Local Notes and Visitors in Stephenson County
In town over the weekend were Mr. Chan Fuller of Chicago and Hon. William Cox, with plans for Springfield. Several clergy and civic events fill the week, including prayer services, church meetings, Grange installation, City Council session, and a memorial for Rev. Jrooper Crews. County finances for December show $3,089.02 disbursed. J. J. Pair named Deputy County Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chan. Q. Fuller
Chicago
Jrooper Crews
Clark Street Church
W. W. Stfutchison
J. J. Pair
Waddams
Local society notes and weddings in Stephenson county
Miss Emma Seitz wed Mr. John Marks with Rev Behrens officiating as a pleasant ceremony concludes a day of social gatherings. A Col Stephenson Engine Co. dance raised funds for new apparatus, with upcoming Sabbath services featuring Miss Yeats and Miss Yontz. Obituaries recall Daniel Freeman of Ridott at 82 after a straw load accident. R K Brubaker of Lancaster Township dies at 63. I O M A officers named. Rose Higley–Mattes wedding in Lorain. Milton Nobles to star in The Phoenix at the Opera House. Helen Stine and J Cottinger wed with ample gifts. Mother Shipton prophecy on 1881 end of world noted as unalarmist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Seitz
John Seitz
John Marks
Behrens
Daniel Freeman
Luther Freeman
Ridott
Stephenson County
Mission Creek
Neb
Mr. Freeman
Saratoga
N. Y
Jacob Higley
Loran
Miss Rose
John A. Mattes
Shannon
Ill
WW. W. Goodrich
T. V. KI. Sweet
Warren
Helen I
Stine
Will A. Stine
Resolutions of Respect for Bank Director David Neidigh
At a Friday meeting of the Second National Bank board on December 31 the following resolutions of respect were unanimously adopted. David Neidigh a longtime director has departed this life. He was a valued associate and a generous neighbor. The board extends sympathy to his family and orders these resolutions recorded and published in city papers.
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Second National Bank
Wiennas
David Neidigh
Wuerens
Boston Ideal Company stages Uncle Tom's Cabin at City Hall
An immense City Hall audience praised the Boston Ideal Company's performance with Miss Blanche Slader as Topsy and Little Pansy Eva, calling it the best seen in the city. The production featured Frank D. Smith and John D. Harvey in principal roles and closed with Eva in Heaven amid a crowded, standing-room-only crowd.
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City Hall
Boston Ideal Company
Blanche Slader
Topsy
Little Pansy
Eva
Phineas Fletcher
Gumption Cute
Yankee Knight
Marks
Lawyer
Frank D. Smith
John D. Harvey
Uncle Tom
Alton
Daily Telegraph
Christmas Family Reunion at the Bobb Residence
A Buckeye family reunion on Christmas began with a sudden entry of relatives at 11 a.m. at Mr. David Bobb’s home. After eight years, Allen and Aaron Bobb returned to honor parents with two large arm chairs as gifts, paired with heartfelt remarks from Dr. D. B. Bobb and Prof. Haupt. The day featured a large turnout of children and grandchildren, a generous meal, and warm thanks from Father and Mother Bobb, followed by social gaiety and a note of gratitude for their blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bobb
Buckeye
Messrs
Allen
Aaron Bobb
Bobb
D. B. Bobb
Dakota
Haupt
Father Bobb
Gorbler
Richards
James Frankenfield
Mr. F
R. K. Madden
Bob
Uncle Bob
State deputy sails to pay bonded debt in New York
Emil Rutz, deputy in the Illinois State Treasury, left Springfield for New York City to make the final payment on the state's bonded debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter Ocean
Springfield
Emil Rutz
New York City
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Hocal Matters
Wm. Cox
Fran
Jacob Krohn
Board of Supervisors of
Court House
Oscar L. Taylor
Correll University
Utica
F. RB. Bartlett
Yale College
John Ve Eustace
Dixon
Mt. Carroll
Chas. H. Little
Klock
New Haven
Monticello
Iowa
Musical Society
MI. J. Porter
Lizzie Fifield
Wallace Stibgen
E. Sweet
R. F. Sweet
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Temperance Hall
Stephenson County Grange
Grange Hall
Zion Church
Missionary Guild of
H. G. DeWitt
New York
First Presbyterian
Baptist
Chas. Cross
Salem Church
Col. Stephenson Engine Co
B. Ray Yeats
Yontz
Rh. J. Haznett
Chaplain Reform Club
R. K. Brubaker
Lancaster Township
Jas. W. Killion
W. W. Hamilton
Sec
W. H. Blosser
Geo. W. Whiteside
Isaac N. Roland
C. McCoy
Guardian
D. Trunck
Jacob Weishar
Grand Lodge
W. W. T Hamilton
Milton Nobles
Opera
the Phoenix
Nobles
Mother Shipton
Gheen
Volkers
George G. Gheen
Augustus Volkers
A. Kastenbader
Eleroy
Dec
Lancaster
Tf Kurchard & Scott
Burne. Bros
Trask
Maa
I. Allen
Freeport
Dr. Marshall
Vuvune
Chas. A. McNamara & Co
Stephenson St
W. A. Stevens
Burchard & Scott
Galena St
Germania Hall
E. B. Winger
Second National Bank of Freeport
Wm. A. Stevens
Te Alose
Stephenson Street
Mittens, Lic
Lic
AEA
Wright
Golden Boot
Gho. M. Sheet
Brewster House
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