New Model Linotype Installed At Star Herald Office
Toluca residents are invited to view the Model TK Linotype now in operation at the Star Herald. The machine typesets and composes lines, producing complete slugs, enabling larger home news coverage and better service to advertisers. It promises faster, broader printing including books and pamphlets, with on time delivery and improved quality for Toluca and vicinity.
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K” Linotype
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Star-Heraldy
Mergenthest Linotype Company
Toluca
Nevachine
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Coroner Grable Handles Two Inquests in City Hall
Coroner Grable conducted an inquest last Saturday at city hall over the death of Mrs. Carmella Vespa who died suddenly of acute heart failure. The jury ruled the cause as heart illness and funeral services were held Monday at St. Joachim's Church with Rev Pratt officiating and interment at St. Ann's Cemetery. In a separate case Coroner Grable examined William Bush who was found dead in a barn after collapsing with stomach trouble. An inquest verdict was recorded and the body sent to an undertaker for processing.
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Carmella Espa
Rment
St. Ann’s ? Etery
Grablé
Meary
Illiam Bush
Aloon
Heath
Well Known Man Honored Welty Elected Circuit Judge
Sam Welty son-in-law of Jonas T Ball of Toluca was elected to the Bloomington district circuit bench in the recent election. The Lacon Journal notes Welty’s large majority and popular status. Welty’s wife is Ball’s daughter.
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Sam Welty
Jonas, T. Ball
Bloomington
Lacon Journal
Welty
Judge Welty
Toluca
Jonas T. Ball
Meets a Terrible Death in Train Accident Near Washburn
Arthur Sherman 37 died after being struck by C and A train No 388 near Washburn while returning from a joy ride. Engineer testified seeing him on track but could not stop in time. He leaves his parents and eleven siblings. A community memorial picnic is planned at Royal Neighbors June 23.
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Arthur Sherman
C. O. Sherman
Washburn
Mearle Eagle
Sherman
Frances M. Ghiglieri
Roberta E. Gardner
Mildred B. Rithmiller
Ethel M. Litchfield
Lillie K. Kelly
Mary A. Turi
Mildred Rithmiller
Eugene Davenport
Illinois University
Davenport
Mary Turigliatti
Toluca
Wyoming
Frances ¢S Highers
Europe
Chicago
Turk
Ethel Litchfield
Prominent Couple Weds In Magnolia After Railcar Wedding Tour
Miss Margaret Lackland and Mr. Harry Hayes wed in Magnolia at 2:30 p m with Rev M P Lackland officiating. Guests from Galesburg Peoria Brimfield Pekin Tremont Allerton Morton Bloomington and Varna traveled by special train from Chicago & Alton to attend the ceremony and dinner at the M E church. The couple plan to reside in Varna after September first.
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Chicago & Alton Railroad
Custer
Magnolia
Galesburg
Peoria
Brimfield
Pekin
Tremont
Allerton
Morton
Bloomington
Varna
Margaret Lackland
Harry Hayes
M. E. Church
Ladies Aid
M. P. Lackland
Toluca
Nelson Hotel
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Brimfield High
Axtell
Kansas
Toluca remembers a citizen after repeated deaths
A reflective obituary in Toluca laments the death of Carmel Vespa an Italian Catholic neighbor. The piece muses on life and mortality urging honest living and readiness for death while noting the town has seen three deaths in a month and calling for spiritual work and civic virtue.
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Carmel Vespa
Toluca
Toluca City Council Proceedings June 1915
Toluca city council meets with Mayor Turigliatti in chair. Aldermen present vote to approve June 1 minutes and pay miscellaneous bills. An electric light ordinance for railroad intersections is passed and fines set. Rollin J. Litchfield appointed city tapper and granted plumbers license. Recount of votes ordered for Second and Third wards. Board of Health reports accepted. Council adjourns.
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Turigliatti
Blazina
Peters
Valesano
Slapinski
Durham
Robison
Toluca Coal Co
Flaminio
Litchfield Bros
F. Stevenson
Public Services Co
Light
Fairbanks-Morse & Co
J. Koch
Rob
Nays
Toluca
City of
D. Turigliatti
Matt Pavletich
Robinson
S. L. Wells
Board of Health
Former Tolucaites Wed This Week in Two Marriages
Emma Padley of Chicago reports Maurice Breen married Gay Bonner of Knox Indiana on the 8th last month while Kathleen Breen wed C W Hennan of Richland Wisconsin on May 22. Maurice studies at Valparaiso and C A Brown hosts in Princeton as Mr and Mrs C E Brown visit New York.
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Emma Padley
Chicago
Maurice
Kathleen Breen
Gay Bonner
Knox
Indiana
Miss Bonner
Dr. Bonner
Valparaiso
Ind
Kathleen
C. W. Hennan
Richland
Wisconsin
Hennan
Star- Herald
Mrs C. E.brown
Princeton
C. A. Brown
Mrs. Brown
New York
Commencement Honors for Toluca Class of 1915
The Toluca class of 1915 celebrates graduation with diplomas, a Davenport address on education, and a class prophecy tale. Alumni banquet at Nelson hotel features toasts by Glaeser Litchfield Nichols and McTaggart, ending a successful year.
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Glaeser
W. W. Twist
Board of Education
Marie Evertz
Nelson Hotel
Association
Prof. Glaeser
Orville Litchfield
Dean Davenport
Nichols
Prof. McTaggart
Washington, Ill
Fred G. Garrels
Tragic Farm Accident Claims 20-Year-Old Sylvester Miller
Sylvester Miller, 20, of Venona was killed Saturday when his team bolted in the field. His brother Will called for help after he was knocked down and dragged by the cultivator. Miller died two hours later at a doctor’s office. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller and left six brothers and four sisters. Funeral services were held Monday at Eagle church.
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Sylvester Miller
Venona
Will
George Miller
Eagle Church
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Ray
Santa Rosa
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Mildred
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Highflyers Dramatic Club
Orville
Lillian Kelly
Cork
Ireland
Naples
Frances
Batle Field
Angel Food
Mrs. Swartz
Canton
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