Atkinson Village News and Local Business Notes
Mell Bergracht visits Geneseo and Atkinson on business. ads for Verbeckmoes Department Store include January sales. Local residents share visits with Rock Island, Geneseo, and Davenport friends. stock shipments, births, illnesses, and family trips detailed. Community events include meetings of ladies unions and WCc T.U. reports, and a funeral for Henry DeClerque with out-of-town relatives.
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Verbeckmoes
Frank Vandersnickt
South Dakota
Jacob Catour
Charles Ellingsworth
Geneseo
F. Is
Gresser
F.E. Gresser
Independence
Iowa
Leo Cable
H. E. Reeves
James
Sterling
Norman Shearer
John Causemaker
Hugh Grier
Henry Verkruyse
el] Deron
W. WW. Adams
J. L. Hollida
la Jolla
Cal
San Diego
Adams 4Rett
Jerome Black
Margaret Crable
OM. Pough
Rock Island
Verbeekmoes
Charles King
Annawan
Rosset Riley
Davenport
Verbeckmioes
Frank Macafee
Phil Nowers
Rock ‘Island
John Graham
Kate Riley
James Hamilton
Ed Everett
Frank Vande Velda
Cleveland
Ohio
E& Quaifers
I. J. Emmons
Hattie No Waste
Wcc. T.U
Baltimore
H O. US
Eugene Ransom
Harold Graham
Floyd Boomer
Henry DeClerque
Hoffman, Minn
Reese DeClerque
Kewanee
Henry DeBates
H. R. Massey
Columbia University
New York City
National Economic Association
St. Louis
Atkinson
Harry
Old Town
John S. Nowers
Rumler & Nowers
William A. Nowers
John. S. Nowers
At‘kinson_bank
Wm. A. Nowers
Ladies’ Union
Congregational Church
Aintta
W. A. Massey
M. T. Booth
J J Emmons
Daniel Porter
F ‘E.gresser
J Rush
James Kay
Thomas Haugh
Baby
M. Haugh
Moline
Arts Aifure
H. R. Higgins
Eckstrom
al. Reynolds
Smith’s
Blanche Ferman
Salt Lake City
Boyd’s Who
Everett
Opera House
Wedding Cakes For Rent And The Conundrum Club
The wedding cake is rented for show rather than consumed with guests paying about three dollars per wedding. The idea of renting keeps the cake reusable as new icing freshens it for each new event. A humorous exchange follows about a one cent stamp riddle tied to a boarder at a boarding house.
The First Club Sandwich Found By New Mexico Traveler
A New York lawyer claims to have discovered the first club sandwich during a stop in New Mexico ten years ago. He boarded a train with a dozen sandwiches ordered as ham and tongue, and found each complete with one slice of ham and one slice of tongue, confirming the notion of a club style creation.
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New York
Aandwich
New Mexico
Village Board Proceedings Atkinson Ill January 2 1911
The Atkinson Illinois village board met in regular session with no board present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Bills were read and approved totaling 846.70 for boiler repairs policing, pumping, labor, coal, insurance, and various trades. motion by Nowers seconded by Rumler. Adjourned.
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G. W. Steiner
F. Humphreys & Co
EB. Imel
G. Monsecour
Mason
P. BE. Geminder
Gutter
F. Nowers
B. van Waas
Artman
Slack
ML. van DeVoorde
Elec. Co
Wysong
Blksmith
T. Claeys
Same
C. Minnaert
St. Labor
E. van Meenan
Nowers
A. Rumler
Jesse Steiner
Salvation Army wagon curiosities reveal need and thrift
A Teamster sought a bonnet for his scrawny horse from the Salvation Army after seeing their wagon with bundles of horse bonnets. Workers say hundreds rely on the wagons as moving curio shops, with household goods and clothing mostly, but odd items tempt poverty cases who track the wagon to HQ for sought items.
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Salvation Army
Con Knew His Duty as Usher In Church
A church appoints a street car conductor as usher to handle a difficult end seat hog. Trustees defend the choice saying a man with grit and tact from a public role suits church duties and will prevent aisle hogging during services.
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Con
Odd Wireless Telephone in German Africa Discovery
A tourist recounts a forest encounter with a practical wireless telephone in a tribe ignorant of modern science. Drums of various sizes serve ceremonial and warlike roles and can communicate across distances, with one instance signaling a birth to a caravan head servant.
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Africa
Aisc
Goats in Connecticut Tamed by Time and Law
A witty note recalls a 19th century Connecticut law that jailed boys whose goats harmed travelers. It contrasts past harsh punishment with modern calmer goats that merely wink and pass by, leaving the boy safe from legal trouble.
Many New Cases in Kewanee City Court
Twenty five new cases filed for January term in Kewanee city court include twenty common law and five chancery actions. Damages claims involve Frank Boos against Kewanee Boiler Co. plant, J Stout against A C Taylor, Mrs Jane Robinson against Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway, and Mayor MecLean against Kewanee Printing & Publishing Co and Xenophon Caverno of Kewanee Star Courier.
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Ffive
Frank Boos
Jane Robinson
Galesburg & Kewanee Electrical Railway Company
Wethersfield
MecLean
Kewanee Printing & Publishing Co
Xenophon Caverno
Kewanee Star Courier
Origin of all gold pitkas
The phrase the cold shoulder arose from a French custom where a guest who overstayed was served cold shoulder of mutton to hint they should leave. The cold dish signaled a polite rejection without direct confrontation.
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France
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A'Tkkinson
Mell Bergracht
R Ymal
Verbeckmoes’ Department Store
Lottie Bentley
Tessie King
Fred Huys
Ed Nowers
Princeton
Ben Manes
Sheffield
Peter Verkruyse
Mendota
John DeBates
Sherman, S. Dak
Fred Halslander
Wm Gross
Kinney DeMaranville
Edythe Graham
Tricity
Bip Booth
Joe van Hyfte
Colona
Gen‘uine
Verbeekmoes’ Department Store
Fred Foster
Roosters’ Club
Krohn
Graham's Hotel
E. B Neal
Peoria
Albert Neal
St. Francis Hospital
W A. Massey
Ed.Nowers
Darlene
Jennie
J S. Nowers
Bert Nowers
Osceola
Town
Thomas
Lucy Nowers
J E. Reeves
Ock Falls
Helen Ransom
Roberta Hss
Janet—McMasters
Stanley Ransom
Leslie Frew
Madison
Wis
Precemoes Department Store
Eggs and Poultry
Monesmith
Ghorus
Yonkers Statesman
Village Board Proceedings
THE
Connecticut
Atkinnon, Bit
Kewanee City
Bbechmoes Department Store
CiOlee
Ill
Kewanee, Ill
Boyds
Athinson, Allinois
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