Taft Vote Family Records Historic 20 Ballots
Frances Tilton’s family, all staunch Republicans, cast twenty votes for William Howard Taft. The Tiltons include six sons, four sons-in-law, ten grandchildren. one son-in-law moved away, leaving twenty total votes. Elder Tilton, in his eighty second year, began voting in 1848 for Zachary Taylor and has supported the party since 1856.
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United States
Frances Tilton
William Howard Taft
Mr. Tilton
Zachary Taylor
Perry Burright
Kansas
Richard Tilton
Lafayette Township
Counterfeit Bills In Circulation Across Chicago Area
Banks alert as Chicago reports counterfeit $5 notes from a highly perfected issue. Authorities estimate $10,000 to $20,000 circulating in the city with similar amounts elsewhere. Six prominent Chicago men arrested. they claim the bills entered through normal channels and are nearly indistinguishable from genuine notes. Secret service under Captain Porter intensifies investigation.
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Ashton Banks
Chicago
Secret Service
Porter
Monument Arrives in Mount Morris for Late Congressman Hitt
A large monument to honor the late Congressman Robert R. Hitt arrived in Mount Morris from Hallowell Maine after about a month in transit. The shipper notes the contract for setting the monument is in progress and plans for its installation are underway.
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Robert R. Hitt
Mount Morris
Hallowell Maine
Pastor Rev F E Nurse Takes Chicago Area Post
Rev F E Nurse of Chillcothe Illinois is appointed pastor of the Presbyterian church in this city and also pastor of the Franklin Grove church. His pastorate begins November 1 after preaching in the city since then. A well traveled scholar, he has spent years in the Holy Land and taught mathematics at Bei rut College in Syria. He is unmarried and will reside in Franklin Grove. The selection has the approval of church members.
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F. E. Nurse
Chillcothe
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Franklin Grove
Nurse
Holy Land
Beirut College
Syria
Turkey
Asia
Former Ashton Couple Weds in Local Ceremony
Laura Etta Himes and Harry Howey were married Wednesday afternoon November 4 1908 at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Simes. Rev W O Bellamy performed the ceremony attended by Miss Bessie Himes and Samuel Hoff. The couple plans a brief Ottawa Illinois trip and will live with the groom’s parents before establishing a home in Dixon.
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Oregon Republican
Frank Simes
Himes
Laura Etta Himes
Harry Howey
Nashua
W. O. Bellamy
Methodist Church
Bessie Himes
Samuel Hoff
J. Himes
Nashua Township
J. Howey
Ottawa
Horse Blankets at Boox's Largest Line in Town
The largest selection of horse blankets in town at Boox's with prices from 75 cents to 5 dollars each. First pick available for early shoppers.
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Boox’s
Seventy Men Named for Jury Duty in Lee County
The Lee County sheriff's office lists seventy men drawn for the January term petit jurors across weeks two to five. Names cover Amboy to Wyoming and include Amboy, Ashton, Dixon, Palmyra, Sublette, and more. Judge Farrand will preside as jurors shoulder liquor and other cases in a busy term.
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Lee County
Sheri Tourtillott
Mahan
Homps
R. H. Scott
Amboy
Fred Merron
C. Hy Roche
Frank Antonie
Ashton—Wam
Petrie Brooklyn
Arthur Foulk
Chas Abel
J. Wolford
Paul J. Walter Bradford
William Dagn
Peter Kelley
China
John F. Group
Johin Weigle- Dixon
W. O. Kenoga
Wil Fry
W. H. Edwards
Jo Emory
Adolph Eichler
F. Morris
A. W. Kramer
Gus Moller
EK. J. Countryman
East Grove
C. Hangon Jr. Harmon
Henry Dietz Sr
May
John Long
Nachusa
George Mattern
Nelson
Merritt Scholl
Henry Phillips
Palmyra
Bruce Zigler
Sublette
Earl Ellsworth
Hy Althous
Martin Theiss
Viola
John Bernardin
Willow Creek
Eli Ay
Wyoming
A. C. Haces
John May
Alto
Simon Wickness
F. P. Barnett
Harold D. James
Harry Swisher
Joseph Spangler
L. H. Saguin
Bradford
Reinhart Aschenbrenner
J. M. Krug
Joseph Hughes
Ernest Meister
Dixon
W. H. Badger
J. A. Kling
Perry Cowles
Perry Wilhelm
W. H. Hoon
S. W. Eakin
Frank Norden
Hamilton
George Frooks
Harmon
Peter Taity
Nathan R. Perkins
Jacob Riedenbaugh
F. H. Kugler
Thomas McMahan
Marion
Geo. EF. Brooks
Michael Conroy
Angier Wilson
Reynolds
Wm Bunger
Henry Walter
Perry Eddy
John A. Koehler
Henry Bansaw
Peter Koehler
L. Biester
South
Local Couple Ties Knot in Chicago Ceremony
Philip Brown of this city and Miss Hattie Grimm of Chicago were married last week Wednesday at the bride’s sister Mrs Fox home on 172 Eugene Street. Rev Grotenfield, an Evangelical minister, performed the ceremony. Mr Brown returns home soon and Mrs Brown will join him with his children from Lake Bluff Orphanage.
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Philip Brown
Hattie Grimm
Chicago
Mrs. Fox
Eugene Street
Grotenfield
Mr. Brown
Bids Rejected for Local Walk Construction
Bids for constructing a cement sidewalk under Local Improvement Ordinance No. 2 were rejected at a Monday afternoon Board of Local Improvements meeting in the city hall. The city council is expected to supervise the project, while the year book features Hicks Weather Forecast. Word and Works ad offers annual subscriptions and almanacs with discounts for bulk orders.
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Board of Local Improvents
City Hall
America
Word and Works Pub. Co
Locust Street
St. Louis
Hicks
Almanac for 1909 by Reverend Hicks
The 1909 Hicks Almanac is ready for mailing on Nov 15 1908. It features a colored cover and portrait of Prof Hicks, includes old features plus several new ones, and offers plush robes at Bones with prices from 3 to 10 dollars.
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R. Hicks
Prof. Hicks
Bones
Apples Stored for Sale in Basement Pool Room
A reader notes storing Kansas Reds and Pippins in the basement Pool room for sale at 31.25 per bushel and Winesaps at 51.00 per bushel.
Potatoes for sale by B G Venerich in Gazette ad
A brief notice from B G Venerich offers 35 bushels of potatoes at 75 cents per bushel. First come, first served, published in The Gazette with a yearly subscription price of $1.50.
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William H. Taft
Zach” Taylor
John Pierce Company
Oakwood Cemetery
Behinton Miller
Ashton
B. G. Venerich
The
Gazette
Sadie
Florida
A. W. Rosecrans
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