Fire Routs Old Landmark House In Carroll County
Saturday morning a fire alarm sounded at the residence of W. H. third on the north side of town. The hose failed to reach the blaze and the hook and ladder team, with about three hundred citizens, fought to save the structure but the old landmark, built fifty years ago by David Emmert over a spring, was destroyed apart from stone walls. The owner, Mr. Baird, had sold to Hardee Griffith and the property had just been insured. Mrs. Keeffer will tend the nearby infant, found abandoned near the gate and taken to the county farm. The community held services, gatherings, and memorial events across town with various local figures noted, including Comrade Thomas S. Stevens and efforts to spruce up cemeteries and grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. HH
David Emmert
Baird
Hardee Griffth
Griffith
Carroll County Manual Fire Insurance Co
Cave
Carroll County
Democraat
Altgeld
Democratic Party
Silver
John Palmer
Carroll Creek
C. N. Holman
Carroll
Vreeport
Thomas
Stevens
Nappanee
Inn
Mirror
Elmer Phillips
York
Turney Ve. Turneys
Squire J. G. Blake
George Roth
Woodland
Roth
Keeffer
Church of God
Simday
Richmond
Richmont
John Zuck
High School Notes and Local Events Recap
The High School notes cover baseball results with Flickinger Grossman and Risley in a Freeport contest, a correction about Vergil’s Aeneid, and Miss Hood’s trip to Freeport. Savanna graduates total twenty two, with Lanark and Mr Carroll at two. Zoology class excursion yielded specimens, including a large water snake preserved for future use. Decoration Day programs, the festival, donations, and post event notes follow. The senior and junior classes have holidays. Miss Hood’s new year approved. physiology commenced. flags at half mast for Walter Q. Gresham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flickinger
Nate Grossman
Fred Risley
Freeport
Vergil
Savanna
Lanark
Walter Q. Gresham
Decoration Day Observance and Local Hints from Bethel
Old boys gather to honor soldiers with modest pageantry and buttonhole offerings. Bethel prepares tasteful arrangements. Elder Meyers heads to Decatur for church meetings and a six week preaching tour. Local music, fashion, and politics mix as residents hope for good weather and a large Decoration Day crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremia TL
Real Estate Transfers and Democratic County Meeting
Real estate transfers show numerous parcel changes in Chadwick Mt Carroll Savanna and Shannon with prices from 185 to 8600 by various grantees. The Democratic county convention selected delegates to the state convention at Springfield plus silver coinage resolutions and Savanna delegation endorsement. Public notices advertise Electric Bitters kidney relief and July educational association excursion tickets to Denver with return by July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Philip Miller
Chadwick
J. P Hanaford
Amanda
Baird
H. N. Griffith
Mt. Carroll
Lars Anderson
Nicholas Conrad
Savanna
St. Paul Land Co
W. F. Sunderland
Milledgeville
W. Marsden
Nancy Flora
Lima
Margaret
Elkhorn Grove
HH. Fleisher
Shannon
Wm. H. Fleisher
W. Scott Cowan
R. C. Miller
Geo. Strauch
Wm. Strauch
Fair Haven
Catherine Schnabel
Charles Plocl
Pair Haven
Springfield
Court House
Til
Cal M. Feezer
John H. Carbaugh
John N. Brandt
D. Allemen
Carroll County
United States
National Educational Association
Denver
Front seat grip car tales and a Lanark delegation
A chaotic evening near Brevoort House features a Lanark and Mt Correll delegation crowding a pawnshop window with unredeemed pledges. A pawnbroker nudges the crowd away with a spray and a brush, prompting wry exchanges. The piece droves into grip car misadventures and urban anecdotes, including costumes, cops, a pie man’s wife, and a whispered Uncle event, ending with Neva Vextras.
