Lockport Graduation Plans and Local Notes
Lockport plans for commencement exercises at Norton’s Opera House with a June 26 program led by Rev. J. W. Bloom and a June 24 class night. Alumni events, orchestra performances, diplomas, and honors dominate the schedule as students, families, and teachers prepare for graduation.
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Clarence Wagner
Norton’s Opera House
A A. Milne
J. W. Bloom
Lockport
Norton's ‘Opera House
Lemont News: Local Mentions and Travels
Lemont residents share travels and work plans from Rock Island Railway Chicago to Denver. Misses O Donnell Kerwin visit Joliet and Dellwood while a Ringling Bros. display attracts crowds. Ill relatives and local social visits include Mrs Farley ill and Miss Stanger visiting Joliet.
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Lemont, Ill
N. J. Brown
Roy
New Mexico
Win
Vester
Denver
Colo
Rock Island R. R. Co
Chicago
John Farley
Charlotte Brown
Joliet
Ringling Bros. Circus
Gardner
Dean
Lockport
Smith
Sam Nell
Providence
K. L
Carrie Stanger
D. Kelly
Mamie Kerwin
Married at Wilton Quietly as Father McNamee Officiates
Mrs. Fred McGowan and Miss Lizzie Lanigan of Symerton wed at Wilton at 9 am on Wednesday with Father McNamee presiding. A small reception followed at the bride’s parents’ home. The couple plan to settle soon at the Miller house on Eastern avenue.
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Manhattan
Drew
Emington
Ill
G. BE. Hargraves
Fred McGowan
Lizzie Lanigan
Symerton
Wilton
Father McNamee
Miller
Eastern Avenue
Salvation Army revival brigade to hold city tent meeting
Adjutant Marguerite Allcock will lead a five woman Salvation Army revival brigade for a three week tent meeting starting June 20 in this city. The experienced group has worked in Illinois and Wisconsin and will perform in prominent churches.
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Salvation Army Revival Brigade
Illinois
Wisconsin
Elda Schorder Celebrates Eighteenth Birthday Festivities
Elda Schorder marks her 18th birthday with cards and music and a dainty lunch. Will county postmasters and R F D carriers hosted a gathering at Grange hall with Mrs Hart providing a fine supper. Notable notes include funeral for James McPartlin in Manhattan and visits by Mr and Mrs Henry McCune to Chicago.
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Chicago
Fitzgerald
Stephen Williams
Viola Bolin
Lockport
Carl Focht
Northwestern
Alaska
Frank Higgins
Joliet
Dellwood Park
George F. Beely
J, F. Courtney
R. 0. Moore
Ll. W. Foster
Will County
Aspel’s Grove
Pence
Orr
Adam
Homer
Chicago Lorchestra
A. Cleveland
Marshall
John W. Arnold
South Dakota
Hilda Henry
Bilby
Eria Bchorder
John McClennahen
Inez
Oxford
Ohio
McClenashan
West
Indiana
Drew
Gerdner
Witt G. E
Elda Schorder
Grange Hall
Hart
James McPartlin
Manhattan
St. Joseph's Hospital
James
Henry McCune
Baby Matheny
Grangers
M. J. Cunningham
Ten-Year-Old Corn Reserve In Cedar Point Cribs
Cottonwood Falls resident C. C. Smith stores 12 000 bushels of corn one mile south of Cedar Point. The crop from 1898 has stood through ten winters and summers and remains sound. He also keeps 6 000 to 7 000 bushels of wheat five years stored. This has been his habit for decades with 10 000 to 20 000 bushels normally in cribs.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
C. C. Smith
Cedar Point
Chase County
S Smith
Smith
Landscape Painter and Animal Painter Dialogue
A witty exchange shows a landscape painter claiming realism while the animal painter jokes about smoke during haze. The banter highlights contrasting artistic personas and a playful dynamic between the two artists.
Witty Drugstore Exchange Sparks Laughs
A cheeky dialogue between a customer and a druggist ends with a sharp quip about the medicine. The druggist notes the product won’t harm a well person, while claiming it helps the sick. The exchange captures a light, period-appropriate humorous moment.
No Meat and Dog Bite Incident Report
A brief exchanges notes a dog bite claim with two speakers. Skinniman questions the dog’s mood while Stouton replies the dog was not mad, just disappointed.
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Skinniman
Stouton
Market prices paid producers on June 19
Prices listed by M. Truby & Son include Yellow Corn No 2 and No 4.50, Mixed Corn No 4.50, Oats seed hay baled 13 50 14 00, Hay baled 13 50 14 66, oats straw baled and loose, butter Elgin creamery and dairy butter in jars at 23 20.
Wise talk on visitors ends with dinner table quip
A humorous exchange recalls family meals as a mother’s short visits provoke a witty reply. Becker jokes about treating the guest as family, offering the tough end of the steak and the neck of the...
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Becker
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