County Cullings Pearl City From Our Own Correspondent
Snowmelt floods low lands along Yellow creek as Loran township reports 1943 sparrow cull results with James Volkers leading at 381 birds. Movements include saloon changes, insurance payouts, marriages, relocations, social visits, and a planned hypnotic show at Brown's hall. Local trades, fires, and a new photographer linger in the week’s notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl City
Yellow Creek
Loran
James Volkers
Nate Collin
Florence Correspondent Reports Local News And Migrations
From Our Own Correspondent Florence March 12 reports bad roads push farmers to ride trains to town. Notes residents moving and traveling between Shannon Yankton Freeport Baileyville Mt. Carroll and Freeport. Mentions elections supervisors and county events plus farm activity and visits.
Town visitors and local notes from Baileyville and nearby areas
Thursday sighting of Mr and Mrs Andrew Van Deest of Baileyville visiting Supervisor Schradermyre and family. Ben Kuhlemeier of Pearl City seen in town last week. Simon Petermeier Sr of Baileyville called on Florence friends Friday. Mike Smith in town Friday. Dr Peck county physician of Freeport called to Mrs Mark’s home Saturday. D Amelsberg served as grand juryman for March term. Barney Lamm and daughter visited J W Meyers family Wednesday. School entertainment delayed due to sickness. H A Meyers of Freeport spent Sunday at home. No preaching last Sunday due to bad roads.
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Freeport
C. Paton
Frank Brockmeier
Mt. Carroll
C. Patow
J. W. Meyers
Chicago
Schradermyre
Martin Strickner
Andrew van Deest
Baileyville
Ben Kuhlemeier
Pearl City
Simon Petermeier, Sr
Florence-friends
Mike Smith
Dr. Peck
Mark
D. Amelsberg
Barney Lamm
H. A. Meyers
Warren Academy Extends Business Course For Spring Term
Warren trustees approve continuation of the business department through the spring term. Woodworth to teach bookkeeping typewriting and shorthand with a $1 weekly tuition. term runs March 27 to June 15. Additional local notes include weather, recoveries from burns, and various town visits and movements reported by the Martintown correspondent.
Local residents report visits and sales in town
Last Saturday saw Sam Doyle from South Wayne and Geo Zipse visiting his parents in town. Will Townsend of Rush township visited friends here, while Joe Wallace and Mr. Kepner traded there Saturday. Meetings at the M. E. church continued with steady interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Doyle
South Wayne
Geo. Zipse
Will Townsend
Rush Township
Joe Wallace
Mr. Kepner
M. E. Church
From Our Own Correspondent Shannon March 10
Snow has nearly vanished and roads are muddy Rev H Moser to preach farewell sermon next Sunday morning He has lived in Shannon three years and made many warm friends who regret his departure He will join state Sunday school work and is expected to be a strong helper Mrs A W Babb returns from Byron visit Mrs S Bolinger and daughter Clara to return from Kan sas tomorrow Chas Shore resumes school after mumps Ed Kuter and family move to Shannon to resume residence M Healy sells barber shop to E N Good Good taking possession Amos Yordy buys Adams Kreamer property at Market Street Agnes Kuter cousin Laura Kuhleimer near Pearl City ill with pneumonia Poor roads delay grain shipments
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Shannon
H. Moser
Moser
A. W. Babb
Byron
S. Bolinger
Clara
Kansas
Chas. Shore
Mt. Carroll
Ed Kuter
Watertown
Local notes from Rock Grove and vicinity
Rock Grove on March 12 reports H F Rockey of Lincoln Neb on business. Alfred Poppen of German Valley was guest of Henry Hofmeister last week. Harry Bangs and wife of Twin Grove visited W H Maurer and wife last Thursday. C F Bennehoff filled his ice house last Thursday. Oscar Runkle and Dr Rice of Orangeville were seen on the streets Saturday. Sylvan school entertainment last Friday night drew a good audience. G W Moyer closed his third term at Walnut Grove district last Friday. Gardner & Kember of Brodhead delivered a flock of sheep for Freeport parties Thursday. Prof K W Burton was a caller last Wednesday and Thursday. Willis Rockey and daughter Ruth, long away, were in town.
