Social Notes from Chicago and Nearby Cities
Personal mentions feature John B. Utley of Chicago calling on friends Dr Arnold to return tonight from a two week trip W H Foll guests of relatives Lena Miss Georgia Gheen Kansas City visiting relatives Miss Otellia Fitzpatrick leaves for Chicago Miss Esther Smith returns home from Oregon Miss A V Hart heads to Rochester N Y after visiting T H Hollister Mrs W H Burrell Monmouth IL and Miss Marie Smith Gal esburg visit Miss Freda Smith 217 Douglas Avenue S E Raines returns from Sullivan and Terre Haute Miss Mary Anderson Terre Haute guest at Raines home F R Rice travels to Chicago with nephew Earl Helen and Ruth Rice who recently visited his home
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John B. Utley
Chicago
Dr. Arnold
Enat
W. H. Foll
Lena
W. H. Burrell
Monmouth, Il
Marie Smith
Galesburg
Freda Smith
Douglas Avenue
S. E. Raines
Sullivan and
Terre Haute
Ind
Mary Anderson
Raines
F. R. Rice
Earl, Helen
Ruth Rice
Stricken Iowa Man Aids Brother From Waterloo
A Waterloo report details George H Rank of Freeport Ill suffering severe abdominal pain from adhesions and intestinal tuberculosis. He traveled from Farley to Marcus then reached Waterloo, where he was treated at the city hall and moved to the boys ward. Rank, about 35, says a horse kick a year and a half ago caused his illness. His brother near Marshalltown is described as wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
George H. Rank
St. Francis Hospital
Rank
Waterloo
Courier
Marshalltown
Farley
Iowa
Marcus
City Hall
Des Moines
Outfielder Joins Freeport Trip After Western League Play
Manager Schoonhoven reports an outfielder arriving in Freeport this evening to join the team for the trip. He recently left a western league, returned for a relative’s funeral, and will play with other teams the rest of the season before reporting to his owner next spring. Described as fast and a strong hitter, he should help the squad while Ives is limited by injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoonhoven
Freeport
Strcker
Ives
Wisconsin couples wed with parental consent today
Miss Carrie Erfruth of Mt Vernon and Otto Bugenske of Madison were married this morning by Justice Goddard. Miss Clara Helleksen and Henry Jacobsen of Blue Mound obtained a marriage license and wed before Judge Clarity, with parental consent since neither partner is of age.
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Carrie Erfruth
Mt. Vernon
Wis
Otto Bugenske
Madison
Justice Goddard
Clara Helleksen
Henry Jacobsen
Blue Mound
Clarity
Bound Over to Grand Jury in Janesville Burglary Case
Gitschell the young man arrested at Janesville on the charge of burglarizing a roommate's trunk at the Gray boarding house of 390 appeared before Magistrate Bentley. He waived examination and was held to the grand jury under bonds of 600 dollars, which he could not furnish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gitschell
Younge
Janesville
Bentley
Panama Canal Master Builder Visits Local Relatives
Coming from Panama, Mrs. M. Belding and her family, formerly of Freeport, are expected in the city near the end of August or early September. Mr. Belding holds a key role as master builder in the Panama Canal project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Wmn. M. Belding
Freeport
Mr. Belding
Panama Canal
Two Merry Tramps Hit Janesville in Strong Show
The Two Merry Tramps company opened in Freeport on Wednesday, then performed in Janesville on Thursday night. The Janesville Gazette calls the production superior to many traveling musical companies now on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry ‘Tramps
Freeport
Janesville
Medicine Company Moves to German Valley
The Golden Rule Medicine company, long based in the I. K. Best building at the southeast corner of Stephison and Chicago streets, relocates its office and laboratory to German Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson and
Chicago Streets
Otte Bugenske and Others Named in Mt Vernon Notice
Otte Bugenske Madison Carrie Erfruth Mt Vernon Henry Jacobsen Blue Mound Wis 19 Clara Hoelloksen saine AT
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Otte Bugenske
Madison
Carrie Erfruth
Mt. Vernon
Henry Jacobsen
Blue Mound
Wis
Clara Hoelloksen
Saine
Council Meets Tonight in Bi Monthly Session
City council convenes tonight for a regular bi monthly session with brief agenda items and local matters on the docket. officials expect discussion on municipal issues and public concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vular
Local and Social Notices From The Era
The Athenican Stars of Hqult ity will hold a regular meeting Tuesday evening. The Ladies Aid society of the First M E church will meet in the church parlors Wednesday afternoon at 2 30. The Mystic Workers card party Wednesday evening at their hall over the State bank 8 30 Ice cream and cake served Admission 14 cents Public invited. Tebala Shrine resident members meet at Masonic temple Thursday evening Aug 20 to arrange for a September 11 shrine picnic in Rockford. Freeport College of Commerce fall term opens Sept 2 with strong inquiry and expected large attendance. See new act of the college elsewhere in this issue.
