Old Burr Oak Marked Historic Indian Camp Site in Illinois
An ancient burr oak in Putnam county Illinois once served as a make shift fireplace for Native peoples with a cave like burn mark in the trunk. The tree stood over five feet in diameter and survived numerous storms before a lightning strike finished it. Local lore links Black Hawk and Pontiac to the site, once a rich Red Man country now faded to memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Broaddus
Hennepin Township
Putnam County
Ill
Nature
Black Hawk
Pontiac
Redman
Redmen
Japan
Bureau
R. A Elliston
John Peterman
Irene
Beatrice Kuss
Joseph Kuss
Nicholdés Hahn
Keota
Beatrice
Mary
Hilda
Frank A Barr
Lacon Mine
Spain
Barr
Portland Becomes Oglesby After City Council Action
Portland loses its name to become Oglesby following a special city council meeting. No objections were raised to the name change. An 8 room residence for sale at 505 Spring Street Peoria opposite Proctor Endowment Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oglesby
Ogiesby
Spring
Peoria
Proctor Endowment
Second Street
Lincoln Avenue
Main
Jefferson Streets
J. W. Reynolds
St. Peorla
Adyt
William, Corey
Allen
Wlinolg River
J. A .Roberts
Chillicothe
C.H. Long-acre
Rome- Anda
Juan
Niamey
Rogers
Henry Chronicle Local Items and Notices
Henry Illinois residents report painting of Sparland elevator work and various for sale notices including a fresh cow crabapples six acre farm and automobile. Local travel stories mention theater plans and weekend visits with Henry residents and nearby towns.
Ridiculously Low Grocery Prices Spur Frugal Shopping
A grocery listing touts extreme discounts with a $1.40 purchase equating to much larger spendings elsewhere. Items include Imperial Tea, Santos Peaberry Coffee, canned goods, cereals, rice, baking staples, and household cleaners, all priced to attract budget buyers with per item costs as low as a few cents.
Tainense varieties To i-Bakery goods on band
Sanitary Bake Shop advertises a broad range of Tainense products and keeps goods on display and available at all times for customers.
Births and events cross small town life in Aug notes
The column records the Mead couple welcoming a son born August 14 and mentions a Thursday Pavilion Park dance. It reports Otto Sullivan's cow recovery after a lightning strike, a horse theft and recapture near Freeport, a water famine in Little Rock, and railway notes from Dodge City with a grasshopper delay. It also covers a Rouen clock, a Dodge City marriage, Train No 764 delay, Matt Winn’s patent bids, a giant snake sighting near Bryant St David, Henry Byers discovering a seven foot four inch bull snake, and jail news about Cassell’s escape and frontier sheriff actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mead
Sparland
Frank Wiggins
Henry
Charles E. Vogelsang
Chicago
Donald Griffith
Streator
Frank Wood
Harry Wood
Apperson
A. Boomer
Whitney
C L Clawson
Henry Central
W. R. Markle
Golden Red
Edison
Chicago Sanitary
City of
Henry Fair
Cr. R. Clemens
Henry, Jr
Miss Magella
Petersons
Otto Brieschke
Chillicothe
Louis Kraus
Henry Snyder
Coldwater
Mich
Grandma Kraus
School Street
West Richard Street
Dr Bayne
Ruth Ball
Lake Geneva
Lake Delavan
Wisconsin
Lake Veneva
Cora Wyckoff
Arkansas
Earl Osborne
Central Park
Earl
Princeton
Henry Greys
Winnhes
Tigers
West Side
Ball Park
Lfe
Chatsworth
Joseph Kraus
William Wright
Peoria
Mr. Wright
Grant Wright
New York City
Gassius M.A Wright
Grant
F. B.gee
Joe Kraus
First
Ert
Pavilion Park
Walter Green
Grover Kern
Otto Sullivan
Minoak
Emma Davis
Freeport
Little Rock
Ark
Oklahoma
Mike Danner
Walter
Mike
Rouen
Julia Mudge
Spring Valley
Herbert Greene
Merriman
Merriman, Neb
Mr Greene
Peru
Dodge City
Kas
Rock Island
Ford
Moran
Matt Winn
Rushville
Washington
Bryant
St. David
Henry Byers
Lewiston
Harry Cassell
Sheriff Cofold
Cassell
Hennepin Bank
W. ©. Patterson
Country Life Conference in DeKalb Illinois September Event
A statewide Country Life conference gathers farm groups in DeKalb Illinois the first week of September. Topics include Rural Economic Co operation tenancy and landlordism rural roads country schools and a Country Life Exhibit featuring a model village center with a church school creamery and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
DeKalb County Soil Improvement Association
John Lee Coulter
Washington, DC
Charles J Brand
Office of Markets
Washington
Illinois
B. H. Hibbard
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Wisconsin
E. C Branson
Department of
Normal School
Athens
Charles L. Stewart
University of Illinois
M. O. Eldridge
Office of Public Roads
Washington, D. C
William G. Edens
Illnois Highway Commission
Springfield
Homer J. Tice
DC. G. Schulz
Minnesota
Jessie Field
Page County
Iowa
EB. C. Branson
George Woodruff
First National Bank of
James Robertson
Canada
H. J. Waters
College of Agriculture
Manhattan
Eas
B. J. Ward
Wisconsin
Country Church
M. B. McNutt
Cair
Adams
Presbyterian Department of Church and Country-Life
New York City
Country Life
Presbyterian Department of Church
Coventry Life of
New York
United States Bureau of Education
Illinois State Department of Education
Country Schools
Illinois Highway Commission
Illinois Library Extension Commission
Illinois State College of Agriculture
State Farmers’ Institute
Ilinois State Grange
Rural Federation
This Country Life
Illinois Federation For Country Life Progress
Illinois Federation
The
Illinois Federation For Country Progress At
Board of Review Session Opens at Lacon County Court House
The Board of Review of Marshall county is in session at the county court house in Lacon from 9:45 a.m. to 3:46 p.m. on August 11, 1913. Chairman F. Stoner presides. O.B. Burt J.B. Belmont, Joe Hawa serve as officials.
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Aenae
Illinois
Marshall
J.L. Jones
J. L. Jones
Rose M. Krhnz
Chas. R. Jones
J. S. Townsend
C. M. Jones
Board of Review
Marshall Reomnty
Lacon
F. Stoner
Ob.burt
J. B. Belmstron
Joe Hawa
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the Republican
George Burt
George A. Burt
George Burt & Son
Gist
Ild
First National Bank
U. S
U.S
United States Postal Savings Deposits
Country Life Conference
Europe
Ireland
England
Corn Belt
United States
Pete
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