Juniors Host Elaborate Fete For 1909 Graduates
Friday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Quick the Junior class hosted a banquet for the graduating class. Elab orate decorations featured teen and white and owl motifs with class pins. Guests enjoyed games songs and mystic farce entertainment while decorations and place cards bore owl themes. The 1909 class honored Miss Noelsch with a gold watch fob and a reception followed. Attendees included members of the classes of 1908 and 1909 teachers and several Misses Payne and McKnight among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Quick
David Harum
Noelsch
A Fine Train No 11 Gets New Equipment
Passenger train No 11 due at 12 09 passes through in a new dress with an added observation car and reconfigured cars. Day coaches shift to the front while the sleeper dinners and chair cars move to the rear. The two day coaches and buffet join the baggage car in order making No 11 one of the swellest trains on the Northwestern. Wm Wiener returned from the gest iTuesday morning.
Ashton Young Ladies Take Dressmaking Course at Snow’s College
A group of Ashton young women attend Snow’s College of Dressmaking in Rochelle. Among them are Misses Emma Messer Amanda Messer Sarah Cluts Dora Schnell Lena Gleim Emma Geyer and Anna Huhnstock who praise the school highly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton Young
Snow’s College of Dressmaking
Rochelle
Mma Messer
Amanda Messer
Sarah Cluts
Dora Schnell
Lena Gleim
Emma Geyer
Anna Huhnstock
Fire Company Held Drill On North Street
The first drill of the Fire Company for this season was held Friday evening on North street. Delays occurred at start but the volunteers showed strong fire fighting capabilities for a small town. Two loads of hose were laid, one to the GazETITE office hydrant and one to the engine. The hydrant hose reached to Wm. Lesslie's coal office while the ladder crew laid a second hose atop the post office two story building to demonstrate stream power. Next practice is Friday evening June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Gazetite
Wm. Lesslie
Church to relaid floor and new carpet in rooms
The church plans to relaid a hardwood floor and oil it. Sunday school rooms will receive new carpet and carpet strips will cover aisles of the main auditorium. Officials discuss installing a new coal furnace this fall due to high wood fuel costs. Total planned improvements run about $300,00.
Graduation at Steward Eighth Grade Commencement
The Eighth Grade Commencement exercises for Public Schools near Steward will be held at the M. E. Church in Steward on Monday evening, May 25. A fine program includes addresses by Dr. J. W. Cook and County Superintendent I F Edwards who will present diplomas to 15 graduates: Emma Kirby, Alice O’Donnell, Fred Bates, Floyd Fuller, Della Neuman, Cecelia McLean, Pearl Andes, Walter Herman, Oliver Thomas, Alice O’Rorke, Hazel Vetter, John Herman, Wilbur Herman, Bertha Harns and Kathryn Herman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steward
M. E
J. W. Cook
DeKalb State Normal School
I. F. Edwards
Emma Kirby
Alice O'Donnell
Fred Bates
Floyd Fuller
Della Neuman
Cecelia McLean
Pearl Andes
Walter Herman
Oliver Thomas
Alice O’rorke
Hazel Vetter
Johm Herman
Wilbur Herman
Bertha Harns
Kathryn Herman
New Time Card Affects Northwestern Sunday Service
A new time card No 269 went into effect on the Northwestern Sunday morning with Lake Geneva summer service. Three trains updated: No 16 eastbound at 6 52 a m two minutes later No 11 westbound at 12 09 p m six minutes earlier and No 12 eastbound at 7 05 p m eight minutes later. Changes do not affect Ashton station and pedestrians are advised to govern themselves accordingly.
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Lake Geneva
Ashton Station
Young People's Meeting at Reynolds Township Sunday Session
The Reynolds township Sunday Schools held a large postnoon convention at Reynolds Evangelical Church despite heat and mud. Speakers included Rev. Wm. Storkman and I. R. Titus on teaching and men’s classes, with music by local quartets, followed by a Keystone and Epworth League union program and a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Schools
Reynolds Township
Reynolds Evangelical Church
RE. H. Wietler
Wm. Storkman
C. A. Entorf
Amboy
Lee County
Reynolds Church
Messrs. Wiener
Jonker
Dean
Wisman
Keystone League
Epworth League and
Young Peoples Alliance
I. H. Wiener
W. C. Yenerich
W. H. Myers
Epworth League
J. H. Johnson
United Evangelical Church
Storkman
More pay for carriers under post office bill
The post office appropriation bill moving to conference grants higher rural free delivery pay after June 30 1908 with a base of not less than 1000 dollars annually for carriers. Railway postal clerks receive paid leave and sick time with substitutes. minimum monthly substitute pay 25 dollars and travel allowances for government business. Overall postal staff pay rises from 35 573 000 to 39 303 685 dollars.
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Post Office
Elected President of the Sunday School Association
AY Wy Rospcrats of this city Illinois was elected president of the Sunday School Association now in session at Dixon Mr Rosecrans and his friends feel a great honor has befallen him and it places Ashton as well as Mr Rosecrans before the world
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iragon
Dison
Mr. Rosecrans
Ashton
The Vicksburg Daily Citizen on wallpaper from 1863
N A Petrie owns a surprising relic a copy of the Vicksburg Mississippi Daily Citizen printed on wallpaper dated July 2 1863. The paper carries strong anti federal editorials but was never printed by the Confederates as Grant occupied Vicksburg soon after and Union printers completed the edition. Petrie displays the rare document at the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Petrie
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Grant
Fishing Hot Spots in Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan
Summer resort fishing draws visitors to Wisconsin Minnesota and Northern Michigan with direct North Western Line service. Through trains transport travelers to lake regions offering hotels camps and boarding houses. S. T. Jenigs visits Anito Colorado for health enjoying morning air. Charles Owker’s barn burns to the ground after a fire seen by nearby citizens.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
North Western Line
S. T. Jenigs
Anito, Colorado
Charles Owker
Steward
Government Moisture Rule For Butter Sparks Broad Warning
The warning warns grocers and farmers that butter with 16 percent or more moisture is adulterated and seized by Revenue officers. It outlines fines, licenses, and civil liability for shippers or makers, and notes government tests in Rockford Chicago New York and other centers. It also discusses tariff revisions and print paper duties opposed by Speaker Cannon and a humorous quote from an exchange about town characters.
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Rockford
Chicago
New York
Joseph G. Cannon
Canada
United States
Joe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clara Bode Maybell Venerich
Clara Wagner
Hazel Arnould
Roy Heibenthal Mae Hutchinson
Laala Quick
Roland Hisenberg
Laila Quick
Roy Hartzelt
Va Greve
Fred Kers
Frances Stephan Charles Arnould
Brayton
Robert Moorehead
Wm. Wiener
Fire Company
Methodist Episcopal Church
Reynolds’ Convention
Young People's Meeting
W. C. McWethy
I. R. Titus
Dixon
J. W. Rosecrans
May Manton
Naperville
A. W. Rosecrans & Co
Illinois
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