Week in Bureau County notes visits heat drought and local events
News notes visits by Miss Jane Camery and others in Bureau county. A record oat crop at W Clark Norrig's La Moille farm yields 9000 bushels from 120 acres. A local house search and family notices appear amid farm weather hopes and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Camery
Kewanee
Camery
Raymond
B. C. Anderson
Loda
Hunt
H . Compton
Bosworth
Bro
Charles A Stout
Wapakoneta
Wabel
Blackburn
Bureau County
W. Clark Norrig
la Moille
Indiana
Piiz
Pleasant
Paul
Patrick
Perry
Phillip
Percy
Peter
Pansy
Polly
Phyllis
Amasa Joyce
M. Forbes
Howard Young
Mackinac Islands
Daniel Gregory
Robert Henning
Fairbury
H. J. Gregory
Famiily
Gregory
Bureau Valley Club
Princeton
William
Rouse
Eason
Drouth
Wanee
Bradford
Till- Ross
Henry
F. A. Powelli
Deney
Springa
Moffats Road
Denver
Bureau County Fair Opens Next Week in Princeton
Bureau county fair enters its fifth to eighth annual run in Princeton beginning Tuesday and ending Friday. Officials predict a record crowd near 70 000 with favorable weather and increased automobile traffic. Exhibits will be larger with live stock and farm implement displays. special features include daylight fireworks a good roads exhibit from the US Department of Good Roads and Illinois Highway Commission and a unique school display. Over 160 horses listed for three days of racing with top entries Minor Earl and Stonewall to compete for county fair purses.
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Bureau County
Illinois
Princeton
C. L. Trimble
The
Fair Association
United States Department of Good Roads
Illinois Highway Commission
Indiana
Iowa
Minor Earl
Stonewall
Mrs Frederick Troendley Dies At Age 92 In Lacon
Anne Mary Herr born February 10 1821 in Bavaria came to the United States with family and married Frederick F. Troendley in Lacon in 1841. They had six children five living. she died at the old homestead August 18 after more than 70 years there. Funeral held from St Mary's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Mary Herr
John Herr
Bavaria
Germany
Lacon
Frederick F. Troendley
Mary I. Weis
Catherine Troendley
City
Margaret Hatzgenbuhler
Loda
George Troendley
St. Mary’s, Church
State Aid for Good Roads Apportions County Funds
The state highway commission announces apportionment of bounty aid for highway construction and repair. Each county must duplicate its state funds allocation, with Marshall County at about 18128 and Henry Township receiving a larger share. Commissioners are notified meetings on the first Tuesday in September to certify needed taxation for road maintenance and improvements.
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Io Barmann
Marshall
Henry Township
A Trip Through Iowa
A travelers account notes Iowa ahead of Illinois in corn and grain yields with heavy rains leaving muddy roads in Iowa City. Des Moines hosts the state fair with electric machinery, stock displays, and cholera-impacted hog herds.
Opening sale of tickets for new opera house
On Thursday September 4 Mr O Neil begins ticket sales for the first play in the new opera house. The Rosary company, selected by manager Wid, is an experienced metropolitan troupe. Citizens urged to support the project, arguing the city now offers a first class theater with full scenery, lighting, seats, and gallery, inviting local generosity to fund openings.
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O'Neil
New Opera House
Wid
déneSin
Niaanet
Jury Finds Railroad Fault In Death Of Max M Hillman
Peoria coroner's jury returns verdict that Max M Hileman died August 22 1913 at St Francis Hospital from loss of blood and shock after being knocked from atop a box car by an unprotected chain on a Chicago & Northwestern Railway coal chute while performing duty as head brakeman train No 860 engine No 1702. Witnesses describe chain mishap at Broadmoor Illinois. funeral held in Peoria with burial at Roseville. Hileman aged 93.
