Coal Oil Johnny's Dying Fortune of Lavish Oil Wealth
John W. Steele known as Coal Oil Johnny lies critically ill near Franklin Pennsylvania his life story links to a vast oil fortune spent extravagantly in Philadelphia where he billed $19000 at the Girard hotel and burned through about $40000 in six months his rise from an adopted farm heir to a famed spendthrift ended with a modest farm and a life of reputation for recklessness with tales of minstrels and diamonds amid shifting fortunes across Iowa Nebraska and back to Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wis
Franklin, Pa
John W. Steele
Johnny
Steele
Ad” Moffitt
Mercer County
Cuthbertson McClintock
Girard Hotel
Quaker City
Franklin
Denison
Iowa
Kearney
Neb
Interior Academy Notes at Dakota Jan 9
The academy opened Wednesday with favorable conditions. President Stoudt resumes leadership and teaches several classes. Students present appreciation to the janitor with a Christmas gift. A new building for horses was added beside campus. Students performed two plays before Christmas. more events are planned over the next three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Stoudt
Vernon Kebil
Chicago
Wm. Roth
Union
Bert Young
Jessie Wirth
Gobuck
Academy
Murder at Gentry Home Claims Chicago Wife President
In Chicago on January 6 Special report says A W Gentry 25 wife of the Universal Trading Supply company president was murdered by a boarder F C Constantine. Constantine fled but police name him as the suspect though no motive or statement from the victim is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. W. Gentry
Universal Trading Supply Company
F. C. Contantine
Gentry
Constantine
CLAARK's LAUNDRY PROMOTES FAMILY WASH SERVICES
A classified ad from CLAARK's Laundry urges customers to send in their clothes for washing. It promises soft underwear and a motherly, economical service, offering a wagon pickup and the news phone 792 at 154 Van Buren St. The ad emphasizes rain water use and a trial guarantee.
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Claark
van Buren St
Winnipeg Land Seeker Aims at Stock In Trade
Exchange ad offers 2,500 acres of clear wild land within twenty miles of Winnipeg Man for a stock of merchandise. Contact H C Webb owner box 188 Winnipeg Man. 1-8déwiw.
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Winnipeg
Man
H. C. Webb
Local News from Lena January Roundup and Social Happenings
Lena Illinois community notes summarize visits and gatherings at residents homes. Among events, Mary Hoff meister returns from Palatine to Lena. a surprise oyster supper for Arthur Van Brocklin. Miss Elizabeth Prasse remains homebound. band fair preparations and officers installed by Eminett Ladies. students Leslie Baldwin and Frank Musser return to Champaign. multiple visits among Freeport Washington Rockford and Warren residents. hotel lease and furniture purchase plans in progress. W. P. Naramore ill. large band fair attendance and sale of crafts noted.
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Lena
Mary Hoffmeister
Palatine
Ill
J. Heldenrich
Harry Boeke
Arthur van Brocklin
Richard Johnson
Freeport
Cunningham
Gladys
Washington
A. J. Rees
Elizabeth Prasse
Arthur Kottman
Whiting
Ind
Kottman
Chicago & Lake Shore Railroad
Reeder
Janesville
Wis
H. R. Nelson
Eminett Ladies
Alice Wasson
Harry Welshaus
Fitzgerald
V. P
Will Kiefer
W. R. Hoppe
J. L. de Graff
George Young
J. G. Sachs
Adj
Meda Schermerhorn
H. J. Gishwiller
Sentinel
H. Bunker
George Lantzer
Ida Allen
Leslie Baldwin
Frank Musser
Champaign
The
State University
Nellie Snider
Rockford
Fred Frank
Evelyn
August Delke
Ivan Burke
Dorothy Overstreet
Warren
G. M. Stanchfield
W. P. Naramore
R. B. Leamon
Chicago
BE. C. Cooper
County Court Records of Conservatorships and Estates
Conservatorship and estate actions listed include bond approvals letters issued inventory orders and public and private sales. Notable items mention Geib Goddard Emrich Zimmer Shook Garrells Kortner Kachelhoffer Rockey Ackerman Place Herrman Bunker and Johnson with various petitions filings appraisals and monetary claims including 116.55 3186.31 and 381.27. Improvement of alley between Galena and Stephenson streets valued at 175 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip J. Geib
Jennie Roberts
Alpheus P. Goddard
Robert W. Emrich
Caroline Zimmer
Mary J. Shook
Wessel Garrells
Simon C. Kortner
Catherine Kachelhoffer
David J. Rockey
Christian C. Ackerman
Joseph J. Place
John Elsesser
Ann Maria Herrman
Wm. Place
Freemont Metz
John Maher
A. P. Goddard
Reuben Seigfried
Alice Harnish
Elias Heckman
Agnes Myers
Mary Kerch
Joseph Bunker
Bunker
