Conference Comes Earlier at Park Avenue Church Chicago
Half a million dollars is asked for relief of churches in California and for Indiana advancement by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rock River conference meets at Park Avenue M E Church in Chicago September 26 with Bishop Berry presiding. The appeal, signed by twenty one bishops, calls for a quarter million for India and a jubilee gift totaling 250000 from America and India. Bishop Hartzell predicts Africa becomes future center of white civilization in fifty years.
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Rock River
Methodist Episcopal Church
Park
San Francisco
India
America
Joseph C. Hartzell
Africa
Garrett Biblical Institution
Evanston
Japan
Dixon
Mail order lesson urged by Chicago Journal item
The Chicago Journal notes a lesson for mail order customers urging trade with home merchants. A bankruptcy case for the Cash Buyer's Union before Judge Bethea shows delays as 4500 new creditors of a different type surface, with the $2.5 million concern owing money to claimants yet to come forward.
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Chicago Journal
Cash Buyer's Union
Bethea
Creditors of First National Co-Operative Society sue for goods orders
Members who paid to offices for goods selected from catalogs declared by President Julius Kahn to have cost the society 1 000 000 to print and circulate never received the merchandise. They are creditors on the same basis as merchandise creditors, with sums from 1 to 75 dollars. Stockholders hoped for a 5 percent discount plus a 10 percent dividend, and about 40 000 dollars in new claims are being filed.
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First National Co-Operative Society
Julius Kahn
Woodmen Plan Balloon Treasure Drops for June Picnic
Woodmen headquarters in Freeport hatches a publicity stunt for the June 7 picnic. Balloons will carry orders for valuable items, redeemable at headquarters, with twenty orders set to launch from May 12 to June 2 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Citizens of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin expected to watch the skies for the aerial treasure troves.
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Woodmen
Freeport
Illinois
Wisconsin
Beautifying Right of Way Sparks Railroad Push
Competition among railroads prompts efforts to improve right of way aesthetics. An order targets buildings on C. and N. W. land, requiring painting or removal, focusing on coal sheds elevators and warehouses. Ashton yards recently painted and repaired, with local facilities in presentable condition.
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Ashton
Lands and Ranches for Sale in Sheridan County Nebraska
Lands and ranches offered at 4 to 8 dollars per acre plus improved potato and farm lands priced from 10 to 1234 dollars per acre. See Charles A. Hetzel in Garden, Nebraska or H. Tilton, 7 miles west of Rochelle, Illinois. 12110
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Sheridan County
Nebraska
Chas. A. Hetzel
H. Tilton
Rochelle, Ill
Book order for San Francisco earthquake disaster area
Appeal from Mrs H W Pate of Ashton to purchase a comprehensive book about the great San Francisco earthquake disaster. Books available for delivery in about a week to ten days, with delivery arranged through the Ashton contact.
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San Francisco
H. W. Pate
Ashton
Memorial Day Observance Urges Honor to Soldiers
Memorial Day on May 30 each year since 1868 calls for proper observance with ceremonies and flowers at graves, urging citizens and schools to participate. Generals and governors stress honoring those who gave their lives, not using the day for recreation. flag displays at Army posts and ceremonies nationwide are urged.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Naz
Genet Frederick Funston
Army ‘Command
Johnson
Minnesota
Eral
Partiular
E.horr
G. A. R. Ogle Co
Flagg
Illinois
Tampico City Affairs in Deplorable State
Tampico at a standstill as saloon licenses remain ungranted and saloons closed. Mayor Kempt, in Canada, refuses to resign, leaving the village council deadlocked after repeated failed attempts to elect a mayor. Pavement work halted. officers discharged. no vacancy declared. The Keystone League meets weekly at United Evangelical Church with a temperance topic led by Ben Yeurich.
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Tampico
Sterling
Kempt
Canada
Dominion
Keystone League of Christian Endeavor
United Evangelical Church
Elijah
John the Baptist
Ben Yeurich
Boy badly bitten by large dog near Ashton
Kenneth Mall, two and a half, son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Mall, was severely bitten on the face by a big dog Sunday morning six miles south and a half mile east of Ashton. Nineteen stitches placed facial parts, wounds healing. eye mostly spared. Kenneth’s family heard the dog bark after a cookie was offered. Community notices include jewelry sales and local anecdotes about natural disasters and city tickets in Colby Kansas.
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Kenneth
Epworth League Anniversary Service Held At Local Church
The Epworth League marked its anniversary with nearly one hundred attendees. Mrs. J R Hamilton led the meeting and officers presented department reports. Special music featured a quartet of Mesdames Tuck Shippee Nora Shippee and Misses Pearl Thompson Lena Bode, with a duet by Florence and Willie Hamplton. Officers for the coming year were installed by Rev J R Hamilton. Also noted were local notices about deliveries and book availability. Health ads promote Kidney-Ettes and Chamberlain's remedy praised for bowel issues.
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Epworth League
J. R. Hamilton
Mesdames
Tuck
Nora Shippee
Pearl Thompson
Lena Bode
Florence
Willie Hamplton
Trein Sells Jewelry Store In Ashton To Jonker
William E. Trein sold his Ashton jewelry store to C. W. Jonker from Eldora Iowa who has worked in Illinois and will run the Dixon Galena avenue business. Jonker replaces Trein who has bought a larger store in his home town. Regular services Sunday at 7 30 with theme The Sad Mistake of a Timid King.
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William E. Trien
C. W. Jonker
Rochelle
Trein
Galena Avenue
Dixon
Ashton
Eldora
Iowa
Illinois
Mr. Jonker
Christian Endeavor
Elijah
John the Baptist
Stevenson
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Methodist
Park Avenue Church
Chicago
California
Kenneth Mall
Wm. E. Vrein
Colby
Kansas
Dixon Ict
Woman’s Foreign Mis'y Society
John Greve
C. L. Clark
L. Booth
Geo. R. Charters
Rockefeller
Rockefellow
Standard Oil
Chamberlain
Gen. R. Charters
Trein Sells
MR. Trein
Presbyterian Notes
Val
Torchion
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