10 Years Ago This Week Highlights Local News
Rev Fr William J Doncister of Holy Cross Catholic honored with Doctor of Thy degree at Niagara University. Moosejaw area graduates mourn loss of 1836 65 boys and 71. Elsie Marie Johnson marry Leonard Lindgren at St Charles Pentacostal church. Natalie Marcuson and Frank Sweeney wed in Springfield. Freddie Platt Billings killed in freight car accident at Mill creek bridge. Mrs Frank Averill and others mark golden anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Doncister
Holy Cross Cathoach
Onliv
Thy
Niagara University
Batavia
Alli
Union Air Services
Moosenn
Frank Averill
Ola
Raih Con ‘ L Wdedlin
Elsie Marie Johnson
Frank Johnson
St. Charles
Leonard Lindgren
Andrew Lindgren
St. Charles Pentacotal
Il. B. Bartholomew
Episcopal Parish House
Howard
Fannie Felver
West Aurora High School
Freddie Platt-Billings
W. T. Platt
Mill Creek Bridge
Platt
Aurora
County auditor releases yearbook of receipts and disbursements
Twenty years ago this week the county auditor Fred A. Burke issued the annual booklet detailing receipts and disbursements by all county departments for the past year. Rev. J Laffey of Mooseheart sailed for France and England with Rev Fr Deutches of Aurora covering Mooseheart duties. A new ticket office building at the high school athletic field began construction at a cost of 2000 dollars under Mayor C J Ekman. A surrounding fence was erected and field house work aimed for fall completion. Miss Stella Knox married William Clark on June 16 with Rev Grace Phillips officiating and they will reside at 101 Spring Street. Miss Gladys Upright wed Alfred Moffee in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Burke
J. Laffey
Mooseheart
France
England
Fr. Deutches
Aurora
C. J. Ekman
Stella Knox
William Clark
Grace Phillips
The
Christian Church
Spring Street
Gladys Upright
Alfred Moffee
Geiss Sells Cigar Firm. Batavia Postmaster to devote time
A 30 years ago item notes John Geiss sold his interest in Geiss Cigar Co to Jacob Feldman. Geiss will devote full time to duties as Batavia postmaster. Other items include marriages, graduations, and a bakery lease on East Wilson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geiss
Geiss Cigar Company
Jacob Feldman
Geiss
Batavia
Lillian Bartelt
Arthur Schimelpfenig
Batavia High School
Alice O'Boyle
Pearl Jones
Ray Thelander
Philip Thelander
Augustant Theological Seminary
Hilda Benson
Joseph Erickson
Elm Street
Charles Anderson
McKee Street
John Anderson
Emma Peterson
Sweden
Evelyn Feldott
Arthur Milroy
Holy Cross Church
P. B. McCabe
Averill
East Wilson Street
Fifty Years Ago This Week Democratic Delegates and Local News
John Geiss was chosen as a delegate from Batavia to the Democratic state convention. Rev. A Challman returned from St Peters Minnesota where he attended the ministerial convention. John Grehn the tax collector left for Sweden. Benson and Nelson opened a new store on Houston Street. Peter Hobler returned from a month in the northwest states reporting good crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geiss
Batavia
Rev
A. Challman
St. Peters
Minn
John Grehn
Sweden
Messrs
Benson and Nelson
Houston Street
Peter Hobler
Northwest States
Mrs Hat tie Freedlund Dies in Batavia at 70
The mother of Alderman Oliver Freedlund and Mrs Frank Pierson died at 70 in Community hospital Geneva after a three week stay. Born in Sweden September 29 1873 she lived in Batavia many years and leaves four sons Vincent Elmer Theodore and Theodore plus a daughter sister and brother. Funeral was held at Covenant Mission church with Rev G F Forsberg officiating and burial in West Batavia cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Oliver Freedlund
Frank Pierson
Hattie M. Freedlund
Community Hospital
Geneva
Theodore Freedlund
Mission Covenant Church
North
Batavia Avenue
Vincent
Elmer
Theodore
Freedlund
Sweden
Batavia
Covenant Mission Church
Harry Tolf
Robert
Chicago
G. F. Forsberg
West Batavia
Death of Mother Calls Home SS Jack Lindgren
Jack Lindgren, on a 23 day furlough, returned home due to his mother Mrs. Lillian Lindgren’s sudden death in Chicago. She was laid to rest in Waldheim cemetery beside her husband Elmer A Lindgren in the family plot of former mayor E E Lindgren. Lindgren had been at gunnery school in Denver and had just arrived in Harlingen, Texas, the day after the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lindgren
Lillian Lindgren
Chicago
Waldheim
Elmer Albert Lindgren
E. E. Lindgren
Lindgren
Harlingen
Tex
Denver
Colo
Funeral attendees honor Lindgren family link in Chicago finale
The obituary notes a member of the Hoover and Lindgren families from here attended the funeral. It mentions the deceased had a son and a daughter Mrs. Douglas Hoover, plus two sisters Mrs. May Pritikin of Chicago and Mrs. Ann Lindgren of California, who arrived for the funeral. It also states the survivor’s 23 months of foreign service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover and Lindgren
Lindgren
Douglas Hoover
May Pritikin
Chicago
Ann Lindgren
California
Caution on Keeping Children Seated in Moving Cars
The text warns parents not to let small children stand in moving cars and to keep doors locked to prevent falls. It cites examples of severe head injuries and broken arms from such incidents, notes newspapers report these accidents, and mentions occasional fatalities.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary
W. A. Keith
Ohio
Nationalisos Congregational Church
G. A. Ray
Calvary Church
Edward Cahill
John P Hart
South
Natalie Marcuson
Frank Sweeney
Springfield
Main Street
Nottolini
PABST
Blue Ribbon Grill
State ST
Geneva, Ill
Fred W. Braun
Safetyman
Batavia Dairy Copmany
Thie Taorth
SAKE
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Klimo
North Western
Jake
Bob
Merchant Marine
John
Chicago Symphony
Claude
New Jersey
el Kahir
America
Chicago and North Western Line
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