Hooppole notes and town development stirring in 1911
Local items report Ruth Wolf recovering, William Harker’s missing shovels replacement offer, and Henry Thamer from Eldorado visiting relatives. Mathis Tonkingson Co. advances Maxell car sales, Hooppole school house dispute continues with $50 damages assessed, ward Zirser and Landwehr named as directors in No. 183 district, and a plan to move stores to new town site with Abe Miller’s building work underway.
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Willam
Landwehr
Henry Thamer
Eldorado
Iowa
John
Henry Minch
John N. Miller
Jos
Smith Farm
Will Schinlieber
Spring Hill
Henry Dorney
Ohn N. Miller
Mathis Genkinson & Co
Jos. Zang
Mar
Kewanee
Ira Hedricks
Calvary Church
W.A. Bauman
Hooppole Ag
Mathis Bros & Co
Zion Church
Mathis, Tonkingson & Co
Abe V Miller
Philip Gerber
Oticer
Charles
Conrad Seyller
Frank Cooke
Harvey Goembel
William Harker
Enience
DeLaval
Ponkincon & Co
Washington, Ill
John Minch
H. H. Miller
Mathis onkinson—&~Co
Emil Lickert
Joseph Drayton
H.W. Vorney
Wm. Harker
H.H. Millersen
William Landwehr
Hooppole
William A. Vandermoon
Fred A. Lehman
Gerhart Wolf
Ward Zirser
Worms Ravage Wheat Near Tampico Causing Local Losses
In northeast Tampico farmers report army worms damaging one fourth of the promising wheat crop. John Lanff notes a fly lays eggs in stalks, larvae eat one side of heads, turning wheat white and killing it. Army worms also affect heads. impact spans fields northeast of Tampico and nearby southeast areas.
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Tampico
John Lanff
Lauft
Learn to Paint Says Rhine Woman's Home Companion Advice
The article advises girls and boys to explore landscape painting using watercolors pastels or oils with oils recommended as best. It emphasizes study of nature as the primary teacher urges practice outdoors to capture shapes shades and colors and improve drawing and painting skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine Woman's Home Companion
Nature
Grain shipping boss plans three more loading stations on canal
Gloomed by rail links and rapid growth, Smith Hippen & Co. manager F G Boyden says three new loading stations will boost grain exports on the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Bridge 25 on the western section and Bridges 60 and 162 on the feeder line will receive facilities. He predicts shipments of at least a million bushels annually from the territory and notes potential for tenfold current Sterling area grain if development continues.
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F. G. Boyden
Smith, Hippen & Co
Peoria
Supt. -Wheeler
Illinois and Mississippi Canal
Bridge
Annawan
Atkinson
the Gazette
Boyden
Rock Island Railway
Tampico
Sterling Gazette
Child Dies from Burns in Zuma Gas Incident
Zenda Noah a 12 year old of Zuma died after burns suffered when a gas lighting plant exploded in the basement of her uncle Dan Mahlstedt’s home on the Coaltown road near Walker's Station. The accident occurred while she assisted in locating a basement gas leak and the girl's clothing was burned. medical help arrived too late.
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Port Byron
Zenda
Zuma
Yorktown Plans Big Fourth Celebration
Yorktown set for a large Fourth of July celebration with a planning meeting held last week and funds raised to finance the event. A Tampico-Yorktown ball game is arranged, the Hooppole band will play all day, with dancing fireworks and evening festivities at street corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
H.G. Lawrence
Tampico
Stub Line to Start at Once for Rock Island Bridge
Work on connecting the Alexis stub line to the Rock Island Southern between Monmouth and the three cities will start immediately. J. W. Walsh, returning from St. Louis, awarded the contract for the sole bridge on the stub line, to be finished in forty five days.
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Alexis
Rock Island
Monmouth
J. W. Walsh
St. Louis
Carlson fatally struck by Burlington train in Moline
T A Carlson, 62, grocer of 117 Third Avenue Moline, was killed Thursday at 11 am when a westbound Burlington train hit him at Second Street crossing as three trains passed nearby. He born in Sweden 1840. survived by wife Hannah and four children Frank Abbie Oscar Sarah.
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T. A. Carlson
Third Avenue
Moline
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Second Street
City Hospital
Flagaman
Carlson
Rock Island
Burlington
Pe Robers
A. Carlson
Sweden
United States
Davenport
East Sixth Street
Hannah
Frank Carlson
Abbie Hall
Oscar Carlson
Sarah Lind
Boxholme
Iowa
Gamers T5 Events Across Iowa Cities
Schedule lists dates for TOMS gamers T5 events across Davenport Waterloo Dubuque Peoria Danville Springfield Quincy and other cities. Series includes double headers on certain Sundays with multiple consecutive days in June July August and September.
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Davenport
Waterloo
Dubuque
Ain
Peoria
Danville
Springfield
Quincy
Russian Schools See German Tops Choices Among Pupils
In Russian schools pupils are offered both French and German with German chosen by about 70 percent of students. The note highlights language preference among learners and implies a trend toward German studies in the curriculum.
Percheron Stallion Hyland Promoted for Sale
A dark steel gray Percheron named Hyland advertised as a fine quality horse. The notice notes a service fee of $15 to insure foal, urging potential buyers not to miss him.
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Bourgogne de Velsicque
Bumper
U. S
Orion
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Ruth Wolf
H. W. Dorney
Jiss
Cora Minch
Naperville
John Brown
Mathis, Tonkinson & Co
Hooppole, Illinois
Illinois
Crotery Department
Grils
Hazlitt
Canal
Cicero
Ra “Carison
Ong Gioure
Truly
Emerson
Sele
Wm. Landwehr, Hlooppole
Moline Plow Co
Stearns
Martin Lenour
Am. Landwehr
Toms
CRAIN
Mathis Bros, & Co
Emery Earp
Frank Cherry
Toeeppertit
D. D. Petrie, Opheim, Filinois
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