Overland march of Thirteenth Cavalry from Fort Riley
Four companies of the Thirteenth United States Cavalry led by Major T. J. Lewis passed through the city Monday at eight with 220 men, 255 horses, and 12 army wagons on an experimental overland tour from Fort Riley to Fort Sheridan. The unit, formerly in the Philippines, faced bad roads and rain as they march toward Chicago via Ashton, aiming to reach Sheridan by September 6. Kermit Roosevelt and Captain Fitzhugh Lee accompanied the party, with Philip Sheridan also present.
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Thirteenth
United States Cavalry
T. J. Lewis
Nachusa
United States Army
Quartermaster Department
J. G. Pillow
P. J. R. Kiehl
R. C. Williams
W. P. Moffet
H. J. Reilly
Fort Sheridan
Sheridan
Ashton
Chicago
Fort Riley
Phillipines
Kermit Roosevelt
Denrock
Burlington
Fitzhugh Lee
Philip Sheridan
Phil Sheridan
Lee
Seventh Cavalry
Kans
Arizona
Gazette Price Hike Prompts October One Fifty Per Year
The Gazette will cost $1.50 per year starting October 1 1907 due to higher costs for paper ink and labor. Publisher Raps J Dean notes that prices elsewhere have risen and advertising income barely covers production costs while urging readers to renew before the deadline.
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Gazette
Illinois
Paw Paw
Paw Paw Times, Amboy Journal
Mendota Sun
Mendota Reporter
Oregon Reporter
Polo Press
Sterling Standard
Morrison Sentinel
Fulton Journal
Franklin Grove
Amboy News
Ohio Herald
Rochelle Register
Franklin Grove Reporter
Rochelle Herald
J, Dean
Grace Baxter and Ida Parker Visit From Oregon
Misses Grace Baxter and Ida Parker of Oregon visited in town on Sunday, enjoying sights and local hospitality during their stay.
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Grace Baxter
Ida Parker
Oregon
City wins replevin over street ownership in Ashton trial
In Ashton, the city secured a victory in a replevin suit against Mrs. Emily J. Walker over sidewalk boards. Testimony traced the street as public property since 1864 to 1869, with multiple witnesses confirming it as a defined street and the city maintaining walks and crossings.
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Ashton
Emily J. Walker
Stevenson
Walker
Davis
Dixon
Hiram Brooks
McWethey
Court House
Defendents
Walkers
Wiener
R. J. Farringer
Lewis Payne
Isaac Earl
Brooks
City Court Rules Cage Case For City Costs
Judge Stevenson summing up the evidence renders a verdict in favor of the city after fifteen years use by prescription. Costs amount to 11.35 dollars charged to Mrs. Walker. An appeal was requested through her attorney but no bond filed yet. City officials will contest if carried to higher court.
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Stevenson
Walker
Methodist Pastor to Retire. Parsonage Debt Paid
Rev J R Hamilton, Methodist Episcopal Church pastor, plans retirement to Oklahoma City for health. The parsonage debt was cleared with Isaac Earl raising $700 and an extra $100 for painting. Funeral of a local mother is described with family details and religious service notes.
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J. R. Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Isaac Earl
Earl
Hamilton
Rock River Conference
Ashton
Franklin Grove
Death Claims Former Resident of Reynolds
Anna Martha Mehlhause, born February 10 1842 in Hessen Germany, married Jacob Zimmerman in 1862 and moved to America in 1865. They farmed in Lee County for forty years then moved to Rochelle on South Main Street two and a half years ago. Her health declined after the move and she suffered stomach issues since October with poor appetite since April.
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Anna Martha Mehlhause
Hessen
Germany
Jacob Zimmerman
America
Lee County
Rochelle
Zimmerman
South Main
Miss Ina Miller Dies in Spokane Tuberculosis Claims Milliner
Miss Ina Miller longtime milliner for Rosecrans and Company at Hillsboro Indiana died in Spokane Washington from tuberculosis. She had led the firm's millinery department for five years before moving west two years earlier to continue her work. Her death shocks Ashton area friends and relatives. she was 28 or 29 and leaves sisters Isa Ver Bea Joy and a mother in Hillsboro with the eldest sister summoned to Spokane. Her funeral plans are not yet learned.
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Kennedy
Miss Naughton
Chicago
Keummel
Rochelle
Anna Vogeler
Canada
Christina Robbins
Lizzie Klenke
Ashton
Martha
George
Steward
John
William
Fred
Charles
Anna
Lizzie Wesley
Anna Scheer
Phil Scheer
Sophia Mehlhaus
Julius Puetz
Mary Puetz
J. S. Martin
Lawn Ridge Cemetery
Ina Miller
Spokane
Washington
Miss Miller
Uirlinery
A. W. Rosecrans and Company
Hillsboro
Indiana
Isa
Ver
Ralph Desmond
Bea
Joy
Geo. Miller
Ashton Young
Calico Jim
Uncle Tom
George Saunders
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13Th U. S. Cavalry
Kansas
the Gazette
City
Methodist
Oklanoma
Grarch
Reynolds
Reynolds Township
Rosecrans & Company
The
Ashton Gazette
Rea Miller
A. W. Rosecrans @ Co
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