Former Ridott Resident Samuel GoodWin Celebrates Eightieth
Samuel GoodWin a longtime Ridott and Rockford resident celebrated his eightieth birthday with open house in Rockford. Friends from Freeport Davenport Pecatonica Ridott and Coon Rapids joined. A silk flag keepsake noted his British stock and American spirit. He remains active, enjoying farm work.
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Samuel GoodWin
Rockford
Samuel Good
Win
Highland
Freesport
Davenport
Town
Ridott
Pecatonica
Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
Holt
Worcestershire
England
Pershire
Avon
America
Stephenson County
Ridott At the Time and Mr. Goodwin
Hfe
Ida M. Goodwin
James White
Iowa
H. H. Mynard
John Rice
Freeport
Robert Kilpore
H. H. Wood
Henry Cook
Sarah Salisbury
Hunt
K. M. Swanzey
Charles Blackway
Ada Blackway
Howard Swanzey
Johnathan
Roswell Garst
Coon Rapids
Social Circles Honor Miss Adamson with Cards and Tea
Mrs. Ralph Burt hosted a D A club gathering at Locust street inLocust Locust Locust parlors for Miss Helen Adamson with euchre and favors to Miss Adamson and Miss Rae Boyington. Miss Mattie Scott hosts another afternoon for Miss Adamson. St Vincent society held a card sewing party at St Pius hall to aid the orphanage home with favors won by Miss Lucy Barron Mrs Fred Schuemeier and Mrs E Emrich and sewing favors to Mrs E Mernitz Mrs Chas Franz and Mrs Robert Luecke.
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Ralph Burt
D. A. Club
Helen Adamson
Locust Street
Miss Adamson
Rae Boyington
Mattie Scott
Adamson
St. Vincent's Society
St. Pius Hall
Lucy Barron
Fred Schuemeier
E. Emrich
E. Mernitz
Chas
Franz
Robert Luecke
Personal mentions from a Freeport town day
Various locals including H Bramon Shannon visiting Freeport. Miss Cora Held visiting Mt Carroll. Judge Heard back from Chicago court. M Ford Cedar Rapids negotiating street paving contract. H S Cornell Detroit German Insurance agent in city. John A Ladd Sterling renewing Masonic ties. Mr and Mrs James Palmer and Miss Florence Bender to Chicago to visit relatives. Oran Smith and Fay retired from Curryville with grandmother Esther Robison visiting. Prof S E Raines Mrs Hughes Ruth and Rev F A Hosmer to Colorado Springs for months. Harry Bickenbach and others off to Lake Delavan for a week. George Carroll to join Monday. C Rogers back from Chicago Y M C A convention. W D Mack back from Chicago. J C Ames resigns. Lumn Hoy succeeds today.
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O. EB. Heard
Chicago
M. Ford
Cedar Rapids
H. S. Cornell
Detroit
German Insurance Company
John A. Ladd
Sterling
James Palmer
Florence Bender
Man Held to Grand Jury in Brick Attack Case
Joe MacDough appeared before Magistrate Bentley for a hearing after being accused of disfiguring Charles Prestine with a brick. He was held to the September term of the grand jury and committed to county jail on $300 bonds, which he could not furnish, to await trial.
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Joe MacDough
Charles Prestine
Bentley
Tragedy Drives Enginester to Suicide in Barnsboro Wisconsin
Engineer A Peck of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad killed himself at his home in Barnsbooby Wisconsin by stepping in front of a passenger train. He had been blamed for a fatal January wreck near Janesville that killed three and injured several, an event that left him injured and bedridden for weeks. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Jahenville
Wis
O. A. Peck
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Peck
Northwestern
Janesville
Charles Stewart Arrested on Vagrancy Charge
Charles Stewart was arrested this morning on a vagrancy charge. He will be given a chance to serve a short county jail sentence. The complaint was filed by his family alleging extreme cruelty and habitual drunkenness.
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Charles ‘Stewart
Charles Stewart
Com
Eye in Glass Eye Startles Young Lady Friend
A London Answers item recounts a young woman shocked by a blue eyed acquaintance whose glass eye housed a fly. He failed to notice the insect as they shared tea, and the unsettling sight left her shaken by the eerie parallel of a living gaze.
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London
The Queer Chameleon Observation Explains Its Feeding
The chameleon ignores surroundings unless a prey insect is visible and uses a rapid wormlike tongue to seize it. Its eyes are large yet mostly covered by skin and act independently, allowing one eye to view forward while the other scans behind.
