Bank Robbery Fails Despite Heavy Explosives
Robbers struck Franklin Grove Bank early Tuesday using four nitroglycerin blasts and cut telephones to hinder response. A worker at the switchboard alerted authorities, but the safe withstood the charges and the getaway ended with shots fired and blood traces leading away from the crime scene. No arrests by press time.
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Franklin Grove
Howard Maronde
Frank Senger
Fred Kelley
A. B. Naylor
Galen
Clifford Tompkins
Main Street
Hussey
Dysart
Shhoenholtz
Adja
Bank Robberies Loom Over Franklin Grove Year
Citizens recount two attempted bank robberies within a year in Franklin Grove. The latest incident left the vault untouched while the safe drew the assailants’ attention. The Ashton Bank reopened after securing currency and a new safe, with plans to operate until a new building is ready.
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Franklin Grove
A. Durkes
Ashton Bank
Dewitt Ellinwood Weds Lola Penn At Home Ceremony
Lola Penn united in marriage to Rev. DeWitt C. Ellinwood of Ashton Illinois at the Penn home on September 8. Ceremony led by Rev Bailey with Hattie Wilson playing the Lohengrin wedding march. The couple plans to live in Evanston Illinois after a lake trip and pursue further education at Garrett Bible Institute and Northwestern University.
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R. T. Penn
Lola
DeWitt C. Ellinwood
Ashton
Illinois
Hattie Wilson
Lohengrin
Bailey
Methodist Church
Flag Center
Gertrude Penn
Charles Fordyce
Oren Armstrong
Edna Windenburg
Messrs
H. M. and
M. E. Ellinwood
Chicago
J. 8. Hughes
DeWitt
Iowa
Edna Windenberg
Mount Vernon
Lakes
Wisconsin
Evanston
Ellinwood
Cornell
Garrett Biblcal Institute
Northwestern University
Keller Leads in Lee County GOP State Attorney Race
In a tight Lee County Republican primary Mark C Keller leads Robert L Warner by 619 votes at 2 AM after 34 of 38 precincts report Keller 1701 Warner 1082. Wingert and Gannon follow in third and fourth with 969 and 965 votes respectively in total counts with four precincts missing.
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Ashton
U 8
William B. McKinley
Frank L. Smith
B. M. Chipperfield
Len Small Wees Ees Tone
John G. Oglesby
Louis L. Emmerson
William H.reid
Auditor of
Robert L. Warner
Mark Keller
Edward EB. Wingert
Martin J. Gannon
Samuel J. Whetston
Herbert W. Morris
Mark C. Keller
Lee County
Keller
Edward E. Wingert
Palmyra
Lee Center
Brooklyn
Mmbi
Ri. Kelly
Grover W. Gehant
Lincoln Ashton to Rochelle on Lincoln Highway Completed
The Lincoln Highway segment between Ashton and Rochelle nears completion with the last 4 1 4 mile stretch laid in two weeks. Contractors resume work east of Ashton to connect with village paving, while Pleas Construction loads brick for storm sewers and awaits cement and a grader. Ice Cream Social at Reynolds church lawn this Thursday to raise funds for Sunday school awaits attendees.
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Ashton
Rochelle
Illinois
Jaiks
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pleas Construction Co
Wood
Reynolds Church
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Ashton Boy
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Dixon
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Tourtillott
John H. Byers
A. T. Tourtillott
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DeKalb County
Whiteside County
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Lyndon
Harry Wright
Rosecrans
Edwin S. Roscrans
Fred W. Leake
Amboy
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The
Kankakee
Dwight
McKinley
U.S
Brimdage
Hodist Ladies Aid
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Jennie ‘Tuck
Hattie Brown
W. E. Kern
Nora Shippee
Estella Rosecrans
Laila
Loala Quick
Grace Kern
Treasury
Presbyterian Church
William H. Manshardt
United Evangelical Notes
J. H. Johnson
Brookville
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W. M
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Jennings
Heidenthal
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Eisenberg
Etree Es Orchestra
Chicago Morning Papers
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Lincoln
Fred Tilton
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
Ashton, Illinois
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