Illinois and Geneseo 1912 Political Figures Snapshot
A fragmented list shows William H. Taft as President with James S. Sherman as Vice President, Charles S. Deneen as Governor, John Is Oglesby as Lieutenant Governor, and other state officials including C G Doyle as Secretary of State, James McCullough as Auditor, Andrew Russell as State Treasurer, Wm H Stead as Attorney General, and senior elected officers such as Hae Rite, B M Chipperfield, W E Mason, Geo W Prince, Dietrich F Velde, C Pervier, R W Boyd, J A Horberg, C M Turner, and John Johnson in roles like Congress members, clerk, state's attorney, coroner, and surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Sherman
Charles
S—Deneen
John Is Oglesby
CG. J. Doyle
James ‘$McCullough
Eel Ewre
Andrew Russel
Wm. H
C. M. Turner
John Johnson
C. C. Martin
Local and Personal News From Tar Evanston
John Goss Jr. spends Thursday afternoon on tri city business. Mr and Mrs W L Myers return from a week in Sioux Falls. Mrs Santee and Mrs Large ill with typhoid at J C Hammond hospital. Misses Mune and Tena Sand plan to attend Northwestern University next week. Lenore Loughin leaves for teaching in Western township. Bert Selner seeks relief from rheumatism in Excelsior Springs Mo. Julius Laveda injured last week recovering at hospital and may leave soon. The Rosary at the Armory satisfied attendees. The Divorce by Rowland & Clifford to be staged Oct 9 at the Armory. The Thief to show Sept 20. Obituary notice for Felix W Young published next week. John Offerle and family visit Hooppole for wedding anniversary. Carl Lager named Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways delegate for Sept 24–26 in Little Rock Ark. Henry Waterman and E Ball return from Madison Mo. Roads rough and streams fordable. Missouri farming shown hospitable yet backward. O W Hon and others to attend Illinois Highway Improvement Assn meeting Sept 27 in Peoria. State leaders plan highway laws and state aid. prominent speakers expected. Victor coffee 34 cents at Dedrick’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mune
Tena Sand
Tar
Evanston
Northwestern University
Lenore Loughin
Oki
Western Township
Bert Selner
Ixcelsior Springs
Julius Laveda
J C Hammond
Armory
Rowland & Clifford
John Offerle
Republic
Felix W Young
Phenix Township
Mr. Young
Farlan
Iowa
Hooppole
John Minch
Fred Offerle
Richard Arnold
Oneida
Carl Lager
Gulf Deep Waterways
Little Rock Ark
Lakes
Gulf
Great
Mississippi Valley
Henrys Watermams
E. Ball
Madison
Missouri
Geneseo
Minois Highway Improvement Association
Peoria
Holt
Chicago
Cambridge Man Henry Purdy Dies at J C Hammond Hospital
Henry Purdy of Cambridge died at 1 30 p m Tuesday at J C Hammond hospital after uraemic poisoning. Genesee relatives mourn Fred Urban of Chicago whose six year old daughter Maxine recently died, following a earlier loss of a son. Little Smoke the pacer owned by Stafford and Fawcett won first prize in the 2 12 pace at the Kewan ee fair Wednesday. Marie Sr Peter Sickler's mate went Jam working out in the morning and could not start in the afternoon races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Purdy
Cambridge
J. C. Hammond Hospital
Stafford and Fawcett
Kewanee Fair
Marie Sr
Peter
Sickler
Jame
Genesee
Fred Urban
Chicago
Maxine
Meeting of Village Trustees Atkinson 1912
The village board met in regular session September 2 1912 with President Bush presiding. Bills were approved totaling 414.42 including labor, tiling, freight and engineer services. An ordinance fixing curb lines was adopted. Trustees granted action to push for Washington street crossing or tunnel with CRI&P Railroad. Adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
Board of Trustees
Bush
Johnston
Hartman
H DeCrook
Atkinson Bank
W. Hartman
Mills Electric Co
B. van Waes
Graham & Son
Rumler &Nowers
Mdse
E. Imel
H. Harms
Police Bevis
Vandersnickt
van de Voorde
C .Atwell
Ik. Nowers
van Builaert
W. Steiner
Dru'g
van Deneste
Graham
Hays
Washington Street
C. R. I. & P., Railroad Company
Revival of Illinois canal ends deep waterway boom