A Bit of English Humor From a Distant Past
An English humorist devised a scoring method against politicians by reporting first lines from speeches in a humor journal. The piece lists lines from Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr Hunt, Lord Ashley, Mr Perceval, Colonel Sibthorpe, Lord Lyndhurst, Sir Edward Sugden, and Mr Croker, illustrating clipped parliamentary banter.
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Times
Charles Wetherell
Hunt
Lord Ashley
Perceval
Sibthorpe
Lyndhurst
Edward Sugden
Croker
Glass Worth More Than Gold Lens of Microscope
The Chicago Tribune notes that glass used in micro objective lenses can exceed gold in value per weight. A front lens costing about 5 dollars weighs roughly 0.0017 gram, implying a kilogram could be worth about 3 million dollars. Manufacturing costs for that weight are 3 to 6 cents, yielding about 6 million dollars in value when crafted into a lens.
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Chicago Tribune
Woman's Rights In Burma Reported As Fierce Conflicts
A Singapore paper notes Burmese women value marriage and support husbands in idleness while funding cockfighting bullock cart racing and gambling schemes. It also describes women as active traders, buying up paddy crops in advance across districts in large deals that require heavy administration.
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Burma
Singapore
Thuber
Palking In England Sparks Talker Stereotypes
A quoted piece from Ladies' Field contends English people distrust fluent speech. It claims men who string six sentences are suspected of being not sound, while women who speak at all inspire universal terror.
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England
Pield
What books have benefited you most in life
The fabulously rich man answers that law books benefited him most. He recalls his father meant him to be a lawyer, but he failed the exam, yet is now worth fifty million dollars. The remark appears in the Cleveland Leader.
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Wen
Fairilag
Croesus
Cleveland
Rail line to Shoshone completion promises homestead rush
Announcement by the Chicago and North Western Railway states the ling to Shoshone on the border of the Shoshone Indian reservation will be completed July. Preparations are underway in the new town for the reception of homesteaders. Boarding houses and hotels will be municipally owned and managed to provide for the influx.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Ling
Pew Town
Local Groups Plan Meetings and Chautauqua Rides
The Order of the Eastern Star will hold a Monday business meeting. Grace church choir practice is set for this evening at 7 80. Chautauqua day rides depart Chicago street starting 7:05 and continue every fifteen minutes. Embury ME church WFMS hosts annual ice cream social Wednesday July 11 at Dr and Mrs Rideout’s home. A pocketbook dropped at the park on July 4 was found with contents intact after a saloon exchange.
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Order of the Eastern Star
The
Christian Church
Chautauqua
E. B. Hall
American Express Company
Grace Church
Chicago
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Embury M. KE
W. J. Rideout
Jefferson Street
Walter Saenger
Illinois State Fair Premium List Now Available
The Illinois State Fair premium lists for 1506 are mailed from the secretary's office. Total offerings to exhibitors reach 55000 dollars, with liberal prizes expected to attract the largest display yet. Applications for space stall and pens exceed previous years. inquiries should be addressed to C Garrard Secretary Springfield Il.
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Ilinois
C. Garrard
Spring‘field
Ball Game Tomorrow at Taylor's Park
The Freeport Orioles meet the Nighthawks tomorrow afternoon at Taylor's Park with a 5 o'clock first pitch.
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Freeport Orioles
Nighthawks
Taylor's Park
Fighters Released After Yard Brawl Incident
Two men were arrested Thursday noon for fighting in the C. M. S. P. yards and were discharged from custody this morning.
Durand Transfers 3¢ Lots in Colman's Addition
Real estate transfer records Janet Durand sells 3 cent lots 21 and 22 in Colman’s Addition to Charles and George Stad for $1,250. The deal details the property and price, reflecting a local land transfer entry.
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Janet Durand
Chas. and
Geo. Stad
Colman’s
Behold the Western sky where people live but never die
Quote about Rocky Mountain Tea attributed to Joseph Emmpert. The line suggests a cultural note or humorous endorsement of a tea product, framed as a northern frontier myth. No additional context or events are provided.
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Rocky Mountain
Joseph Emmpert
San Felice
G. W. Marden
Fragmented reader quotes from a period piece dialogue
A collage of lines features a tense domestic scene with a father venting at a janitress and references to family dynamics. It includes phrases about arguing, money given, and a child’s remark on leisure, reflecting old magazine and newspaper voice. The text also mentions a Brooklyn Eagle quote on peace and marriage.
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Sraith
Hottie
Nindall
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