02 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
1
Postmaster C K Northrup presents a detailed itemized report on Uncle Sam’s three rural routes starting from the local post office. February, a typically dull month, shows 16 447 pieces handled with 23 deliveries made despite holidays and the shortest month of the year.
A. W. Rosecrans, Ashton department store owner and one of northern Illinois’ leading merchants, bought the J. H. Deeter stock of furniture in Dixon and will run the business in Lee County’s capital. The Dixon Telegraph notes Lee County’s rising civic recognition, with several officials and organizers holding prominent posts in state associations.
The 1905 Easter schedule shifts late by twenty days with Ash Wednesday on March 8 and Easter Sunday on April 23. The change delays Lent by nearly a month, postponing Easter finery and spring rituals while milliners anticipate demand.
Bliss native herbs advertised for sale at Smiths Pharmacy with price details. Gazette rate noted at $1.00 per year.
The commission office of Eri. H. Prince a Chicago board of trade member closed after a bankruptcy petition filed in Chicago federal court Prince was arrested for larceny accused by F. E. McGill who says he gave Prince's agents 552 to invest Brown manager left for Ashton Amboy friends hope he returns to town Schuchart's opera house to host a Fri Mar 17 event with costumes prizes and music Also William H Gardner formerly of here stopped to renew ties Gardner is Fremont superintendent of schools.
Dixon officials face re election while a derailment injured no one in a Western rails incident near Nelson. North Western Illinois Electric Railway gains four year regional franchise from Feb 13 1903. Flagg work site supplies for the Illinois rail yard fire earlier in the season. Freeport reports a population of 230302 in the new directory figures. Lyman family ill with flu relapse and Grandpa Jones aged 87 suffers two broken ribs after a porch fall. Apple blossoms bloom early confirmed by a twig from J R Howey transplanted in a pot. School district 209 reports 19 pupils in February with 10 average daily attendance and named students. Pearle Knapp teaches. Thad Smith and wife return from Oklahoma.
In Dixon, Rev. William Sunday leads large evangelistic services with an estimated 11 000 attendees on Sunday and about 1 000 turned away. Collect ions totaled 278 29 dollars. Sunday delivers forceful sermons packed with scripture, aiming to challenge skeptics like Voltaire Ingersoll and Paine in plain terms.
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