Anna Maria Herrman
Permelia Helms
Christian Johnson
Conrad Kortner
Wm. Fennell
G. W. Dow
Henry Hoefer
Galena
Stephenson _ streets
Only 82 Years Old and Still Strong with Bitters
Mrs. B. H. Brunson of Dublin, Ga, proclaims Electric Bitters keeps her feeling young and strong. The tonic is claimed to cure dyspepsia, torpid liver, inflamed kidneys, and chronic constipation with a guaranteed, affordable formula sold by Joseph Emmert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Brunson
Dublin
Joseph Emmert
Euterpean Society Meets at Shelp Home Monday Evening
The Euterpean society will gather at the home of Dr and Mrs H W Shelp Monday evening January 8 for a club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euterpean Society
H. W Shelp
Dressmaking to Start January in Clark Avenue Rooms
Miss Preda Smith announces the opening of dressmaking services in her rooms at 267 Clark Avenue starting January 8. She invites patrons to inquire about alterations and custom garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Avenue
Preda Smith
Sal
Church Revivals Power for Good
A Freeport reader argues revivals can be led by local ministers and church members without hired evangelists. He says genuine revival requires godly leadership, Bible proof, and Spirit guidance, urging churches to remove stumbling blocks and rely on faithful members to draw conversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Israel
Prince of Pilsen Returns to Studebaker Chicago
Amusements note the Prince of Pilsen musical piece returns to the Studebaker theater in Chicago on Monday night January 8 for its fourth engagement at this venue. Manager Henry W Savage maintains high standards with exceptional vocal and acting talent, led by Jess Dandy as Hans Wagner and Louise Willis as the widow. The lineup includes Arthur Donaldson Ivar Anderson J Hayden Clarendon James E Rome Marguerite Ferguson Pauline Huntley Ruth Peebles Marie Welsh Ida Stanhope and strong male chorus with American city girls seashell girls and bathing girls in support.
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Savage
Jess Dandy
Hans Wagner
Louise Willis
Arthur Donaldson
Ivar Anderson
J. Hayden Clarendon
James E. Rome
Marguerite Ferguson
Pauline Huntley
Ruth Peebles
Marie Welsh
Ida Stanhope
Seashell Girls
Bathing Girls
Imperial Stock Company Opens Week at Grand Opera House
A large audience attended John S. Himmerein's Imperial Stock Company debut at the Grand Opera House with Out of the Fold. The troupe promised a strong week, offering The Red Cross Nurse, East Lynn matinee, and amateur night with prizes of 3 2 and 1 dollars. An adjacent ad promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar for colds and Perfection oil at Burrell Bros. cash grocers.
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Opera House
John S. Himmerein
Imperial Stock Company
Theatre G
Grand Opera House
Red Cross
East Lynn
Catholic Population and Clergy Totals From Official Directory
Advance sheets show the United States Catholic population at 12,661,044, up 189,161 the prior year, with 14,484 priests and 11,814 churches. New York and Chicago lead in population. Milwaukee archdiocese ranks 14th with 235,000, affected by Wisconsin’s redivision cutting Milwaukee past 60,000 residents. Major orders include Jesuits, Benedictines, Capuchins, Franciscans, Dominicans, Holy Cross.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Jesuits
Benedictines
Holy Cross Fathers
Redemptorists
Oblates
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Boston
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Archdiocese of
New Orleans
Pittsburg
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Diocese of Cleveland
Wisconsin
Gotham
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baltimore
Cleveland
Hallmark health tonic claims success in every pack
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the most successful remedy, claiming it makes you well and keeps you well. The pitch notes tablets and tea priced at 35 cents, attributed to Joseph Emmert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Joseph Emmert
Card party by Correns Division 182 at K G Hall
Correns Division No 182 G I A to B of L E holds a card party at K G hall Friday afternoon January 12. Admission 15 cents including refreshments. The public is cordially invited. 1-6dtd
Letter endorses Hyomei for catarrhal troubles
Editor prints a reader's testimonial praising Hyomei as highly effective for catarrhal troubles. The letter urges use of the Hyomei outfit priced at 1 and 50 cents for refills, promising a cure when directions are followed or money refunded.
