Christmas church events and county social notices
Regular county correspondence lists Christmas services in Lutheran and Calvary churches and Christmas trees in Methodist and Calvary venues. It notes travels of residents to Louisiana and Cuba, visits by Miss Becker and Mrs. Beatrice Warring, a wedding in town, institute talks, an oyster supper, Masonic banquet, and various local visits, arrivals, and community events through late December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Calvary Church
Samuel Cornelius
Spencer Blackmore
Louisiana
Cuba
Miss Becker
Durand
Wesley Sheckler
Pear City
Eugene
Cornelius
Savanna
Henry Meinert’s
Farmers’ Institute
Anangst
Kk. L. C. KE
Opera House
Allington Bros.’ Orchestra
Freeport
I. S. Matchel
Mystic Workers
Worrell
Plano
Ill
Iva Sheckler
Carl August Bloom
Rockford
Belvidere
Thos. Niblo
J. W. Johnson
O. F. Goeke
Canada
Northwest
D.I. Felts
Pecatonica
H. Barloga
Ed Best
Mr. Hoy
Cedarville News Report from Our Own Correspondent
Cedarville notes report a cold wave roughening mud roads and reveal Aunt Maria Clingman’s 97th birthday. local residents Wim Jackson injured. John Wolf from Lancaster moves into John Rutter’s house. visits to Chicago and Rockford noted. revival meetings continue with seekers almost every night. Hattie Neidigh ill. several others recovering. no change among remaining sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedarville
Maria Clingman
Wim. Jackson
John Wolf
Lancaster Town
John Rutter
Charles J. Oswalt
Chicago
Charles Addaing
Rockford
Luther Angle
Dakota
Maria
Frank Hunsicker
Charles Hixson
George Bennetham
Hattie Neidigh
Freeport
Sarah Mack
Creamery closes for season at Waddains Grove
From our Own Correspondent Waddains Grove Dec 18 The creamery closed Friday for the season Mrs Stamm of Lena visited relatives here Thursday Mr Dick Howard of Sumner Iowa visits his father E F Howard Lena caller last week Arthur Howard returns to Sumner Pa after a few weeks with relatives here Miss Ola Coumber leaves for Omaha today to take a position Waddams Grove school buys a new store which is giving good satisfaction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waddains Grove
Stamm
Lena
Dick Howard
Sumner
Iowa
E. F. Howard
Shaw
Arthur Howard
Ola Coumber
Omaha
Waddams Grove
Wehmeier Begin Housekeeping in George Roger’s Loase
From Our Own Correspondent Dakota Dec 18 Mr and Mrs Walter Wehmeier began housekeeping last week in George Rogers Loase in the east part of town Mrs Lou Metz of Harlem visited with Mrs James Weiler last Sunday Chas Bowers finished hauling and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Walter Wehmeier
George Roger
Lou Metz
Harlem
James Weiler
Chas. Bowers
Winslow News Roundup of Visits and Local Notices
John K. Stites arrives from Iowa for holidays visits with friends and relatives. F P Hinds leave for the west to spend winter with his brother. Fred Burnwood to spend holidays with parents. St Cecelia chapter of Eastern Star elects officers for the year. Edgar Eells and C S Swevley serve as petit jurors. J B Markle returns from North Dakota. M E Sabbath School to hold Christmas exercises and tree next Monday. August Neusus attends Lafayette County Telephone annual meeting as stockholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
John K. Stites
Iowa
F. P. Hinds
West
Mr. Hinds
Fred Burnwood
St. Cecelia
Eastern Star
W. M
Belle Gage
W. P
H. H. Morse
A. M
W. G. Tyler
Whi Steere
Sarah Tyler
Edgar Eells
Swevley
J. B. Markle
North Dakota
M. E
Neusus
Gratiot
LaFayette County Telephone Company
Rough Roads Hit Pearl City Holiday Trade
From Our Own Correspondent Pearl City December 17 roads frozen making travel fearful. Merchants stock fine goods for the holiday trade. Jurors Walrod and Callen walked to Freeport. Lew Doerr took the train. Revival meetings start next Sunday at the M. I. church. Several residents mentioned with illness and travel. Pupils plan an entertainment December 21 at Dublin school. Barns shipped hay to Chicago. Aurand to move to Riceville, Iowa next spring. At a silver medal contest in Mookehureh Friday evening the event is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl City
George Walrod
J.P. Callen
Freeport
Lew Doerr
M. I
Thomas Ditzler
Eugene
Davis
George Shank
Alys
Ira Mitchell
Sidney Rees
Milledgeville
Rees
B. I. Neikirk
M.rs. King
Alice
Lena
Wm. Goodrich
John Shidler
Dublin
Harry Barns
Chicago
Henry Aurand
Riceville
Towa
Mookehureh
The Power of Steam and Hair Loss Cure Invention
Scientific research identifies a tiny germ causing dandruff and baldness. Newbray's Hierpicide claims to destroy the germ and restore hair, sold by druggists with a 10 cent sample offer from The Herpicide Co Detroit Mich. Jos Emmert, Special Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watt
