Auction notices for farms near Atkinson and Geneseo
A sequence of sale notices lists auctions by D. J. Holzinger, Bert Butzer, Everett Brooks, William Fritsche, Wm Sand and G. F. Devenney, and others. Items include dozens of horses and cattle, hogs, hay, farm gear, buggies, machinery, and household goods with terms of cash or credit. Public sales occur January 10 through January 19, with locations east of Atkinson, near Atkinson and Geneseo, and 314 miles southwest of Prophetstown, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Larson
Marie Liphardt
Chas. Emmerson
Henry Doubter
Les Dédubler Place
Atkinson
Annawan
D. J. Holzinger
Clk
Bert Butzer
Everett Brooks
Prophetstown
Chester Whits
Bret
Emerson
Wm Sand
G. F. Devenney
Audts
W E. Southard
Auction Notice of Osco Farm Sale by Gust Hammerstrom
Gust Ham merstrom to sell on E A Comb's farm near Osco starting 10 o'clock. Items include 5 horses 15 head cattle 15 hogs Hay and corn equipment and a large number of farm tools. Terms cash 10 or less and 12 month credit for larger amounts with interest if unpaid. discount for cash. Multiple buyers and dates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fritsche
Atkinson
Gus. Becker
Thomas Nowers
Clk
Julius Facile
McCormick Binder
LeCleir Bros
Dick Anderson
Gust-Hammerstrom
E. A. Comb
Osco
Guy M
Bonnie Lass
McCormick Grain
Hayes
Great Western
Endgate
Stromberg—&Carlson
Luneh
Monus Arily
Ash
Gy H Anderson
Cik
J. W Terpening
Aug. Brow
Julius Stanke
Walter Fell
Frank Brocke
Modest van Loo
Heckling as a political safeguard in Scotland
The Los Angeles Herald argues heckling is a traditional public examination for Scottish candidates and officeholders. It claims heckling encourages accountability, can be moderated by the chair, and should be considered a tool for good government.
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Scotland
United States
Los Angeles Herald
Collard signal aids railroad safety in foggy conditions
The Collard signal by F M Collard of Danville is a non electric automatic device to prevent wrecks from open switches or disregarded signals. It uses a trap at the ties and an air cylinder with the train air brake to stop a train when danger is set.
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F M Collard
Danville
Parmer Joly Creates a Stir in Great City
Joseph Fleet of Blandinsville delivered a letter to his wife Mary announcing plans to leave Chicago. The misplaced alarm triggered fire crews, police patrols, and crowds as fire boats, engines, and trucks responded to a false fire at Jack Bonn boulevard and Franklin street. No injuries reported. Fleet was allowed to walk away after identity checks. Pure clover and timothy seed advertised by J H O Bryan & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fleet
Blandinsville
Jack 50N
Franklin Street
Mary
Chicago
Joseph
Nowheres
Seyferlich
Immigration Reform Advocated by Secretary Nagel
Secretary Nagel urges reforms in immigration and naturalization, calling for family reunification measures and stricter regulation of steamship lines. He highlights fiscal year 1910 figures, notes enforcement gaps, and pushes for a federal central bureau to standardize corporate reporting and improve public information on interstate commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Bureau of Corporations
Bureau
International Harvester Company
Steel and Tobacco Industries
Taft OKs $20M reclamation fund plan for western projects
The president approves the army engineers board plan allocating 20 million dollars among western reclamation projects over five years. Disbursements include Salt River Arizona 495000, Yuma Arizona and California 1200000, Grand Valley Colorado 1000000, and other listed sites in Colorado Idaho Montana Oregon Utah Nevada Nebraska New Mexico Texas Wyoming and Washington with varied amounts. Interest on the loan is charged to the projects.
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Taft
Eoinl Boardh of
Army Engineers
Congress
West
Salt River
Ariz
Yuma
Ari
California
Grand Valley
Colo
Unicompahgre
Payrettes Boise
Idaho
Milk River
Mont
North Platte
Wyoming
Nebraska
Truckee-Carson
Nevada
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Umatilla
Oregon
Klamath
Stawberry Valley
Utah
Sunnyside
Treton
Yakima
Wash
Will Seek Release of Austin Cassidy
The State Board of Pardons will hear a request to free Austin D. Cassidy from Joliet prison. Kewanee leaders, including business figures and former prosecutors, back clemency as sentiment grows that his punishment has been sufficient and he should gain liberty.
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State Board of Pardons
Austin D. Cassidy
Joliet
Kewanee Star-Courier
Eckert
Bureau County
Cassidy
Kewanee
James N Cunningham
Cummings
Practicealy
Illinois Valley power combine tightens grip on lighting plants
The Economy Power and Light Co. leads a vast Illinois valley merger absorbing municipal lighting and power plants from Morris to Sparland. Plans include a Marseilles dam and power plant, with discussions tying to Chicago northward transmission and a Joliet corridor, raising questions about impacts on a proposed deep waterway and possible state buyback costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Valley
Hermes, Ze and Light Co
Dresden Heights
McKinley
Peoria ‘Herald’Transcript
every _fnistance
Economy Power and Light Co
Morris
Depue
Henry
Princeton
Lacon
Tiskilwa
Bureau
Chillicothe
Sparland
Marseilles
Jollet Inn
Joliet
Peoria
Deneen
Lorimer
Lockport
Illinois River
Utica
Illinois
Streetcar safety warnings urged by Chicago Railways
John M Roach president of the Chicago Railways company issues a list of streetcar safety cautions. Do not cross tracks without looking both ways, do not exit facing the rear, do not cross after leaving a car without checking for oncoming vehicles, and keep children away from tracks. Passengers should wait until the car stops to board or alight.
