Cambridge News Glimpse Local Social and Sport Notes
Cambridge residents attend visits and events across Orion Rock Island and Genoa. Local students and teachers host gatherings at homes. notable visits include Mrs Esther Larson, Miss Hazel Nelson, and Miss Florence Hornecker. Harley motorcycles and De Laval cream separators draw attention. high school baseball result Orion 8 Cambridge 1. Final exams set for May 4. Kewanee store representative visited.
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W. Nelson's
Esther Larson
Orton
Cambridge
Clyde Ammermann
Soltne
Bailey
Orion
Gwést
Bessie Bladel
Rock Island
Mabel Gabrielsen
Bishop Hill
Lola Eligroth
Moline
Frank Gunt
Largfield
Anna-N Son
Avenport
Hazel-Nelson
of-Lynn
Olay
J. W. Nelson
RG. Neville
Osco
Daniel Doneghy
Frank Brown
Vernon Creighton
Champaign
Afr
C. R. Creighton
Rock’ Island
Matthew O'Connell
Annawan
A. L. Oden
Weller
Willaton
Frank McLaughlin
Galesburg
William Miclanenin
de Laval
Ruby Cookes
Ruth Swanson
Sherman W Magnuson
Portland
Oregon
Texas
Pacific Coast
Sam
Local Marriage Notices and Wolf Scalp Bounty Record
Fragmented notices list several April marriages in Rock Island Kewanee and Mercer county. A Mercer county tally records $172 paid for 34 wolf scalps presented to County Clerk F A Gibson, with various individuals including Elmer Fuller Tra Green and S Q Johnson contributing multiple scalps marking a large county total.
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Mercer County
Inns of Old England Whisper Through Time Roads
Fragmentary reminiscence of historic inns along Brighton Road and London routes. References include Angel of the Annunciation at Staines, Robin Hood Inn near Box Hill, White Hart Henfield, White Horse Dorking, Bull Mockbridge, Bear and Dog in Surrey, with famous visitors like Nelson and Pickwick mentioned in passing.
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Londo
England
Brighton
Staines On
Box Hil
Henfield
Brighton Road
thes—Heath
Dorking
Pope
Pepya
Walpole
Dick Turpin
Henry Esmond
Mr. Pickwick
Sam ,Weller
David Copperfield
Richard Harding Davis
Metropoll
Snuff Habit Leads to Lamb Relic on Hampstead Heath
London Chronicle recounts an anecdote about Charles Lamb on Hampstead Heath. Howe notes a summer evening scene where Lamb and the narrator cast off snuff and later Lamb jokes about recovering a snuff box, then the narrator admits buying a halfpenny pinch from a shop.
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Hamptead Heath
Charles Lamb
Howe
Hampstead Heath
London Chronicle
Local notices and community updates in Colona area
Robert Nelson accepts a position in East Moline. Colona residents, including social calls and family visits, appear amid varied notices. A birth anniversary party for Rennie Brokaw is described, along with local cream routes, sand and gravel deliveries, and shop promotions at Sherrill's.
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Robert Nelson
East Moline
Burt Hillis
Beardstown
Colona
Texas
Boris Colnan
Mendota
Clark Abbott
Rennie Brokaw
Hanna
Pel
Leta Schildmiller
Hazel Blook
Nelife Hart
Alice Cain
Maggie Collis
Grace Lubnow
Agatha
Sentenced for burglarizing Cordova postoffice
Joseph Cooper was arrested for burglarizing the Cordova post office and mercantile building. He pled guilty and received eight months in Peoria house of correction plus a $100 fine and costs. Sheriff Bruner and Cordova residents testified before the federal jury.
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Joseph
Cooper
Cordova
United States
Peoria
Courtereais
C. L. Bruner
C. Green
H. Reeves
C. E. Reynolds
J. Saxton
Earl Richard
Frank Aimuierman
Burlington to Erect Station at Galesburg
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad awards a $225000 brick station contract to C A Moses of LaGrange IL replacing last winter’s fire destroyed depot. The building features concrete shed tile floors tile roof and fireproof construction with first floor station use and second floor division offices in oak. A $50000 subway construction contract goes to Marquette Construction Co of Chicago under Seminary and South streets. The work includes concrete addition to the tie treating plant with a power plant and a seventy foot smoke stack. Petitions for sidewalk work should be filed with City Clerk B Lacher.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Galesburg
Hil
C. A
Marquette Construction Co
Chicago
Seminary
South Streets
Burglar Dies From Fright in Vienna Entry
Vienna correspondence reports Albert Bisam startled during a burglary. A house concierge returning to her dwelling found a young man in a cupboard with his back to the door. He died of heart failure from fright, per post mortem findings.
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Albert Bisam
Vienna
Vienna Correspondence
London Standard
Love at Second Sight Frat Scene Delivers Witty Line
A quirky line from Judge notes a humorous misread of love at a frat sight. The exchange plays on second sight as the judge quips about the first impression not sealing love, hinting at a comic setup.
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An. Heiresa
Expensive Silo
A well dressed man on Rue de Passy in Paris breaks a wine shop window after a quip. The crowd searches him and finds a forged £20 note, the wine shopkeeper pays for the pane, and the man leaves with a torn coat and £18 in changed money.
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Ehc
Paper Boat Tale From Aunt Bess About Lake Luzerne
Bobby questions a Swiss travel anecdote told by his Aunt Bess about sailing on Lake Luzerne in a paper boat. He mishears the idea as people truly sailing in paper boats, while his mother corrects him and explains the imagined voyage.
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Bobby
Bess
Switzerland
Iguzerne
Mamma
Lake Luzerne
Sho
Bill
Bob
Auction Notice for Coach Horse at Atkinson Ranch
Certificate renewed expires April 11 1913. Black well formed 1300 pounds. Seasons 1912 at Kensirick farm north of Atkinson, Grahams livery in Atkinson, and my barn in Atkinson. Terms 12.50 to insure lying cost. Mares owners liable for service fees. August Van Herzee not responsible for accidents.
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Fa Athigh
Arec
Theorsé
Kensirick
Atkinson
Graham’s
August van Herzee
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