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Newspaper
Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1905
Page
1
Special to the Gazette reports Secretary Taft cabled Governor Wright in Manila to inform Admiral Enquist that U S policy requires strict enforcement. The communication concerns damaged ships Autotay Oleg and Jemchig and actions after the period allowed by international law expires.
A fine display of school work is ready for the opening tonight as the June festival begins. Students showcase projects and creative work in a community event expected to draw local families and visitors.
The June Festival at the Central School opens at 7:30 PM with a reception room of peonies ferns and rugs. Rooms two three and four host refreshment parlors cake sale and bright chalk landscapes while rooms five to ten display drawings crafts and woodwork including a large oak mission hall clock.
The steamer Mountain Gem returned to Lewiston from the upper Snake river after a record voyage carrying cargo and passengers. A highlight was the Eureka to Salmon river run of four miles in six and a half minutes. Passengers included Petersen and Hibble of the Eureka company and M. Scully who praised Captain Gray for expert handling.
Miss Ella Stiltz of Zanesville Ohio and Mr Frederick Mote of St Louis Missouri united in marriage at the bride’s home in Zanesville on a recent Saturday. Mr and Mrs Mote will reside in St Louis where he is a civil engineer. The bride, sister of Mrs A H Dillon and C A Stultz of Sterling, has been active in society and is a noted vocalist. Sterling friends unite in warm congratulations and good wishes for the couple.
A local Woman's Club committee aims to reward notable improvements in city cleanliness with three five dollar prizes. Residents will enter by informing the committee, which will select judges to visit sites from street to alley rear, assessing progress through September and October.
This Evening features Machinists Guy-tones Company E drill I O O F and U S W V in regular programs. Knights of the Grate Order of the Eastern Star hold activities. CIA board meeting noted. June festival planned at Central school.
Fred B Duis formerly in the Sterling government office as a canal feeder civil engineer is to be transferred from Peoria to Wheeling West Virginia for river improvement work. He is described as a seasoned government engineer with several years in river projects and will join other Sterling alumni already moving to new duties on the Illinois river deep-waterway program.
The Knights have a handsome club occupying the third floor of the Farwell Building, with occupancy by KTS noted in the report.
Invitations issued for the opening of the Knights of Columbus club rooms in Farwell hall with a large lecture room and ballroom. The Acad emy of Music orchestra will provide music. Rooms span seventy five by twenty three feet on the third floor, richly furnished with oak tables, chairs, rockers, couches, and rugs. Decorative plaster, green and white ceiling, and ornamental grillwork mark the stylish interior.
J Elliott, custodian of the new federal building, advertises for fiscal year supplies ending July 30 1906. Bids open June 10 in the new building with right to reject all bids. Items include gas fuel towels ice street sprinkling and other misc supplies. Plastering near completion and plumbers finished rough work. occupancy expected by July 15.
The article notes Mr. Sox declared his first crop of potatoes from a spring-planted patch to be of good size, comparable to hen eggs. He harvested them Saturday at noon after digging them up that morning.
Taxes on real estate in Whiteside County entered for judgment in the county court. The annual sale is set for Monday June 12 in Morrison's supervisors room. Delinquent totals are not yet tabulated by the county treasurer. judgment is entered against the land for the unpaid tax and the property is sold.
A packed House of Worship is handsomely decorated to honor the young people from the township high school. Residents gather for a community celebration recognizing students and their achievements.
The baccalaureate service at the Baptist church drew large attendance from the Township High School community. Rev. Pierce urged graduates to embrace struggle as a law of progress, stressing that true advancement comes through conflict and the spirit of Christ, with emphasis on preparation for higher learning and service.
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