Unrequited Love Drives Man to Suicide in Ashton
Gilbert Walls of Chana shot himself in his Dodge in front of Ethyle Knapp’s home after three failed attempts to meet her. The inquest ruled suicide while temporarily insane with a note to his mother and sisters. Funeral held at Chana with American Legion honors. Walls leaves a widow family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gib” Walls
Chana
Stephen Knapp
Carter Gilfert Walls
Ethyle Knapp
Farmers Mercantile Company
Miss Knapp
Dr. McClure
Walls
Gilbert
Edward F. Kersten
Ethyle
Kersten
H. F. Kersten
Joseph Harleman
Hanawalt
Samuel J. Whetston
Whetston
Ralph 8. Charters
William F. Klingebiel
George N. Dorland
Samuel A. Smith
Bert O. Vogeler
Henry W. Vogeler
Knapp
Herbert W. Kasper
Thompson
Ashton
County of
Lee
State of
Illinois
Chapel Hill
Ashton Post No
American Legion
Perley Cross
Mr. Walls
Curtis
Martha Walls
Rockford
Frances
Herbert Kasper
Marjorie
Margaret
Village Board approves appropriation bill and water works upgrades
An adjourned village board meeting approved an appropriation bill of 900 more than last year to cover unusual water works expenses. The project includes lowering pipe in the city well to improve supply and reduce air. A three ton hoist was bought for 150 to aid well maintenance. Attorney Keller was directed to draft a 25 year extension of Farmers Telephone Company franchise in gratitude for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Billmire
Mark G. Keller
Farmers Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Former Bradford Man Jacob Thiele Dies at 65
Jacob Thiele of Freeport formerly of Bradford and Reynolds townships died Saturday after a year and a half of kidney illness. He was 65 years, three months and 25 days old. Survived by wife Christina Aschenbrenner and four children two of whom preceded him in death. Funeral held Tuesday at Vaughan undertaking rooms Amboy with several Ashton attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Thiele
Freeport
Bradford Township
Mr. Thiele
Reynolds Township
Henry Hewert
Christina Aschenbrenner
Aschenbrenner
Amboy
Thiele
Raymond
Illinois Central Railroad
Reynolds Evangelical Church
Vaughan Undertaking Rooms
Ashton
George F. Schafer
John ,Laurel
Martin Hewert
George Krug
William Vogeler
State Christian Conference Set for June at Washington Gr
The 38th annual State Christian Conference will meet at Washington Grove Christian Church from June 28 to 30. Sessions run Tuesday 1 PM to Thursday evening with multiple speakers including Rev. Wilson P.ton and Dr. J. J. Douglas, plus Forward Movement updates. Free meals at the parsonage and welcoming talks for all denominations. program covers daily sessions and evening lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aois State Christian Conference
Washington Grove
Christian Church
Christian Church In
Illinois
Cenfe
Wilson P.ton
Ohio
Minton
Japan
Simon Bennett
Bennett
Forward Movement
J. J. Douglas
D. D
Urbana
Prince of Preachers
Douglas
Anti-Saloon League of Illinois
Ashton
Oregon
Franklin Grove
Rochelle
E. C. Geeding
Alumni Reception at Ashton High Ends with Tragedy
The Ashton High School Alumni Association event for the Class of 1921 drew a large crowd in the school auditorium. After the program, Roy J. Krug chaired a brief meeting and officers were elected. In Paw Paw, Mrs. Ezra Reynolds was found dead in her bed and her husband, 69, confessed to choking her before taking a razor to his throat, surviving his injuries and being hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton High School Alumni Association
Ich
Roy J. Krug
Raymond Hart
Mary Griffith
Eilen Griffith
Ruth Zeller
Alice Gehant
Vernon Knapp
Vera Knapp
Mary Myers
Ravidtsie
Miriam Rosecrans
Goldie Kersten
Alma Mall
Pearl Billmire
Dessie Clover
Orno Kersten
Clifford Sehafer
Ice
Carrie Wendel
Suirer
Mabel Aschenbrenner
Ezra Reynolds
Paw Paw
Roy Roberts
Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Compton Hospital
Fulton
Camp Gordon
Georgia
BAAUTAUQUA OPENS WITH KNOX CONCERT IN TENT
The Chautauqua opened yesterday with the Theodore Knox Concert Company as the first attraction. The big tent was set up on the Killmer lot west of the Ray Jennings property. Ticket committee work continues as season tickets are encouraged to meet guarantees. Street disruptions may affect attendance, but parking space is planned. Elliott James of Providence Kentucky is platform manager with Ross Palmer of Abingdon as tent manager. Dorothy Mitchell of Pinconning Michigan leads the junior group and a parade was staged Tuesday evening. Management travels from St Charles to Ashton to Abingdon with talent from Paw Paw to Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Knox
Killmer
Ray Jennings
J. C. Griffith
Elliott James
Providence
Kentucky
Ross Palmer
Abingdon
Dorothy Mitchell
Pinconning
Michigan
St. Charles
Ashton
Paw Paw
Morrison
Concrete work progresses with 30 and 180 feet poured
Concrete work moves forward as 30 feet of curb are laid Friday and 180 feet poured Monday. Foreman expects an average around 200 feet as the crew firms up. Band concert every Wednesday evening.
The Mystery of the Silver Dagger Starts in The Gazette
Randall Pa crafts a romance adventure in The Gazette installment beginning the 30th. A man discovers a jeweled silver dagger linked to a crime and, with his sweetheart under suspicion, pursues the mystery through startling adventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Pa
Ralph Lockwood Killed at Peoria and Byron Funeral
Ralph Emerson Lockwood, former Lockwood & Dorland employee, was killed at Peoria after contact with a live wire while working on a bridge. He died in a hospital Saturday. Funeral held Tuesday at Byron Congregational Church with American Legion honors. He was a Byron native, a WWI veteran, survived by his parents four brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph WH. Lockwood
Lockwood & Dorland
Peoria
Postal Telegraph Company
Byron Congregational Church
C. ©. Crckette
R. H. Zachman
Ashton Post No. 345
American Legion
Camp Grant
Ralph Emerson Lockwood
Byron
Illinois
Chas. Lockwood
Ogle
France
Marne
Vosges Dector
Mihiel
Argonain
Ralph
Arthur
Elmer
Herbert
Dean
Everett Dorland
Lanark
Stuart Mulford
Garnet
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Gilbert Walls OF
Takes Life
Village Board
Bradford
Washington GR
Schrole’s Bakery
Wife
Ralph Lockwood
Bump City
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
Ashton, Illinois
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