Insull Aims to Unite Midwestern Utilities in Giant Merger
Reports from Chicago detail Samuel Insull and associates pursuing a four holding company merger that would consolidate about fifty electric gas and street railway concerns in Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan and Iowa. The plan targets Public Service Corporation of Northern Illinois Commonwealth Edison and Chicago traction lines, with a final merger covering about 150 million in stock and bonds and serving 170 cities and villages.
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Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Iowa
Samuel Insull
LaSalle Street
Chicago
Insull
Public Service Corporation
Northern Illinois
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago Elevated Railways
Chicago Street Railways
Commonwealth Edison
Public Service of
Northern Ilinois
United Light and Railways
Middle West
Illinois Northern Utilities
North Shore Electric Company
A Christmas Surprise Twenty Years In The Making
Mr and Mrs Fred Richardson celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary with a surprise party at their home. About fifty friends attended as a mock wedding ceremony was performed with Ralph Charters as parson, Mary Charters and Lucy Hart as bridesmaids, and Carl Schade as ring bearer. Gifts included a china set. Music, refreshments, and speeches followed as guests enjoyed games and socializing. Also announced are local event plans and church notices for the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Richardson
Willian Schade
Richardson
R. W. Jeter
Rosecrans
Paul Charters
Mary Charters
Lucy Hart
Carl Schade
First National Thanksgiving Proclaimed by President
A historical note traces Thanksgiving from 1621 Pilgrim feast to a national holiday. It explains how Governor Bradford organized wild fowl and pies, the visit of Massasoit and his people, and the 1789 proclamation by President Washington that established the last Thursday in November as a national holiday.
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Plymouth
William Bradford
Massasoit
New England
William and Mary
Pequods
Massachusetts Colony
General Court
Connecticut Congress
Washington
Subscriptions Renewed as Local Paper Changes Hands
A wave of renewals follows last weeks efforts to keep the presses rolling. Names include Miss Sophia Hotzel, Mrs. Mary Vaupel, Dr. G E Heinzeroth, Henry Oesterheld, George E. Geyer, John Schuler, Wm Heinzeroth, George Danekas, W J Haverly, and others from Ashton Laurens Gilberts Alexandra Rochelle Sheldon and Rockford. Will Schade sold his paper and paint business to Henry Vaupel. Schade stays this winter with plans unannounced. Lee O Neil Browne led LaSalle county votes with 15,382, Ottawa 3,820, and strong Lorimer case no dent on support.
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Sophia Hotzel
Ashton
Lil
Mary Vaupel
G. E. Heinzeroth
Turtle Lake
N. D
Henry Oesterheld
George E. Geyer
Ill
John Schuler
Laurens
Iowa
Wm. Heinzeroth
George Danekas
Gilberts
W. J. Haverly
Alexandra
KE. Paddock
Chicago
M. D. Martin
Rockford
Lesslie
Wm. Schade
Ili
Ernest Hawke
Sheldon
Emily Tilton
Rochelle
Will Schade
Henry Vaupel
Henry
Mr. Schade
Lee O'Neil Browne
LaSalle County
Scanlan
Ottawa
Sunday School Convention Plans Change in Road Laws
Ashton township plans for Sunday Schools convention on December 8 with three sessions at the Methodist Episcopal and United Evangelical churches. Rev. A A Walter and Rev. A E Imester are named as speakers. A state highway reform bill is outlined, creating a state highway engineer, reducing township commissioners, and directing state funding from automobile license funds toward highways.
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Ashton Township
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. A. Walter
United Vangelical Church
A. E. Imester
Bradford
United Evangelical Church
Simester
Theiss
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Legislative Commission
Homer J. Tice
Automobile Fund
Assembly
Dixon and Amboy
J.P. Mason
Elgin
T. R. Agg
State Engineer's
Springfield
J. H. McMurray
Lincoln
Illinois
Amboy Woman's Club
Commercial Club
Amboy News
Klingebiel Scott wed in Sycamore at three
Carl Klingebiel elder son of Mr and Mrs August Klingebiel and Miss Vesta Scott elder daughter of Mrs Belle Scott of DeKalb were married yesterday afternoon at three o clock at the Methodist parsonage in Sycamore Rev Benjamin Rist officiated The wedding was quiet due to the bride’s mother illness They will reside at 801 Grove street DeKalb after January 1 2913 following a Thanksgiving visit in Chicago with the bride’s relatives.
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Carl Klingebiel
Andrs
August Klingebiel
Vesta Scott
Belle Scott
DeKalb
Sycamore
Benjamin Rist
Mrs. Klingebiel
Chicago
Grove Street
Carl
Northwestern
Allen Grattan Trotting Prospect Purchased by O C Edgington
O C Edgington bought a black trotter named Allen Grattan 49643 for 480 dollars. The colt has a trial speed of 2 19 on a half mile track, and his dam May Allen has a 2 09 trotting record. The purchase signals keen local interest as the horse’s lineage links to Grattan 2 19 and a famous betting cup trotter. The Gazette Book Store reports its final stationery and Bible stock for the holiday trade and urges early selection as the line remains complete.
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O. C. Edgington
Allen Grattan
May Allen
Grattan
Oliver
Gazette Book Store
Funeral Held For Five Children Widow Of Flagg Worker
Mrs. Robert Chamberlain of Flagg dies at 28 from brain cancer and a ruptured blood vessel leaving five children. Funeral at Flagg Church with interment in Flagg Center cemetery. Survived by husband, five children, mother, sister, and brother. Also notes Tebela Temple visit by local Nobles.
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Robert Chamberlain
Flagg
Robert L. Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Northwestern
W. H. Bates
Hall Signal Service
Marta
Jesse
Adora May
Nellie
Viola
Roberta
Fanny Crofts
Alonzo Armstrong
Frank Adams
Alburtus Perry
Methodist Church of
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George E. Foss
Waukegan
James McKinley
Rock Island
George W. Prince
Galesburg
John A. Sterling
Bloomington
Capt. N. B. Thistlewood
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Roosevelt
Mann
Madden
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Mrs
Fraternity Glee Club
Glee Club
The
William Lesslie
James Batchelor
W. Jonker
Nellie Zeller
Glenn Rosecrans
Emmett Randall
Madson Bivens
Edgar Shippee
Union
G. A. Walter
Reynolds and Ashton Evangelical Church
Reynolds
W. B. Rilling
F. Tuigss
New, England
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O. C. Baker
Madison
Wisconsin
Flagg Center
Tebela Temple
T. Zeller, Sr
John D
Ralph S. Charters
Charles Tuck
John W. Weishaar
J. C. Moats
J. C. Wetzel
Fred A. Richardson
William H. Fee
Fannel
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