Atkinson News Highlights Local Shop Sales and Visits
District items report August sales at Kernwins and Lyon Weekley stores. John G Smith buys a Buick touring car. Several residents attend camp meetings in Sheffield and Rock River Heights while others visit Davenport, Geneseo, Tampico, and Toronto. Local improvements include a new telephone at the Farmers' elevator and street commissioner Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Lyon & Weékley
Keraweth
John—G.—Smith
Frank Atwell
Davenport- Booth
Jean Henne
Hug Yarger
Jamea—Gunniffi
Gee
Hill
Joe Corwin
Burns
Adams
Raymond Hartman
Rock River Heights
Captain Riley
Ben van Waas
Kernwein
Little One
Verbeckmoes
Atkinson
Annawan
Bessie Nickerson
Tiskilwa
Paul Vandervoort
Chas. Rumler
del. Wheat
Selby Foy
Dakota
Nancy Milbourn
Chicago
Mro
Thomas Keag
Alica McCullough
Davenport
Iowa
J. S. Nowers
Christian Science
Henry C._Brown
John Graham
Ethel Yarger
Loraine
Frances Steiner
J. F. Newers
Theo. Milar
M. T. Booth
Jack Smith
Galva
Ethelv
Hayward
Ellen Venell
Peoria
Edith Booth
Jas. Parker
Farmers’ Elevator
Bryan Day
Geneseo
J. L.,graham
Robert Graham
Riley Heights
Rock River
Peter van " Herzele
Sievens
Génesee
Dr. Cook
Mr. Booth
Sam Pritchard
John Bloom
Edward Sverett
A L. Gray
Mr. Freanklin
Ross Block
J. A. Boomer
Floyd
W. Kernwein
Frank Parkner
Frank
Harms & Glawe, Atkinson
Robert Harms
Henry County Telephone Company Calls Stockholders Meeting
Henry County Telephone Company calls a special stockholders meeting at Town Hall, Henry County, Illinois, on September 16, 1912 at 10 a.m. to vote on increasing capital stock to 30000 dollars. Attendees urged to attend. directors listed as Olef, Rishel, Barton, Winter, Moon, German, Adams, and others.
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Henry County Telephone Company
Henry
State of Illinoiis
Atkinson
Frank W. Ole F G Weston S
Alarm Clock Request Tests Hotel Clerk’s Patience
A Baltimore hotel night clerk, famed for polished manners, nearly loses his temper when a guest asks to borrow an alarm clock. The guest insists on a dependable wake up time, and the clerk offers a room telephone as an alternative before arranging a loaned alarm clock through the housekeeper.
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Mrust
Baltimore
Not Really Naval Stores
The phrase naval stores mislabels turpentine tar pitch and rosin as maritime goods. It began with naval use for coating hulls and rigging to resist weather, then broadened to the gum of the long leaf pine products, losing direct shipyard ties as commerce valued the broader pine-resin products.
Hooppole and Geneseo Social Roundup
Hooppole residents John Rollo Blanch Newell and Mr and Mrs Henderson Machesney are noted visitors Geneseo social scene includes Lester Wilkinson Bryan Mc Neill and other locals at the Geneseo ball game Geneseo trips feature Will Baker Paul Wilson Earl Browning Dave McNeill and Donald Frisbie of Marseilles visiting area homes and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rollo
Blanch Newell
Marseillesilit
Hooppole
Be Hunt
Kewanee
Frida
Mark Hay
Harry Dewitt
Bryan McNeill
Geneseo
Henderson Machesney
Machesney
Anna Douglas
G¢ Gobleville
Mich
Will Doubler
Chas. Doubler
Ed. Doubler
Iason
Will Baker
Paul Wilson
Earl Browning
Dave McNeill
Mr. Barker
Donald Frisbie
Marseilles
H- -Mowen
Useful Accomplishments for a Home Maker
A Victorian essay urges women to develop cooking sewing and music to create a true home. It argues that domestic skill trumps wealth in making a happy household and encourages mothers to teach daughters these useful arts.
Elephant hailed as most intelligent animal next to man
The piece proclaims the elephant as the brainiest animal after humans, noting some horses' smarts but crediting the elephant with deep thought and human-like intelligence. It urges reading about animal intellect and highlights the elephant's exceptional brain power.
Free Rand McNally Illinois map for advance subscribers
Republic offers a wall map of Illinois from Rand McNally to Eva Petite Dean subscribers paid one year in advance. The map shows the census of every city and village and includes a marginal index for easy locating. Free while supply lasts. postage added if mailed.
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Republic
Eva Petite Dean
Illinois
Rand McNally
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E. B. Neal
Sheffield
Fred. Hays
Vance
Tampico
Victor “Tallenaer
Moline
Chester Macauley
Levi Hooger
Saskatchewan
Can
Lyon & Weekley
Union
Krotch
A. W. Kernwein
Arthur Burrall
Rock Island
Henty
Glenn Tilton
Methodist-church
Frank T Atwell
E. O. Bengston
Gilbert Parks
Waltin Kay
M. E. Church
Shoesmith
Epworth League
P. i
A. E Andrews
Atkinson Cement
E. C. Chapler
Chas. B. Hurst & Co
Chillicothe
Ohio
Korn Kribs
The
Atkinson Lumber Yard
Atkinson Lumbermen
Klosed Krotch Union Underwear
Henry County Telephone Coo
Rock Island County
Egkhart & Buffum
State Bank
Moline Trust_and Savings
County
H. A. Ainsworth
Geo
W. Wood
McMaster
A. S. Wright
Louis Sonne
Edward Coryn
E. Froyd
W. Ak
Cashier
Christigson
Calvin nuswWorth
WS Asseeeie
Ward A. Schmidt
QO. F. Anderson
Cc. H. Hill
Atkinson, Illinois
Henry Lievens
F.R. Bessant
Agricultural
Birdsell
Fesulti
B. P.S. Paints
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