Aledo Man Killed by Auto in City Intersection
Aledo resident John M. Fisher, 77, died after being struck by a truck driven by Victor Swan at West Fifth and South Oak streets as he returned from a ball game. Coroner’s inquest ruled accidental death. Fisher had long served Ohio Grove township and leaves a son and a daughter.
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Aledo
John M. Fisher
Victor Swanson
Joy
West Fifth
South Oak Street
Fisher
W. A. McClanahan
Rogers
Swanson
Mr. Love
Fifth Street
West Fourth Street
Love
Mr. Fisher
Ripley
Little York
Ebenezer Fisher
Ella McIntire
Ohio Grove Township
Local Families Attend Gatherings and Visits Across States
Mr and Mrs Harri son Terry and Mr and Mrs M L Bowser drove to Chicago last week spending Wednesday to Sunday at the fair. Anderson Kleist of Hillsdale Ill visited in the Nussbaum home and attended the Kleist Keuger reunion near Aledo. Ollie Kellar returned from Chillicothe Mo. Stanley Anderson Hershel Anderson and Edward Elliot of Galesburg visited N R Kleist and Dan Kleist. James Milne near Joy suffered a paralytic stroke. Ladies Missionary Society of Providence church picnicked at Omer Martin’s in Rock Island with a basket dinner.
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Harrison Terry
M. L. Bowser
Chicago
Anderson Kleist
Hillsdale
Ill
William Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Kleist
Kleist Keuger
Aledo
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Providence Church
Omer Martin
Rock Island
Eve Rader Persists in Secret Stock Ambitions at Bixbys
Eve Rader the assistant to Earle Barnes at Bixbys Department Store pursues stock investments after reading a friend's letter. She visits Sloan & Sanford brokers and City Bank to learn buying on margin while keeping Dick unaware. Her plan grows despite cautious banker warnings as she eyes a financial future beyond advertising.
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Eve Bayless
Earle Barnes
Bixby’s
Dick Rader
Eve
Marya Vlad
Arlene Smith
Mona Allen
Arlene
George Bliss
Mona
Irene Prentiss
New York
Irene
Europe
Marya
Barnes
Lake City
Sloan & Sanford
Sloan & Sanford Company
Mr. Sanford
Sanfords
Mr. Brown
City Bank
Mr. Browne
Tims
Goodby
Finance
Second Annual Flower Show Draws Wilton 275 Visitors
The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church sponsored the second annual community flower show in the Bacon building drawing 275 visitors. There were 159 senior and 21 junior garden entries along with handmade rugs and baskets. Carl Steffens, who is blind, contributed rugs while L. R. Friederickson judged the flowers and A. I. Hellman and Mrs. John Roederer judged the rugs.
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Wilton
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
Bacon Building
Carl Steffens
L. R. Friederickson
A. I
Fire near Aledo causes $1500 damage at W J Brown farm
Fire two miles east of Aledo damaged the W J Brown farm leased by Dr. W W Warnock and tenanted by Louis Hood. A large corn crib, baled hay and straw, and nearly 500 bushels of corn were destroyed before the Aledo fire department halted the blaze. A grainery was partially burned.
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Aledo
W. J. Brown
W. W. Warnock
Louis Hood
Blaze destroys grainery as firemen halt spread
Firemen and neighbors fought a blaze that destroyed a grainery and risked two nearby barns. Several department members suffered minor burns and cuts while battling the flames. Officials believe spontaneous combustion in recently baled hay started the fire.
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Aledo Man
Auto
Joy, Il
Sue
Wagh
Hum
Geneva Market
Muscatine
Michigan
Damson
Bartlett
Idaho
Peck
Wisconsin
Urday
Ay, C
Junedale
Sey Memo Archiee Food Market
Oranges
California
Vienna
Hillcrest
del Monte Coffee
Blue Lab
Melrose
Miracle
Goblog
Bor
George Bitman
General Foods
OG. F. Conp
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