Nineteenth Ashton High School graduation held at Opera House
Rainy weather reduced turnout yet the Ashton High School marked its nineteenth annual graduation at the Opera House. Despite many country attendees staying home, the hall filled and both boys and girls choruses performed under Miss Muriel Price, with Rev. J. R. Hamilton delivering the invocation. Leo Newcomer spoke on obtaining success, urging knowledge, wisdom, and original thinking as keys to enterprise.
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Ashton High School
Opera House
J. R. Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Muriel Price
Leo Newcomer
Newcomer
Lee County political stir seen as rising Deneen strength
Chicago Record Herald reports growing concern in Lee County where the Republican split favors Deneen forces in the upcoming primary. Disruptions within the Culle Hopkins organization and government posts to men from Dixon hint at a potential shift in local power.
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Albert J. Hopkins
United States District
Bethea
McGowan
Freeport
Chas. B. Morrison
United States
Lees County
Dixon
Richard S. Farrand
Charles H. Hughes
Washington Guffin
Lee County
Hopkins
Aurora
Chicago Record-Herald
Culle Hopkins
Deneen
Dixo
Death of Mrs Krug Ends Life Of Elizabeth Krug Schafer
Mrs Elizabeth Krug formerly Elizabeth Schafer is reported dead. Details are scant in the fragment but indicate a formal notice of passing for the local resident likely from long residence in the community. Further information on funeral plans was not available in the text.
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Krug
Elizabeth Krug
Schafer
30 Foot Plunge From High Bank Injures Boy Near Church
Warren Brown ten, son of Philip Brown, tumbled thirty feet from an embankment at a stone quarry near Second Street north of the Methodist church. He suffered a deep scalp wound but remained conscious and walked home. Report notes he fell while hunting birds’ eggs with others. possible ground gave way or pushed by another, and a younger brother Russell witnessed nearby. The same day, the graduating class went to Rochelle for group photos.
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Warren Brown
Philip Brown
Second Street
Methodist Church
Russell
Warren
Children’s Day at Methodist Church Exercises Set Sunday
The Methodist Episcopal Church will hold Children’s Day services Sunday with an evening program by the Sunday School. The day features a long list of class songs, diplomas, and recitations, followed by collection and benediction.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy Huether
Allen Wiener
Mildred Tilton
Long Milford Wisman
Daffodila
Leo Hurd
Land of Smiles
Reta Farrer
Sure Foundation
Voice of the Flowers
Ashton High School Alumni Banquet a Riverside Social Highlight
The first annual Ashton High School Alumni banquet at the opera house on a Saturday eve in June drew busy preparations and large attendance. Prof McKnight and President Charles Jr presided as the Ashton orchestra played and pennants from colleges and the school decorated the walls. Class reunions sparked hearty yells from 1899 through 1906 as guests enjoyed a four course meal and witty toasts before the program continued.
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Ashton
Ashton High School
Opera House
McKnight
John Charters
Ashton Orchestra
Ashton School
Elas As
Geo. B. Garrett
Wave Which Women Wear. Black Skirts and Value
An advertisement touts black skirts for women priced at one dollar each. It claims nestle fit size wear and neat trimming, presenting the items as best value in the $1.00 skirt market.
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Wyoming Land & Development Company
Wyoming Land & Developement Company
H. A. Bremmer
S. T. Zeller
A. E. Hutchinson
W. B. Garrett
G. A. Over
Sterling
W. H. Kuelger
Harmon
S. I. Zeller
A. EK. Hutchinson
M. P. Graham
John N. Harpham
A.P. Porter
G. A. Allen
W. H., Kuelger
H. J. Dunn
Hos
J. Ryan
C. A. Wilcox
Amboy
Lyman Booth
A. S. Mercer
Hyattville
Wyoming
Whitefish Bay
Prof
V. R. McKnight
Deneon
Reichen- Sachssa
Kur-Hesse
Germany
Fen Kack
Reynolds Township
Lee Country
Illinois
Charles Ig
Ore
Lee Center
Bradford
Wwnship
Reynolds
God Foy
the Ashton High School
Rochelle
the Lord
Omaha
Bella
A. W. Rosecrans & Co
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