Local notes and road scenes in Green River village
Old town items recount visits by John Stohl of Cleveland and Mrs J B Christ to Davenport and Geneseo, hog shipments by Lowe and Delaney, a river incident with a duck hunter group, and social events with Briar Bluff and Sheffield links. Technical college debates on education economics involve Urbana and Illinois leaders.
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S. A Anderson
John_Stohl
Cleveland
Christ
Davenport
Lowe & Delaney
John Stony
Geneseo
Kenny Turney
Briar-Bluf
Bethany Circle
Tyirss-I-S-Christ
Daniel Jones
Carbon Cliff
Moline
Raous Watkins
Ab Pyler Oto
Silvis
Roberts
Green River Station
Onoompromptu
Green River
Roverts
Tyler
Watkins
Mittowell
University of Ilinois
Crane
College of Agriculture
School of Commerce
Boston
ACF
St Louis
International Harvester Company
General Electric Company
WessaHe-Hi
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Hingis
Chicago
Wats
Engieripe
Powell
Samuel W Stratton
Legion of Honor
United States
Bureau—Of
Peng Sage Salis
Freight wreck blocks Ottawa traffic after derailment
A freigIt wreck derailed five cars on the Ottawa bridge over the owl canal feeder early Tuesday, delaying nine east bound and three west bound trains. No injuries were reported. crews from Roe Island and nearby lines cleared the tracks by noon after the brake beam caught a switch point.
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Ottawa Republican Times
Thirsd&s
Roe Island
Seromt
Owl Canal
Chicago
New York
New England
Boston
al Curtis
Ottawa
Teaitecayas
Tslamr
Bine Island
Spea
Oldest Whiteside County resident Nancy Booth Emmons dies
Nancy Booth Emmons, 97 years four months old, died last week at her daughter’s home in Sterling. Born 1814 in Beverley Virginia, she was the last survivor of a 15 child family. Her father served in the War of 1812 and she married Asa Emmons, later settling in Sterling and Rock Falls. She was descended from John Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Nancy Booth Emmons
Whiteside
John Hart
Sterling
Mrs. Emmons
Beverly
Randolph” County
Virginia
Deborah Hart
Logansport
iInd
aWiileside
Asa “Emmons
Emmonsmoyved
Rock Falls
Bird men captivate crowds on Davenport air show
Eugene Ely and another famed bird man performed in Surburban Island Davenport with aid from C F Walsh. Spectacular flights wowed crowds as Ely piloted a passenger craft with Pete Petersen, a daredevil racer, reaching 1000 feet. Ely later flew with his wife as Henry County observers watched.
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Eugene Ely
Davenport
Aid
Walsh
Ely
Pete Petersen
Henry
Wise man, rich man, and poor man in service of commonwealth
A fragmented snippet notes that a wise man who withholds counsel a rich man with charity and a poor man with labor are perfect nuisances to the commonwealth, reflecting a moral critique of social roles and civic duty.
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Simots
Avalversiry Isota 'Podemas
R. T. Crane
Rae
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