Local Hatters and Town News Update July 26
The Freeport Band will join Captain Merry’s excursion to Clear Lake on July 26. Locals at Delavan Lake include W. E. Boyington, C. F. E. Scott, Mary Stearns, and Kittie Mitchell. A barn fire devastated John Price’s farm near Buena Vista. Child injured at home. Mildred price broke both forearm bones. Mrs. Margaret Gressley, 64, dies near Freeport after fifty years in the Evangelical Church. Rev. D. B. Byers leads funeral services with assisting pastors. burial in Freeport cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Merry
Clear Lake
Delavan Lake
W.E. Boyington
C. FE. Scott
Mary Stearns
Kittie Mitchell
John Price
Waddams Grove Township
Buena Vista
Margaret Gressley
Jac. Gressley
Evangelical Church
D. 13. Byers
Dreyz'sy
Sunday School Convention Report and Union Gatherings
A long summary of fraternal lodge business, Sunday School statistics, international convention notes, and missionary goals. It covers officers elected in various lodges, biographical notices, and the vast scope of Sunday School work in the United States, Canada, and Europe with emphasis on growth, organization, and benevolence. The piece ends with a dramatic recounting of a gathering and a roadside accident involving Rev. Hartzler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. States
England
Wales
United States
England and Wales
Prof McCosh and Stillman Prepare Lake Concert
Prof McCosh leads 200 instruments and Prof Stillman directs 200 voices in a concert on Clear Lake on August 1. Steamers and sailboats will be managed by Green Bros, a guarantee of success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCosh
Stillman
Clear Lake
Messrs
Green Bros
Salem Church Plans In 1881 Exports And Services
The first quarterly communion at Salem Church will be held next Sabbath morning with an additional service Friday evening. Presiding Elder Rev. H. Messner will officiate. An excursion on July 26th is expected to draw a large crowd, with ample coach accommodations for Freeport passengers. The article also covers the Third International Sunday School Convention held in Toronto June 22 24 1881 and a report by D B Byers detailing attendance and intense interest at the First Presbyterian Church meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Committee
Illinois
John the Baptist
Vincent
Missionary Cause
14Th Street Presbyterian Church
N. Y
Lutheran Mission Church
Wheeling
W. Va
Spurgeon’s S. School
London
St. Louis
Kansas City
Blake
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Celestial Kingdom
H. B. Hartzler
Evangelical Messenger
Cleveland
Ohio
Katie Wilkins
Toronto
J. C. Aatliff
Salem Church
Rev. H. Messner
Freeport
J. F. Merry
Ont
Union Mass
First Presbyterian Church
D. B. Byers
Stephenson County
Eleroy
Phineas Roy
Iowa
Frank Kirkland
Little Mertie
Rockford
Ty Grandma Clay
Maud
A. J. Reese
Jennie Scott
Lesnar
Winslow
Charles Pghauer
Charley
Ray Kenny
Mrs Stocks
Aug
Pragge
Harlem
Prindle
Hally McKenzy
Nyy Daughty
Terrible Reaper Accident Claims Young Farmer
August Matzkie fourteen son of Frederick Matzkie of Oneco township near Orangeville met a severe harvest field accident last Friday. While driving a self-raking reaper and cutting rye he was dragged from the seat and hurled in front of the sickle bar, dragged a distance before bystanders freed him from danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Matzkie
Frederick Matzkie
Oneco
Orangeville
The Laughing Lake and Chautauqua Tourism Spotlight
A prose sketch extols Lake Chautauqua and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway as summer getaways for teachers and businessmen. It notes two national gatherings, bathhouses, boats, and fishing, with round trip tickets from Chicago for 21. Local items mention residents and visitors, a choir practice, and a new residence under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Lake Chautauqua
Inland Sea
Rockies
New York
Mayville
Jamestown
Chautauqua
Baptist Association
Point Chautauqua
Fair Point
Lake Shore Road
Chicago
Toledo
Lake Shore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur Rodearmel
Pennsylvania
G. E. Hiller
M. E
Mason City
F. P. Cleveland
Dixon
Lanark Junction
Chicago Driving Park
J. B. Hunt
Weyauwega
Wis
C. L. Hunt
Phillips
Hunt
Vermont
D. H. Sunderland
Charles E. Cross
Duto
Rock Island
Savanna
Cross
Charlie
Mildred
Dr. Burbank
John H. Addams Lodge No
P.M. W
J. W. Killion
M. W
M. Herrold
J. S. Wright
Fred Rauch
I. Cohn
B. B. Drehr
T. M. Brubaker
R. M. Geihl
I. W
D. L. Brubaker
O. W.—Wam. Ambuster
John H. Wilson
I.O. M.A
George A. Hicks
Hicks
Col
Henry Hicks
Minneapolis, Minn
James R. Hicks
Denver
Cal
Journal
Krapp
Guiteau
Canada
Delaware
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Canadas
South
Baltimore
Atlanta
Indian Territory
Church
St. Paul
Corinth
Jesus
Christ
B. H. Bradshaw
Laughing Lake
Lake Erie
Erie
Wm. A. Stevens
Stephenson
Pris
Seeley & Read
Stephenson St
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