Local American Legion festival opens. Batavia events noted
Ten years ago this week Batavia hosted the twelfth annual American Legion festival at Batavia Township park. The issue highlights marriages in nearby towns, prize winners at amateur night, engagements, scouts departures to Green Lake Wisconsin, a baby born at St Josephs Mercy Hospital in Aurora, and community notes including a church wedding and local civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Batavia Township
Sven Katherine Hubbard
O. W. Hubbard
Edward Vicksburg
Centuria
Wis
Bethany Lutheran Church
P. H. Nordlander
June Rumsey
Daugter
Clarence Rumsey
Clara Bortner
A. P. Bortner
Herbert W. White
Harvard
Ill
Alice Mae Ostdick
Anna Ostdick
Elgin
Arthur Maloney
Katherine Maloney
St. James Catholic Church
LaRaine Nelson
Russell H. Strickland
August J. Mier
Batavia
American Legion Post
Peoria
William A. Roscoe
South
van Buren Street
Green Lake
Elna Anderson
Elof Anderson
Robert Larson
Hugo Larson
Oliver Freedland
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Aurora
Boy Scouts
Troop 3
Washington Street
20 Years Ago Batavia Chronicle Highlights Local News
Twenty years ago Batavia items report foreign travel for Nicholas Brnzen to Wallendorf Germany and numerous local notes. Obituaries include Mrs. Rachel Smith Chase and Mrs. Roselana Butler. Local shifts include Dr. W H Lysne taking over chiropractic offices, fishing trips, civic events, marriages, and town projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Brnzen
Park Street
Wallendorf
Germany
Rachel Smith Chase
G. DuFour
Princeville, Ill
W. H. Lysne
L. J. Farley
First National Bank
Dr. Lysne
Chicago
Edward Cahill
Ellison Bay
Wis
Roselana Butler
Colonial Hospital
Geneva
T. D. Butler
Batavia Christian Church
J. C. West
C. E. Ward
Earl
Richard Markuson
Lightning claim ends life of Aurora man at work
Forty years ago this week Nicholas Wolsfelt of Aurora was killed by lightning while at work in the L. W. Polk milk building on South 4th street. A crew under F. H. Beach prepared to repair the dam at the Challenge factory. Adam Blacksmith died at his Van Nortwick farm home west of Batavia. Senator A. J. Hopkins and Mrs. Hopkins hosted Senator Shelby M. Cullom and Mrs. Cullom at their Aurora home as they attended the Aurora Chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Young
N. A. Drake
138Th Regiment
Wisconsin
Janesville
W. S. Derby
California
Geo. H. Burnett
Ed Meredith
Geo. G. Guy
Chicago
Aurora Knight Templars
Edward VII
San Francisco
Calif
Batavia Blues
Aurora Giants
Batavia Juniors
West Chicago Tigers
Daily Tribune
Averill
Batavia Tribune Publishing Co
Goe. D. Scharburg
Justus L. Johnson
van Nortwick
Batavia
Frank J. Hooker
C. F. Fowler
Wilson Street
J. W. Ballard
Creighton
Neb
U. S
Nicholas Wolsfelt
Aurora
L. W. Polk
South 4Th Street
F. H. Beach
Challenge
Adam Blacksmith
A. J. Hopkins
Shelby M. Cullom
Theer Aurora
Fifty Years Ago This Week Hundreds of Fish Die in Fox River
Thousands of dead fish were pulled from the Fox river over Monday and Tuesday as residents watched fish surface and wash ashore. Authorities including Mayor H. B. Bartholomew and Fish Commissioner Elgin investigated a suspected glucose factory poisoning in Geneva, with boatloads of fish collected along the riverbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox River
Geneva
H. B. Bartholomew
Smith
Elgin
Batavia
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Minnesota
Alice Gustafson
C. J. Perusse
Democratic Dalton League
T. H. Kelleher
A. E. McDowell
George H. Burnett
George Sweet
Julia Rouse
Leslie M. Updike
Oda Terrill
Glenwood Park
Dick Warren
Champaign
Robert H. Larson
Raymond Johnson
Green River
Wyo
Marshall Johnson
Bedford
Ind
Florence Severson
Oak Park
Bernard Jacobson
Lydia Molthan
John Molthan
Naperville
Fred H. Beatty
James
Orlando Wheelock
Emerson-Brantingham Company
Rockford
Frank Thomle
East Wilson Street
Etta Kibling
Bald Mound
Gus Johnson
Ruth
Harrison B. Stree
FE. Holbrook
Bellevu Sanitarium
John Barckley
Wilsor Street
Will Hyde
H. O. Melby
Fargo Street
Burnett & Johnson
Burnett & Johnson Funeral Service
Aman E. Johnson
Mambulange
Ansgar L. Carlson Agency
N. Washington St
Selinois Bell Telephone Company
Campana
Campana Corporation
Batavia, Illinois
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