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Ashton Gazette in Ashton, Illinois

23 May 1918

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Ashton Gazette

Location

Ashton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1918

Page

2

Local visitors and events in Rochelle area notes

A long list of visits and travel mentions in Rochelle and Ashton including Fred Attig in Aurora, B J Yenerich and Glenn Rosecrans in Chicago, and Miss Vera Hummel with Rev J H Johnson. Cards detail grain dealers conventions, church delegates, and Easter nest egg antics near Ashton. Memorials, sales, and rate hearing notes also appear.

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Fred Attig Aurora B. J. Yenerich Chicago Glenn C. Rosecrans Vera Hummel J. H. Johnson William Meister Rochelle Jack Prestegaard Camp Grant John Stephan Gazette Office O. C. Baker Maggie Luckey George Franklin Grove Ashton A. Hunt Appeal Board Eva Hunt Sterling J. Melvin Bergeson Arthur Petrie W. H. Bates Lyman Booth James EB. Bates Laura Hobart Hinsdale Adam Krug Lottie Frank Chapman John Krug Mabel Gonnerman Ralph of Dixon Katherine Hewert Henrietta Hart LeRoy Buhler Palmyra Township Mary Krug M. M. Billmire Robert Peterson Alvin Johnson William Fell Fred O. Beach Mary Hurd Ruth Meister Adam Schinzer Rockford Fred Fuchs Edward Roesler Henry E. Weishaar Henry Weishaar Bradford Township Middlebury Rocky Hollow Ilinois Northern Utilities Mark C. Keller
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A World Where a Child’s Future Shapes a Man

A speaker laments the burden of a troubled world on today’s youth and his own sense of responsibility. He recalls a younger self with hope and envisions the impact of war on a boy’s future, urging action through charity and personal sacrifice inspired by seeing children leaving school at four o’clock.

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Liberty Loan Red Cross
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Men Needed for Y M C A War Service Positions

Article calls for men aged 31 to 50 to join the Y M C A at cantonments and local counties. It outlines roles from secretaries to automotive repair and canteen work, emphasizing character, loyalty, grit, and tact. Recruitment head is Mr. GC F Ogden of Freeport, with contact details to learn more about the patriotic service. An investment note promotes War Savings stamps offering $5 return on $4.16 invested today, with a $1,000 ownership cap per individual.

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GC. F. Ogden Freeport Stephenson Jo Daviess Carroll Winnebago Lee Ogle Ogden U. S. Treasury
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Christmas Greeting From a Kansan by Carl Ballweg

A Kansan writer Carl Ballweg pens a ninety word Christmas greeting from the viewpoint of a foreign born immigrant. He reflects on arriving alone in America and receiving its free lands schools and spirit of open-hearted comradeship. The piece ends with a humorous garden fence exchange about buried seeds versus a hen.

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Carl Ballweg Emporia Gazette America
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Starlight No 138758 Color, Bidek Colt Details

Two year old colt weighing 1400 pounds, sired by Domino 88022 with dam Beth 78819. Terms include $15 to insure standing, good care but no liability for accidents, and service fees due upon disposal or relocation. steward, Illinois.

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Black Beauty Missouri Jenny Tae &T Dunham, Fletcher & Coeman Wayne, Illinois Ashton Bidek Domino Beth Modeste Brisse Boulette Gony Colombe Christophe Colombe Liza Ashton Belgian Braft Horse Co
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The Ralph J. Dean William A. Hunt Elva MccDermont Minneapolis William Schade Fred A. Richardson Clint Meyers Thomas Paddock Bert Reed A. T. Reed Kkk Brigham Young Jack P & Smith Ashton, Liknacis Merchant Tailors Illinois Adam Faber’s. Prompt Service YM. C. A Partners State Bank Che Sapari H.L. Gleason & Co Rochelle, Ilinois Doyon-Rayne Lumber Co H. A. Roe Co Dixon National Bank Dixon, Ilinois L. W. Miller SCHOT Lee County Ofer Pove Teachers’ Institute H. A. Bremmen J. W. Dale Farmers State Bank Ilinois M. L. English M. D Inois James W. Watts Odd Fellows Building W. Lehman Dixon, Inois Gardner & Gardner Roche WI. Lard Ind Lee Courty Starlight No Justus H. Hewert Steward Champaign de Lillis Registered Champaign de Lillis Belgium Peter Nelson Mgr
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