Stephenson County Abstract Office Real Estate Transfers
Stephenson County Abstract Office lists transfers since last report. Fowler to Anthony Doll 234 acres West Point for 17650. Schroeder to John Schiller 10 acres Freeport for 1000. A A Bender to J A Reif 1 acre Buckeye for 1300. Cordes to Lambert Cordes 120 acres Richott for 1600. Van Dyke et al to Katherine Riley part lot Freeport for 1600. Jones to F W Schoenfeld lots 1 9 10 Buena Vista for 3000. Ruthe to Henry Ruthe part lot Freeport for 800. Place's ex'r to H B Schnieder lot 6 820 ft Freeport for 2280. Bennetham to David Brandt lot 2 block 2 Freeport for 662. Meier to A B Kluth block 1 Himes ad Freeport 4. Abstracts of title furnished on short notice. Deeds mortgages and other legal instruments accurately drawn money to loan. O Taylor & Frick Conveyancers.
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Stephenson County Abstract Office
H. W. Fowler
Anthony Doll
Weat Point
Richard Schroeder
John Schiller
Freeport
A. A. Bender
J. A. Reif
Buckeye
Jacob Cordes
Lambert Cordes
Richott
J. W. van Dyke Et al
Katherine Riley
E.g. Nel
D. P. Jones
F. W. Schoenfeld
C. E. Meyer
John Meier
A. B. Kluth
Himes
O. Taylor & Frick
Tragic Finish Cited From Neglected Cold Story
Kenneth Mc Iver of Vanceboro Maine recalls a near fatal lung inflammation from a neglected cold. The piece blames a watchman for a leak that ruined a North Sea dyke and cites Dr King's New Discovery as the lifesaving remedy used at Joseph Emmert's drug store. Trial bottle free, prices 50c and 1.00.
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North Sea
Holland
Kenneth McIver
Vanceboro
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Stock Sale At Rockton By J F Matheson
J F Matheson will sell January 10 1906 at his farm one mile from Rockton Illinois 27 head of short horn cattle tracing to Imported Arabella Imported White Rose Rosemary Prime Minister and Arabella. Send for catalogue P O address Rock ton Il.
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J. F. Matheson
Rockton
P. O
Calendar of dances and events for January
January listings include Joe Fifer's dancing school at Knights of Globe hall on Jan 10, Germania society dance Jan 11, Prof. Dawson social dances Jan 12 16 18 22 and Jan 20, Prof. Dawson dancing school various dates, special county treasurer election Jan 16, printers card party and dance at Lexington hall Jan 18, formal Masonic temple opening with reception and ball at Tan on Jan 2% and 20.
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Joe Fifer
Knights of Globe Hall
Germania Society
Dawson
Lexington Hall
Masonic Temple
Tan
Y M C A Meetings and Star Courses Schedule
At the Y M C A Jan 21 Mens Meeting led by E M Cobb Elgin with Stanley L Krebs Star course Feb 1 Mens Meeting E M Cobb Elgin Feb 18 Mens Meeting Sylvester A Long Dayton O Feb 3 Herbert L Cope Star course March ? Salisbury's orchestra Star course March 18 Mens Meeting E M Cobb Elgin
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E. M. Cobb
Elgin
Stanley L. Krebs
Sylvester A. Long
Dayton
Herbert L. Cope
Salisbury
Grand Opera House Month Serial Map at Imperial Block
At the Grand Opera House a timeline lists events from January eight to nineteen by Imperial Block Company. January fifteen to eighteen feature North Bros repertoire. January twenty two showcases Mrs. Tempel's Telegram. January twenty five presents Piff Patt Poff. January thirty introduces Walker Whiteside.
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Grand Opera House
Imperial Block Company
North Bros
Young Republicans plan Rockford meeting trip
Roscoe J. Carnahan president of Stephenson county Young Men's Republican club will lead members to Rockford for a Rockford Young Men's Republican club gathering. Speakers include E. D. Shurtleff R K Welsh and Howard O Hilton discussing the Illinois primary recently enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Carnahan
Mr. Shurtleff
Freeport
Saxby Goes to Hransville for Business
C. M. Saxby traveled to Hransville, Wisconsin this morning to conduct business activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Saxby
Hransville
Wis
Continent of Constipation Cure Promoted at Drug Store
An ad touts New Life Pills as the pleasantest and most effective remedy for constipations, claiming they awaken the liver and bowels, prevent appendicitis, and restore proper body function. Available for 25 cents at Joseph Emmert's drug store.
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Joseph Emmert
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Interior Academy Notes
Trev
Studebaker
Kennedy
Burrell Beos
Stephenson St
Wm. F. Jungktans
Davenport
Kuehner Bros
Y. M. OA
Journal
H. A. Schroedermeier
Schroedermeier
Illinois
Davis Clothing Company
Morni
Saturdep
Stephenson Freeport
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