Newbray
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Jos
Emmert
Local notes mix of visits and town news from the era
A string of short items reports Alma Rose receiving a medal, cattle shipments to Chicago, pair travels to Riceville and Polo, various visits by Mrs. S. A. Thomas and Miss Lydia Schuler, and a community basketball event at the opera house. It notes Mr. Jack of New York as a guest, and several residents planning moves to Pasadena or Freeport. Waterworks plans progress alongside Knights of Pythias officers elected and a tree program upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Rose
Albert
Althoff
Chicago
John Graff
Albert Srapp
Jjr
Riceville
Samuel Studebaker
John Jack
New York City
Ira Mitchell
Opera House
Lydia Schuler
Port Dodge
Iowa
EH. Schuler
Lola Lamb
C. Lamb
Center Point
Towa
Waldo Waterman
S. A. Thomas
Des Moines
Dr. Waler
Polo
Charles City College
New City
Dexter Lodge
Knights of Pythias
J. Mishler
Dr. Clotfelter
F. Offenheiser
Frank Rush
John Sprague
Ira Offenheiser
Frank Yeager
Philip Kline
Goodsells return from wedding trip. creamery shutdown noted
Bolton dispatch notes Mr and Mrs E W Goodsell returning from their Iowa wedding trip and planning to reside with Mr and Mrs H V Van Brocklin. The local creamery remains closed indefinitely due to lack of patronage as farmers ship cream to Chicago. A Freeport party will pick up cream, while Miss Ethel Roberts visits Woosuneg Illinois. Royalty of local social events include Hart School entertainment and Sunday school exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
E. W. Goodsell
Iowa
H. V. van Brocklin
Chicago
Freeport
Ethel Roberts
Woosuneg
Pearl City
Hart School
Allen
M. W. A. Hall
John Kercher
Florence Kercher
Indiana
Olin Roberts
A. B. Roberts
Freud
Gerke
James Gordon
W. Ds. Roberts
A. V. Sheetz
Bertha Peck
Edith Seheur
C. EB. Ryle
Fred Volkers
Roscoe E. Peck
Mae Sheetz
E. Q. Peck
Ridott Fire Destroys Tenant House Near Milton
Last evening about 5 50 one of George Milton's tenant houses one mile north of Ridott burned to the ground. Occupied by Mrs Robinson and family, nearly all clothes and furniture destroyed. Local notes report visits and visitors from Rockford Freeport and Ridott as community members share news and plans for a Christmas event at the US Bo church next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridott
Dee
George Milton
Wmn. Robinson
John Laborge
Rockford
Vivien Askey
Freeport
Mr. Grawson
Gravel Hill basket social to be held in Baileyville
Baileyville December 17 basket social planned at Gravel Hill school three miles south Friday evening December 21 with a short program at 7 50. No admission requested and ladies asked to bring baskets. Everyone invited. Miss Elizabeth Kerr teacher and Mr Jacob Busker of Avon SD visiting relatives. Mrs John Johnson and daughter Henriette staying with the former's parents Myers. Rev Smith visiting during Rev Drawels absence will travel to Muscatine Monday to see family. Mr and Mrs Henry Drake of Forestah spent the day here Wednesday. Christmas preparations underway. The Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanlers
Bowers
Janesville Company
Wim. Kampan
Batlerville
N. Bowers
Ray
Milt Bowers
J. R. Chambers
Janesville
Mr. Stores
Monroe Center
Ff. OM. Stimax
H. A. Young
Hillmer Company
Mevator
Ray Angle
Belvidere
Fred
D. B. Bobb
Orangeville
Bobb
Bolender
Jacob Kryder
Freeport
Daniel Kryder
Sarah Kryder
Addie Wagner
B.C. Halloway
Elmer Weaver
Brean
Ta. A. Mitchell
Zion City
S. N. Andre
H. T. Wirth
Texas
Standt
Rebekah Lodge
IF. QO. O. F
Moses
Delalb
Mary Smull
Baileyville
Gravel Hill
Bailesville
Elizabeth Kerr
Jacob Busker
Avon, S$. D
John Johnson
Henriette
Myers
DeVries
Smith
Drawel
Muscatine
Henry Drake
Forrestah
The
Baptist Church
Local Folks and Social Visits Around Freeport
Buena Vista Dee 17 Shank and Leiphardt take stock today. Mrs Walter Bolendar visits her brother Will Rockow near Freeport. Mrs C A Smoyer spends day in Orangeville. Mrs WH Gift in N D Hart and Low Homan go to Freeport last week.George Snyder Jr home visiting parents. Walter Phillips and Lloyd Parriott at McConnell on business Saturday. Walter Att family in Freeport Wednesday. Bolander family ride to Freeport Saturday. Bellview school plans program Friday afternoon and a school entertainment Friday night Dec 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Dee
Shank & Leiphardt
Walter Bolendar
Will Rockow
Freeport
C. A. Smoyer
Orangeville
WH Gift
N. D. Hart
Low Homan
George Snyder, Jr
Walter Phillips
Llovd Parriott
