Social notes and rural prize corn win in Cambridge
Miss Ruth Metz of Moline visits Cambridge as Mrs Charlie Johnson hosts guests from Jeb and Chicago. Miss Genevieve Carpenter and Frank Francis return from Sag (t Saggatchawap) Canada pleased with the country and plans to invest. A speeding car concern on East Court street prompts talk of a special policeman. John Grier, four miles east, shows a $50 ear of corn awarded first prize at the Henry county fair, with a $5 premium. he may exhibit at the state fair in Springfield.
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Ruth Metz
Moline
Metz
Charlie Johnson
Jeb
Arived
Cambridge
Katherine Lewis
Chicago
Mamie Johnson
Genevieve Carpenter
Frank Francis
John McCahon
John Grier
Henry County
Grier
Springfield
J. J. Hadley
Emil Enroth
Orion
Walter Cox
Gibson
Inrion
Irene Combs
Mabelle Hyde
J.J. Hadley
Carl Morgan
Walter Owen
Burdick
Kansas
Arthur Smith
Peoria
R. M. Morgan
Grace
Helen Lough
Herrington
Frank Brown
Henry Combs
Margaret
Carl Ohlert
George Huggins
Bark Row
Geneseo
Sherrard-Geneseu
J. H. Smith
Andrew Anderson
George R. Smith
R. M.morgan
Mn Morgan
Roy Beveren
A. Samuelson
Gust Lundberg
Des Moines
Iowa
C. Fred Peterson
John S. Peterson
Melvin Thorn
Ringling Bros
Davenport
Hattie Thiedemann
Esther Peterson
Gust Malm
St. Louis
Hulda Peterson
Galesburg
Albert Peterson
Andover
The
Ladies Mission Society of
Alf. Nelson
Bettye Anderson
Pauline Johnson
Anna Broberg
Lillian Samuelson
Teachers‘ Institute
Kewanee
Victor Letterdahl
Oo. W. Butler
J. A Cling
Mediapolis
Laure
Joy and worship in Methodist notes and Lincoln Chautauqua
The piece encourages joy as a life passion linked to worship and service and urges readers to attend church and participate in consecrated hours. It notes Lincoln Chautauqua will be in town, causing the Utah church to skip evening services next Sabbath while keeping morning services and the usual order for other times.
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Christ
Jesus Christ
Lincoln Chautauqua
Vilage
Cambridge Chautauqua Opens with Big Attendance
The Cambridge Chautauqua opened Tuesday under favorable auspices with the big tent at the high school grounds nearly filled and about 600 season tickets sold. The first day featured Wm Sterling Battis Mrs Battis and James R Barkley. Lectures and music followed with Dr E L Eaton Clarke-Walker Company and the Wehrman Quartette among others.
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Cambridge
Wm. Sterling -Battis
America
Battis
Jas. R. Barkley
E. L. Eaton
Madison
Wisconsin
Wehrman
Palestine
Hawaii
Burton , Holmes
Elmendorf
Clarke-Walker Co
C. Edward Clarke
Sadie Walker
Ethel Garrett Johnson
E. J. Morgan
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Department
Bland
Morgai
Wand
Ochestra
Harry G. Hill
Indianapolis
2Ill
Chautauqua and Lyceum
Emma C. W. Matthews
Chicago
Louis G. Williams
Chas. H. Poole
New Zealand
New
Morristown Airdome to Host Dance Next Saturday
Morristown will host a dance at the Airdome next Saturday evening. Everyone is invited with good music, trap drums, and orderly conduct promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown Airdome
Gem Worth Remembering
Fragmentary quotation from Abraham Lincoln urges unity and repair after warfare, emphasizing charity and pursuing lasting peace among nations. The excerpt references finishing work, binding up wounds, caring for veterans and widows, and seeks national healing.
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Abraham Lincoln
Desire for Information Blamed for Morbid Curiosity
A Chicago Record Herald column blames the desire for information as a source of morbid curiosity, tying it to sensationalism and public appetite for scandal. The piece argues information hunger drives sensational reporting and public fascination with darker events.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Generally. Prudence Follows Age, Says Despite Youth
A reflective aphorism notes prudence often arrives late, after a man reaches an age where such restraint is no longer essential. The saying implies aging brings caution, experience, and steadier judgment.
Civil service exam for rural letter carrier in Henry county
A competitive exam under the U S civil service commission will be held at Lynn Center and Geneseo on Saturday Septmber 31 for a rural letter carrier in Henry county. A new plan creates a countywide eligible list replacing former post office based lists. After one year’s satisfactory service the carrier may transfer to clerical or other classified posts subject to required examinations.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Lynn Center
Geneseo
Henry County
Civil Service
When a Young Man Goes on Business Trips
A quip favors a wife wishing her husband carries a photograph rather than an accident policy in his coat. The piece notes that a man breathes about twenty times per minute, roughly twenty thousand times daily.
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Wm. Sherden
Methodist Church Notes
S ‘Osco, Illinois
Just
Theo
Sundeen
Osco
Illinois
Rock Island
Sulkies A
August Anderson
Middle Grove
Harriet Shaw
Albany
Shaw
Frances Ohrn
County Teachers’ Institute
Justin T. Hopkins
Bettendorf
W. G. Hopkins
Osten Township
Johnston ‘Lumber Co
Alex. Nevillé
Fred Stetzel
Neville
Stenzel
Osco Station
Roy Brown
Harold_Neville
Stenzel Brothers
Paul Vogel
Carl Solmonson
Messrs
Harold Neville
John Curren
Alice Hadley
Jared
McNabb
John Swaney Consolidated School
Julian
Marie
John Swaney
Consolidated
Monay
Flay Howlette
Peter Gibson
Monmouth
Charles” Enro
Zins
Lodge of Odd Fellows
Lynn Township
Boltonstern
Morristown
Fred Stnzel
Osco Meat Market
Fred Stenzel
Johnston Lumber Co
Osco, Illinois
Purington
Cali
Johnstoni Lumber Co
Osco Geo. Huggins, Mgr
Enroth & Horburg’s
Seseae Sae
Enroth & Horburg
Osco, Minois
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