Atkinson Market Seeks Winter Goods And Local Sales
Local notices report Lyon and Weekley store sale days for winter clothing and dairy items amid bartered prices. Shoemaker and Davenport visitors, plus regional updates on clothing and poultry price efforts, fill the Atkinson community bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon
Atkinson
Aenea
Arthur—Verbeckmoes
Wiss Minnie Rumler
Davenport
George Hartman
Chicago
Hattie Beck
Rock Island
John—Whitted
Thomas Kedy
Lyle—Lloyd
Brand
Atkinson Lecture Course Tickets On Sale
Remaining numbers of the lecture course include the Lyric Glee Club on December 22 Boyd Musical Co on January 4 and Hon Carl D Thompson on February 15 The general admission for the three numbers is 120 Tickets bought before December 22 cost 85c including reserved seats Tickets may be purchased from Edwin Everett or at the drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Glee Club
Boyd Musical Co
Carl D. Thompson
Edwin Everett
Marquette cement used in fall paving by Turner Lumber
Fifteen hundred barrels of Marquette cement will be used in the paving this fall. Turner Lumber Co. is the sole Geneseo agent for Marquette cement, guaranteeing buyers the best quality availability.
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Marquette
Turner Lumber Co
Geneseo
Thanksgiving Notes From Cornwall and Nearby Towns
Miss Mabel Riley spent Thanksgiving with her sister in Davenport. Miss Jennie Fairlie visited relatives in Cambridge. Farmers plan to finish corn harvest soon with help from Arthur Engles Mell DeSmith and Frank Derne for Frank Sears. Mrs Geo Armstrong and children visited relatives at Cambridge and Bert’s family. Walter Sleaford is building a double crib at Bercroft with Atkinson crew. Blanché Danham, attending school in Geneseo, spent Thanksgiving vacation at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Human Clothing Co
Res
Creston
Iowa
Clinton Tomlinson
Hope
Noah
Tomlinson
Hugh Yarger
Weaver & Monesmith
Odenweller
Atkinson
Cambridge
Christian Science
J. J. Bloom
Roanoke
Bloom
Walt
Kmoes
Mabel Riley
Davenport
Jennie Fairlie
Arthur Engles
Mell DeSmith
Frank Derne
Frank Sears
Geo,Armstrong
Childern
Geo, Armstrong
Bert
Walter Sleaford
Bercroft
Blanché—Danham
Geneseo
Old Fort Crab House Across from Albany Rich in 17th Century Lore
A two story brick manor known as Fort Crab sits across the Hudson from Albany in Rensselaer. A tablet claims 1642 as its erection date and notes it served as a defense site and Abercrombie’s headquarters in 1758 during Fort Ticonderoga operations. The site is weathered but still standing, with ties to the birth of Yankee Doodle and early American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
N. Y
Hudson
Albany
United States
Fort Crab
Fort Ticonderoga
Abercrombie
R. Shuckburg
Professor Blakes Mining Faith in Progress
A fragment recalls Professor William P Blake praising mineralogical studies that spurred American expansion. He warned of ignorance vanishing with new insights and recounted a court scene in Arizona where a judge laughed at a litigant’s literacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William—P.—Blake
United States
Ames
Profeaape Blake
Tara
Stridge
Arizona
Roy
Explorer David Livingstone and Nile Basin Quest
The article recalls David Livingstone a noted explorer and former missionary whose late career focused on African geography especially the lakes of equatorial Africa and the Nile problem. It notes his death May 1 1878 at Tshitambo near Lake Bangweolo and identifies the Congo Nile watershed as the fountain head located near 29 30 E near Lake Tanganyika with the Ruvuvu and Kagera rivers feeding Victoria Nyanza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingstone
Great Lakes
Equatorial
London Missionary Society
Society
Africa
Stanley
Lualaba
Laupula
Congo
Nile
Tshitambo
Lake Bangweolo
Lake Tanganyika
Ruvuru
Kagera-or-Alexandra-Nile
Victoria
Nyanza
The Holy Roman Empire and Its Elusive Authority
The text contrasts romantic ideals of love with scientific and political revolutions and then surveys the Holy Roman Empire. It traces its origins to Charles the Great and Otto I, noting its church ties and GermanItalian scope, while arguing it never formed a true centralized government.
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Holy Roman Empire
Charles the Great
Europe
Italy
Otto I
Rome
John XIII
Cigar Smoke Traits Reveal Personality in Paris Talk
A Paris contemporary links cigar habits to character. Smoker traits range from cautious and abrupt to faithful and persevering, while biting the end implies thoughtlessness and memory lapses. A full smoke to the end marks loyalty. wasting flame signals fickleness or frivolity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Easiy
Bird Breeding Prices Reported with Promising Pullets
Fragmentary notes show Red kerala stock and cockerels with a few pullets offered at 1.0 and 2.00. The text references Red variety and promotions, with mentions of chickens and breeding terms.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eggs and Poultry
Weavers
Atkinson, Ill
Cornwall
Henry Wigren
Anheuser Beer
Ilinois
de Waele
Merrit
Cetenien
W. Verbeckioss
Ili
Gant
Ill
Kewanee, Ill
Department Store
Will H. Queeman
Chicago, Nl
Queeman & Pough
King
Queeman & Peugh
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