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Nels Nelson of Mendota is spending a few days at the home of his eon, Charles Olson.Mr. and Mrs. Ole Bensoii were Mendota callers Tuesday.Arthur Moulton, Ed Malley of Earl-ville and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Legner spent Thursday in Chicago.Misses Sigvarda and Charlotte Anderson are spending a few days visiting relatives in Calumet, Minn.Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Ellen Marriot and Miss Marjorie Marriott and Miss Adeline Dirks returned to their homes after spending a few days at Grand Rapids, Minn., on a fishing trip.Mrs. F. D. Minard and Dorothy and Earl, and Mrs. Jesse Johnson were Ottawa callers Friday.Mrs. Delbert Dively and Miss Harriet Anderson were roller skating in Ottawa Monday afternoon.Mr. and Mrs. Don Skinner of Cedar Rapids, la., visited here last week.MENDOTA — J. W. Stahl Company of Somonauk was awarded the contract for the placing of the black top surface on the 22 blocks of improved streets. Their bid was the lowest of four which were submitted. The contract called for $6,905 for the completed job.OREGON — The dedication of a permanent marker on the site of the Thomas Hitt cabin, on what is now the Joseph Young farm will be one of the events in the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the organization of the Rock River conference, which occurred in or near the Hitt cabin in August, 1840. The historical commission of the Rock River conference with the local Methodist congregation are planning the erection of the marker. A low cement curbing will be built around a plot some twenty feet square. The original 8tone foundation can be seen in this plot.The gypsies were taken to the De-Kalb county jail at Sycamore where the fifteen adults were photographed and finger-printed. One gypsy woman wa^fined $50 and octets to Police Magistrate H. H. Pearce.When the six carloads of gypsies were ready to leave the DeKalb county deputies escorted them to the K^ne county line. Kane deputies met the party and conducted them to the Du-Page county line. Dupage authorities took them in hand from the Kane county line. The Gypsies claimed they were Cherokee Indians from Oklahoma.LELAND — Mrs. Edith Balsley former owner of the Leland Times has accepted a position in Chicago at the Morrison Hotel. Mrs. Balsley has been attending school for several weeks preparing for hotel work.You can get your Leader and a choice of the nation's leading magazines at a big saving by ordering them together.HINCKLEY — The DeKalb county sheriffs office arrested forty gypBies Thursday at Geneva after one gypsy woman had robbed a Hinckley man ofFREESpecial offer for July onlyOne hand ground 7-inch Butcher knife with a ton of Purina Hog Chow. One to a customer.STRONG STRONGEARLYILLE and ROLLO
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Earlville Leader
Earlville, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 18, 1940
Page 6
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