Clarke couple plans return to Manito living soon
Mr and Mrs A F Clarke of Cantrall intend to move back to Manito once a rental house is found. Clarke resumes role as foreman of the section crew while Melvin Fischer injures his knee in a high jump at the recently held high school meet. Corner Room 367 in the St Francis Hospital addition is ready for patients, furnished by R L Mahr in memory of his wife Letha Mae Mahr. Local guards from Co Lat Delavan are on duty at the Beardstown bridge with Selke Ethell, Hirst, and Parker serving. Alfred Garlish writes that he has arrived overseas but cannot reveal his location. John Combs, 77, dies after extended illness.
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A. F. Clarke
Cantrall
Manito
Mr. Clarke
Forman
Seection Crew
Melvin Fischer
R. L. Mahr
Letha Mae Mahr
Co. Lat Delavan
Beardstown Bridge
Lawrence Selke
George E. Ethell
Co. L
Wm. F. Hirst
Donald Parkin
Alfred Garlish
Wm. Garlish
John Combs
Manito Bakery Sign Remains as Artist Hilst Found
An attractive Manito Bakery window sign by traveling artist Ralph A. Hilst is discovered after he disappears overnight. His nephew Lester Hilst locates him Monday morning at Fred Lohmeyer’s new dairy barn near the elevator. death from apoplexy is reported. The Cottage Inn offers 50 cent dinners and variable lunches.
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Manito
J. H. Fuller
Ralph A. Hilst
Lester Hilst
Fred Lohmeyer
Cottage Inn
Etta Cox
M.C.H.S
Mable Starrett
Russell Maas
Joseph Citron
Edna Mae Clarke
Louis Talbott
Local improvements and business moves across town
April 1 1915 notes report George Hill employing men to remodel a hotel property with the kitchen dining room and office moved to Dr Nelle Caulkins. M Bowler improves a residence with a new porch. Henry Van Dyke resigns from Manito Creamery after 2013. Judy and Cook of Mackinaw plan operations for Peoples State Bank building with foundations to be set Monday. Louis Heckman driving a new seven passenger Silents.
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George Hill
Dinin
Cook
Mackinaw
Peoples State Bank
Louis Heckman
Knight Automobile and Streube Player Piano Arrive at Beebe Home
The article notes Knight Automobile trades in an old Moline Dreadnaught for a new model. A Streube player piano, won by Gaile Beebe in the Penona Journal Contest, arrived Monday and sits in the Beebe residence. It praises the instrument as fine and decorative furniture while urging readers to visit the showroom for a suit line and warning the painless process carries no obligation to purchase.
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Knight Automobile
Moline
Streube
Gaile Beebe
Peona Journal
Beebe
Cc. O. Huffman
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St. Francis Hospital
Manito, Ill
Court St. Pekin Ill
R. L. Mahr Manito
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Builders’ Supplies
Paris
Conklin Lumber CO
Pekin, Il
Pekin Cleaners
Morse
Peoples State Bank OF
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jack Farmer
John Deere
John Deere Zeecse
Buil
Seeus
Seelye Hardware
Manita, Illinois
Standard Service
Jiggs and
Marlowe
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