Route 1 and Route 3 Rural News Roundup
Rainy week leaves rough roads and repairs under way on Routes 1 and 3. Carrier Gewis Anderson and family visit relatives. hogs being moved to market. several births reported including a boy to Earl and Mrs. McCain and a boy to Mr. and Mrs. John McKee. A Christmas program at Hickory Grove and road improvements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gewis Anderson
Carrier Anderson
Dick Atkinson
Route
Colchester
Archie Cole
Milwaukee
George C. Cole
Carl Moninger
Moline
George Cole
Jud Moninger
Macomb
Hickory Grove
Route 4 Update and Local Shifts
Chester Kirkbride recovers slowly from earlier injuries and uses crutches. Asher Miller will take over the Alex Edie place next year, acquiring about twice the land. McNair and Fairmont schools closed due to serious illness of a Macomb-based parent of teachers George and Tina Dunn. Orville Cuba is pulling out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Icenogle
Chester Kirkbride
Asher Miller
Maple Avenue
Alex Edie
Good Hope
McNair
Fairmont
Macomb
George
Tina Dunn
Orville
Cuba
Public Entertainer Prof Shields To Headline In Macomb
Public entertainer Prof Shields, a widely known figure, arrives in Macomb to serve as city headquarters for four months. He will stage performances for school and church benefit fundraisers and libraries. Schools and churches may contact him at 226 East Carroll Street to arrange events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Shields
Macomb
East Carroll Street
Election notes and local updates from the Ebenezer area
Election of officers for the Christian Endeavor at Ebenezer was held last Sunday. Regular church and Sunday school services are planned for next Sunday. Charles Patrick builds a new home fence and finds a better white oak post during post removal. A business trip to Maine is mentioned, and Frank Haynes and Floyd Morley shipped hogs yesterday. Amos Elder plans a sale next Tuesday to dispose of surplus farm equipment and stock. John Wiley, Macomb township supervisor, attends board meetings in Macomb this week. A town police matter involves a deputy bringing a suspect back to Galesbury from Dallas City after a marshal’s statement. Police revise a suspect description and issue a lookout. Ads note leather goods and related items from Stinson’s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Sullivan
Glenn Mustain
Jos
Callahan
John McKee
Earl Runkle
Eva Beal
Holmes Hospital
Macomb
Harry Sapp
Macomb Township
John Waddill
Arthur Bugg
Dallas Smith
Willard Watsop
Margaret Hayden
Wes Hayden
W. S. Herlan
Beardstown
Louise
Riecey Walker
R. D. McMillan
The
Christian Endeavor
Ebenezer
Maine
Frank Haynes
Floyd Morley
Amos Elder
John Wiley
Galesbury
George Sullivan Cording
Dallas City
Gett
Hitler
Wien
Rough Roads Cast Shadows On Route 5 And Route 6
Route 5 notes rough roads after rain with slow dragging and looming freeze. Route 6 reports John Gunning injured in a runaway, James Thompson out with a knee injury, and a dry deep well on James Russell farm. Stock sales continue with Roy Butcher and others selling hogs and cattle shipments to Chicago market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Little
B. F. Gill
James Russell
Charles McCutcheon
John Gunning
Mr. Gunning
James Thompson
Ford
Amone Tose
Roy Butcher
Brice Ri
Frank Andrews
Omer Bainter
Shipping Association
George Runkle
Juvenile jail breaker captured Monday eve
Galesburg December 15 Louis Badgett escaped Knox county jail Monday morning was tracked to Dallas City and captured Monday evening by the police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Louis Badgett
Knox County
Dallas City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arlington Murphy
Earl McCain
Emmet Township
Chiropractic Clinic
Palmer School
South Side Park
Mittens
ED Roark
N. S. Sq
Macomb Motor Sales Co
W. Carroll
St. Macomb, Ill
Charles Patrick
Turis
Stinson
Leb
St. Jacobs
Webbers and Reich
Chas. Goodwin
South Side Square
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