Atkinson news highlights and local notices
A wide mix of Atkinson town items appears with farm rental inquiry, visits from relatives, sales ads at the lumber yard, clothing sale notices, theater outing for Red Mill, community events, club notices, and social visits. Notable mentions include H Stevens inquiry, Mr and Mrs G H Watling visit, Evens family guests, Verbeckmoes department store pre inventory sale, and Red Mill play attendance in Geneseo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Stevens
G. H. Watling
Aiinawan
Atkinson
Clyde Emmons
Des Moines
Iowa
I. J. Emmons
Verbeckmoes
A A Nowers
Osceola, Towd
H FE Raééves
Rack Falls
James Nowers
Charles and
Peter LeClaire
So Dak
Alfonse Philips
Geneseo
Armory
Henry Sand
Fred’ Huys
August van Herzele
Louisa Stevens
A. L. Phillips
Clara Kendrick
Annawan
Ann
Nen B Douglas
Fred Hays
Art W. Verbeck
Moes
Verbeekmoesr
Atkinson Lumber Yard
Joe Verbeekmoes
Chas. Rumler
Allen Daly
John Whitted
Laura Maynard
Wessington Springs
John Keag
Lpriday
Harry Reed
Cambridge
Airs
Al—Atwell
Jessie King
Harry Hartman
Rock Island
Bernwein
A. V Club
Wagons and local anecdotes highlighted in town notes
Town items include a promotion for Bessant selling the Bird sell wagon praised as best quality for progressive farmers. Also mentions visitors to Grandpa Gresser and a note on the end seat hog in street cars and mail box practices observed by reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vmiroo
Sirs Grant
Resser
Republic Reporter
Geneseo School Week Noted Absences and Holiday Activities
Bertha Halslander and Floyd Boomer were absent last week while Velma Brooks was absent Thursday at Ischool. Edith Booth attended Domestic Science school in Geneseo. Teachers returned from holiday travels and school resumed Tuesday. The high school club hosted recitations songs and a comedy Boarding School Pranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Halslander
Velma Brooks
Edith Booth
Domestic Science
Geneseo
Floyd Boomer
Henry County Institute
Thompson
Pb Ransom
Farmers Elevator Meeting at Atkinson to Organize Grain Co
A meeting will be held in Atkinson Town Hall on Friday January 19 1912 at 1 pm to organize an Atkinson Farmers Elevator Company. All farmers who haul grain to Atkinson are urged to attend and become stockholders, per orders of committee Hugh Grier Warren Dunham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Ladies’ Tailoring Co
Atkinson
Farmers
Hugh Grier
Warren Dunham
Church Notes Sunday Schedule and Debates At Local Church
Sunday school at 10 a m led by Ernest Green with 8u supervision. Worship at 11 a m and evening services at 7 30 led by Mrs We Adams. Brotherhood meets weekly on Tuesday. debate discusses standing armies and battleships this week. Next Tuesday January 16 debate on capital punishment. All members or prospective members invited. Thos Leech pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ei
Ernest Green
We —Adams
Brotherhood
Thos. Leech
Christmas Day Devil in Finchley Road Memoir
Miss Flora Masson recalls a house visit by a Christmas day telegraph leader writer known as the devil a page of notes from Edward Levy asking for Thackeray death commentary in 1863. The sworn tale centers on a tasking printer's devil who ends up at dinner and a kitchen fire vignette in Hampstead Kilburn and Finchley Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
London
Edward Levy
Levy Lawson
Lord Burnham
Daily Telegraph
Finchley Road
Hampstead
Kilburn
Flora Masson
Cornhill Magazine
Cock wins prize then dies at Springfield poultry show
The judge awarded first prize to a Wyandotte cock in Springfield. The third place cock owned by E. J. Reed of Oblong Illinois suddenly leaped at its cage bars and died, shocking onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
E. J. Reed
Oblong, Ill
Stalk field for rent notice from local advertiser
An old classified fragment offers stalk field for rent with a cryptic line about a signed offer and rates. It mentions cattle property and a few names or initials, with references to a date and location unclear due to damaged text.
Cows Visit Congress Avenue Bookstore in Houston Post
A Houston cow wandered into a Congress Avenue bookstore on Monday, reflecting rural curiosity about literature. The report notes local cows are known for literary taste and humorously speculates they may next explore theosophy and Greek philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Congress Avenue
Tex
Iated-woman and fashion at a convention
A Washington Herald item questions a woman's role and attire at a convention, noting a stylish gown as a barrier. A humorous aside suggests a vacuum cleaner business with slick chrome backing as a capitalist pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Herald
Curfew Goes Out of Business Noted in Talk
A reminiscence scene features a friend recalling a curfew recital and Mr Meekton affirming the moment, noting the curfew has effectively ceased operations. The exchange carries a wry, period tone with hints of social humor and nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Meekton
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John Steele
Laura Crable
Republic
Ed. Lievens
Sith
M FE Fritsch
Napérville
J M Fritsch
Geo. Reynolds
Dadgater
Canada
Mell Everett
Roy Heller
Wesley Heller
Ridgeway
Ohio
Verbeckmoes’ Department
OFES
Ed van Polle
Moline
Richard de Schepper
Cleora
Olga
Nea How‘lette
Mrs
Thomas Nowers
Red Mill
Genese
A W Massey
J _immons
WCTU
Booth
East Moline
Christine
Lucy Hoogerwerf
Catherine Verbeckmoes
Chas
Hartman
Chas Macafee
The
Mlinois
Charles
Charles Bercroft Atkinson
M. T. Booth
Universal
Masson
ENG A
H. Hill
Atkinson Ilinois
Grahams Livery Barn
Chrome
Atkinson, Illinois
Waterloo
Double Service Garment
Kimonas
Journal For
Illinois
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