Temperance Leader Marie Brehm Speaks at Park Service Event
Miss Marie Brehm state lecturer of the W C T U delivered a strong temperance address at the union park service, urging brain capital over monetary capital as she reviewed world congresses from Stockholm to The Hague and the anti liquor movement. Dr Taylor urged farmers to treat farming as a profession and adopt modern, scientific methods including silos to reduce costs and preserve feed.
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Union Park Service
Marie
Gus Miller
John Hanna
L. A. Parr
L. Shively
Bushnell
Tor
Methodist Church
City
Hattie N. Waite
Miss Brehm
Stockholm
Sweden
London
Hague
Holland
Germany
United States
Brehm
Progressive
Henry County Old Settlers Reunion in Cambridge
Arrangements are under way for the Henry County Old Settlers association reunion to be held in Cambridge on Thursday. Rev Frank E Shult a Henry County product and Geneseo pastor will give the principal address. Hon William A Meese of Moline will deliver the historical address. Attendees urged to join this year.
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Henry County
Old Settlers’ Association
Cambridge
Frank E. Shult
Lynn Center
Geneseo
William A. Meese
Moline
Little Girl Drowns in Rock River
Helen Herst seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry W Herst of Rock Island drowned last Saturday morning at her parents camp near Sears on a flight of steps to the water. She lost her balance and was swept into the swift current and drowned before aid could reach her. The father is a well known builder and the family was prostrated by the tragedy.
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Helen
Henry W. Herst
Rock Island
Rock River
Sears
New Books at the Public Library
Library shelves list a wide range of new releases and reference titles. Notable authors include Owen Wister Eleanor Porter Dora Canfield and Grace King with works spanning fiction travel biography science and education. Public notices indicate additions like The State by Woodrow Wilson and We Think by John Dewey.
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Lady Baltimore
Owen
Wister
Miss Billy
Eleanor, Porter
Billy
Eleanor Porter
Will N. Harben
Westerfelt
Will. N. Harben
Margarita Gerry
Susan Smith
Helen Winslow
Stovers
Yale
Owen Johnson
Red Lane
Holman Day
Roger Pocock
High Bradford
Mary Rogers Bangs
Badger
George Patullo
Woodrow Wilson
Arthur Perry
Frederick Tracy
Ella L. Cabot
John Dewey
Edward L. Thorndyke
Luther—Gulick
Rudolph Eucken
Joseph Jantrow
Castle, Coulter
Jos. Adams
W. C. Egan
Kate Y. Saint-Maur
Marriage Licenses Recorded In August Notices
Aug 17 Ernest McRell from Keewanee to Miss Ethel Mae Wells from Keewanee. Aug 21 Lewis P Cronin from Keewanee to Miss Louise Marie Parker from Keewanee. Aug 26 Gilbert S Stromquist from Lomax to Miss Edith E Mattson from Ophiem.
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Ernest McRell
Kewanee
Ethel Mae Wells
Lewis P. Cronin
Louise Marie Parker
Gilbert S. Stromquist
Lomax
Miss
Edith E. Mattson
Ophiem
Twain Faces Rehearsal Again At Barber's Chair
A humorous vignette shows Mark Twain at a barber's chair as the barber offers to repeat his anecdotes. Twain replies with a dry no thanks indicating repetition is unnecessary. The scene captures Twain's wit amid a light domestic moment.
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Mark Twain
Tae
Mark
Feverrbody
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Ppa ON Park Services
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Taylor
Fair Am
Dr. Taylor
Fair Association
Henry
Farrmér
John D
Mississippi Valley
OLD Settlers' Association
THE
Public
David Belasco
Peter and Wendy
J. M. Barrie
Mr.Pratt
Joseph C. Lincoln
Polly Page Yacht Club
Tzola Forrester
Polly Page Ranch Club
Sidney Carteret
Harold Bindles
Pilerre de Coulevain
Vain
Alice—Morse-Earl
New Orleans
Grace King
C.W. Currier
Stickeen
John Muir
Canterbury
G. R
Jerusalem
C. M. Watson
McLaren
Heinz’s
Bismark
Queen Olives
Bismark Queen
Telmo
Eagle
Eserer
Scvlb
Norfolk
Texas
California
Bartlett
Valencia
Kalamazoo
John Dedrick
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