Peotone MRS Henry Meyer Died at 72
Mrs Magdalena Meyer longtime Peotone resident died Tuesday December 8 after months of illness aged 72 born in Blude Schlesny she lived on a farm north of town until 1898 mother of five children Frankfort Henry Woodstock Ed Crescent City and Mrs Ida Tschannen Monee she was an active Christian worker and devoted to family and church for many years
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Magdalena Meyer
Peets
Meyer
Jai Blude
Schlesany
Éme
Schroeder
Chicago
Ding
Peotill
Mrs. Christian Passes Away in Peotone Community
Clara Page Christian, longtime Peotone resident, died December 7 1908 after a life of church service and family. Born in Thornton New Hampshire in 1838 she married David L. Christian in 1850 and lived in Peotone until 1896 before moving to Englewood. She left six children two of whom survive L D Pease and Mrs Harsh, Englewood, and D W Christian of Kankakee. Funeral services were held at the Peotone Methodist Church with Rev. O Neill in attendance.
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Peotone
Clara Page
Thornton
N. H
Aspshire
Eln
Til
Avid L. Christian
Peo
Englewood
Kistian
L. D.— Pease
Local Notes Highlight Moves and Anniversaries
Oklahoma City residents plan to attend school while others reside with relatives. A new boot and leather shop opens near Meyer's clothing store. A.P. Lilley rents a home from Kansas and visits his brother. Campbell Bros trade in 183 head of cows and plan a sale Friday the fifth. The Meyers funeral is set for Friday at Interment in Peotone. Mr. and Mrs. Hodge celebrate thirty-second wedding anniversary with friends visiting Tuesday.
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A. B. Hodge
Matt Miller Violent Episode Prompted Institutional Care
Matt Miller nephew of Herman Peterson became violently insane last Sunday with prior signs of derangement. Two physicians are attending him at Mr. Peterson's home and at Dr Blim of Crete. Arrangements await to transfer him to an institution. The item also lists local visits and society notes from Monee and surrounding towns.
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Matt Miller
Herman Peterson
Peterson
Blim
Crete
Cattle Sale Set for Campbell Bros Farm Friday
Green Garden reports 183 head of cattle to be sold Friday December 11 at Campbell Bros farm. The event lists cattle ready for auction and welcomes buyers from the region.
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Campbell Bros
Blooded cattle sale at John Cann & Son’s Richland farm
Twenty four head of full blooded Shorthorn and Durham cattle will be sold at John Cann and Son’s Richland farm Peotone Illinois on Thursday December seventeenth 1908. These cattle come from top strains worldwide and buyers may infuse new blood or raise blooded stock by attending. Send for a catalogue to Geo W Barton Peotone.
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Durham
John Cann & Son
Richland Farm
Peotone
Ill
Geo. W. Barton
Money to Loan Recertification Security Case
Court records show Cowing and Young are lawyers handling a loan security matter. The piece notes a building cutting security steps and outlines a roy amount tied to the recertification process.
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Roy Amount
Recertats Security
Cowing & Young, Lawyera
Cupting Building
Dates for CUNNINGHAM's appearances listed
The notice lists engagements for T. J. Cunningham with dates in December including Dec 10 Wim. Allott Wilmington Dec 15 Henry Schrader Peotone Dec 16 A Baker Custer Park Dec 17 John Cann Will Dec 19 Laurence Leslie Manhattan Dec 30 Joe Lawlor Manhattan.
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Wim. Allott
Wilmington
Henry $Hrader
Peotone
A. Baker
Custer Park
John Cann
Will
Laurence Leslie
Manhat
Death of Mrs Henry Wassman in Denver and local notices
Andrew Polsen received word that his eldest daughter Mrs Henry Wassman died in Denver Colorado on Friday after a long illness. The Crete community mourns as funeral arrangements follow from Polsen's residence on Main Street. The issue also notes church teaching vacancies at Crete and a bank leadership change, plus local farming and rail updates and weatherless farm conditions.
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Crete
Andrew Polsen
Henry Wassman
Denver
Colo
Wassman
T. Brauer
W. F. Koening
Crete State Bank
Koelling
Albert Scheine
Fred Scheine
Henry Seehausen
Whitt
Henry Schrage
Schrage
Trinity Congregation
Chicago
Chicago & Southern Traction Co
Teo
Ageiess
Goodenow News Snapshot of Local Events and Accidents
Dec 9 local items report Herman Keeling, son of Mrs Sophia Keelling, fell from a wagon with other children but no bones broken. Miss Bina Graham returns to Grant Park. Charles Bahlman drills a well for Mrs Ellen Graham. Mrs Herman Mathias in Indiana. Henry Meyer family welcome a new son. Miss Tillie Meyer of Beecher visits. Harry Hall returns from Blue Island. Deputy Sheriff Herman arrests three would-be hunters trespassing on farm land. E J Smith improving at home. Markets: Corn 66¢, oats 46¢, hay $10/ton, hogs $5 to $5.85/100.