McConnell
Walter Att
Carl
Tom Parriott
Walter Bolander
Bellview
Harlem Correspondent Notes Local Visits and Christmas Plans
The Our Own Correspondent column from Harlem Corners reports Miss W J Harris of Lena visiting relatives, Bert Albright visiting Rockford, Miss Mabel Wagner visiting Freeport, Kerna and Raymond Block from Pleasant Hill sawing wood, Mrs Oswalt of Freeport visiting William and Mrs Rayhorn, Josephine Harris recovering from illness, Clarence and Bertha Rosenstiel visiting Freeport, and a Damascus Sunday school Christmas program planned for Monday, December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem Corners
W. J. Harris
Lena
Bert Albright
Rockford
Mabel Wagner
Freeport
Kerna
Raymond Block
Pleasant Hill
Soap as Medicine Recalls Harsh Village Rituals
An elderly man recalls childhood trials with soap as a remedy for cramps headaches and other afflictions. He describes his mother forcing him to swallow a small yellow soap chunk, the acrid taste and fear it inspired, and how the memory lingers with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
How Much Does A Lion Weigh According To Experts
The article weighs lions to explain common estimates. It notes 800 to 850 pounds as a typical guess but says a full grown lion weighs at least 500 pounds, with a record of 540 pounds for an African lion and 620 pounds for a Bengal tiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miy
Stubb Debate Echoes with Mock Heaven Comment
Mrs Stubb exclaims triumph while Mr Stubb retorts with a biting line about bachelors never reaching heaven, asserting they have heaven on earth. The exchange conveys a theatrical, sardonic tone and suggests social satire in dialogue.
Chicago to test 70 percent corporate property appraisal rule
Attorney John Kiehberg for Colonel J Hamilton Lewis says Chicago will sue Sangamon County circuit court to test a 70 percent rule applying to all corporate property including the Pullman company and railroads. The case may be a mandamus. injunctions against the auditor are not sought to avoid tax disruption. No fraud alleged. focus is on board of equalization jurisdiction and whether it can equalize appraisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manis
Mae
Lane
Springfield
John Kiehberg
J. Hamilton Lewis
Corporation Counsel of
Chicago
Sangamon Comity Circuit
Pullman Company
Teachers of
Auditor of Public Accounts
State Board of Equalization
FE. St. Bliss
Capital Stock Committee
Board of Equalization
Cicago City Railway Company
Maxwell Edgar
Lewis
Cook County
Edgar County Couple Elopes to St Louis for Wedding Trip
Paris dispatch reports Warl Smith and Miss Lettie Clark, both from prominent Edgar township families, eloped Sunday night. They headed for church then took a night train to St Louis. A note was left with Rev Ransom Clark asking for the buggy return as relatives searched. They had money on deposit and used funds to finance the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Warl Smith
Lettie Clark
Edgar Township
St. Louis
Ransom Clark
Toens
Suffrage League denounces Roosevelt over Brownville message
In Boston, the Suffrage League denounces the president for his response to the Brownville affair and Foraker resolutions. They claim his message incites race hatred and mob violence against 10,000,000 colored citizens, misrepresenting them as unpatriotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Foor
Suffrage League of Boston
Vieceinity
Roosevelt
Brownville
Fils
Foraker
Big Counterfeit Deal Involving 100 Peso Note
In New York on December 20 Simon Boehm and Samuel Otera were arrested by U S secret service men on charges of conspiring to counterfeit 100 peso notes of the Columbia republic. They faced $5,000 bail at a preliminary hearing. A secret service claim said they planned to print up to 1,000,000 notes, each worth about 120 United States cents, to fund cattle trading from Cuba to Colombia and other foreign sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Republic
Simon Boehm
Friau
Samuel Otera
United States Secret Service
Soelun
Otera
Trainmen Ultimatum Threatens 5 Cent Wages Strike
Hines Minto doch fourth vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen issues an ultimatum to railroads centered at New York. Excluding New York Central and New York New Haven Hartford, yard employees must receive a 5 cent per hour wage increase by next Saturday or face a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hines Mintdoch
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
New York Central
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Proprietor W W Gorden Dies in Indiana Home