The Illinois and Michigan canal revival undermines plans for a Gulf to lakes deep waterway funded by a 20 million bond. The canal panel suggests selling the unused segment from Pekin to Chicago, valued at 700 thousand to 1 million, with offers from corporations. Reedings include increased water power rents at Joliet No. 1 dam, rising to 65 thousand to 70 thousand a year. The canal has returned about 300 thousand more than its maintenance cost since the 1840s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Lakes
Gulf
Ceckport
Chicago
No. 1
Joliet
Treasury
Dance at the Air Dome Next Saturday
A dance event is announced at the Air Dome for next Saturday evening September 14. Invitations go to all well behaved people with emphasis on good music and orderly behavior. Attendees may also buy sweaters at Lager and Offerele's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Dome
Sherrill's sales and local events on September date
Sherrill's offers 10c dress patterns and Liverty Bell school shoes. Mrs Grant Perkins visited Colona friends. Supervisor Milter attended a Cambridge board meeting. Kincaid finished concrete walk in the village. A Bowery dance is planned at Delaney's grove on Saturday Sept 14. Mrs Curt Beghtel of Moline visited J W St Clair. Colona residents attended Geneseo Sunday School Convention. Mr and Mrs Wilkins visited B A Burdas in Sterling. Mrs Jno Goetz recovering from illness. Gravel deliveries and bridge work by E H Block. Delaney shipped shelled corn from Green River and loading at quarry switch. Chicken pie supper by Ladies Aid Sept 14. Last conference year service at Colona next Sunday. Township high school at Colona urged to improve local education and real estate value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrill’s
Sherrill's
Grant Perkins
Colona
Milter
Cambridge
Kineaid
H Kincaid
De_laney’s grove
Gonday
Andover Notes and Local Travel Arrivals
Mrs E KK Johnson on sick list Emma Johnson departs for Chicago barn of A A Anderson burns Thursday night Mrs Ida Anderson and daughter visit Charles City Iowa Mrs Herman Johnson and two children arrive from Sweden to join husband Oscar Anderson and family visit Gowrie and others Ft Dodge and Orion folk visit last week 1913 Lutheran reading class to register next Saturday Ladies Mission Society Cambridge district meets at A E Norell home all invited
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Emma Johnson
Chicago
A. A. Anderson
Ida Anderson
Charles City
Iowa
Herman Johnson
Sweden
Oscar Anderson
Ccildren
Gowrie
Bric Gust Ahlstrand
Ft. Dodge
Orion
Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Mission Society
Cambridge
A. E. Norell
Superior Judgment in Practical Matters and Marriage
In a dialogue Miss Cayenne argues men are quicker to judge in practical matters while women marry for money. The exchange notes that men heed newspaper warnings against unsafe gold bricks, but women still seek marriage for wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Inventor of the Telephone Progress
In 1861 Philip Reis demonstrated the principle of the telephone and transmitted musical sounds and words. Alexander Graham Bell improved Reis original apparatus, presenting his work in 1876 and bringing the discovery to practical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Reis
Alexander Graham Bell
Reis
Her business instinct in a child’s sharp reply
A three year old Eleanor receives a dime for taking medicine. The next day her brother offers a nickel to fetch chips, but she refuses saying she can earn more by taking castor oil. The tale humorously notes her entrepreneurial spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor
All In Equal Position
Quote about equal opportunity and steady effort by Herbert Kaufman stating that one’s work ethic and the same laws of right and wrong apply to everyone, with access to chances and rewards being the same for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boftti
Herbert Kaufman
The Smoke Inspector Explains Zinc and Self Cleaning Flues
Home Department National Magazine advises saving zinc scraps and placing them in the fire to prevent soot catching. Flues are described as self cleaning, reducing fear of chimney fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Department
