Decoration Day sports and town notes in 1905
June 8 1905 report from Pringle and Bolworthy shop describes Jim Brewer’s broken nose during ice handling. Decoration Day drew crowds to Hill's Park for Spring Lake vs Forest City. Manito Ball went to Jacksonville with 80 rooters but scores unknown. G A R posts honor Memorial Sunday with many names listed. Calaboose cleaned by town marshal. Livestock roaming raises concern. hitching racks for horses. Miss Winifred Beebe to teach County Line School. Laura Sparks at Isenberg. Ola Summers at Coon Grove. J. H. Hunt’s cottage in Pollard’s addition under construction and a new home in the subdivision.
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Pringle and Bolworthy
Jim Brewer
Hill's Park
Spring Lake
Forest City
Jacksonville
C. A. M. Pollard
G.A.R
Scott Green
B. W. Reed
Jesse Scott
Joseph Anno
F. G. Cox
John Hirst
D. A. Trent
Wm. McLaughlin
D. P. Black
Jake Bortzfield
Dan Havens
Eli Cogdall
John Barnes
Winifred Beebe
County Line
Laura Sparks
Isenberg
Ola
Coon Crove
Townsmen Purchase Block for New Addition Growth
Three local young men village clerk S J Marshall post master Hilling and Harry Brown bought half a block in the new addition and plan to build there. The Fourth of July celebration in Manito will be open to the public with two balloon ascensions and moving pictures. Cement sidewalks spread as Scott and Ide Barbers lead the trend.
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S. J. Marshall
Hilling
Harry Brown
Manito
Scott
Ide
Peoples State Bank
Behrlichers Drugstore
Frank Loucks
Milwaukee
Clarence Hey
New York
Jacob Spaits
Louisville
John O’hara
Fulton County
Nelle
Maude Knollhoff
Pekin
Faculty to Do Summer Work at Urbana and Harvard
June 9 1921 three High School faculty members Supt Phipps Dorothy Addicks and Elva Back plan summer school tasks Phipps travels to Urbana while Addicks and Back study at Harvard University A birthday party celebrated Mrs J W Cooper with students visiting her home bringing cats and gifts Steve Van Tine and Merrill Huffman won prizes in games.
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Supt. Phipps
Dorothy Addicks
Elva Back
Phipps
Urbana
Addicks
Back
Harvard University
J. W. Cooper
Nan Boyd
Private Meredith Warner Returns to Camp Chaffee for Wiring School
Pvt Meredith Warner who was on leave has gone back to Camp Chaffee Arkansas and will attend field wiring school for eight weeks. He is to be enrolled in the eight week program starting Friday.
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Pvt
Meredith Warner
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Paschke and Albrecht Families Dine With Meyers
Monday supper guests were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Paschke and daughter from Calumet City and Mrs. Fred Albrecht and family from Pekin visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer and family.
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Arthur Paschke
Calumet City
Fred Albrecht
William Meyer
Monroe family returns to Delray Beach after pleasant vacation
Mrs. Kenneth Monroe and family have returned to Delray Beach Florida after a pleasant vacation here Kenny expects to join his family in the early fall when his business closes for the winter months.
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Kenneth Monroe
Delray Beach
Fla
Kenny
Illinois highway bids open for 49 projects across 38 counties
The state Division of Highways will open bids Tuesday June 22 for 49 road construction projects in 38 Illinois counties with an estimated total cost of 6.5 million dollars. The listing includes about 0.5 million dollars worth of projects whose prior bids were rejected as too high, part of a larger program nearing fifty million dollars.
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Springfield
Illinois
Alumni Banquet Noted at M C H S Event
Fifty six members of the M C H S alumni attended a banquet in the church basement Friday evening. Clara Wistehurst, president, deserves much credit, and Joseph Seelye has been appointed Ford agent in this area.
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M.C.H.S
Clara Wistehurst
Joseph Seelye
Ford
Village board approves oil purchase for streets
The village board decided to buy two carloads of oil for street maintenance at Monday's meeting, with $200 paid by the village and the remainder funded through subscriptions.
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Otto Thomas
Urbana
Stuart
State University
E. C. Rowland
C. H. Ide
I. D. Zimmermans
Theo, Sieving
Value of highway work opened since January 1 1954
The record notes new highway construction work opened since January 1 1954 with about 38 million dollars placed under contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars
Dewey Wheeler Named Livestock Leader for 1954 Fair
Strother G. Jones announces Dewey Wheeler of Holgar county Kansas will be livestock superintendent at the 1954 Illinois State Fair. Wheeler returns from last year's post and will also serve as grand marshal for the mammoth livestock parade and superintendent of the annual steer sale on Friday August 20.
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Strother G. Jones
Dewey Wheeler
Kansas
Holgar County
Wheeler
Illinois Field Work Progress Across State
Fields of wheat ripen in southern Illinois while oats head in mid and northern areas. Rains and warm weather hasten corn and soybeans with southern corn a foot or more high. Moisture surplus noted from mid Illinois northward. Winter barley harvesting begins in the south.
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Illinois
Mid-State
Departments of Agri
Mid- Illinois
Illinois State Fair Opens Youth Day With New Features
Two new features join Children's and Youth Day on August 13 at the Illinois State Fair. An audience participation activity and a doll buggy parade will expand children's entertainment on opening day of the ten day exposition, which runs through Sunday August 22.
Busy man who never waits earns many good things
A maxim from the era emphasizes diligence and relentless activity. It frames busyness as a virtue leading to favorable outcomes and rewards for the proactive individual.
Matrimony Leaves a Man Little Choice
A humorous update notes that marriage restricts bachelor freedom, forcing a man to choose between settling down or paying higher costs or consequences. The quip frames matrimony as a pivotal life decision with social expectations.
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Trent
Pekin Cleaners
Morse
C. A. Bates
Pearl St
Havana, Ill
Kelly’'S Seeds
John Deere
New Idea
Oliver Balers
International
New Holland
Binder
Eclipse
Davig
Briggs and Stratton Motor
Kelly Seed CO
Peoria, Ill
San Jose, Ili
Court St
MERCURY _ Nga
Mercury
American Products Corporation
Detroit Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
Carp’s
Clinois
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