Messiahs debt case leaves little chance of repayment
The Freeport Democrat reports that George W. Courtley of Chicago, who won a 50,000 judgment against Rockford "messiah" George Jacob Schweinfurth, may not see payment. Sheriff Robert Oliver filed a debtor’s schedule listing worn clothing, two coats, a two year old colt, a gold watch, and other items, valued minimally, as exempt. Schweinfurth’s lieutenants Baldwin and Ward cannot be located, and no property for seizure is found. The paper also notes local items: Nursery Creamery dividend, a Friday cycling trip, recent baptism at Maple Grove, and road work praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Courtley
Chicago
George Jacob Schweinfurth
Rockford
Freeport Democrat
Robert Oliver
Schweinfurth
Coudrey
Oliver
William Baldwin
Francis Ward
Schweinfarth
Poultry, appetite, and civic plans mingle in 19th century piece
A rustic column extols poultry breeding and broiler efficiency urging readers to select vigorous stock and feed wisely. It shifts to a May Decoration Day program with G A R and school groups marching to the High School, ceme tery, and public park, listing speakers, songs, and recitations by local pupils and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooksville
G. A. R. Post
Broad Street
G A. R
Cornet
Drum Corps
Allemony
Knights and Patents in Lincoln State News Item
A Lincoln Nebraska letter from the Knights of the Maccabees praises Dr King’s New Discovery for a stubborn cough in two children and notes free trial bottles at Corner Deng Store. The page lists Illinois patents granted this week with inventors and towns, plus Lanark and Decatur market prices and commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Maccabees
Lincoln
Neb
Deng
Ilinois
A. Snow & Co
App
U.S
Washington, D.C
Bo Amet
Waukegan
J. 0. Anderson
Highland Park
H. Warelay
Joliet
N. Buck
Mattoon
G. Chapman
Rockford
J. V. Erleson
Aurora
Decatur
J. Hf
Gilman
Ottawa
L Good
Elgin
St. Charles
I. A. Mead
Rock Island
Korning
Malvern
F. W. Hornish
M. P. McNelly
Sterling
Ordway
Peoria
Blecker
C. Thompson
Oswego
Stop Smoking with Baco-Curo Remedy Claim
Tobacco harms health and can cause mouth and stomach cancers, memory loss, nervous and circulatory issues, heart pain, and potential blindness. The ad promotes Baco-Curo as a guaranteed cure that eliminates tobacco cravings, allowing continued use during treatment, with a money back guarantee after three boxes. Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Co. sells it for 1.00 per box or 22.50 for three boxes, with a sample offer upon six two-cent stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Company
la Crosss
Wisconsin
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Kiev
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Callie Fleisher
I. N. Fleming
Wm. Yorker
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Virgil Robinson
Our City
Virgie
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T. C. Wolfe
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Polo
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California
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Cora Lichty
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Morrill
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Formes
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Dr. Mardin
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Geo. Koser
Fanny Gettemy
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Spring Valley
Sam'l Iershey
North Cherry Grove
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Swords Restaurant
Wilder
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Bethel
Frank Meyers
Heethren Ghireh
Fred & Curley
Central Music Atore
BR. Rt. Hitt
Congress
Etta J. Smith
Mt. Carroll Til
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Irving
Chicago Notes
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Son of Israel
London
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Nursery Creamery Co
Ed Shiley
Harry Shaner
Bert Beck
Maple Grove
Caton
Ofreeport
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J. C. Rahn
Chas. Cotta
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Chicken Corner
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Geo. W. Noble
M. Allemong
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Dag Pin
Henry Lege
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Ada Noble
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Gordon Ley
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Stella White
Oyntha Duzenbeary
Annie Sprecher
Belinda Burnpus
Alabaster Briguts
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Descon Slowach
Opal
T. Dtray Mittee Siuire Kieker
AO. Bailey
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W. Middlekauff
Skule
Tallman'’s Jewelry Store
Prain
Rowland
Colli
Pave Remedy BA
Peigginss Tll. HO
Yeager & Son
I. A
Siri Am
Smithville, Mo
Count Rewmpy Co
Higginsville
J. M. Aker
Sheller & Figutt
Vrs
Boever
Page
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