Court Probate Docket Includes Many Appointments
A 1918 docket lists numerous executors guardians and conservators appointed in Jefferson County. Names include John Owens Anna Ax J S Stonebraker and Henry Hassler with bonds from 50 000 to 80 000 and various letters testamentary and of administration issued. Final reports estates Isadore Franciso John M Stonebraker and Daniel OBrien appear with discharge orders and hearings set.
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Owens
H. R. Brown
John Owena
Henry Hassler
Bs C. Mohr
Aderson
Y F. Durfee
Stephen Durfee
Sid Ballans
Anna Ax
Ohn C. Reed
Chas
Admr
Barney Tesmoski
Fred Pierson
Alma Dahlin
Watertown State Hospital
Barbara Faubel
Daniel O’brien
Odred
Dominic Torri
G. C. Wilson
Guardian Ad Litem
John M. Stonebraker
Jetters
J. S. Stonebraker
Isadore Franciso
David Ballans
Annie M. Virden
Petitoiners
May Virden
Michael Brotemarkle
Joseph Lukan
Antiga
Arthur B. Brady
John T. Johnson
Samuel P. Prescott
George H. Groubach
Ann E. Lockwood
The Top Sergeant
A vivid portrait from Mina Irving in the New York Sun, describing a tough senior sergeant who rules a military camp with stern discipline. The verse portrays his hawk like gaze and battlefield bearing, his profane tongue, and the shaping influence he has on new soldiers and their patriotism.
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Mina Irving
New York Sun
Knew Where to Place Him
A rural philanthropist offers work to a young man with no literary talent hoping to give him a fresh start. He believes the youth is a natural born thief and would begin where there is nothing to steal.
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Mr. Richman
Modest Navy Heroes Unearth Names Yet To Be Learned
During a Norfolk fire a pair of sailors entered a burning hotel to reach two trapped firemen. They carried the injured men to a window and lowered them to the ground along an icy ladder. After completing the rescue the sailors vanished into the crowd, their names unrevealed.
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Navy Department
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Gentle Wild Beasts and Plowing in Either Direction
In his travels explorer Mr. Savage Landor asserts most wild beasts are not inherently dangerous unless wounded hungry or provoked and even in captivity they are often sullen. Separately cane land requires heavy plows with two portable steam engines pulling a double-ended plow in Porto Rican sugar plantations.
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Savage Lander
Health Gain
Professor Phillips of Amherst College argues that American women today are physically finer and stronger than in the past. He predicts continued improvement across generations, potentially making women nearly as physically equal and fit as men within a few centuries.
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Phillips
Amherst College
Costs of Living in Sweden Driven by War Hunger
The report notes widespread shortages with food prices rising sharply since the war. Lard, margarine, beef, and pork are scarce or unavailable, milk is rationed, coffee and tea are heavily marked up, and coal costs exceed 100 dollars per ton.
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Sweden
Norway
Finland
Murder at Toluca Servian Lays in Wait for Fellow Countryman
Servian immigrant Savio Yancich waited for George Cernovich in Toluca last Sunday evening and shot him three times with a 38 caliber revolver. He surrendered and is jailed to await grand jury action. both men came from Servia and had lived in Toluca for over a decade. Yancich admits the crime and may plead not guilty at trial. He and his wife have three children in Toluca. Cernovich’s wife is deceased and he has three children in Servia.
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Servian
George Cernavich
Toluca
Savio Yancich
Servia
Yaneich
Cernovich
Yancich
Tolnea
Tacon
Auto caravan to Peoria Sunday School convention
Bureau county Sunday schools plan an automobile caravan to the state convention in Peoria May 21 22 and 23. Delegates will depart Princeton May 22 at 8 am with stops at Tiskilwa Whitefield Corners Chillicothe Rome Mossville and Peoria. if weather delays occur travel by train at 12:05 pm.
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Peoria
Bureau County
Princeton
Princeton l
Tiskilwa
Whitefield Corners
Chillicothe
Rome
Mossville
Bureau
Fire at Magnolia destroys light plant and outbuildings
Last Saturday at about 9:30 a.m. a fire at Magnolia’s electric light plant spread quickly aided by strong winds. Villagers from Magnolia and nearby towns rushed in with fire extinguishers but lost the plant, a storehouse with 50 barrels of salt, an ice house owned by R. W. Spencer, a large barn and another ice house, a coal shed, an oil shed, and the talahouse. Firefighters labored to save what remained.
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Marshal County
Magnolia
Varna
Lostant
Henry
Granville
R. W. Spencer
James Dunne
Fire damages Magnolia buildings and post office area
Fire at Magnolia damages the R. W. Spencer store area including the Magnolia bank restaurant and post office. Eyewitnesses credit Magnolia women for carrying water to men on roofs while the loss is estimated around 5.44 dollars and more.
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R. W. Spencer
Magnolia Bank
Dunne
Hecht
Robert Mann
Telephone Exchange
Magnolia
Physician and Surgeon Office at 120 W St Paul St Spring Valley
A brief local notice indicates a physician and surgeon maintains an office at 120 West St Paul Street in Spring Valley. The fragmentary item suggests a professional listing or directory entry for medical services in the area.
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W. St. Paul St
Spring Valley
Road Fine Payor Debate Between Officials and Citizens
In a rural finance debate a road commissioner questions who will fund a proposed fine road. A citizen argues motorists should pay, claiming the road will tempt speeding and their fines will cover costs. The edition ends with a remark on a past book's success and an odd finish about two acres.
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TY Court
Klein
Phenix
Lelaim
Therman
Ge Hahn
Ander
Executrix
Davis Conservator
John B. Smith
Clyde E. Stone
Custer
Darling
Reubens
Justice of the Eta
Brown Bros. Cons. Co
Spring Valley, Illinois
DR. Olmsted
Peru
Pīru
Paul F. McNamara
R. A. Smith
WM. Hawthorne
Cima
J. L. Murphy
Peltier Bldg
Boston
J. J. Moran
Majestic
Qassiday Bros
J. HH Franklin
Jagodszinski
Ill
DR. Ladue
DR. A. Rummell
Cos
the Gentaur Company
NEW_YORK
Pais
Omonins
Bears
Castoria
Marquette St
la Salle, Illinois
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