City of Isaory to Be Rehomed for Hennepin Canal Transport
The Dixon and Rock River Transportation Co plans to operate on the new Hennepin canal and will purchase canal boats. The steamer City of Isaory, built by Marge Nicholson and previously owned by Captain Hawley, was bought by N B Shonts and used for grain transport. The boat, currently in poor repair, is expected to be dry docked at Wallace yard and possibly renamed Tom and Jerry in honor of Congressmen Henderson and Murphy.
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Henry
Hawley
Chilli- Fite
Dixon & Rock River Transportation Co
Hennepin Canal
Gamer
Marge Nicholson
Kicago
Nicholson
Marshal
Griions
Stark
Bureau
Pattamn
N B Shonts
Chicago
fCapt
Turner-Hudnut Co
Pekin
Wallace Boat Yard
Tom and Jerry
Thomas Henderson
Princeton
Jerry Murphy
Rockford
Hennett
Mr. Murphy
Gen Henderson
Middle West
Ississippi
Illinois
Inland waterways urged to ease car shortage and aid trade
A historical piece discusses persistent car shortages and urges inland waterways to expand reliable transport. It cites railways and the Interstate Commerce Commission, notes officials’ actions affecting coal movement, and highlights Frank Loucks leaving road travel for Manila business as a shift in local commerce.
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Fuo
Railay Systems
Interstate Commerce Commission
Confridtis
James J. Hill
Inland Waterways
Dphey
Hennepin Canal Feeder Bridges Dams Solve Frontier Waterway
The long project to create a six foot depth link from Lake Michigan to St Paul and a seven foot depth line to the Gulf of Mexico nears major milestones. Engineers conquered swamp land, built steel-bridge approaches, and devised three large pipes under the canal to divert Green river water, while Sterling’s dam and Rock river works shape the feeder system into a 105 mile navigable channel for 660 ton barges.
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St Paul
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois and Michigan
Tlinoist
la Salle
Hennepin
Hennepin Canal
Milan
Sterling
Sheffield
Illinois
Green River
Bureau County
Rock River
Bradford Hazing Case Brings $14,000 Verdict At Toulon
In Stark County circuit court Judge Worthington presided as five of seven defendants faced a hazing incident that left Charles Stoner crippled for life. Arley Harwood Francis Long Earl Howe Frank Lattin Francis Real Arthur Pilgrim and Frank Sharkey were named, with Pilgrim and Sharkey abroad. The jury awarded $14,000 damages to Stoner against the five present, while two others fled the state. Officers pursue Pilgrim in California and Sharkey in Chicago as further suits remain on the docket.
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Charlies Stoner
Toulon
Roy
Arley Harwood
Francis Long
Earl Howe
Frank Lattin
Francis Real
Arthur Pilgrim
Frank Sharke
Stone
Stark County
Worthington
Joe Weil
Frank Quinn
Peoria
Thomas
Wyoming
R. M. Barnes
Lacon
Kearns
Frank Sharkey
Charles Stoner
Pilgrim
California
Sharkey
Chicago
Anna L Noll to be interred at Calvary cemetery
Miss Anna L Noll daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Noll of Henry dies after a stroke in Chicago while visiting relatives. The Rock Island train at 11 47 a m tomorrow will carry her remains from Henry station to Calvary cemetery for Catholic burial. She was born May 4 1868 in Henry and was 39 years six months and twenty six days old. She trained as a nurse in New York City and returned home for recuperation and rest. Her parents six brothers and three sisters mourn her loss.
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Henry
Anna L. Noll
Theodore Noll
Calvary Cemetery
Anna
Henry Public
New York City
Fred
Alster
Katie
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Zeller
Princeton
Chicago
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Lacon
Washington, Ill
Horatio Hartley
Virgil
Ora Nilson
Mobeel AO -Phillips
Kirkpatrick
Stalffer
Meade
Ceeeot Bune Lj
Williams LaPela” Godls
Kern
McBride
Phillips
Jack
Quick
Italy of Illinois in Calhoun County praised as beauty spot
Fragmented article extols Calhoun county Illinois as a scenic oasis between two rivers. It lauds its rivers hills valleys and forests and likens the region to the promised land while quoting Enthusiastic praise for its natural beauty and inhabitants.
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Italy
Ilinois
Beauiz
Calhoun County
Bains Moses
Jordan
Calhoun ‘County
Lora
Dogen
Manual Training Gains Favor in Rushville Schools
Rushville's manual training department, begun by Superintendent Edmunds, has surpassed expectations and won strong support among patrons. A Craftsman note from New York lauds manual training for curbing idle youth, linking hands on work to better behavior, study interest, and citizenship.
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Rushville
Edmunds
Sen
Sal
New York City
Butte
Cratsman
Oil deposits eyed near La Salle and Dimmick township
A 60 thousand dollar syndicate plans to sink test wells near Starved Rock and in Dimmick township, with geologists and Casey Illinois backers asserting oil may lie between La Moille and Dimmick. Landowners may lease 4000 to 10000 acres, one eighth of product to owners, gas use for private needs.
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la Salle
Dimmick
Oinnend
B. Graham
Casey, Ill
Graham
Casey
Pennsylvania
la Moille
Feld
Starved Rock
City Council Proceedings Saloon Licenses Oct 1907 Meeting
Special city council session in city hall on Wednesday Oct 30 1907 considered saloon licenses from Nov 1 1907 to May 1 1908. Aldermen Bickerman McCune Smith Cromwell Yanochowski Pace presided. Licenses granted upon payment. names include Philip Steimle Joseph Heininger Sanger & Carrier Walter Green John Helgoth Charles McManus 2 1 I Hupp Thomas Dwyer Jayle Henry Peters Henry Meister. Also resolutions of respect for Henry Eagleston with mourning and charter draped for 30 days.
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Henry
Mayor Haws
Bickermen
McCune
Smith
Cromwell
Yanochowski
Pace
Philip Steimle
Joseph Heininger
Sanger & Carrier
Walter Green
John Helgoth
Charles Mc
Ald. Bickerman
Ald
Deep Waterway Legislation Sparks Senate Debate
Senator Putnam pushes for Desplaines and Illinois rivers to be navigable and free of dams. A companion bill grants water power to the state, provoking opposition from sanitary trustees and signaling a drawn struggle between private power interests and public control.
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Putnam
Springfield
Syleasure
Illinois
Schmitt
Svater
General Assembly
Regia
Chicago Tribune
Sanitary Trustees
Lockport
Senate
Chicago Drainage
Waterways Commission
Ganiitary District
Phex Henry Repuannan
Woman's Home Companion
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