Fire starts in basement at Glenn hardware store
A fire originated in the basement of M. N. Glenn's hardware store, likely from spontaneous combustion, damaging the three story building and its contents. The Odd Fellows lodge and other occupants suffered losses with extensive smoke and water damage. total effects and insurance adjustments are pending.
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M. N. Glenn
Glenn
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Messrs. Mills & Petrie
Peter Nelson
Northwestern
Mr. Glenn
Fred Wagner
Edgar C. Shuppee
W. H. Bates
Rae Chadwick
Glenn Rosecrans
C. W. Jonker
Dr. Winder
Mr. Hensel
Dixon
Will. Schade
Masonic Lodge
Faust Boyd
Minnie Schade
Odd Fellows Banquet
Gazette
Junior Breakfast Party at Opera House Honors Senior Class
The Junior class held a Saturday noon breakfast in the opera house to honor the Senior class. The room glowed with candlelight and floral cross tables. Sophomores served fruit salad chicken croquettes Saratoga chips sandwiches strawberries and cream cake mints coffee. Toasts were given by Miss Gwenn Goddard Miss Louisa Pringle Ernest Kersten Ada Kersten and Lucile Randall.
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Opera House
Gwenn Goddard
Louisa Pringle
Ernest Kersten
Ada Kersten
Lucile Randall
Mothers and Fathers Day service at United Evangelical Sunday School
The United Evangelical Sunday school will observe Mothers Day and Fathers Day this Sunday afternoon at 1 30. The program includes the usual Sunday school session followed by several speakers among whom are A W Rosecrans and Rev George A Walter.
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United Evangelical Sunday School
A. W. Rosecrans
Geo. A. Walter
New City Council Takes Up Business and Appointments
The new city council, led by Mayor S. T. Zeller Jr, met to finalize last year’s business. N A Petrie was reappointed city treasurer, William B Farver chosen as city marshal, with six votes. vacancies for pool room licenses granted to Oscar Schade and Philip Breich, and other committee appointments set for Finance Street and Alley Health Gas Plant and Ordinator. A local improvement ordinance passed and petitions for sidewalk and other permits referred to committees.
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Old City Cil
S. T. Zeller, Jr
N. A. Petrie
John W. Randall
Joseph A. Roesler
Harry Pierce
Clifford Knapp
J. W. Griese
Charles Tuck
J. W. Gries
Adam Strube
E. J. Yenerich
J. A Griese
Farrer
Yenerich
Stephan
Wm. Farver
Farver
Oscar Schade
Philip Breich
J. A. Roesler
1914 Calendar line offered by The Gazette
The Gazette highlights a comprehensive 1914 calendar line including domestic imported hangers banners and art calendars. Buyers are offered a wide selection at prices lower than competing lines with a note on value and variety.
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the Gazette
Mothers' Day Observance and Queen Esther May Party
Illinois Protestant ministers were urged to observe Mothers Day on May 11 with a statewide church federation effort. The Queen Esther circle hosted a May party at the opera house, featuring parlor decor, hat- trimming contests, a humorous wedding skit, a dainty supper, and a May pole finale, with 36 members inviting guests and many in attendance.
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Illinois
Wm. B. Millard
Chicago Church Federation Council
Winds Commission
Opera House
Queen Esther Circle
Harry Wisman
Pearl Billmire
Louis Sindlinger
Edgar C. Shippee
Evelyn McCrea
Clara Bode
Will Bates
Ralph Dean
Clifford Knapp
Memorial Day arrangements at city hall observance
Citizens met at city hall Tuesday to plan Memorial Day observance. Services move to the grassy plot on Stub Street due to school yard work. Officials for decoration and honors were named, and local businesses were asked to close during services. The Rev. Cyrus Kellogg Stockwell will be the orator. Epworth League officers were elected for one year.
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Stub Street
T. H. Quick J. B. Farrer
C. W. Jonker
Theo. McCade
G. H. van Ness
F. A. Richardson
S. T. Zeller, Jr
Roy Hart
Mars Hatu
C. K. Northrup
Cyrus Kellogg Stockwell
The
Sons of Veterans
Epworth League
DeWitt Ellinwood
R. J. Dean
Daedaree
Lucile Randall
Eugene
E. C. Shippee
Gladys Wagner
Clarence Cheadle
Raymond Simester
Lawrence Jennings
Genevieve Cheadle
Ass’t
Bishop McDowell to Speak at Franklin Grove Camp Meeting
Bishop William F. McDowell, secured for the opening address, will speak at the Franklin Grove camp meeting on Thursday July 10 at 2 o clock. The Dixon choir will sing. Oscar Schade visited Sterling yesterday as a business caller.
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Bishop McDowell
William F. McDowell
Franklin Grove
Dixon Choir
Oscar Schade
Sterling
Record Grass Shipment From Ashton To Chicago Sets Pace
Due to a high volume of grass moving from Ashton to Chicago American Express staged a Sunday evening shipment. A record 499 cases were shipped, beating last year’s 308. If weather stays favorable, future Sundays will use this rapid loading approach, avoiding 15 to 20 minute passenger holds.
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Ashton
Chicago
American Express Company
Letter Reveals Husband’s Dual Life and Family Secrets
Mrs. Milo L. Lyon of Chicago uncovers a secret side of her husband, former head of public school and banker, through a haunting letter from “Allie” describing a promised happy life, a child’s grave, and plans to move to a new home. Read further on page 4.
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Chicago
Hammond
Indiana
Chicago Tribune
Lyon
Milo L. Lyon
Champlain Avenue
Allie
Papa
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NEW City Council
J. B. Farver
William B. Farver
Ray Jennings
George Aschenbrenner
Faust H. Boyd
Lewis Wood
Pension Board
Queen Esther
City Hall
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
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