Reporter Office Suffers Big Loss in Franklin Grove Fire
A basement fire at the Reporter office in Franklin Grove caused thousands of dollars in damage to presses, files, and equipment, with smoke and water harming machinery. Mae Ireland alerted the alarm. fire crews prevented a total wreck. Proprietor George Ives also suffered losses at Franklin Grove Pharmacy. Repairs will delay office work. sympathy from The Gazette is noted.
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Franklin Grove
Mae Ireland
John Kelley
Miss Ireland
Miehle
Linotype
Harrison
George Ives
Franklin Grove Pharmacy
Reporter
the Gazette
Brother Harrison
Evangelical Woman's Missionary Convention in Illinois
The Illinois conference branch of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Evangelical church holds its annual convention next week at Reynolds Evangelical church southeast of the city. Prominent ministers will attend with a packed program featuring opening addresses, devotionals, Bible studies, reports on tithing and bands, Italian work, and a missionary sermon, ending with Sunday services at Ashton and a vesper service.
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Illinois Conference
Woman's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church
Reynolds Evangelical Church
Evangelical Church
Tuhursday
Reynolds W. M. S
Wm. Storkman
J. G
S. J. Gamertsfelder
W. J. Miller
Marie Hoelz
A. C. Gegenheimer
F. Schwartz
Amanda Hummel
J. Gamertsfelder
L. Bucaletti
Muench
Aug
Geo. Schwartz
Koenig
Oscar Draeger
Effie Berger Sunpay
S. J. Gamersfelder
Minnie Koenig
Zipperer
Layman’s Missionary Movement
County Convention Meets Next Week in Lee County
The 44th annual county convention of Lee County day schools convenes next week in the tenian church. Delegates will be lodged and fed, with entertainment by church representatives. Morning and afternoon sessions include reports, devotions, address of welcome, sectional conferences, and discussions led by county officers and teachers. Two candidates for representative are Arthur G. Harris and A. T. Tourtillott, with Harris viewed as favored by most factions. Misses Lucy Hart and Laura Davis visited Dixon Monday.
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Lee County
Tenian
Della Shippee
Venerich
Kathryn Griffith
I. R
Steward
E. H. Oan
Dents
L. H. Woop
H. A. Ahrens
A. J. Kay
W. C. McVerny
Bnadele
A. J. McKey
W. C. ScoTt
Dwight Bristol
W. C. McWethy
Ethelday
Epith Larkins
J. H. Johnson
Henry Mosuer
Arthur G. Harris
A. T. Tourtillott
Harris
Tourtillott
Shabbona
No Services Sunday at St. Johns Lutheran Church
Rev. G Mack will attend a Mission Festival in Sheboygan Wisconsin causing no church services Sunday. Mrs John Thomas left Tuesday evening to join her husband renting E 8 Farringer's farm near Bowden North Dakota.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rev. G. Mack
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
John Thomas
North Dakota
E. 8
Death of Rev Theodore Steage in Mendota
Evangelic minister Rev Theodore Steage aged 56 dies at his Mendota home after a bout of consumption of the heart. Funeral set for this afternoon at two o'clock following his death on Monday morning. He preached Easter Sunday in Mendota.
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Theodore Steage
Mendota
Steage
Ashton Couple Married at Cordes Home
Lena Cordes wed William Klingebeihl at noon on a Wednesday in Ashton. Rev. G. Mack officiated at St. John's Lutheran church. Miss Cordes, a former night operator, and Mr. Klingebeihl of Griffith's implement store plan to reside at the old Plantz place by week’s end. The Gazette extends congratulations.
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John Evans
Martha Girton
L. P. Warrington Pas
Methodist Church
Ashton
John Cordes
Lena
William Klingebeihl
Martin Klingebeihl
G. Mack
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Miss Cordes
Klingebeihl
Griffith's Implement Store
Plantz Place
the Gazette
Local notices and minor injuries reported in Dixon area
Edwin Rosecrans underwent appendicitis surgery in Belidere with Dr Bremmer assisting and is recovering well from anesthesia. E H Donaldson, father of Mrs. Stevens, died at his daughter's home and will be buried beside his wife in Franklin Grove. Charles Crawford was shot in the back with a BB by John Lahman during a swimming outing and transported to Dixon hospital. Miss Mabel Martin of Sheffield visits Minnie Aschenbrenner in Dixon this week.
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John A. Wagner
Herme
Wagner
Reynolds Evangelical Church
Ashton
Mary Wagner
Reynolds Township
Bradford Township
Elmer
Martha Wagner
Justus Wagner
Charles Ewald
Steward
William Ewald
Reynolds
Edward Gehant
Dixon
Christina Davis
William Heinzeroth
Clarence Farrer
Methodist Church
Wm. Storkman
L. P. Warrington
E. S
Rosecrans
Donald
Belidere
Edwin
Bremmer
E. H. Donaldson
T. E. Stevens
Franklin Grove
Donaldson
Charles Crawford
John Lahman
Dixon Hospital
Mabel Martin
Sheffield
Minnie Aschenbrenner
Graduation Program Delights Ashton Audience at Opera House
The Ashton public school eighth grade marked its second annual graduation with a packed Opera House audience. The program featured a modern Woodman band performance, songs and duets by students, a recitation, and a class history with a city history by Mary Strube. Diplomas were awarded by Prof. B A Streeter, followed by a farce titled A Mirth.
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Opera House
Ashton Public School
Woodman
George A. Walter
United Evangelical Church
Christie Klingebeihl
Gertrude Richardson
Gladys Wagner
Katharine Bremmer
Ruth Farver
Lucile Jennings
Jennie McNeal
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Convention of Illinois
Reynolds Church
OAS
Egal
Addres
S Bible
Ashton Evangelical Church
J. G. Schwab
iLee County Sunday School
G. A. Walter
W. J. Abel
Lucy Hart
Laura Davis
Grim Reaper
J. A. Wagner
Rev. Steage
Lena Cordes
Weneedu
Uneedus
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
Illinois
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