Frankfort Area Notices and Social Highlights Chronicle
Readable items show student rankings by grade with names Alma Baumgartner Amelia Schramm Viola Hollstein Laura Schramm and others. Local officers elected at Frankfort Court of Honor and Hall Company events plus social news include weddings sales and community notices.
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The
Atiow
Alma Baumgartner
Amelia Schramm
Arat Churchiil
Viola Hollstein
Staart
Laura Schramm
George Brandan
Pepelteeths Genther
D Folkers
Verna Marti
Immanuel Marti
Lucille Folkers
Veravit
Gertle Octter
Edzie Harms
Christmas Services at Brown Church on December 25
An item notes a Christmas service at Brown Church at 3 p m on December 25 hosted by pastor uffman with all welcome. It also lists market prices for corn oats eggs and other commodities and mentions Union Grange election of plowing officers and various named officers and members.
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Morgan
Fred Schweizer
Hedding Mate
Chicago
Wodman Hall
White Cross
Wooodwman Hall
Brown
Uffman
Union Grange
Por
Alexander
Mote Nu
Snean Yetting
Will Roderick
Norton Deal
Deal
Retary
Mary_ Roderick
Friddie
Pomiona
Ettie Alexander
Flora
Ettie Friddie
Cores
Henry Godel
Eliza
Channahon locals report minor injury after wagon jump
Jas Paul jumped from his wagon onto a bridge sustaining a foot spike. Mr Paul went to Joliet by train for treatment. Abbie Drew and Join Drew are ill. Mrs Libbie Liddamore and son Kenneth plan winter in Tampa. Mrs Jennie Davis visited from Lincoln Kansas. WCTU to host social at Mrs John Smith Dee. Church Workers meet at Mrs Elia F Kipp. Rev Welch to hold M E church meetings during holidays starting Christmas night.
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Jas
Paul
Minooka
Joliet
Abbie Drew
Drew
Libbie Liddamore
Kenneth
Aux Sable
Tampa
Florida
Jennie Davis
Lincoln
Kansas
L McCowan
W.C. T.U
Will Hosd
John Smith Dee
Elia F. Kipp
Alex Conroy
Chicago
Alice Porter
Axford
Otto
Mr. Welch
M.E. Church
Married at Joliet Susie Ames Weds Ernest Schoen
Ernest Schoen son of Mr and Mrs Wm Schoen wed Miss Susie Ames of Plainfield on Thursday December 15 in Joliet. They plan to settle on a farm southwest of Plainfield. Friends wish them happiness and prosperity. Frank Schoen and family move to Minnesota to claim 240 acres of farmland.
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Ernest Schoen
Wm. Schoen
Joliet
Susie Ames
Plainfield
Frank Schoen
Minnesota
Schoen
Manhattan
Albert Bettenhausen
Charles Schoen
Mr. Schoen
J. Menzner
Dr. Brannon
Jacob Ullrich
John Felton
March Farm
George Weber
Many
Ieno
M. B
Lillie Deist
Chicago
Goldspoh
Sophia Heisner
Baptist
Country Covers Gifts Aid Africa and Chicago Programs
The organization sent 5 10 to Africa and 10 to the Chicago Boys Club to spread Christmas cheer from jungle to slums. The busy maidens disband for winter but will resume work as vacation days near and clover blossoms appear. Miss Edna C Harms and G20 Eickman of Monee wed at St Pauls last Wednesday. The couple will farm in Wilton and start a new life as Mr and Mrs Eichman.
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Africa
Chicago Boys' Club
Chicago
Edna C. Harms
Eickman
Monee
St. Paul's Church
Local Notes from Romeoville and Nearby Areas
The report lists residents and activities including George Errell at Northwestern University visiting Romeoville, Patrick Lyons on malaria sick list, W. A. Fox renting a farm near Lockport, Elmer Simpson to occupy the Munroe farm next year, and ex Alderman T. B. Stanner recovering from illness. Poultry show results credit DuPage yards and Shoemacher Bros. as rising breeders. George Sthomig becomes Repauno Chemical Co. teamster as agency ends, and Miss Margaret Murray plans to return as Sprague School teacher after holidays.
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Eal
George Errell
Northwestern University
Patrick J. Lyons
Lockport
W. A. Fox
Buscheavage
Here
Mulligan
Elmer Simpson
Munroe
Shultz
T. B. Stanner
George Sthomig
Homer F. Smith
Repauno Chemical Co
Spencer
The
Santa Fe
J. J. Keig
Margaret Murray
Sprague School
Markets and local notices from Symerton edition
Markets show corn 831c oats 26-27c butter 2c eggs 27c. George Baserville bought 125 head feeding cattle in Chicago last week. Mrs. George Heck ill. Dr McQuaide attending. Mrs A N Hilton hosted her Mitchell Dakota relatives last week. Woodmen plan grand ball at town hall Friday evening Dec 80. Miss Alice Bell visited relatives in Chicago last week.
