Chautauqua Closes Five Day Session Amid Apathy
Ashton seventh annual chautauqua ends with crowd praise but faces a probable end due to a $35 local expense deficit and insufficient pledges for next year. Platform manager Elliott James failed to secure a renewal contract. 31 stickers pledged, not enough for commitment. Highlights included Polly of the Circus, Omar Wilson quartet, Theodore Knox, Philippine musicians, Wonders of Electricity talk, Junior Superintendent events, and a Saturday pageant.
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Ashton
Elliott James
Polly
New York
Eee
Dr. Ing
Omar Wilson
Theodore Knox
Williams
Paving Begins On North First Street Project
Trumpeter and Sons started concrete pours on 220 lineal feet of finished headwad and three driveways. New engineer P Ganley of Kingsville replaces the discharged engineer. Paving planned north from the hotel corner then east on North First Street, with later work north from Evans Avenue toward Rosecrans store corner. When traffic resumes, country visitors may park on side streets to access the business district.
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Trumpeter & Sons
Hotel Corner
First Street
Evans Avenue
Methodist Church Notes July 3 Service Themes
Sunday schedule includes Bible school at 0:20 a.m. and preaching at 10:30 a.m. with evening gospel at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Rev. W. R. Kern presents morning theme My Country Her Greatness Her Perils and Her Des Tiny and evening topic Unafraid. He promises a patriotic discourse on social and industrial concerns viewed through Christianity.
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Methodist Church
W. 8. Kern
Biggest Fourth of July Celebration in Northern Illinois
Dixon’s Assembly Auditorium hosts the largest fireworks display in the United States by Theatre-Dutfield Company with over 50 set pieces including a complete Battle of turning point of the war. Event runs 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with band concerts, free vaudeville acts, races, and sports. Milo Ulch Orchestra performs in the afternoon with moving pictures in the evening.
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Northern
Illinois
B. Marquis
Assembly
Dixon
Chicago
United States
Theatre-Dutfield Company
Milo Ulch
Power Line Repairs Prompt Friday Outage
Illinois Northern Utilities Company will shut off power Friday afternoon between Ash ton and Franklin to perform necessary repairs on an electric line. Relatives note the announcement of a birth, a daughter named Mary, to Mr and Mrs Ernest Foes, weighing seven pounds. Mary Trish returned home to Bristol last Friday. Eva Hunt traveled to Sterling yesterday to attend a friend’s event.
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Ashton
Franklin
Ilinois Northern Utilities Company
Ernest Foes
Mary Trish
Bristol
John’s Lutheran Church Sunday School and Services
John’s Lutheran Church announces Sunday School and Bible class at 9 30 a m with English language Divine Services at 10 30 a m Summer school daily from 8 to 11 except Friday Parish Hall. Ladies Aid meets Thursday at Mrs Adam Gonnerman home Sunday School Teachers meet Friday at 8 00 p m Lesson Texts include Acts 21 39 22 8 28 12 Tim 3 14 15 Deut 6 40 Topic Saul’s early training and education Thought Training earliest childhood counts most for a noble and useful manhood Golden Text Heb 3 7 8 Pastor Henry Fo hlsch technischen
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Ig, John's Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid
Adam Gonnerman
Saul
Henry Fohlsch
Panama Canal Profits Surpass Railroads In 1921 Year
The Panama Canal shifts freight from railroads as cheaper faster water routes cut trans continental shipments. Canal earnings for the year ending June 30 1921 will cover operating costs erase deficits and leave a year end balance. Shipments between Atlantic and Pacific ports have tripled in one year with further notices anticipated for July 10 to start a possible week long period.
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Panama
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Superintendent O Rogers and visitors in Rochelle
Superintendent O Rogers and three jemaren visited relatives in Rochelle yesterday afternoon. Mrs. C P Canfield and brother P P Jones were visitors last Friday. It is hard to tell whether July 2 marks the holiday.
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O. Rogers
Jemaren
Rochelle
C. P. Canfield
P. P. Jones
Farmers Get Wool Money In Jo County Pool
Wool pool payments due to growers across Illinois counties show 7 313 contributing loads with 60 to 68 percent returned to Lee County farmers. Two thirds of pooled wool sold at 20 to 31 cents a pound, yielding 16 to 27 cents per pound after costs. Additional pools anticipated as state production may rise despite lower overall output. Wool sacks ordered this year exceed last year’s totals, with Amboy shipments to the National Wool Warehouse for pooling.
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Lee Gouity Farm Bureau
Illinois
Lee County
Erie
Farver
B. Fateh
C. Krdg
Amboy
National Wool Warehouse’ and Storage Company
Woodpool
Coining Silver Dollars Resumes After Seventeen-Year Gap
The mint in Washington DC has restarted silver dollar production after a 17 year pause. Work began to replace 270 million standard silver dollars taken from the treasury during the war to sell to Great Britain. Since March about 20 million silver dollars have been coined, with matching amounts of silver certificates and federal reserve and treasury notes issued. Officials say the mint will likely continue for five years to restore the treasury’s silver dollar reserve to prewar levels.
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Mint
Washington D. C
Treasury
Fedral
Ashton Merchants Plan Wednesday Band Concerts All Summer
Merchants in Ashton have arranged with a band for weekly Wednesday evening concerts for the remainder of the summer season. The plan aims to attract residents and visitors, providing live music weekly in the town.
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Ashton
Band Boys
Gas Service Station Contract in Ashton
The Standard Oil Company has opened a service station in Ashton and contractually partners with Knapp's Garage to manage operations. A two cent drop in price has lowered the cost of anoline-thin to six cents per gallon, with the firm continuing its credit policy as before.
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Standard Oil Company
Knapp
Staidard Ol
Ashton
Hay
Mr. Knapp
Village assesses payable now and car signals urged
AVING: ASSESSMENTS MAY BE PAID NOW A number of people have enquired if it is possible to make paying payments in the middle of the year Property owners have the privilege of making payments at any time either They say two citizens have called and paid their assessments in full and saved themselves interest It is also enables the vil to pay the contractor in money rather than bonds The year’s end promises satisfaction to all Dean Village Clerk Pastor Liberty Bible study and Christian Endeavor meeting at 7 30 o clock Must give signals for automobile turns Law requires signaling not stopping suddenly and tailgating Overland Sedan for sale nearly new with three thousand miles priced to sell Ashton Illinois
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Dean
Christian Endeavor
MacPherson
PMAN
Ashton
Illinois
Improper Dancing Banned At Pavilion This Year
Announcement from the pavilion floor manager bars Rascopee dances and similar steps such as tickle toe and head to cheek dancing. Dancers must obey the rules. any exaggeration or improper movement leads to exclusion.
Randall Parrish The Mystery of the Silver Dagger serial
Randall Parrish, a popular American writer, offers a new tale titled The Mystery of the Silver Dagger set in the East. The story centers on a principal female character whose true role remains unresolved until the final chapter, adding suspense. The opening installment will run as a serial in these columns. The notice also mentions activities at United Evangelical Church with prayer meeting and services led by Rev. F Brandt Fellner.
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Randall Parrish
East
Secret Service
Reynolds Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Band Concert
Friday at 9:00 catechetical instruction. Sunday school at 9:30, preaching at 10:30 and 7:30. Pastor William Albrecht. Band concert every Wednesday evening.
Water Famine Averts Dry Ashton With Northwestern Help
Ashton faced a week of near water famine due to well trouble. The Chicago Northwestern supplied water, and a series of repairs kept the pump running. Officials limited usage to protect homes and paving as repairs continued and the well was deepened.
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