Doings of the Ashton Public High School Picnic
report of a Friday evening outing at Dugdale's grove with faculty chaperones from Ashton Public School. Students cooked supper over a fire, roasted marshmallows, sang, and shared stories. The piece notes pranks, class activities, sewing and manual training lessons, upcoming games, and the retrieval of two weekly papers Current Events and The Digest for student engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugdale’s Grove
Ashton Public School
Vernon Smith
Glenn Geyer
Glenn
Raymond
Miss Howell
Esther Nuss
Harold Meyers
VP. S
Ashton Bantams
Dixon
Whch
Melinde Wiener
Illinois Central doubles track near Amboy Sublette by October
The Illinois Central double tracking between Amboy and Sublette, begun August 1, is expected to finish mid October if no delays occur. Rumor says LaSalle Co. won the contract for the project. Amboy yard work, including enlarging the roundhouse and extending seven tracks, should also be completed by mid October. Other notes include a regular Ashton Chapter meeting and local social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central
Amboy
Sublette
LaSalle
Green River
Amboy News
Rat Snap Promises Big Hog Savings Says New Jersey Farmer
James McGuire a noted hog raiser from New Jersey praises RAT SNAP for rat control. He spent 1.25 on the cake bait and claims it eliminated rats, saving the price of a hog. Sold by F. O. Smith M. N. Glenn and A. W. Rosecrans & Co with a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McGuire
Hog Raisey
New Jersey
F. O. Smith
M. N. Glenn
A. W. Rosecrans & Co
Local notes from Chicago and community gatherings
David M. Billmire and Enoch Self attended a horse shoer's convention in Chicago last week. George H. Van Ness hosted 55 neighbors at a wienie roast near their stone quarry. AIL comments on rodents and Liberty Bonds urging hold. Charters Drug Store to conduct a presidential straw vote for men and women. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine advertised with reward for cure claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Billmire
Enoch Self
Chicago
George H. van Ness
Charters Drug Store
Rexall
United States
Boston
RAT SNAP Outperforms Rodents in Pantry and Barns
Kill rats and mice with RAT SNAP provides ready to use cakes no mixing. 35e cake covers pantry kitchen or cellar while 65e size with two cakes suits chicken houses coops or small buildings. $1.25 packs five cakes for farm storage buildings or factories. Sold and guaranteed by A W Rosecrans Co F O Smith and M N Glens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Rosecrans & Co
F. O. Smith
M. N. Glens
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Harold Cox
Bill McCade
Beck
Paul Albright
Shorty
Fowle
W. F. Aydelotte
Crawford Ave
Dixon, Illinois
John F. Stadeble
Ashton
O. FE
Bergeson
E.O
Harry L. Billmire
Laura
Billmire
Sycamore
John D. Charters
St. Louis
Rexall Dealers
Andrew Reinhart
Minnesota
Lloyd Emmert
Mirian of
Clinton Emmert
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & C
Titan
Ashton, Illinois
First St
Rockford
Ilinois
Robert Trigg & Sons
Marr
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