Church Notes and Slugging Contests Lead Rural News
A church social invites the community with “Lend a hand” in December. In sports, the Hoffmann Trunk football team clashed with Peru’s T. N. T. eleven, ending in a rough match as Trunks’ Ray Fehr was knocked unconscious and hospitalized briefly. In crime, Ted Allen a coal miner from Standard City was murdered on a hard road near South Pekin while traveling with companions in search of work.
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Hoffman Trunk
Peru
Ray Fehr
Wild Cats
Trunks
Fehri
Ted Allen
Standard City
South Pekin
Allen
Standard Oil
Carlinville
Pekin
Hubert Blanch
Virden
Roland Hedrick
North Fourteenth Street
Springfield
Blanch
Thanksgiving dinner thanked donors at M E Church
A public notice expresses gratitude from Vinnie Muir president of Ladies Aid for donations to the Thanksgiving dinner and supper held at the M E Church on November 29.
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M. E
Vinnie Muir
Ladies Aid
M E Church Notes Sunday Schedule
The M. E. Church announces Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m Epworth League at 6 30 p m Evening Service at 7 30 p m Prayer Service Thursday at 7 30 p m Next Sabbath topic The Nature and Purpose of Scripture Evening topic The Greatest Missionary Book of the Old Testament Pastor Clarence Uhl delivers the messages.
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M. E. Church
Epworth League
Bedan Team Is Handed Defeat in Close Battle
The Bedan squad falls 13 to 7 as injuries thin the backfield. Kern and Ray Frehill exit in the second half, weakening the offense. St. Bede struggles to stop end runs while Academy pressure yields a late score and a hard-fought win.
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BEDAN
St. Bede
Kern
Academy
Ray Freehill
Ottawa Man Killed by Train Near Rock Island Tracks
The body of Michael J. O Connell a life resident of Ottawa was found near the west bound Rock Island tracks two blocks west of the Ottawa Products Company plant. Brakeman Geary of Blue Island discovered the remains at 1 50 am last Thursday while inspecting his train suggesting the 1212 westbound passenger train struck him. O Connell was last seen alive near the Rock Island depot about midnight before the train's arrival.
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Ottawa
Michael J. O'Connell
Rock Island
Ottawa Products Company
Geary
Blue Island
O'Connell
O’connell
Toluca Man Ends Life John Curley Jr Dies After Suicide
Toluca resident John Curley Jr. died in Streator hospital after slashing his throat and wrists on his Toluca porch. His wife found him missing from his room and later lying in a dying condition on the porch floor. A bloody razor was found near the body. He had been despondent and had threatened self harm.
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John Curley, Jr
Toluca
Streator
Curley
Hull Campaign Is Without Politics
Congressman William E E Hull of the sixteenth Illinois district completed a politics free campaign tour using navy motion pictures and Panama Canal slides, in 45 cities. He spoke for twenty minutes after each showing, reaching over 20,000 people and plans to continue the method from Washington.
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William EE. Hull
Illinois
United States Navy
Panama Canal
Navy Department of Washington
Hull
Washington
Former Peruvian Dies at Bushnell
Mrs. Martha Campbell widow of the late J. J. Campbell and former Peru resident died last Friday morning at her daughter’s home in Bushnell. She was once a jeweler’s wife and noted locally for her long life in Peru.
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Martha Campbell
J. J. Campbell
Peru
Bushnell
James 2
The
Stolen Cadillac Sedan Recovered Near Mendota
A 1924 Cadillac sedan stolen Friday from Chas B. Smith’s LaSalle home was found Sunday morning abandoned near Mendota. The car overturned beside the roadside with little damage. Smith, owner and Kaskaskia garage proprietor, reported the theft after discovering the break in Saturday.
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Chas. B. Smith
LaSalle
Mendota
Smith
Kaskaskia
Postoffice Closed for Thanksgiving Day 1923
The Postoffice will be closed Thanksgiving Day November 29 1923 with no deliveries by carriers. Special delivery matter handled and outgoing mail dispatched as usual. Lobby open for rock box patrons 7 am to 11 am. Burnell postmaster WH.
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Rock Box
Streator Chautauqua Association sued over ticket sales
The Interstate Chautauqua Co sues the Streator Chautauqua Association and its officers in circuit court for 1000 damage, alleging failure to deliver the contracted sale of season tickets for a summer chautauqua in Streator. The suit names the association’s officers and directors as defendants.
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the Streator Chautauqua Association
Interstate Chautauqua Co
Central Life to Move Home Office to Chicago
Central Life Insurance plans move of its Ottawa home office to Chicago by January 1 with start by December 15 in a best case. If building delays push leaving Ottawa past January 1 the move may not occur until March 1. Officers plan to relocate families as the office staff relocates and most Ottawa employees including thirty five young women and all male staff intend to move.
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Central Life Insurance Co
Ottawa
Chicago
Allen a General Heads German Relief Drive Statement
General Henry T. Allen, former commander of American forces in Germany, now leads a committee to aid starving German children. He said America never waged war on children, a remark aimed at shaping public understanding of U.S. wartime actions.
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Henry T. Allen
United States
Germany
America
Conservator's Sale of Ward's Real Estate in Ladd Illinois
By decree of the Bureau County Court 1923 conservator Jno H Weissenburger will sell Ward Nicholas Dorn's Lot 9 Block 36 Village of Ladd Illinois. Sale December 8 1923 at 2 PM at Princeton Court House East front door. Terms: one half cash. balance on court confirmation and deed delivery.
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Said
Jno
H. Weissenburger
Nicholas Dorn
Bureau
State of Illinois
Towit
Ladd
Illinois
Court House
Princeton
Ilinois
Bureau County
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Sam
Indy
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W. G. Oleo
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Chevrolet
Spring Valley, Ill
Burnell
Chautauqua Company
Central Life
Westinghouse
Brown Bros
Hunt
Chas. Fehr & Son
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Spring Valley City Bank
Walter Zukowski
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