Local notes on Atkinson Geneseo Sheffield and district visits
A ragged clipping records numerous visits and business calls across Geneseo Rock Island Atkinson Sheffield and nearby towns. It mentions Miss Nea Howlette Mabel Mankin Lela Atwell Kath yn Riley and Alexander Felshie among residents, plus church and school events and a crop and rail freight update for Atkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howlette
Dixon
Chass-Seyllerwas
Clothing -Co
Mabel Mankin
Winton
Clifford Hull
Silk Vis
Ottull
John Whitred
Eiri
A.massey
East
Detroit
Boston
New York
Gresser
Glenn E.tilton
Sheffield
Fluty Cas
M.S Church
Thomas Leach
Atkinson
Tilton
Kath
Alile
Riley
Éwn
Alexander Felshie
Chicago
Revial
M.finch
Jyoung
William—Riley
Robert Felshie
Toowoomba
Queenland
Australia
Sixth Regiment Band Heads on Concert Tour Across Illinois
The Sixth Regiment Band of Monmouth will tour 22 cities from Galesburg to Freeport and Oak Park, with two concerts daily for audiences. The 85 member group includes soprano Miss Nek Porter and violinist Miss Nancy Angstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroth
Galesburg
Kewanee
Princeton
Oak Park
Galena
Freeport
Nek
Porter
Nancy Angstead
Prete
Bos Ty Boli
Ae Pee
Levening
Third Judge Sought For District In Rock Island County
The Rock Island County Bar Association seeks a third circuit judge for the district. A committee including W. A. Meese E. H. Stafford and Albert Huber will confer with current judges and request the Supreme Court to name a third judge. Rock Island County leads in district business as Geneseo judge E C Graves moves to the appellate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Moline Mail
SCS
Circuit
Supreme Court
W. A. Meese
E. H. Stafford
Albert Huber
Moline Fish Warden Arrests Gardener for Possession of Catfish
The Moline papers report the arrest of Dick Gardner in that city last Friday morning by the fish warden. Gardner had caught a catfish in Rock River near Barstow and was peddling them in town when captured. He was fined ten dollars plus costs by a justice of the peace. the fish were confiscated. The law requires catfish to be at least thirteen inches long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Dick Gardner
Dner
Rock River
Barstow
Gardner
Meeting of Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in Indianapolis
The sovereign grand lodge of the International Order of Odd Fellows met in Indianapolis this week. Welcome addresses by Vice President Fairbanks, A Z Wiley, and John B Cocking opened the session. The parade, a military ball, and other events drew around 100000 attendees, with the Manufacturers' lodge of Moline taking part in prize drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign—Grand—Lodge
International Order of Odd Fellows Mets
Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
A. Z. Wiley
John—B-Cocking
Sovereign Grand, Lodge
Andianapolis
Garfield Sans and a Silent Star Between Peace and Power
Fragmentary lines reference James A. Garfield and a philosophical plan of self sacrifice. The quoted phrases suggest a conflict between a man of peace and a higher tier or authority, with a personal cost implied in the speaker’s assertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Garfield
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