Gas Meters Tested and Prices Compared in Dixon
An investigation by the Dixon Telegraph details how gas meters work the testing method uses a five cubic foot air tank to gauge accuracy and shows Dixon’s gas price at 1.05 to 1.15 per thousand cubic feet versus other cities commonly at 1.25 or higher with delinquencies raising rates.
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Dixon
Lee County Lighting Company
Dixon Telegraph
Freeport
Telegraph
Chicago Heights
Lake City
Alton
Belleville
Danville
DeKalb
Lincoln
Monmouth
The Girl From Chili Delights Grand Opera Audience
Amusement notes in the Bay City Tribune praise The Girl From Chili at the Grand Opera House next Tuesday night and recounts a splendid Alvarado production last night with a large, appreciative audience, strong applause, and an evenly balanced company delivering solid performances without standout stars.
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Bay City Tribune
Grand Opera House
Chili
Reduced admission at Grand Opera house Sunday show
Due to hard times the Grand Opera house lowers ticket prices to 10 cents for any part of the building including matinee and evening shows.
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Grand Opera House
Eczema Now Curable Says Wintergreen Oil Claim
An advertisement touts oil of wintergreen with vegetable ingredients as a cure for eczema and non hereditary skin diseases. It claims immediate itch relief and cites D. D. D. Prescription and soap, with Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephenson Street, urging readers to visit the store.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Gift shop sale highlights stamped apparel item
Readable fragment notes a gift shop sale item marked 16 cents, describing shirt waists or corset covers purchased on a February Saturday. The short note lacks full context but indicates a low priced garment sale event.
Longtime St Paul Mayor Bob Smith Ends Political Career
Veteran Democrat Bob Smith, 80, who served 45 years in public office including 15 as mayor of St Paul, retires after a Bank of Minnesota collapse ruined his fortune. Once powerful in city politics, he plans to move to California then return to vote, with no personal wealth left and a desire for quiet years.
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St. Paul, Minn
Eec
Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
Bob” Smith
United States
Bank of Minnesota
Bob’ Smith
de Bob
California
Shiffman
Pasadena
Smith
Warwick County
Indiana
Minnesota
Ramsey County
This Date in History Highlights Through Time
A compact timeline notes notable events from 1665 to 1895. It includes births of Queen Anne and William Evarts, La Salle’s Mississippi descent, major battles and treaties, notable deaths, the Birkenhead disaster, French evacuations from Mexico, Italian occupation of Massa. It ends with Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani’s abdication.
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Queen Anne of
England
la Salle
Mississippi
New England
United States
France
Allance
Brockville
Ontario
Wiliam M. Evarts
Boston
New York
William Eustis
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Mass
J. E. B. Stuart
Virginia
Richmond
Birkenhead
Cape of Good Hope
Mexico
Massawahi
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Return From Waterloo Meeting Attended by Freeport Auxiliaries
Mesdames Fred Gray and Nelson Backus returned from Waterloo Iowa where a Grand International auxiliary to the B L E met. About fourteen Freeport ladies attended. others remained for today. Waterloo auxiliary hosted visitors in the Elks rooms with a work session, lunch, an evening turkey dinner, and dancing.
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Waterloo
Mesdames
Fred Gray
Nelson Backus
Grand International Auxiliary
B. of L. E
Freeport
Elks
Real Estate Transfers to Gar man and Mills
Real Estate Transfers list Helen J. Carter to Arthur E. Garman part lot 5 block 6 Coats addition for 300 dollars. D A Beamer to Barney Mills lots 1 2 and 3 block 6 Wright and Lords addition Davis for 300 dollars.
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Helen J. Carter
Arthur E. Garman
Coats
D. A. Beamer
Barney Mills
Wright and Lord's
Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tee County Metropolis
Tergreen
The
Journal
Civic League OF Freeport
ST Paul
Applegate and Whiteside
Bijou
Nwstrated Catalogue
Wr. FC Uke
Monty Saver
Kuehner Brothers
Count. Dorman &Co
Freeport Telephone Exchange Company
Y. M. C. A. Building
Duched
Fursome
HSS & Kinley
Galena St
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