Township Treasurer's Report and Local Notices
Annual financial statement for Township 10 6 in Leoria County Illinois covering July 1 1928 to June 30 1929 lists real estate notes on hand and expenditures including salaries and supplies. Local notices report social visits, travel plans, fabric patterns, and an oil boom in western Kansas with farm land prices and wheat yields.
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Leoria County
Illinois
School Board and Business Office
le Pace
Juda
Ee School Board
Taves
Business School Board
Business Me
Sfteee
Cote
John Finnegan
Do You Remember Way Back When In Simple Times
A reflective poem recalling days thirty to forty years ago. The speaker notes modest dress and restrained behaviors. Rural or small town life is described with details of family routines, gender roles, clothing, and social norms, ending with a colloquial aside. The piece uses humorous, rustic imagery to evoke nostalgia.
French Grove Notes From Week Of Rural Visit
French Grove residents share visits with Canton relatives and friends. Kirtleys and McClellans thresh wheat on Thursday and Friday. H L Oakes called to Elgin for Mrs Beardsley’s death. They plan to stay till Monday. Mrs Clark returns from Bloomington and Decatur. Verne Shaffer family visits Elmwood. Theodore and Ruth West dine with W M Carter. C L McClellan shows health improvement. Laura church attendees enjoyed Sunday school picnic at Bradley. W M Carter family drive to Peoria. Joe Reed makes a Peoria business trip. Grove threshing run set to start July 29.
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H. L. Oakes
Elgin
Grove
Laura
Bradley
W. M. Carter
Peoria
Public warned not to litter highway shoulders
Marty Shirley from Peoria weekend trip highlighted a state highway litter advisory. By order of the department, crews who maintained Routes 78 and 91 this spring and summer departed Monday to take a contract at Yorkville near Aurora.
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Yorkville
Aurora
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Brimfield Elevator Company
L. G. Cady
Henrietta Guyer
Missea
Matilda
Lillian Groeper
Max Wasson's
Geo. Blumenshine
Washington
Irma
Mildred Hunkler
Reene
St. Louis
J. E. Welch
Mrs. Reene
Welch
J. E. Smay
Chicago
John Hunkler
Walter
Hunkler
Breece Davenport
Audrey
Charlotte
Streator
Hebert N. Blakeway
H. N. Blackeway
Iowa
Minnesota
Montana
Julia Dwyer
Canl
Thelma Smith
Wayne McKeffer
Davenport
WUC
Memier's Bay
Farmington
Crane & Connell Hardware
al Haynes
Ted Dungan
Robert Marks
Shenandoah
Gove City
Kansas
Gove County
Lois
Edith Carter
Canton
Kirtleys and McClellans
South Side
Theodore and
Ruth West
C. L. McClellan
Joe Reed
the Grove
Dimity
the Homestore
C Church
Goodrich Cavalier
Goodrich
Reinhart
Marty Shirley
Studebaker
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