Louisville Pec 20 Professor W W Gorden a widely known capitalist is dead at Borden Ind his home He was six years old His last long trip was to Irovidence RLA where he spent Thanksgiving with the Borden family in its annual reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Pec
W. W. Gorden
Borden
Ind
Irovidence
RLA
Markets Show Chicago Board of Trade Quotes and Livestock Figures
Chicago markets report grain futures with mixed dec to May prices for Wheat Corn and Oats, with Pork Lard Short Ribs and Cash sales noted. Live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo lists receipts, prices for hogs cattle sheep and calves, plus timothy hay and feed values for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Bitcher
Oey Roosters
GLC
Geests
Timothy
East Buffalo
Bufffalo
N. Y
Dee
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Buffalo
Ncv
Tuttle
Greerlings
Weaders
Best
Blind musician Middleton identifies friend by touch
In Medora on December 20 Professor Eine Middleton a renowned blind musician from Greenfield Indiana proves his skill by touch as traveling salesman Farry Wilhite refuses to speak and greets him at a railway station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medora
Til
Eine Middleton
Greenfield
Tul
Farry Wilhite
Middleton
Wilhite
Nightmarish Dream Ends in Self Inflicted Shooting
John Webster son of J a Webster a Woodland TL grain merchant shot himself while laboring to a disturbing nightmare his wound near the center of the forehead was found by his father and he was taken to Chicago where doctors expected recovery the incident occurred in Peoria UHS on December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Uhs
John Webster
J. . Webster
Woodland
Chicago
Colonel Matthews Given a Post
Springfield Dec 20 Governor Deneen appoints Charles Wy Haws of Rock Island to the soldiers and sailors home at Quincy as trustee replacing Cyleb C Johnson of Sterling Haws former comptroller of the currency and legislator also noted in the report. Springfield Dec 20 Governor Troneen to greet Illinois Historical Society at its eighth annual meeting in Springfield January 24 with General Alfred Cressdart as the speaker and president of the society delivering the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
Springfield
Deneen
Charles Wy, Haws
Rock Island
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
Quincy
Cyleb C. Johnson
Sterling
Haws
Tas
AL i Ag
Troneen
The
Ilinois Historical Society
Alfred Cressdart
Society
Died Earning Christmas Woary
Carmi Illinois December 20 1900 Thomas Challoner was killed while hunting rabbits to earn money for Christmas presents His shotgun discharged as he climbed a fence causing fatal injury to the hunter and a tragedy for his family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
Rth
Challoner Thomas
Low Rates to the West and Southwest on Colonist Tickets
On the first and third Tuesdays monthly through March 1907 the Chicago Great Western Railway offers one way colonist tickets at nearly half fare to Arkansas Colorado Indian Territory Kansas Louisiana Mexico Missouri Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma South Dakota Texas and Wyoming. Apply to the Great Western Agent for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
Arkansas
Colorado
Indian Territory
Kansas
Louisiana
Mexico
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Great Western
P. Kumer
St Paul
Minu
Saving Money with Freeport Association Investment
A promotional note urges systematic saving based on ability to end poverty and eliminate squalid homes. It touts local real estate mortgage investments and announces the fifty-third series of the Freeport Association now open. Stock payments are fifty cents per share per month. Apply now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Association
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Adeline
Chas. Linneman
Charles
Pasadena
Cal
George Lohmeter
German Valley
Danakas
Hiram Fosha
Free
Dina de Wall
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Mr. Stubb
P. C
Colored League
Brownsville
Uncle Sam
W. W. Borden
Chicago Grain
Phe
Sara Palmer Typi- Whiter Co
van Ostey
Chicrod
Florida
South-East
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
Jim. Beam, Jr
Dearborn St
W. H. Tayloe
Washington, D. C
Illinois
Mline
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wennea HH. W. Rowley
Ag’t
Railroad
UTH
Ciacinnati
Wee
A. Beckler
N. P
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A. Garrett
Mesager
E Rinearson
A. P
A. Cincinnati
Los Angeles Limited
Los Angeles
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
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