Atkinson Area Activity and Region Notes
Generous, scattered notices from Geneseo to Annawan recount travels and visits by local residents. Franks Atkinson, Gray, Conrads, Cathryn, Pritchards, and others make business or family trips to nearby towns. Community events include Rolle Belle contests and an Epworth League ice cream social, with local sports reporting a junior baseball win and mixed results for area teams.
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Frank Clark
Geneseo
A. L. Gray
Sheffield
F. W. Conrads
Adnawan
Julius Cathryn
Annawan
Samuel Pritchard
Géheseo
Rollé—Bolle
Annawen
Verbeckmoes
Chas. Meyers
Mile Grove
Bloomington
Wesley Heller
Ridgeway
Ohio
Ea Brugler
Schrecke
Kewanee
Hugh Yarger
Elmer Douglas
A. EB. Andrews
C. C. Martin
Efeo
James Kay
Win Kay
Edith Graham
Joseph
Ward
Ice Cream Social Planned by Methodists Next Tuesday
The Epworth League of the Methodist church hosts an ice cream social on the church lawn next Tuesday evening. The event invites all to come and spend the evening with the young folks after the Sunday school’s annual picnic on Wednesday. Also note the Honeymooners show on August 23 at the Mystic Opera House.
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Robert Ransom
L. N. Higgins
James Parker
Rock River Heights
Atkinson
DeLong Colts
Geneseo
E. E. Sturdyvin
P. E. Geminder
Princeton
Cherryville
Kans
Jacob Wolvaert
Chicago
Freuys
Margaret
Fred Hays
Geneseo, Atkinson and Loraine Telephone Co
Mt. Hope
Atkinson Township
Edith
W. A. Newers
John Fisher
Tri-Cities
John—_Nickerson
Atkinson Lumber Yard
John _Rumler
John Maloney
Arthur Verbeckmoes
Lillian Rumler
Mary Bowman
Paris
J. M. Goodman
Lyman Benton
K. C
Cf Ossed
Fiften Cent Batistes
Verbeckmoes
Methodist Church
Epworth League of the Church
Mystic Opera House
Methodist Sunday School
Epworth League of the
Church
Right Kind of Mercy in Oklahoma Governor's Clemency
Governor Crusé of Oklahoma commuted a black teenager's death sentence to life imprisonment. He noted the youth was friendless and had no advocates, unlike white defendants with powerful backers. Mercy, tempered by justice, grants him a chance at repentance and service to the state.
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Crusé
Oklahoma
Moline “Mall
Spelling Reform Debate From the Pittsburg Sun
The piece critiques simplifide spelling and the branding of a professor as a model of spelling. It argues that spelling owes no loyalty to ancestry and that prescriptive rules are as flawed as pronunciation standards. The letter warns against overvaluing reform and accuses the author of pretentious, lineotype rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brander Mathuze
Univercity
Simplifide
Speling Bord
Brander
Pittsburg
Narrow escape speeds and a highway obstruction case
A constable stops a car and arrests the driver after a long early morning trip from Quincevill. The chauffeur minimizes the speed while the constable hints at obstructing the highway, noting the trip took six hours for four miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas
Quincevill
Harper's Weekly E
Wright Brothers Pilot Circles Pike's Peak in Flight
J C Turpin, Wright flyer, piloted four flights in Princeton July 3 and 4 and circled Pike's Peak in Colorado last week. The aviation field friction forced takeoff from outside the grounds and Armlee briefly joined Turpin before landing after two miles. Elevation details note Pike's Peak at 14147 feet and Turpin rising about 8000 feet above the city at 6000 feet above sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Turpin
Wright Brothers’ Aeroplane
Princeton
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Armlee
Wright
Atkinson School Sells Maple Flooring and Seats
Directors offer 900 ft of 1x4 maple flooring and two dozen primary sized school seats for sale in good condition. Low price possible for both items. Interested parties contact J. J. Bloom Clerk Atkinson Illinois. Suits at Hager Ofterle & Co. promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson School
J. J. Bloom
Atkinson, Il
Water Town Hospital Projects Delayed In Budget Decision
Telegrams from Springfield say the Water town hospital for the insane will not erect the new hospital building at $50 000 and the assembly hall at $25 000 this year. The projects are postponed one year to keep the tax rate down, with half the funds spent now and half next year. University of Illinois big projects are trimmed with commerce building at $125 000 and women’s building at $130 000 to start this year.
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Watertown Hospital
Springfield
state board_ of _administration
Beleves
University of Illinois
School of Commerce
Normal School
New Edifice to Be Erected by Catholics at Wy anet
Plans are prepared for a Catholic church in Wy anet to be completed this fall. A donated site lies in the eastern part of the village by John Valerius. A parish subscription drive will raise funds, with nearly $1,000 on deposit from a past parish fair. Father J A Dollard announces the church plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyanet
John Valerius
J. A. Dollard
Insects Fill Tampico Sky During Wednesday Sightings
Thousands of grasshoppers were seen flying high over Tampico on Wednesday afternoon. They appeared as specks and were mistaken for cottonwood fluff before a few landed within view. Analysts fear potential crop damage if they descend in large numbers.
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Tampico
Anger over a street talk ends in a fight, says Houston Post
A reader recounts a sudden flare up on the street after a friendly conversation. The quarrel centers on a man who claims to kiss his wife several times daily, provoking a violent reaction and a heated dispute.
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Houston Post
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Margaret Nichol
Washington,d. C
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The
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Ruth Kenney
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Ruth Macares
Rollin F. Gresser
Topeka
Mrs
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Elizabeth Zimmerman
Phillip Nowers
D. F. Humphreys
Robert
Geneseo Collegiate
Institute Geneseo
New York
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Honeymooner
Robert Parker
Congregational Parsonage
Ruth A. Black
DeKalb
Ruth
Spieces
George Farnum
George Hartman
Abigail Wetherhall
Waverly
Town
Ross- Black
Mr. DeRoo
Waltham Watch
Waltham
George E. Perkins
The_Atkinson Jeweler
Hager, Ofterle & Co
Watertown
C. J. -Wysong Atkinson, Winds
Wysong
Hartman
Farm
George Hartman, Atkinson, Ilinois
Bratm
Goodyear
H. & F. Shoe Store
ASL
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King Piano
King Piano Co
Farmers Bank
Fred A. Foster
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Illinois
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