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Rock Grove
Sylvan School
G. W. Moyer
Walnut Grove
Gardner & Kember
Brodhead
K. W. Burton
Willis Rockey
Ruth
Nebraska News Briefs Detailing Local Closures and Commerce
Nebraska reports school closure due to illness of teacher Miss Anna Reisinger with no return date. Thoren Bros advertise full line wallpaper and ready mix paints. Auction set for Saturday at C. F. Bennehoff store. Hiram Kleckner and family visited C. F. Bennehoff in Davis. J. D. Hofmaster and Henry Hofmaster traveled to German Valley for business.
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Nebraska
Anna Reisinger
Thoren Bros
C. F. Bennehoff
Hiram Kleckner
Davis
J.D
Henry Hofmaster
German Valley
Prairie chickens and concerts enliven Dakota week
In Dakota on March 12 Orrin Wolf moved on the J S Fisher farm. The Grinell Concert Trio performs tonight and tomorrow at the Lutheran church ahead of a planned musical convention. Numerous local visits and movements include James Yount of Freeport with his father Henry, Dr. Fred Angle visiting from Belvidere, and Rev. Geo A Erving departing for Chicago. Mrs. King the evangelist closed her M E church services after three weeks, seventeen joined on probation, and she heads home to Carroll for rest.
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Dakota
Orrin+ Wolf
J.S. Fisher
Grinell
James Yount
Freeport
Henry Yount
Frank Kh. Wolf
Waynesville
Mary Brown
Samuel Templeton
Conrad Henze
Nora
C. T. Kleckner
Davis
J. R. Chambers
Chas. Smoyer
W. H. Butterfield
Smoyer
Martintown
Wis
Illinois Central
Fred Angle
Belvidere
Luther Angle
J.s.smith
Mt. Morris
J. F
Geo. A. Erving
Chicago
King
M. E
Heaven
Hell
M. E. Church
Art Rodearmel
J. R. Young
Damascus Notes and Local Changes Ahead of Spring Vacation
Miss Martha Allen of Lena visits Damascus. School closes for spring vacation. Miss Alice Kleckner will move to Freeport to work in a millinery store. Mr. Metcalf of West Point visits his mother Mrs. Jacob Kraft. Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Huebel of Newark, N J, return home. S M Mannix and others attend a congressional farmers institute in Freeport. J A Phillips serves as juror this week. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hauser of Lena visit relatives. Leander Rosenstiel chaperones a Globe hall party Tuesday night. Ellsworth Fowler moves to the George Schoeny place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Martha Allen
Lena
Alice Kleckner
Freeport
Metcalf
West Point
Jacob Kraft
Bush
Huebel
Newark
N. J
S. M. Mannix
Congressional Farmers’ Institute
J. A. Phillips
Samuel Hauser
Leander Rosenstiel
Globe Hall
Ellsworth Fowler
George Schoeny
Electric Oil Cures Sore Throat in 24 Hours
M S Gist of Hawesville Kentucky reports lasting months of sore throat ended in a day after using Electric Oil. Joseph Emmert documents the speedy relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Gist
Hawesville, Ky
Joseph Emmert
Mrs. Imogene Wales and the Co operative Movement
Mrs. Imogene Wales of Ben Bowhurst New York helped spark the U S co operative movement after studying British success in the 1870s. She formed a large network with Rev Dr Heber Newton Rev Dr de Costa Charles Codman and Professor Bjerregaard assisting while Mrs Fales spoke in over 200 cities and published Sociologic News. A skeptical man asked if it was a new religion or politics, and she replied it was neither or against the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene
Ben- Bowhurst
N. Y
United States
Great Britain
Heber Newton
de Costa
Charles Codman
Boston
Bjerregaard
Mrs. Fales
Anger in a Pike and Blessings in Need
An article recounts a pike that repeatedly bites its way back to the water after being caught and released, ending with the fish trapped by a tree and later recovered by a keeper. It also notes Mrs. Clarence Burns’s observations from visiting tenements where families deny needing aid, despite three days on stale bread.
