Hooppole area notes include baseball and village notices
Mrs. Chas Gross is very ill west of town. Chris Blackett shipped a carload of hogs Tuesday. Miss Allie Wolf visited Geneseo Sheffield and Mineral. Hooppole to host baseball with New Bedford August 20. Zion Church and W A Bauman preachings. Several visits to Kewanee and Geneseo noted. Ebenezer camp meeting Aug 24 to Sep 3. Chiropractor Whittenburg to visit Geneseo area for free consults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Gross
Max Fisher
Chris Blackett
H. W. Dorney
Geneseo
Willliam—Hyert
Kewanee
Allie’ Wolf
Sheffield and
Mineral
Galvary
A- Bauman
Hooppole
New Bedford
Yorktown
Mathis Bros. & Co
Larser
Ed Fehlman
Luverne, Minn
Fred Waite
Waite
Nellie Ehlman
Schultz
Plano
James Tomlinson
Mathis Bros
Zion Church
W. H. Bauman
Florence Burns
Miller
Tampico
Forrest
Ind
Abe Miller
Mathis Brose Co
H. Lamb
H. H. Miller
C. H-Kane
United Evangelical Church
Ebenezer Park
Wesley Schinleber
Mendota
Helen Stoldorf
H. Nauman
Elizabeth Nauman
Robert
Harold Nauman
C. E. Whittenburg
John Minch
Wwell
Whittenburg
Young Iowa Farmer Wins 100000 Patent for Shocker Attachment
Centerville Iowa farmer C R Raney signs contract with International Harvester to transfer rights in a grain shocker attachment for binders. He receives 100000 in cash and royalties. The device fits any binder and uses a wire to secure twelve bound bundles to prevent wind damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Raney
Centerville
Iowa
International Harvester Company
Judge Denies Injunction Against Hoopole Railroad Move
In Bureau county Princeton the circuit court refused a temporary injunction sought by Al Forward to halt trains on the Tampico Hoopole line of the Dixon Rock Falls and Southwestern railroad. The ruling spurred electrification work to run cars into Tampico as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of
Bureau County
Princeton
al Forward
Tampico-Hooppole
Dixon, Rock Falls & Southwestern Railroad
Tampico
Bureau Circuit Court
Whiteside County
Hooppole
Yorktown
Forward
Bureau County Circuit Court
J L. Spaulding
Horace Brown
J. J. Cantlin
Rock Falls
Henry Waterman
Geneseo
Watts Johnson
r+. co
Skinner
Green River Flood Rises Nine Feet North of Annawan
Heavy rains in the Green river basin caused a rapid nine foot rise between Saturday evening and Sunday noon north and west of Annawan. Banks breached at weak spots carved by muskrats and groundhogs flooding nearby farmland. Farmers rushed aid with hay, dirt and sand to shore up banks and limit damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
Annawan
Aeroplane Mail Service Expands Into Commercial Use
The New York Press notes aviation moves from sport to utility as the post office grants permission to carry Atlantic mails from ships offshore near New York. Aviators may deliver letters hours ahead of steamship tenders, with letters marked by aeroplane faces. Railroads may lose mail revenue as air transport gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
New York
New York Press
New York Doctor Names Telephonitis A Nervous Disease
The piece discusses a supposed new ailment called telephonitis, attributed to Drummond and Bell's invention. It argues that telephones can aid workers, while overexposure could affect highly sensitive individuals, with a nod to Ruskin about mutual help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
New York
Bell
Sixty-One Cities Bid for State Insane Hospital Site
Sixty-one Illinois cities bid for the $1.5 million state insane hospital site. Springfield offers the Prather farm near Carpenter’s Bridge on the Sangamon river. Bidders span East St. Louis to Peoria and include Rockford, Danville, Belleville, Decatur, and Champaign counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinois
Springfield
State Hospital
Prather
Rockford
Winnebago
Taylorville
Christian
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson
Polo
Ogle
Effingham
Hoopeston
Vermillion
Joes Bes Ahanville
Lawrence
St. Elmo
Fayette
Danville
Point
Chicago
Will
Momence
Kankakee
Marshall
Clark
Collinsville
Madison
Charleston
Coles
Byron
Harrisburg
Saline
Pana
Pickmeyville
Perry
Gibson City
Ford
Hillsboro
Montgomery
Streator
A- Salle
Quincy
Adams
Sullivan
Moultrie
Galena
Wabash
Dixon
Lee
Benton
Franklin
Belvidere
Boone
Mason
Newton
Jasper
Murphysboro
Jackson
Equality
Gallatin
Peoria
Learning How to Live in a Shifting American Landscape
A magazine excerpt notes two opposing American life trends: urban migration from towns to cities and a growing movement back to country and village life. It argues communities should encourage home investment and development to reap direct and indirect benefits.
Joliet Plans Modern Penitentiary With Unit Cells
Architect W C Zimmerman reports Joliet's new prison will be the world’s most modern. University of Chicago expert Charles Henderson backs plans. Legislature needs funding. work could begin in two years with unit-style buildings and outside-window cells. Sewage and water system may be built next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
W. C. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Chas. R. Henderson
University of Chicago
U. S&s. Prison Commission
Joliet Institution
Prison Commission
General Assembly
My Schoolhouse by a Dutch boy pupil
Frank, a ten year old from the Netherlands, describes his schoolhouse with eight rooms split upstairs and downstairs in a quirky, color marked description. The piece reflects on recognizing opportunity rather than lack of opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Netherlands
Twentieth Street
van Raalte Avenue
Good Fences on the Farm Keep Livestock Safe and Prosperous
A rural exhortation argues that sturdy fences and gates prevent animal injuries and neighborly disputes. It warns broken fences invite losses from bloat, orchard damage, or rail accidents, and stresses that strong, well maintained fencing enhances farm value and appearance.
Had To Show Them His Dog Airedale
A fragment from Tit-bits describes a man bragging about his fierce Airedale. He claims the dog could whip any rival, confessing a plan to have others think the dog’s display was his idea, while admitting it was awkward to pit the dog against others.
Dance at Yorktown Bowery Saturdays by Hooppole orchestra
A weekly dance at the Yorktown Bowery every Saturday evening until further notice. Music by a Hooppole based orchestra, with good order maintained. Managers listed as Frank Oberle, Wm. Gross, and Charles Mock. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thiere
Yorktown Bowery
Mannon
Hooppole
Frank Oberle
Wm. Gross
Charles Mock
New Florida Map Offered Free By National Tribune
The National Tribune promotes a large new map of Florida based on U. S. Government surveys and Post Office data. The 28 by 30 inch three color map will be mailed free, with only tube and postage costs. Send 7 cents to The National New Washington, D. C. for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
National Tribune
U. S
P. O. Department
Washington, D. C
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SY Ve
Settclow
Ceneseo Republic
Inter Ocean
Farmer
Geneseo Republic
Reeder
Washington
Farm
Home
eNewspaper of the
West
N. B
Hooppole Railroad
Aeroplane
Ruskin
Wwinsane Hospital
Xyortown
Bowers—Dange
Sampson
Horken DeDecker
Annavan
Roanoke
Brure
Northwest Supply Co
Geneseo, Ilinois
Mathis Bros. & Go
Hooppole, Illinois
Mathis, Tonkinson & Company
Hooppole, Ilinois
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