Jefferson County Short Course Meeting
A meeting for all interested in the Jefferson County Short Course is set for Saturday January 2 at 1 30 PM at the city library. A financial report and other matters will be discussed including the possibility of another Short Course next season. All are invited.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Pleasant
J. C. Frame
J. C. Cline
J. P. Manatrey
the Tribune
Jacksonville
Ill
Fisher & Magill
The
American Dental Co
C. H. Magill
Presbyterian Church
L. E. Fisher
New Dental Company
John W. Davidson
Santa Claus
Libray
Christian Church Sets Theme For Week Of Prayer
The Christian church announces next Sunday's morning sermon titled The Law of the Harvest and an evening New Year sermon What Next or the Forward of Life. A business meeting is scheduled for Wednesday January 6 at 7 30 to elect elders and deacons, with other church business to be discussed. G W Burch.
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Christian Church
G. W. Burch
New Auction Firm Promises Big Sales and Satisfaction
Wise Carver and Fredericks announce a partnership as top auctioneers in Fairfield Iowa. They offer farm and high class sales with a one percent commission and a satisfaction guarantee to attract clients.
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Wisecarver & Fredericks
Fairfield
Iowa
Dangerous Operation and Patent Pills Ad
A note claims the removal of the appendix by a surgeon is a dangerous operation. It promotes Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a quiet cure for constipation headaches biliousness and malaria priced 25 cents at F S Shriner’s drug store with a December sale.
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Dr. King
F. S. Shriner’s
Annual Meeting of Jefferson County Farmers Insurance Union
Annual meeting of stockholders held at the Court house on Saturday January 6 1909 at 10 a m for election of officers and other business F P Ball President 4212
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Jefferson County Mutual Insurance Union
Court House
Jefferson County Farmers’ Insurance Union
F. P. Ball
Baptismal Font Gift Marks Christmas Service at English Lutheran
On Christmas Day 1908 English Lutheran Church members welcomed a new solid oak Baptismal Font donated by Mr and Mrs Carl Hawk. The pastor praised the donors and urged future gifts including hymn boards. The sermon, from Luke 2 17, highlighted the Sweet Story of Old and the promise of continued church improvements.
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Gentleman
Carl Hawk
Hawk
Charles Schmidt
Elizabeth Heaton
Young Peoples’ Society
Frank Hawk
Promised Land
Following the Christ Child Example at Nachusa Orphanage Offering
The article notes the Christmas spirit of peace joy and goodwill urging followers to imitate those ancient men who proclaimed the Christ Child. It reports a generous freewill offering of provisions and worn apparel for the Nachusa Orphanage in Nachusa Illinois.
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Nachusa
Illinois
The Fiddler and the Girl at the Grand Opera House
The Fiddler and the Girl is a high class comedy drama featuring Alan Villair and company. It follows foreman Andrew Warner who aims to marry Miss Raymond and gain her property, but fiddler Jack Harvey outwits him. Jack becomes foreman and marries Miss Raymond. Performance Monday January 4.
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Middle West
Andrew Warner
Miss Raymond
Jack Harvey
Jack
Warner
Grand Opera House
Public Farm Sale Near Libertyville and Batavia
Public sale on Wednesday January 6 1909 at 10 am on the farmer's land 5 miles southwest of Libertyville and 6 miles southeast of Batavia. Livestock includes 12 horses 34 cattle 3 sheep and various calves and yearlings. Also farm implements oats corn and hay with terms including 12 month credit on sums over 10 and cash for smaller amounts. Auctioneers Bartholow Cooper and clerk Miller.
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Libertyville
Batavia
McCormick
Surrey
W. M. Bartholow
W. H. Cooper
Auc
H. C. Miller
All Paid For Grace at Table Reveals Parental Alike Lesson
An old family anecdote concerns Elizabeth and her mother failing to teach proper grace at meals. The girl asks why they give thanks for what they eat and explains they pay cash for everything, implying a lack of generosity and formal dining manners.
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Elizabeth
Resig
Grace
Vacant U S Lands and Texa s Reclamation Work Notice
Government lands in various counties described with access to Homestead Desert Timber Stone Oil and Saline zones. Four Texas parcels valued with irrigation reclamation under government program. Address offered for 25 cents for details by THE NATION ONE Washington. Fragment ends with unrelated moral note about a quarrelsome woman.
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Texas
the Nation One
Washington
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