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Jones
Delia Misses Alarm as Lady Falls Asleep
A lady rests for an hour and orders Delia to wake her at five if she dropped off. Delia reports at five the mistress had not dozed, still lying in the same position, and woke in dismay at six. The scene highlights a tired household error and a sharp exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia
Les
Delial
If You Were My Husband A Subway Quip
A sour faced middle aged woman on a subway smoking car complains of a man who smoked and ate. She vows to poison him if he were her husband. He retorts that if he were her husband he would take it. Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Poet Roberts Interprets French Quietly at New York Reception
Professor Charles I. R. Roberts, famed poet, easily reads modern languages yet speaks imperfectly. At a New York reception he met a distinguished French artist who quipped that Roberts could understand spoken French but could not respond, making Roberts the audience the artist long desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. R. Roberts
New York
Europe
Roberts
Prench- Iwan
Colorado Springs Gazette
Honest Young Man Question on Salary at Store
A Chicago Tribune fragment quotes a store proprietor asking a salesman how he can dress so expensively on his salary. The salesman laments that he fights to have more pay, implying financial strain while maintaining a lavish appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Driven to Drink cartoon caption joke and market note
The dialogue riffs on an upcoming Academy painting titled Driven to Drink a humorous misdirection about a horse at a water trough. A separate financial line notes bank checks in London and New York clearing houses in one month surpassing the world’s coin value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
London
New York
Youth Resolution and the Alphabet Plan
A youth initiative outlines a formal resolution and a guiding alphabet plan to organize activities. It pledges a structured sequence of steps and roles, including who assigns tasks to build a progressing career path for participants.
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George Endress
Frank Yeager
Jack Sturdevant
S. F. Yeager & Son
Pearl Lodge
A. F
A. M
W. D.mack
G. W. Gressley
A. L. Kingsley
BE. O. Peck
W. F. Hassebrook
Bolton
Brown’s Hall
James Kosier
Aaron Penticoff
Charles Kloepping
Jacob Knapp
Mr. Miche
Lowery Farm
Loran Township Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Milton Clay
John Breyman
Plum River
James Fayer
Forreston
Charley Liebenstine
Simon Peiderit
Peiderit
M. E. Parsonage
H. Baker
John Gearke
George Zerbe
Hiram Shank
Hone
Martin Wishon
Elizabeth
C. Soper
South Freeport
J. W. Snow
Jared Barnes
Blake Butler
Red Cloud
Neb
Endress & Block
Bogenrief & Lee
August Wolkers
Rev. Byers
Kent
G. W. Dow
Stockton
Pleasant Valley
Henry Althoffer
George Frey
Pecatonica
Charles Musser
South Main Street
Henry Breyman
Keltner
Opera House
Hi Stauffer
John Mularkey
Will McKinson
Mr. Mularkey
Joe Beardsley
Martin Sevalson
Geo. Stauffer
Milwaukee
M. W. Kurtz
Will Gold
Bennville, Minn
Frank Flynn
California
F. O. Cronemiller
Rock City
T. Cronemiller
L. B. Markle
Chas, Miller
Western Union Junction
A. B. Cross
Emerson Cross
Vantsmeier
Anna J. Funks
John Morris
Tly
Heit
Guarnia Fig
Warren
Warren Academy
Woodworth
Messrs
Grabner
Stickney
Rev. Putnam
Ford
Geo. Hoeffer
Fay Wilcox
Watson Whitham
Town
Messrs. Elliott, McKibben
Walton
Hannah McDaniel
Jake Sanders
Iowa
Green County
Elsie Smith
Winslow
Lucy McDaniels
Charlie Crago
Bushang
George Swartz
Orangeville
Jacob Hoffman
Monroe
Ladies Aid Society
Elsie Allen
Frankie
Aew
Martintown Shursay
Sam Harless
Winslow Village
Miller
Clara Allen
Clarence Burns
Burns
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin- Williams
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Sherwin-Williams CO
Paint and Color Makers
Stewart Ave
Cleveland
Montreal
J. Schwarz & Sons
Galene Street
Ill
GEO. H. Tandy & CO
Geo. JH. Tandy & Co
Stephenson
Freeport, Ill
B. F. Jones
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