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George Baserville
Chicago
George Heck
McQuaide
A. N. Hilton
Mitchell
Dakota
Woodmen
Alice Bell
Origin of Christmas date and church fund drive
A Boston Herald piece notes debates on Christmas dating from pagan times and a Papal investigation endorsing December 25. It also quotes Mrs Leader urging suburban support as she pledges to collect subscriptions for a church Christmas tree fund, highlighting class differences.
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Julius
St. Cyril
Boston- Herald
Solomon's wisdom linked to wealth, a street joke
In a quip from One Degree Too Much, Dustin Stax claims Solomon's wisdom is shown by vast riches. A Philadelphia Press joke has a prison visitor asking about a crime and a bigamist replying to a charge of matrimony in a pun on degrees.
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Solomon
Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Philadelphia Press
Papa and Son Debate Europe Music Study
A Houston Post excerpt presents a father and son discussing music study with the son seeking Europe study and the father offering local study before sending him abroad to practice. The dialogue reflects questions of opportunity and mentorship in pursuing musical training across borders.
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Europe
Houston Post
Fabulous profits offered to toilet investors in a new scheme
A sensational get rich quick pitch targets toilet investors with promises of vast profits. Promoters claim high yields and quick returns, pushing limited disclosures and urging rapid participation amid skepticism from experts. Regulators warn of possible fraud and advise due diligence before investing.
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Toliet
Quotations of Chicago Stock Market from Joliet readers
Hogs opened steady with 4,000 left over. Mixed and buyers bid 4.70 to 4.85. Good heavy hogs at 24.60 to 4.70. Rough heavy 1.30 to 4.50. Light hogs 4.25 to 4.55. Cattle opened strong. Sheep opened steady in Joliet December 21 1901 1904.
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Joliet
Crolius
Chicago Street
Promoter’s eight store scheme fleeces Joliet women
A smooth talking promoter used a get rich quick scheme to recruit poor widows and others in Joliet and nearby areas. He organized a plan to form a stock company funding eight Chicago department stores, with shares sold for five dollars or more and notes issued in place of cash. The effort spread from Joliet to surrounding suburbs and rural districts as victims were drawn by promised quick profits.
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Chicago
Joliet
Ridgewood
Lockport
Lawson
Prudential
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Cutting
Prudential Company
Fidelity Trust—company
Fidelity Trust Company
Equitable Company
Trust Company
Lions
Rudential Company
L -Company
Clear conditions and warm temperatures across regions
The map shows generally clear conditions with temperatures from 10 to 30 above. Light precipitation occurred at a few points in Canada. The northwest and southwest regions report clear skies and similar conditions.
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Canada
Northwest
South
Weather map outlook for Midwest states through Thursday
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota South Dakota Montana Wisconsin Iowa and Nebraska with fair to cloudy conditions. Light to moderate activity is expected across the region tonight and Thursday with no major storms anticipated.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Kansas
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
South Dakota
Montana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Apples and Commodities Advertised in 19th Century Rates
Listed prices include 50 barrels of Michigan apples at 2.00 per barrel and 2 cars of New York apples at 2.25 per barrel with varieties such as Greenbaskets Baldwins Spies Bellflowers Spillenbergs Tollman Sweets. Flour Get Puri for bread costs 160 per 1 barrel sack. Rich cheese priced at 16c per pound. Also notes on straw bales and other miscellaneous items offered.
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Michigan
New York
Baldwins
Spies
Bellflowers
Spillenbergs
Tollman Sweets
New Orleans
A Question in Snakes
A reader from Symerton and Elwood argues about rattlesnakes and which sex bears rattles. The writer claims to have conducted research and seeks publication to settle the debate for local friends.
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Symerton and Elwood Friendsi
Blandy, Elwood
Revelations of Finance Scandals Unfold in Court Suitcases
A detailed narrative traces a complex money scheme exposed in a court setting. Key figures Lawson Addicks and associates maneuvered through receiverships, stock fraud, and a dramatic suitcase transfer of $150,000 sums in a Boston court, amid political and corporate tensions.
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Swson
Addicks
Rogers
Boston
Dwight Braman
Wilmington
Bay State Co
Braman
New Yorker
Lawson
Whitney
Addicks Company
John Moore
Braman-Foster
Bay State
Sige
Me Lawson
Foster Rose
Ae Cours
Feenett Roge’s
Directo
Botan
Eae Dk Sas
Mante
Ani
Bratman
Poster
Formance
Foster
Wilningston
Jane
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