Illinois memories and travel notes amid holiday week
Local column reports Murphy's early December trip to Wayland Missouri with Ingles and Hoffman. Mary Parks returns from Iowa and Illinois for a winter visit with Adelaide Hashaw. A Flack at Home Hospital is near, and Ezra Flack’s family heads to his bedside. Shipping activity includes hog cars moving to Chicago and East St. Louis. A WCTU medal contest in rural Illinois promises eight contestants and a musical program.
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Murphy
Wayland
Eek
Berthol Ingles
Hoffman
Mary Parks
Clint Clayton
Jockton
Carmel Wilson
Port Bakesfield
Los Angeles
Qch
Tulare
X. Beaver
New Orleans
Illinois
Wram
Hex Flack
Red Pepper Rub claims quick relief for rheumatism
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a concentrated heat treatment that relieves rheumatism quickly within three minutes. It warns to buy the genuine product from druggists, named Rowles, and promises immediate warmth and pain cessation. Nearby notices report a surprise birthday gathering for Mrs. Young on December 4 and an update on C. E. Burnham’s illness.
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Rowles
Real estate transfers listed in Macomb area records
Public notice enumerates numerous property transfers recorded by master in chancery and under deed, with buyers and sellers including F L Anderson, Chas Jeffries, Macy Ellen Jeffries, Samuel B Dawson, Chas Lane, Bertha Ringer, Jessie E McAllister, Jas D Hall, Annie E Denny, Jas Burke, Nellie Hurt, Henry G Sweasy, Elizabeth Vance, Frank B Warfel, Margaret Barpe, Earl W Tandy, and others in Blandinsville Macomb Colchester Monmouth and New Philadelphia districts.
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F. L. Anderson
Chas
Bertha R. Ringer
East
Macomb
Jessie E. McAllister
D. Hall
A. Short
Annie E. Denny
Lamoine
Lawson A. Tracey
Jas. Burke
Bushnell
Nellie Hurt
Henry G. Sweasy
Robert Miller
Elizabeth Vance
Whilace A. Walker
Frank B. Warfel
Officer Who Shot Prisoner Known Here
Table Grobe OL Dec 8 Edward Erickson Peoria police character was shot and killed Sunday night by George Farrar at Virginia Illinois after he had been forced into a cell by Erickson and two companions Spencer and Riggs were held in Cass county jail for trial on automobile theft charges Erickson was held on grand larceny charges George Farrar is well known in this community former resident here Beards town where he was chief of police for years
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Table Grobe
Edward Erickson
Peoria
George Farrar
Virginia
Ill
Erickson
Spencer
Riggs
Cass County
Beardstown
Car Burns on Hill Near Prairie City
A Chevrolet car owned by Clint Hunt of Ellisville was destroyed by fire on Sanford Hill east of Prairie City near C. L. Curtis's home. Hunt, traveling to Bushnell, stopped to help another vehicle, left his car at the hill foot, and returned to start it. The engine back fired and the entire car burst into flames.
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Prairie City
Til
Clint Hunt
Ellisville
Sanford Hill
C. L. Curtis
Bushnell urged to push hard road westward to Carthage
The McDonough Democrat editorials urge Bushnell residents to back a state road from Bushnell through Blandinsville La Harpe and Sciota to Carthage. They warn without local effort Bushnell will be cut out as Blandinsville La Harpe and Sciota move ahead. State engineers have reviewed the route and Blandinsville may gain a route that harms Bushnell trade.
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Macomb
Bushnell
God, Hope
Sciota
Blandinsville
LaHarpe
Carthage
McDonough Democrat
Bruce Bailey
Seiota
Oquawka
Burlington
Mississippi
Iowa
Officers Elected in M. E. Church Eight Eight
News notes that the M. E. church district elected its officers with J. H. Ullrich as Superintendent, Walter W Thompson as First Assistant Superintendent, and W. R. Botorf as Second Assistant Superintendent.
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M. E
J. H. Ullrich
Walter W Thompson
W. R. Botorf
School officers named after pleasant pot luck meeting
Missionary Superintendent Mrs. Alice Moore heads a large list of officers for next year. Plans aim for a hundred percent attendance under leader John H. Ullrich with the full teaching corps to be announced later.
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Alice Moore
C. H. Wright
Secy-Treas
W. E. Cadman
Duane Griffith
Merue Keys
Louis Moon
John Senn Jr
Nellie Hall
Tacie Hall
John H. Ullrich
Clergy return from Chicago regional synod conference
Rev. L. J. Coats and Rev. John R. Vance arrived home from Chicago after a conference with the Illinois Chairman of the Synods committee on Church Extension and Christian Benevolences. A called meeting of Presbytery in Macomb is set for December 20 to conduct Rushville Presbytery business. Local advertisers note that by stander want ads do pay.
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L. J. Coats
Good Hope
John R. Vance
Chicago
Illinois
Macomb
Rushville
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