ROCK CITY LOCAL INDUSTRY AND FARMER NOTES
A survey of Rock City lists three blacksmith shops led by George Lambert Andrew Bliss and DeWitt Holsapple. Ephraim Shellenberger runs a wagon and paint shop. Samuel Vocht runs a paint shop. W D Brown operates a barber shop. Edward Yount and Samuel Kleckner are carpenters. Anangst with Shellenberger Schmeltzer run a steam mill grinding feed for farmers with strong business. A M Telfer is railroad and express agent. George Lilly James Wiler are masons and plasterers. The Dakota Hotel is owned by A M Artley and is well kept. Local farmers include John Brown James Templeton R M Milliken Walker Templeton Harrison Diemer J B Fisher and grape growing near the village. The JOURNAL correspondent will report further local news.
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Charles E. Blake
Eva Hutchison
Blake
JH. Graham
Young & Lashell
Ney
R. J. Long
Herman Bokhof
C. Raubenheimer
J. W. Snyder
E. C. Stangland
Mexico
W. Andre
Geo. Rayner, Esq
J. Steinestélle
August Kensler
Anthony Wingart
H. J. Mayer
John Montague
Jacob Koller
Adam
Grewe
Frederick Schumann
Rockity
Tr. Schumann
James Gorton
Thas
F. E. Lashell
E. G. Lashell
Jonathan Stewart
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Re-Keepers’ Association
Yilze
Stephenson County
W. Lee
Panking
Mr. Ee
Associaon
Levi Keister
Associaion
Rock Grove
Sewart
Simon Rote
George Lambert
Andrew Bliss
DeWitt Holsapple
Ephraim Shellenberger
Samuel Vocht
W.D. Brown
Edward Yount
Samuel Kleckner
Joseph Anangst
Shellenberger & Schmeltzer
A. M. Telfer
Expres
George Lilly
James Wiler
Dakota
A. M. Artley
John Brown
James Templeton
R. M. Milliken
Walker Templeton
Harrison Diemer
J. 8. Fisher
Journal
Davis and Town Life Highlight Respectable Enterprises
In a bustling community article, the piece surveys churches schools societies stores factories and improvements showing a lively town and its engaged business people. The report notes active civic progress and a strong local economy driven by diverse enterprises.
Village Builders and Tradesmen Appear in Local Directory
The listing names J. L. Weavers and J. & B. Milter plasterers and bricklayers, A. Gustenberg stonemason, J. Degenther barber, D. Boliman wholesale liquor dealer, Frank Manion rail and express agent, D. Butler night telegraph operator, Smith & Weber agricultural implement dealers. It notes J. & Blackamore two story residences, John Long and J. Kaufman additions, and local farms owned by G. P. Kleckner N. Blackamore L. Mack with Chicago stock dealings. JOURNAL promises regular news columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Weaver
J. & B. Milter
A. Gustenberg
J. Degenther
D. Boliman
Frank Manion
D. Butler
Smith & Weber
W. Z. Tunks
Journal
Davis
Local business activity amid heat and harvests notes
In extreme heat residents persevere as shops stay open evenings for customers. Farmers busy with hay and rye harvest. corn variable but hopeful. Ellen Sears of Iowa visits, Mrs Castle of Cleveland guests, Allie Bird recovering, and Brand Crandall suffers a heat related collapse after a cattle drive. Road crews repair bridges. local industries face changes and new pump and tub orders emerge. Cape Brady returns from Freeport with goods. Harvest labor is in demand and brick works expand as local builders push projects.
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Ellen Sears
Lowa
Castle and Son
Cleveland, O
Ed, Hunt
Allie Bird
Brand Crandall
C. Rodabaugh
Woodmanse & Co
Richardson
West Point
Bradford & Son
Jesse Markle
W. I. Brady
Board of Supervisors
Freeport
J. H. Gamber
Blair & Co
Orangeville
Higely
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Farmers urged to sow turnips this fall
The article notes cautious optimism on crops with corn and vegetables doing well despite wet weather. It encourages farmers to plant turnips now, sowing thinly on rich, weed-free soil, as turnips thrive in wet seasons and will help offset harvest losses.
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M. W. Kurtz
A.J. Morris
Adam Rheingans
Wm. Keller
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Wm. Potter
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S.J. Davis
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J. M. Ha
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A.B. Cross
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Joseph Baygore
Kuns Bros
F. Butticuffer
Mr. T. Hayes
Wm.h. Green & Son
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Henry Ritter
Cornelius
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Winslow
Marsh
McCormick
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Buckeye
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Mitchell—Buckman
Chicago
William F. Mitchell
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Toperty
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Ircuit
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Akron
Ohio
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Edward Pothast
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Mary Smith
Frederick J. Smith
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Charles G. Snyder
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