Local visitors and events brighten town schedule
Mocus Matters and Mrs J G S Best of Chicago visit relatives in town while Mr Will H Waite of Peoria also stays several days. Salem Church Sunday School plans a Thursday picnic at Goddard's grave. Amboy's Mr and Mrs Rosebrugh are in town, and the W C T U meets at Mrs Jesse Burchard's residence at 3 pm Wednesday. Mrs M M McCall and son Stuart leave for Buffalo by boat, guests of the city. City Council adjournment likely due to the Fourth, entertainment at the Opera House features the comedy Our Boarding House. Wumphrey family returns to Pennsylvania after weeks here. Yale student Fred Bartlett travels home for summer, enjoying college life. Mark Twain quips about total abstinence in Mrs Hayes album.
German YMCA Picnic Planned in Staver's Grove
The German Y M C A plans a Fourth of July picnic in Staver's grove near Stephenson Street with abroad speakers and refreshments catered by the Association. Also notes Brigham of Wayne County Pa may relocate to Stephenson County if he can sell his eastern farm and a critique of a local sensational paper called the smut mill. Salem Church Sabbath School entertainment drew praise despite rain, German Methodist Episcopal Church set last quarterly meeting with Presiding Elder F Kopp, preaching schedule listed, and Jno Brubaker credited for Sharpless Seedling strawberries offered at $1 per hundred by mail nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Staver’s Grove
Stephenson Street
George 8. Brigham
Wayne Co
W. S. Preston
Stephenson County
German Methodist Episcopal Church
F. Kopp
Arrivals Hailed and July Excursions Advertised Townwide
Notes praise the welcomed arrival of Mr and Mrs Frank W Jayne. Excursion tickets go on sale along Illinois Central and C M & St P lines for July 4 with fares one and one third, valid to July 5. A county superintendent term ends in November with a 1 year appointment by the Board of Supervisors and an election for county offices planned. Also announced is a Chicago musical convention excursion and a comedy Our Boarding House at the Opera House with Mrs Adele Bray Kendrick and cast. A Pecatonica loss of sheep and a steer to dogs prompts calls for canine extermination. First Presbyterian Church marked Children’s Day with floral services and readings, featuring poems and songs and a rose of Sharon exercise.
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Illinois Central R. R
Satururday
Board of Supervisors
Chicago
Opera House
Adele Bray Kendrick
Scott Marble
Edwin Gardner
New York
Sanborn’s
Thomas Hunt
Pecatonica
Stephenson County
Mr. Hunt
Kilkenny
Pecatonica News
First Presbyterian Church
Hazen Capron
Company C Plans Elgin Fourth Celebration
At a Monday evening meeting of Company C the group voted to spend the Fourth in Elgin and placed 1st Lieut Williams in charge. Captain Krapp presided and warned he would resign if one man objected, noting the quiet agreement as consent. The note hints at a banquet sword presentation and new uniform ahead.
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Co. “C
Elgin
Williams
Krapp
Jeff
Death of Adelbert Crocker in Lancaster
Adelbert Crocker, almost eleven, son of Mr Orrin Crocker of Lancaster, died from a complication of whooping cough and diphtheria. His father, also ill with diphtheria during the death, is convalescent. Mrs Crocker remains worn from care. The bereaved parents receive widespread sympathy from friends.
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Orrin Crocker
Lancaster
Mr. Crocker
Mrs. Crock
Freeport Malleable Iron Works Plans New Foundry
The Freeport Malleable Iron Works announces purchase of nine to ten acre tract near the Chicago and Northwestern bridge and immediate erection of a 60 by 200 foot foundry with four furnaces. It will employ sixty to seventy men, with more buildings to follow. The site, adjoining three railroads, offers strong shipping and receiving facilities. Start of construction is days away and occupancy is expected by October. The company has several large orders and hopes to attract other iron manufacturers to Freeport.