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Goodenow
Herman Keeling
Sophia Keelling
Bina Graham
Grant Park
Charles Bahlman
Ellen Graham
Herman Mathias
Indiana
Henry Meyer
Tillie Meyer
Beecher
Harry Hall
Blue Island
M. H. Smith
Albert Keeper
Herman
Crete
E. J. Smith
Mathias
Peotone
Thomas Clark
Chicago Live Stock Exposition Association
Chicago
Clark
W. E. Skinner
Denver
Colo
F. W. Harding
Waukesha
Wis
C. F. Curtis
Ames
Iowa
Edward Morris
John Clay
Mortimer Levering
Cincinnati
Q. W. A. Harris
Lawrence
Kan
Wm. Ostermeyer
Hinze
Woodwards Street
H. F. Balgeman
Mr. Balgeman
Eagle Lake
H. F_Theilman
Stuttgart
Ark
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
Margaret Foster
Rosie Hinze
Irene Marconett
Hilda Paulsen
Viola Selk
Willmer Boltman
Irving Bilelfeldt
Joseph Cloidt
Arnold Claus
Elmer Deneke
Robert Fluck
Oscar Knuth
E. Frances Morrisey
Irene Ehrhardt
Esther Adolph
Margaret OhlJenkamp
Elsie Paulsen
Ruth Matson
Ethel Wehrhoefer
Alma Schmaedeke
Catharine Cloidt
Ruth Adolph
Sarah Marconett
Mae Steevens
Vera Stites
Carrie Eifling
Ralph Hunte
Elmer Marconett
Edmund Selk
Walter Hinze
Arnold Henken
Arthur Boyens
Reinhold Ruwaldt
Gottlob “Busee
Milford Ruge
Leroy Harnisch
Walter Boltman
Alfred Haseman
Lawrence Wehrboefer
Raymond Bielfeldt
Arnold Boyens
Barbara Etheridge
Alfreda Kruze
Hazel Piner
Grace Hunte
Alfred Stade
Otto Meyer
Welton
Ehrhardt
Harry Wiechen
Walter Artmann
Frank Ohlenkamp
Charles Steevens
Arthur Ruge
Richard Kurth
Bielfeldt
Elmer Bielfeldt
Reinhold
Ernest Selk
Martha Moldenhauer
Woman Held Up By Two Bandits Near Braidwood
Mrs. Gerald Austin faced two robbers described as a short man and a tall man about nine o'clock near the Braidwood driving park. They struck her and demanded money, taking 7 cents and a $20 bill. A posse searched the district after the attack but the bandits remained at large.
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Gerald Austin
Beecher Leader in Rice Venture and Local News
Beecher selects Wm Rump as president of Beecher Land and Rice Co Arkansas with Stuggart farm to grow rice. The issue tests northern promoters financing southern venture as local residents note leadership and community projects.
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Wm. Rump
Beecher
Bismarck
Beecher Land and Rice Company
Arkansas
Stuggart
Ark
Herman Heimge
August Rump
North
Des Moines Considers Commission Government Debate
Des Moines Iowa reports population around 90 000 and 54 square miles with 49 schools 19 banks 94 churches and 70 miles of paving. City politicians face division as three leading newspapers endorse adoption while two Republican papers oppose the elected mayor and council. The News backs three winners and editor Lafayette Young predicts broad support for the change.
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Des Moines
the Capital
the Register
Leader
the News
Lafayette Young
The
Capital
Loves Spurned Drives Man to Dementia and Imprisonment
Emil Johnson, an inmate at the county house, is deemed incurably demented after his lover's rejection led to years of mental decline. A judge ordered evaluation by doctors. Johnson faces transfer to Bartonville asylum, with a history of fragmentary rehabilitation and care at the county farm.
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Emil Johnson
Sweden
Kankakee
Cowing
Dougall and
Higgins
Bartonville
Johnson
Fredericks
Charles Rost
Rost
Louis Weinberg
Markets Chicago Markets Furnished by Ware and Leland
Chicago market notes supplied by Ware and Leland members of the Board of Trade at 227 Jefferson Street second floor.
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Chicago
Ware & Leland
Board of Trade
Jefferson Street
Retail Hay Market and Live Stock Prices
Market notes list Timothy hay prices from 11.00 to 11.00 for fine loose and good baled, Rye and Oat straw ranges, live and dressed stock with rough to selected weights and prices, along with butter and eggs quotes from Elgin creamery and dairy, showing prices for various grades of butter and fresh eggs.
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Adler & Co
Elgin Baye
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W. B. Math
Iekoviate
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Ida Res
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H. Schmidt
Brumington
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Daulpin Park
Veuve
Nerew Melville
Little ‘Field
Alfred. Denby
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Ter
Monee
Will Zirzow
Herman Templin
Tatter
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Henry Jarissén
Frauen Verein
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Crist Koepke
Marion
Louis Lehmann
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Kane
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Joliet
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H .H. Stassen
Stassen
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Michigan
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Riverdale
Stoner
Lake City
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Francelia Stuenkel
Harms
Herman E. Harms
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Asa Ginter
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Tan
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Manhattan
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M. Schoomaker
Texas
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Officer
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Wm. Halfeld
Braidwood
Charles Boyd
Brown
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Iff Barr
Bandits
WM. Rumpbehind Rice Enterprise
Harvey Ingham
Register and Leader
Commission
W. G. Hale
News
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Tribune
Cummins
J. J. Hamilton
Walter Irish
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Mr. Ash
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