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Max M. Hillman
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Peoria
Max M. Hileman
St. Francis’ Hospital
Broadmoor
Ill
Bates
Brown
Hileman
Hiseman
Engineer Brown
Warner Avenue
Roseville
Guide Posts and Water Troughs Under Tice Road Law
A Marshall county edition notes a new Tice road act section authorizes highway commissioners to erect guide posts at forks and crossings, supply watering troughs for horses, and enforce weed control by cutting rank vegetation before seeding each year.
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Marshall County
Lessons From The Drouth And Rural Practices
The drought teaches Kansas and nearby states to use silos and water conservation. Silo storage for fodder has grown since 1901, with European practice dating earlier. Deep ponds protected by willows reduce evaporation, while weather forecasting aims to improve long term plans and risk. The Marshall County Board of Supervisors will meet September 9 at the courthouse in Lacon. bills must be itemized and filed by noon for classification, with notes of appreciation to staff.
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Kansas
Europe
United States
Mississippi
Jess
Weather Bureau
Board: of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Marshall
Thomas
AJ Connéll
Spee
Hook and Line Fishing Law Quick Reference Chart
Of Interest to Hook and Line Fisher men explains new state law effective July 1 1913. It lists minimum legal lengths for black bass 11 inches pike 18 inches white or striped bass 8 inches rock bass 6 inches crappie 8 inches yellow perch 7 inches and pike perch wall eyed pike 13 inches. Under sized catches must be returned to waters. violators face fines from 26 to 200 dollars and possible county jail time. The notice also outlines church services at Methodist Church for the upcoming Sabbath with times for Sabbath school public worship Epworth League and temperance meeting plus midweek prayer.
Presbyterian Church Sabbath Services and Activities
The Presbyterian church schedules Sabbath school at 9 45 a m and a 11 a m sermon by the pastor. No evening service due to a union temperance meeting at the M B church. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m and the Ladies Aid meet at the parsonage. Wednesday Sept 3 Mrs Williams and Mrs Gilecel host with quills and needles for all. George T Gris cel Pastor.
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Epworth League
Union Temperance Meeting
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
J. C. Hill
George T- Gris
Cel
Sunday School and Picnic at Pavilion Park
The Christian Church announces Sunday school at 10 o'clock a.m. A Sunday school picnic is planned at Pavilion Park for Saturday, Sept. 6-7 with all friends invited to join. Mass readings and sermons are noted for the morning and afternoon services including English and German sermons. Rev. sBtennady of St Bede's College, Peru, is mentioned in relation to supplies and past events.
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Christian Church
St.Bede's College
Peru
Nantil
Areland of
sRevii iPr
sBtennady S
Local notes capture visits sales and travels of Sharpsburg residents
The column records numerous W L Stever visitations from Cincinnati to the Stevers in town and mentions Mrs John Long of Afton visiting relatives James Fountain and family hosting visitors. It notes George Franks and J O Peiuttner buying F A Barr's Sparland grocery and reports local farm sales and crops, with Applen family visiting Mackinaw and a Knights of Pythias excursion from St Jose. It also cites farm prices near Toulon and remarks on self-made success over external help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam, Merchan
Sharpsburg
Jacob
Adam Glatz
Frank J. Troendley
Hersey
Mich
Mildred
Stever
W. H. Stever
Cincinnati
Ohio
John Long
Afton
James Fountain
C. C. Helgoth
St. Louis
James H. Smith
St Paul
C. B Smith
Fred Blood
Peoria
A-D. Stevens
Wm. Merritt
S. George Franks
Peiuttner
Sparland
F. A. Barr
Alice Cartmell
Colusa
Jane
Hall
Joe
Knights of Pythias
St. Jose
Columbia
C. A. Applen
Mackinaw
Johnson Harris
Bradford
Harris
F. J. Calvery
Toulon
Tilmots
Sterling
Ed “Sparling
Putnam
Saturdair
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bureau County Fair
Frederick Troendley
Union
Iowa City
Des Moines
Jefferson
Jay Gregory
Spencer
T L. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Bureau
Albert Quinn
Tllinois
D Quinn
New
Opera
Methodist Church
M. L. Coan
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