence Jennings
Ralph Dean
Leo Hurd
WRC Tie Tep Seo TN
Dey
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