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The
Evening Post
John M Roach
Chicago Railways Company
Chicago Post
How Farmers Busted a True-Trust War in Barbed Wire
Fred W Beckman recounts how 19th century Iowa farmers organized a large anti monopoly alliance. Albert B Cummins, then a Des Moines lawyer, led the legal battle aided by 10 000 farmers and substantial funding. The fight showed that a farmer built an early barbed wire fence and proved the trust lacked rightful patents.
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Wallace
Fred W Beckman
Human Life
Barbed Wire Trust
West
Trust
Iowa
Des Moines
United States
Albert B. Cummins
Ile
Oldest Moline Resident Jane Wright Dies at 93
Mrs. Jane Wright, the oldest resident of Moline, died at 6 60 a.m. Thursday December 29, 1910, at her niece's home. Born November 2, 1817 in Bridgewater Massachusetts she moved to Tremont Illinois in 1837 and married M W Wright in 1839. Her husband died in 1876. Surviving relatives include Joseph Howard aged 91 of Tremont.
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Jane Wright
Moline
Samuel Crompton
Seventeenth Street
Wright
Bridgewater
Mass
Tremont
Ill
M. W. Wright
Hampton
Rock Island County
Hise Hkother
Joseph Howard
Quick Eyes of the Women
A column extols women’s keen perception in noticing details of dress and health within a household. It lauds women’s intuitive, compassionate gaze and claims their eyes convey truth, peace, and security in homes.
How Rogers Began His Artistic Career
A.A. Stewart admired a pencil caricature of himself drawn by a linen counter salesman. The youth feared loss of his job, but Stewart joked and rewarded him by funding art study, launching John Rogers the sculptor's career.
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A. T. Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Johnn—R.rogers
Lord Broughams Oratory Recalled By Reminiscences
Justin Mac Carthy recalls Lord Broughams unique oratory describing a peer who gesticulated and bellowed yet commanded attention through intellect and torrent of words. The passage contrasts nature’s limits with his lasting impact as a great speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Brougham
Clore
Brougham
House of Lords
Justin MacCarthy
Still Inquiring After Mail After Fourteen Years
Thomas Cooper began walking to Lexington Michigan daily at age thirteen to seek mail. Now twenty seven, he walks four miles each morning and has not missed a weekday in years. He has never received a letter yet stays hopeful a missive will arrive, even a dunning notice.
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Thomas Cooper
Lexington
Mich
Thomas
Bashful Teacher Arrested Over Cruel School Incident
A teacher in a Varian town was arrested after tying a 14 year old boy and a 12 year old girl together during class for whispering. The students fainted from embarrassment and parents pressed cruelty charges though no cane punishment has occurred yet.
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Bavaria
They Married Hastily Amid Haste in Taxicab Arrival
A couple wed quickly after entering a taxi by the hour. Mildred states they were hurried to the ceremony and Eleanor confirms they urged the minister to speed the wedding.
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Mildred
Eleanor
Indian Census and Indian Welfare in 1909
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a government drive to gather full data on tribal relations for the upcoming census. It cites a 2.5 percent drop in the Indian population from 1890 to 1900, rising costs in federal spending, and reports on schooling, Apache labor on the Roosevelt project, sheep herding profits, and Sioux farming progress.
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Philadelphia Ledger
United State
Roosevelt
Southern—Pacific
Runaway Cab Collision Injures Sheffield Driver
Clarence Lee, 30, liveryman’s son from Sheffield, was pinned under an overturned cab after a collision on a dark bridge between Sheffield and Buda last Thursday night. He lay unconscious about eight hours, was moved to a barn, and remained unconscious until 3 a.m., with a sore stomach but gradual improvement.
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Clarence Lee
Lee
Sheffield
Bureau County Record
Fields
Buda
Mr. Lee
Clarence
Mr Lee
Plan for four thousand dollar assistant congressmen proposed
Congress debates a plan to create 100 to 300 new federal offices with salary near 4000 dollars each. These assistant congressmen would handle routine tasks to free representatives for study and legislation. Advocates cite reducing House size to 200-300 members, potentially making membership permanent. A 230-member figure from 1860s apportionment law is mentioned as binding until new apportionments.
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House of Representatives
House
Sisters of Mercy to establish girls home in Aurora
Bishop Muldoon approves a plan by the Sisters of Mercy to open a home for working girls in Aurora. Mother Mary Magdalen named head of the mission, with Brother Vincent overseeing the Council Bluffs facility as the order's example. The Rockford diocese awaits formal approval after reviewing Mercy homes in other cities.
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Aurora
Muldoon
Sisters of Mercy
Rockford
Sterling Gazette
Beware of Impilic warns against spur of the moment
The note cautions readers to distrust impulsive actions and the spur of the moment. It warns that such behavior can lead to mistakes and misdirection. The text urges careful thought and avoidance of hasty decisions.
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Sand
Wilbur—Roberts
Chas. de Fliger
Geneseo
Chester
Prince Pryen
Parmer Joly
J. H O'Bryan & Co
Sec. Nagel
Itapt
Austin Assidy
Rogers
Baepeiely An
Gires
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