Fire destroys six Wakonda buildings in downtown blaze
Fire swept through Wakonda on December 14 destroying six main street buildings. The blaze started from a gasoline lamp behind Dwyer Bros. Hardware, with the volunteer fire department containing the flames within one city block. Total loss estimated at 44 000 with Babb & Co. share about 18 000. two buildings survived the inferno, the Mabohda Bank and Cheney and Jacobson's store, after insurance coverage is expected.
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Christopher IF. Firnst
BE. W. Babb & Co
Wakonda
Babb Brothers
Freeport
Ernst
FE. W. Babb & Co
Dwyer Bros
Bank of Mabohda
Cheney & Jacobson
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises $100 Reward
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces cures catarrh across stages, offering $100 to any case it fails to cure. Includes testimonial requests and drugstore purchase details.
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Hall
Fu J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Old Settler Eli Geise Dies After Long Local Life
Eli Geise longtime Shirland resident dies at his son E G Geise home in Shirland NL. His body brought home to Babb's Grove for burial. Funeral at Pearl City Lutheran church Friday at 10. He was born December 28 1820 in Berks County PA and moved to this city in 1856. Obituary of Mrs Cronemiller notes Sarah J Cronemiller died December 6 in Los Angeles at 72 after ten minutes illness. She leaves husband four children. Burial at Rosedale cemetery.
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Eli Geise
E. G. Geise
Shirland
Robert
Babb’s Grove
Pearl City Lutheran Church
Geise
Cronemiller
Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Cronemiller
Sarah J. Cronemiller
Key West Street
J. H. McNutt
Freeport
Lil
Breesee Brothers
Rosedale
Ohio
Carl Cronemiller
West Thirty-sixth Street
George Williams
Guy Cronemiller
Kansas Avenue
N. J. Orth
Laporte
Frank Stone
Pueblo
Colo
Baseball Directors Meet Over February Fair Plans
Freeport baseball club directors convene this evening to decide actions for the association fair. The probable venue is Armory hall in the first week of February from the 4th to the 9th. Also note the Christmas entertainment at the King's Daughters Settlement home on December 24 and the Christmas day dinner. Donations of money gifts candies nuts and eatables are welcomed.
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Freeport Baseball Club
Armory Hall
Gth
King's Daughters’ Settlement
Capernaum Shrine No 4 Meeting and Officer Installation
Capernaum Shrine No 4 holds a regular meeting Thursday evening December 20 at 7 30 for business. No social will follow due to the death of Brother Cronkrite. meeting open to members only.
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Capernaum Shrine No. 4
Cronkrite
Big stock sale at Rosenstiel barn draws large crowd
Amphitheatre seats at the Rosenstiel barn corner Mechantc and Spring streets were filled as the Tri County Short Horn association held a sale of thoroughbred short horn cattle. Forty head from Col F O Lowden and other area farms were auctioned by Corey M. Jones. By press time twelve head sold, averaging just over $100, deemed unusually low.
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Rosenstiel
Mechantc
Spring Streets
Tri-County
Short Horn Association
Col
F. O. Lowden
Thomas Stanton
Chas. Jakeway
Ridott
Coffman Bros
German Valley
J. R. Logan
Pension Granted to Mrs Clara Morse for 8 dollars monthly
The Washington pension department informs Mrs Clara Morse of 43 Nursery street that her claim has been allowed. She will receive eight dollars per month starting April 21, 1906. Mr Morse served as a corporal in Company K 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was a prominent member of John A Davis post G A R during his life.
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Washington
Clara Morse
Nursery Street
Morse
96Th Regiment
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
John A. Davis
Funeral for William Kencke Held in Lancaster Township
The funeral for the late William Kencke was held this afternoon from the home in Fast Free port with Rev. F A Hosmer officiating. Pallbearers included Charles Courtney William Goff William Straub William Wahler Arthur Wheeland and Charles Clifford. Interment followed at Young's Cemetery in Lancaster Township.
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William Kencke
Fast Freeport
F. A. Hosmer
Charles Courtney
William Goff
William Straub
William Wahler
Arthur Wheeland
Charles Clifford
Young's Cemetery
Lancaster Township
Chicago Weather Forecast for Dec 20
Illinois rain or snow tonight with Friday clearing. Slightly warmer tonight then cooler Friday. Sun rises 7 26 a m and sets around 4 p m.
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Chicago
Illinois
Old Puzzle About Checks and Crossings in Banking History
Discussion of the origins and meaning of crossing checks at the London King's College Gilbert lectures on banking notes that crossings began in the clearing house for workers' convenience and evolved into a general practice. It explains how early crossings did not have statutory force and how negotiability persisted, with 1858 acts clarifying cautions to bankers paying to non titled bearers.
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London King's College
Gilbert
John Paget
I. C
Lord Cairns
Smith
Union Bank
Motorman Refuses Stop, Landlady Seethes Over Ride
The landlady complains of a car that would not stop after waiting fifteen minutes on the corner. A man at the pedal asks if the driver ever rode there, suggesting recognition. The landlady denies knowing him as a boarder while the other speculates on motive.
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Chicago Daily News
Wanted: a good view for general house work at Powell Street
Classified note seeks a reliable helper for general house work at 25 Powell Street. Message appears to request a capable person with a steady view or outlook for duties, date unspecified.
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Powell Street
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Fights Nasal Sore For Bells Man
W Rawls of Bells Tennessee battled nasal catarrh for twenty years. After using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve on the sore surface the swelling and soreness disappeared and did not return. The salve is sold for 25 cents at Joseph Emmert’s druggist.
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Tennessee
Bells
Tenn
Joseph Emmert
Investment pitch for mortgage loans on farms
A promotional note urging idle funds to invest in mortgage loans secured by farm properties. It claims all loans are first mortgages, financed with the lender’s own money, and that principal and interest are collected at no cost to the investor. It emphasizes secured by “Old Mother Earth” and productive farms.
An assortment of notes and secured maturities across farms
A list of numerous loan identifiers, maturities from 1908 to 1916, and secured values. Entries reference acres and monetary values, with many entries noting property security and exact due dates, reflecting a statewide catalog of mortgage instruments and pledged collateral.
Special Sale on Slightly Used Pianos and Organs
GEO. A. STEMM announces a special piano sale in Freeport with slightly used pianos from $125 and organs in high top cases from $10. Terms start at $4 per month for pianos and $2 for organs. No peddlers, large stock, reference to any Freeport bank. factory representative at 78 Galena St near the N Y Hotel. Store hours include Monday and Saturday evenings.
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Freeport
GEO. A. Stemm
Galena St. Opp. N. Y
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Merry Christmas
Roor
Cuilpren
Sirk
Mirrens
F. A. Read
Mn AN
Coats
Stephenson
Ottowagner
Galena St. Tlgate
Holiday Books
W.j.young
Geo. A. Rogers
Tephenson St
Union Loan & Building Association
South
Galena Ave
Rice Building
Séegven
S. D
OLD Settler
Baseball News
Baseball Fair
The
County Short Horn Association
Weather Forecast
BIJOU
Chicago Street
Manhattan Newsboys’ Quartette
Vaudeville
Loku
Chas, D. Knowlton
the Cable Co. Pianos
Brown & Dollmeyer
Bissell
WM. Koenig
Brewster House
Stephenson St
Fry’s Block
C.W. Harden
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