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Freeport Malleable Iron Works
Chicago and Northwestern Ry
Bridge
Bartlett
Freeport
Model Flouring Mill Showcases Becker & Underwood Plant
A Dixon visit to Becker & Underwood reveals a seven story flouring mill with 28 roller sets from Zurich costing $16,000 and total machinery $60,000. The plant’s daily capacity is 2000 bushels or 500 barrels, with automated cleaning, magnetic wire removal, and a transparent production flow. Also noted are local notices on area graduates, a Dixon commandery event, and community updates including former residents’ activities and recent diplomas.
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Dixon
Messrs. Becker & Underwood
Rock River
Zurich
Switzerland
Social party by J B Taylor Hose Company at Germania Hall
The J B Taylor Hose Company members host a social at Germania Hall this evening June 20 with lively music and a pleasant evening promised. Admission is 50 cents and all are invited to attend in Spring Valley Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Taylor Hose Company
Germania Hall
Dr Marshall Bromoline offered for cure at druggists
An 1881 notice advertises Dr Marshall Bromoline as a remedy for constipation costiveness and biliousness with a 50 cent price. It is sold by druggists through Harlem Stephenson Co at their Inn dated June 2 1881. A customer letter commends a Buckeye Mower and Reaper for full satisfaction as mower or as reaper from Charles W Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley, III
W.G
W. Barnes
Henry Straub
Dr. Marshall
Harlem
Resolutions by Embury M E Sunday School
A June 19 1881 note from Embury M E Sunday School presents condolences for Bertie Crocker a pupil who died. The resolutions commend his attendance and interest, extend sympathies to his family and teacher, request copies for the class record and city papers, and seal by L L Hime secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embury M.E. Sunday School
Bertie Crocker
L. L. Hime
Buckeye Binder Endorsed by Shannon Farmer in 1881 Ad
In Shannon Illinois on May 31 1881 W G and W Barnes advertise a buckeye binder praising its performance cutting and binding about one hundred acres. The customer notes it bound grain efficiently and compares favorably with other reaping machines, highlighting its light draft and overall satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon, Ill
W.G
W. Barnes
Buckeye Self Health Remedy Endorsed by Florence Doctor
Fragmentary notice from Florence describing a Buckeye Self remedy endorsed by a local physician. Mentions June 21 and criticizes other machines. Claims cure for torpid liver and biliousness with a price of 50 cents. Incomplete text references Christian Snavely and Dr. Marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Marshal
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J. G.S. Best
City
Will H. Waite
Peoria
Cou. C
S. F. Aspinwall
Grand Rapids, Mich
Mrs. A. A. Babcock
Salem Church
Goddard
James Rosebrugh
Amboy
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Jesse Burchard
Fred Bartlett
Yale College
Mark Twain
Mrs. Hayes
Ogle County Democrat
Buzzard
Salem
Frank W
Jayne
Bill Krapp
Adelbert Crocker
Storm Lake
Iowa
DeArmit
Albert M. DeArmit
Parks
State Board of Medical Examiners
de- Armit
G. W. Perrine & Co
H. F. Parks
L. L. Munn
Rochester University
Laura J. Addams
Cedarville
John WH. Addams
Rockford Seminary
J. N. Sanborn
Madison
Wis
Sanborn
Dixon Commandery
Red Cross
George K. Reynolds
J. B. Pomeroy
E. C. Dixon
J.C. Garver
E. C
Board of Education
Cooley
The
Baptist Church
Beaumont
Viola Danel
W. 3B
Thomas
Schrader
Elsie Weary
Greene
Snyder
Buckeye Centre
Stephenson Co
W. G
Cnas
W. Barber
WM. Walton
Geo. C. Byers
Walton
Staver & Snyder
Burrell Brothers
Illinois
Stavers Snyder
Stephenson Gs
Wm. A. Stevens
Seeley & Read
Stephenson St
J. L. Robinson's
Bridge St
Freeport, Ill
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