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Mystic
State Bank
Tebala Shrine
Rockford
Masonic Temple
Freeport College of Commerce
Global facts mix highlight era of progress and peril
A compilation of world notes reports vast ore reserves in Australia and rising education in India while noting philanthropic gifts in the United States. It lists diverse subjects from religious unrest in Switzerland, a Corsican cricket plague appeal, to swift rail progress and ancient English castle excavations.
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Australia
India
Bengal
United States
Fishguard
Great Western Railway
New York
Liverpool
Plymouth
Andreas
Baron von Heemstra
Smyrna
Switzerland
Europe
Aghill
Corsica
Middleton Island
Gulf of Alaska
Prince Whumnam Sound
Stockholm
London
Mary Trow
Goshen
Trow
North Wales
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Custom House
Bowling Green
Fort Amsterdam
Washington
George Clinton
John Jay
Wareham
Dorsetshire
England
Isabella
Santo Domingo
Fernandez de Ybarra
New York Academy of Sciences
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Honolulu
Efondulu
Volcano
Kilauen
Property Transfers From Letty Seidel and Frank Edwards
Letty J. Seidel transfers lot 6 block 9 Lincoln boulevard subdivision for $100 to John W. Stocks. Frank M. Edwards transfers part lot 8 block 1 Coates addition for $2,000 to Bernie G. Welch.
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Letty J. Seidel
John W. Stocks
Lincoln Boulevard
Frank M. Edwards
Bernie G. Welch
Coates’ Addition
Absentminded Convict Has Five Wives Outside
A dainty woman tours a penitentiary with Guard O'Brien and learns a convict who forgot he was married now faces five wives awaiting him after release. The guard explains the man’s absentminded offense and the woman’s surprised reaction to inmate contentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Flo
Columbus Dispatch
End of the World Revisited by Dark Bodies in Space
A discussion on how Earth might end through solar cooling or a collision with immense unseen bodies in space. Ellard Gore warns that such dark suns could approach, reflecting sunlight and triggering a catastrophic heat increase. detection 15 years before impact.
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Ellard Gore
Glass Cutting A Layman’s View Of Craft Patterns
The piece describes a novice learning glass cutting with a bowl as example. Chalk marks indicate intervals and the pattern to be cut, often including a diamond in a division. The craft relies on the workman’s eye to translate marks into an intricate, repeated design across the bowl, showing skill and precision.
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New York Times
Faithful to the End Flesh and mustard brand final plea
A doomed commercial traveler faces cannibal threats as vicious natives prepare a feast. He tries one last pitch for mustard from his sample case, hoping to secure patronage, but strong arms intervene and silence follows. This sharp, lurid moment echoes the Los Angeles Times style.
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Los Angeles
Pride and Pried Car Outings Highlight Mudhole Pride
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt a character Bliffers shows off his new car by driving it out of a mudhole several times a day. The dialogue notes pride in the vehicle and mentions Pried escaping the mudhole three times last Monday.
Almanac in His Body Italian Proverb
An old man bears an Italian proverb in a vivid saying about wisdom and time. The short note evokes traditional folk wisdom rather than a news event.
Excursion boats sail the Mississippi before school opens
A Savanna to Dubuque excursion in August 1987 titles a river journey before the school year begins. The piece references Anest excursion boats operating on the Mississippi River on dates around August 10 to 18.
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Savanna
Dubuque
Anest
Mississippi River
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F. A. Read
Alger Books
Henry Books
Pattison
Kryder
Stephenson St
Surwarz & Sons
Georgia Gheen
Kansas Cty Mo
Otellia Fitzpatrick
Esther Smith
Oregon
Ruby Carl
A. V. Hart
Rochester
N. Y
T. H. Hollister
ACTI
Acti Soap
Annie S. Bock
St. Mary's
Ohio
Smugdley
Y. M. Coa
Walnut St. Water
Furnacre
Court House
Stover
John Vaupel
Oods
Littls Curzon
C.W. Harden
Wisconsin
San Rosé
Sete
Athenican Stars of Hqultity
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
First M. E. Church
Italy
Lloyd
Chriscom
Rome
Ambassador Griscom
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Sedalia
Betsy Ross
Katy
New York City
vLt
The
Journal
Ruby
T. S. Ryan
Sharwine Williams
Demeter, Seitz & Co
Steph
W.J. Young &Corp. German Bank
Brown & Dollmeyer
Canover
Mason and Hamlin
Cable
Kingsbury
Wellington
the Cable Co. Pianos
Galena St
N.Y
Geo. A. Stemm
WM. Koenig
Stephenson st.Undertaking
Emerick’s
Stephenson Street
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
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