National Magazine
Sartorial, Not Culinary in Chicago Tribune Style
A whimsical exchange between a young lady and a young man in Chicago Tribune fashion notes. The woman plans to add white to the yoke of her gown while the man questions potential color confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Japan's Panama Exposition Building Costs and Public Notes
The article discusses a Panama Pacific exposition building project costing $1,000, and the Sando four-acre site with a people gift. It surveys Salvation Army leadership, Freeport debate panels on Lincoln and Douglas, auto versus rail travel shifts, and early lunch-counter cars on rail lines. It also notes printer error risks, planned currency redesign 6 by 64 inches, and bank-deposit patterns in various countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Sando
United States
San Francisco
Bramwell—Booth
Salvation Army
Th Booth
Freeport Journal
C. H. Nott
Freeport Monument
Monumental
University of Illinois
Champaign
Freeport
Lincoln
Douglas
United
Democratic Party
Peple
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Sweden
England
France
Italy
Origin of Fire Insurance Post Great Fire of London
The article notes fire insurance originated after the 1666 Great Fire of London, highlighting its birth as a response to urban conflagration and the need to safeguard property against future blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Questionable electoral contingency outsized in 1804 Article 12 note
The text examines how a failure of the three leading candidates to win a majority would send the election to the House of Representatives under Article 12, with the vice president acting if the House fails to decide. It references Sunny Jim Sherman as a temporary president scenario and cites the Moline Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
House
Sunny Jim Sherman
Moline Dispatch
Cigar Demand Surges Amid Straw Brick Comment
A satirical note cites Uncle Pennywise saying bricks need straw and parodies cigar makers. The quip links to shortages and humor about industry supply. Local readers see playful commentary on demand and production limits.
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Pennywise
Faith in Dentist Believed Despite Fear Says Free Press
Detroit Free Press notes the idea that trusting a dentist can ease anxiety about procedures, suggesting belief that pain will be avoided. The column frames faith in medical care as reassurance for patients facing treatment.
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Faith
Detroit Free Press
Property Sale in Geneseo Promises Prime Land
Auction notice announces sale on March 1 1913 at 2 30 oclock for a large Oakwood Avenue frontage parcel near Petersons and Frank Richmond property. Terms cash with possession available May 1 1912. Ground sale to be held on site conducted by Henry Sand Auctioneer Ed Klavoth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klavohn
Will
Geneseo
Pope
Vakwoo Avenue
Pet Peterson
Frank Richmond
Thio
Oakwood Avenue
Dept of
Itu -On
Henry Sand
Notice of debt nonresponsibility and farming help wanted
Notice states I will not be responsible for debts contracted by my wife after this date signed Henry Bartz Geneseo Illinois September 13 1913 additional ad seeks an experienced farmer to permanently manage a farm near Moline Illinois seeks adjacent property near Bend area and indicates preference for a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bartz
Geneseo, SE
Ane D
Moline
Tiljnois
Farm for Rent Near Geneseo and Green River
The undersigned offers a farm for rent with improvements and about a distant location from Green River, near Geneseo. Terms available after September 11th. inquiries to Mrs Frances Prince.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beneseo Republic
Ill
John Goss, Jr
Tri-Cities
W L Myers
Sioux Falls
Wm Santee
Wm Large
J C
Hammond City Hospital
Lager & Offerle's
Andover
E. KK. Johnson
Geneseo Markets
Klavoth
Ona
Green River
Mrs Fames-Prinfs
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Male
Lewis Miller
4Th St
J. E. Lane
R. First St
Ceneseo
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