Notable City Notes and Local Appointments
Local visitors include J Orth and Dr Wright making friendly calls. Mrs W T Tinsley, daughter of Mrs Barnes, died in Lyons NY aged 43, leaving six children. Miss S A Buckman appointed Stephenson County Notary Public, third woman in state. Frank Bechtel completed Northwestern Business College, returns home with diploma. W F E Bolender sold farm at Rock Grove and moves to Centreville Michigan for health reasons. The Art Amateur issue praised for March with frontispiece and wide array of art features.
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Lyons
N. Y
W. T. Tinsley
Wm. Barnes
S.A. Buckman
Stephenson County
Frank Bechtel
J. M. Bechtel
Florence
Northwestern Business College
Naperville
W. FE. A. Bolender
Rock Grove
Court House
Centreville
Michigan
Bolender
March
Clarence Cook
Limoges
Huntington
National Academy
Montague Marks
Union Square
New York
Hyde and Behman Present Muldoon’s Picnic at the Olympic
Hyde and Behman’s Comedy Company staged Muldoon’s Picnic at the Olympic Theater last night. The troupe, famed for Marionette and trained dog routines, drew a full house and promises a strong show next Monday evening with the Irish comedy Marldon’s Picnic.
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Hyde
Behman
Marldoon
Measrs
Muldoon
Inter Ocean
Hyde and
Aled Audiences Enjoy A Full Night Of Farce And Vaudeville
The audience stayed until 11 30 to see Muldoon s Picnic on the bill. The rest of the programme offered strong vaudeville acts by Hart and Gilbert the Nelsons Budworths the Werners Hammond West Earle Camp and the Lynn Sisters. Reynolds and Walling presented an especially artistic and refined sketch. The show closed with Muldoon s Picnic and left the audience in excellent good humor.
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Aled
Duttain
Muldoon
Ike Hart
Gilbert
Nelsons
Budworths
Werners
Hammond
West
Earle
Camp
Lynn Sisters
Reynolds
Walling
Tragic Beloit Man Killed While Riding Freight Train
Frank Burnap of Beloit was killed last Thursday evening when enacting a risky ride on a Milwaukee & St. Paul freight train run by Conductor Dave Gross. An inquest found he had been drinking that day. His wife and mother-in-law arrived after the accident, showing little visible sorrow. Burnap had lived in Beloit for three years with a dissipated habit pattern, and his wife had left him previously.
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Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Dave Gross
Frank Burnap
Beloit
R. A. Hollister
Canton
Illinois
Burnap
Teachers Institute Held in Orangeville on Feb 25
The Teachers Institute met in Orangeville February 25 with County Superintendent opening at 10:30. Officers were elected with the Superintendent as President and Miss Mary A. Fisher as Secretary. Absent Mr. Burbridge due to sickness, Mr. Weirick spoke on School Programmes and W. J. Martin presented a plan for teaching Common and Decimal Fractions. Adjournment followed at 1 p.m.
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Teachers’ Institute
Orangeville
Mary A. Fisher
W. M. Burbridge
Weirick
W. J. Martin
Resolutions of Respect for Henry Branyan
Excelsior Lodge No. 97 A F and A M adopts resolutions of respect on March 2. They honor Henry Branyan as a faithful Mason, devoted father, good citizen, and person of integrity and religious principle. The death is described as a sad loss during his productive years, with sympathy extended to his family and hope for comfort. Committee: M D Champentin, C F Nonnis, N ROLAND.
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Excelsior Lodge
A. F
A. M
Wrernras
Henry Branyan
Mason
M.D. Champentin
C.F. Nonnis
N. Roland
Dakota Literary Society elects officers at Friday session
The Dakota Literary Society elected H.C. Allman as President, R. K. Madden as Vice President, Jennie Askey as Secretary, C. C. Musser as Critic, W. Askey as Treasurer. The evening featured recitations, readings, an essay, songs, and voluntary declamations. debate followed on a motion about competition versus cooperation.
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W. J. Wade
W. H. Snyder
C. Musser
H.C. Aumani
R. K. Madden
W. Askey
Jos
Musser
Clayton
Hampton
Iowa
Twitmeyer
Pennsylvania
Wetzel
O.B.Q
Banquet in Honor of General J C Smith by Montgomery Lodge
A grand banquet was held by Montgomery Lodge No 157 L C in Norristown to honor General John C Smith visiting from Illinois. The event featured Dr G W Holstein as presiding officer, music by the Montgomery Glee Club, and a keynote toast where Smith recalled his Odd Fellows initiation, praised the order’s charities and education, and recounted his rise through lodge ranks with reminiscences of Norristown and Galena.
