19 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
1
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Whitcombe Brougher and Leiter Company present afternoon and evening programs with humor and musical acts. The Zedlers, Shelly Family, and Terbert Leon Cope perform. Repairs to the courthouse chimneys continue as Rochester and Mayo Brothers reports arrive from buying trips.
McClellan, Godowsky, and the Grafton Bros. of Macomb receive news from Texas oil firm officials confirming high gasoline content. The Living Springs Gas and Oil Co. reports seven producers in Ardmore territory with wells 180 to 933 feet deep and an average oil depth of 233 feet. Gasoline tests reach 75 percent in some oil samples.
Rev George D Prentice former Camp Creek pastor and World War I Army lieutenant spoke at the Pace hotel luncheon on Macomb Chautauqua plans and his army service including the Mt Sheridan camp and overseas duty. Also guests Prof W W Ernest and Dr Grigsby.
J R Fosdyck sells his North Pearl Street grocery to George VanTyne of Rushville with possession Sept 1. He also sells the adjacent residence and plans a new home on East Jackson Street while a car penter shop serves as temporary residence. Fosdyck will run a new store beside the new house after completion.
London August 19 British Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons the Irish peace offer grants Ireland unprecedented freedom and urged leaders not to reject it He warned a breakdown could trigger emergency measures and a rapid resumption of parliamentary action with possible steps by the government to avert a renewed conflict
Opening day of the Good Hope Band Fair draws large crowds with parades races ball games dances and speeches. The event supports the local band featuring a Saturday program including a speech by Congressman Graham a Macomb Colchester game a baby show band music and acrobats.
Large posses from Monmouth and nearby towns hunt Galesburg and surrounding areas for Ethel Patterson 22 who vanished from her Gerlaw Illinois home in the early hours. She reportedly left in night clothes with all other clothing and valuables still in her room. Authorities pursue kidnapping theory.
Washington August 19 the House Ways and Means Committee approved elimination of taxes on proprietary medicines as part of the Republican tax bill moving through 60 changes.
Springfield news reports 8 M Sharp of New Holland walked through a $500 plate glass window after mistaking a tram mers door for a store exit. He was uninjured aside from a lascerated smee while searching for his wife.
A calf owned by Kenneth Heberer of Emmet township entered under Leslie and Ray Hamilton of Good Hope won first prize in the calf club class and second in the open class. The Angus calf, described as a beauty, will represent at Springfield state fair and Macomb fair.
Clarence Taylor, manager at Bushnell for C I P S Co, resigns duties at Bushnell effective the first of September to take a similar position with the company in Roadhouse Illinois.
The Senate voted 28 to 22 to reduce the federal road aid appropriation from 100 million to 75 million for next year's construction. The action alters funding levels in the highway bill as reported by Bs Ansodated Press.
Oil heating boiler is torn out at Marietta Phelps hospital and a new Kewa nee model is being installed by F. M. Neylon.
Geo. D. Kiger alias Ray Morgan, 22, was arrested by the sheriff's force at Good Hope for passing spurious checks for the road commissioner in Ohio county Wheeling WV. He faces extradition and will be held until officials arrive. He admitted his name but was told extradition would proceed. He had been working for Lester Conway at Good Hope hauling coal.
A mob of about two hundred men and women armed with ropes besieged the Barnstable jail to seize three Cape Verde Island prisoners John Dies Benjamin Gomez and Joseph Andrews charged with highway robbery and assault on a white woman Miss Gertrude Butler identified them with William Eldridge. Sheriff Rosenthal faced the crowd while Chief Warden Boland warned civilians and warned of shooting if an attack occurred.
Three Kirkwood men involved in a quarrel over gasoline led to a fight in which one struck another with a jack, the bloody cap found on the road southwest of Monmouth being linked to the incident. The clash reportedly ended with police involvement and clarification of the events.
U B Jerusalem Chapel holds Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 7 15 p m Center Chapel repeats 7 15 p m with preaching at 8 00 p m 81 George s Episcopal invites worshipers to The Little Church Around the Corner with service next Sunday at 11 a m including communion and sermon Rev J M D Davidson to officiate By Stander want ads do pay
The Illinois State Fair in Springfield opens with a Firemen’s demonstration and a week of auto races bands and daily attractions. Veterans Day Governor officials Day and Peoria crowd events are planned with a million dollar stock parade and nightly shows leading to August 27. The fair is state owned and its earnings go to the treasury.
Monmouth Aug 18 bloodhounds aided by patrols searched the Sam Patterson place east of Gerlaw for Ethel Patterson twenty two who vanished from her home between 1 a m and daylight. Relatives feared for her welfare as no trail was found near the house and dogs made little progress.
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