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Norristowny Basin
Gene
C. Smith
John C. Smith
Pennsylvania
Montgomery Lodge No. 157
Norristown
Norristown Daily Herald
Montgomery Lodge
L. C
C. F
Stiles’ Parlor
G. W. Holstein
Montgomery Glee Club
J. C. Smith
Illinois
Genes Smith
David Zelt
Montgomery
United States
Order
Chicago
Grand Tha
Odd Fellows
Lodge
Galena
Galena Lodge
No. 17
John G. Potts
Thomas Potts
Pat Lyon
Montgomery Guards
Potts
Jie
Road condition query near Freeport Cedarville
A reader complains of the poor state of the public road north from Freeport toward Cedarville, especially the stretch from the soap factory to the north. The writer asks for official action by the highway overseer and notes current levy funds may be insufficient to improve the road.
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Cedarville Road
Freeport
Cedarville
Uige
Board of Highway Commissioners
Lancaster
Excursion to California Offered for Chicago Participants
Arrangements completed for a large Chicago to California excursion for ministers educators scientists businessmen and health and pleasure seekers. May 8 departure by Pullman train via multiple railways to San Francisco with ninety day return option. Daily paper lectures and a school of science aboard. Round trip price is 150 dollars. Address lock box 119 Minneapolis for details.
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California
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Southern Pacificf
San Francisco
Great Central
Union Pacific
Omaha
Chicago& Northwestern Railroad
New Mexico
Arizona
City of
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
San Diego
Yosemite Valley
Salt Lake City
Minneapolis
Minn
Opera Bouffe Star Alice Oates To Appear March 14
Opera House to host Alice Oates in Audran's La Mascotte with the full company. Press notes from abroad praise the troupe as packed houses give standing room. Oates praised for vivacity in Girofla Girofla and for inspiring performers with her masterful portrayal.
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Alice Oates
Opera Bouffe
Opera
Audran
Offenbach
Girofla
Noeless
Miss Oates
Vera
Obedience to Col. Ingersoll in Liberty Plea
A feisty open letter urges Col. Ingersoll to defend liberty against tyranny of pulpits and press. It dramatizes suffering mothers, ruined children, a dead baby, a brothel scene, and battlefield deaths to indict religious and societal forces, calling for radical, unsettling defiance in the name of liberty.
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Col. Ingersoll
Hennepin Canal Project Before the House Committee
Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean Washiston March 1 The House Committee on Railways and Canals met to consider the Hen nepin Canal bill. Dixon Ill citizens favored the canal and Congressman Hawk urged its importance noting cereals could pay the public debt if transport costs were reduced. He urged compensation for damages to Sterling and Rock Falls manufacturing interests from water withdrawal. He proposed a three person commission to assess damages and report to Congress, with later damages paid by the United States.
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House
Inter Ocean
Washieton
House Committee On Railways and Canals
Hennepin
Dixon, Ill
Hawk
Northwest
Sterling
Rock Falls
Dixon
Congress
Wsell
United States
Canal debate stirs Monroe lawmakers over funding
In the House Railways and Canals committee debate, Henderson and others argued over a million dollar canal bill. Supporters claim benefits to manufacturers west, possible lower rail rates, and national gains while opponents warn of costs and monopolist railroads. The mood was confident that a favorable committee report will soon follow. France faces a panic while the royal baby contracts measles.
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Hennepi Rock Island Canal
Ageney
Boards of Trade
New York
Buffalo
Henderson
France
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Mocal Matters
J. Orth
Davia
Journal
C. B. Wright
W. M. Jones
Jewell City
Kas
Susia L. Cooper
This County
Monroe
Wisconsin
Jones
Rockford
Sallielsewhere
Mahn
Comic Opera Company
Germania Hall
Germania Society
Theepublicans of
Buckeye
Town House
Polla
Reguir
Henry Riciart
Goddard’s Gate
Ice
Benj. Goddard’s House
Oliver P. McCoo
Fev. A. , Wonnas, O Ubadiils Porksy N.Y
Betty
Knoeling
Liberty
Heaven
Nero
Hennepin Canal Project
Eden
Nenderson
Tency
Iran
Canala
Iva
Ball
Navin
Carcago
Dr. Hyde
Carcano
A. J. Baxter
Sant Ja
Mirs
J. Benso
Les Than
W. A. Steven
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