Local Briefs Skimmed For Easy Reading In Racket Notes
Ice cream Saturdays and Sundays at Kuntzmann s. Grandma Smith ill at home in Pin Oak. Dan Peterman delivers Post-Dispatch daily and Sunday. Carpenters and builders. It will pay to visit The Racket for hardware. A granddaughter born to Mr and Mrs Gilbert Fries last Sunday. A little girl born Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs Emory Simpson. Wheat cut in this vicinity this week with full harvest next week. Eyes tested glasses fitted repaired guaranteed 25c to 5.00. The Racket. Dr J J Brown adds a room and granitoid walk. Furnaces to be installed in homes of S W Rawson and W W Jarvis. John C Gebauer adding front in hardware department. Juvenile Trojans eye kites, healthful exercise. Mr and Mrs Henry W Earle moved to 1707 Belmont Ave East St Louis. The topic for the regular meeting of
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Kuntzmann
Smith
Pin Oak
Dan Peterman
Post-Dispatch
Gilbert Fries
Emory Simpson
J.J. Brown
S. W. Rawson
W. W. Jarvis
Epworth League Next Tuesday Meeting and Local Notices
The Epworth League will meet next Tuesday evening to discuss Our Accounting led by Wm H Wild. Mrs T H Bell remains ill though possibly convalescing and has not regained use of her arm and hand. Beginning June 22 through August 1 the public school library will be open Fridays 2 to 4 for public use. Also notices about hunting licenses and Oklahoma land investment opportunities. Flag Day observed nationwide with limited local observance. Grand Fourth of July celebration planned at Rieder's park by local churches with parade, music, games, races, refreshments and fireworks. speaker Rev Norman Carr of Alton.
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Epworth League
Wm. H. Wild
T. H. Bell
Hésbaca
Fred Krause
Hunter
Garfield County
Okla
Troy
Oklahoma
S. Kingston
Congress
United States
M. E., Baptist
Presbyterian
Rieder’s Park
Norman Carr
Alton
Weekly Weather Bulletin highlights mid June rainfall in Illinois
Central Illinois saw showers on the 8th with some stations reporting over an inch of rain and several lighter showers earlier in the week. Thunderstorms brought high winds and damage in places while northern and southern districts remained drier. Temperatures stayed above normal, with a notable fall after the 19th, and humidity remained high. Reported local figures include Clay Flora 0.32 inch on 4th, 0.32 inch total. Hamilton McLeansboro 0.51 inch on 4th and 5th. Jefferson Mt Vernon 0.69 inch total. Richland Olney 0.61 inch. highs up to 95 in places and lows around 57-60.
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Springfield
Chicago
W. E. Cox
Hamilton
McLeansboro
John Judd
Jefferson
Mt. Vernon
J. F. Bogan
Richland
Olney
Victor E. Phillips
Journal of Council Minutes from 1906 Troy Illinois
The report details treasury receipts from peddlers licenses, street and alley funds, and police lights, plus expenditures on tile sales and bond acceptances. Council moves include paying J. W. Wright & Co. bills, referring Market street petition for a walk, and approving bonds for E D Joseph and C P Edwards.
Rhyme of June and Cupid and a public sale notice
A collage of verse about June romance and moonlit wooing followed by a series of public notices and classifieds. Items include garden plant for sale, kitchen workers ad, a public sale of real estate holdings, and a bid invitation for an arch culvert in Troy Illinois with bid details and conditions.
Marshaling His Assets Amid Tax Pressure
An excerpt from Fliegende Blagetter frames a man boasting of using two pigs and other assets to cover taxes and fund his children's schooling, while planning actions against a neighbor.
Women's War on Billboards Near Boston Common
Boston women launch a campaign against roof billboards near the Common. They are circulating petitions and urging friends to boycott products advertised on the ads. Wellesley College women advocate preserving the Common’s beauty and social leaders back the effort with signed petitions.
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Boston
New York
Wellesley College
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F. W. Braner
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Kinloch
F. W. Zanders
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Kinloch 17
F. E. Linder
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June Sallee
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Edwardsville
G. A. Purviance & Son, Hack and Dray Line
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John Petry
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Climatological Service
Weather Bureau
Eagle Pencil Co’s
Call's
Journal OF Council
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Rusk
Treasury
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Seligman
Peterman
Springer & Buckley
Llewellyn
J. W. Wright & Co
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Schlimmer
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Horsley
Robt. Morriss
Henry Stolte
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Avel
Dick Deadeye Cupid
June
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Light Brigade
J. N. Jarvis
Wm. Lewis
Wance—Giri
Chas. Utzinger
Hil
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Hazelwood
WS. Neuenschwander
Wm. Killmeier
Wm. Kleimeier
Sophir Peter
Kleimeier
H. RuBiNne
L. DrerHolz
Henry Kleimeier
Mary Beutel
Katte Sims
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A. R. Snodgrass
Star Taizorina Company
Star TarLorina Company
M. F. Allwarter
Main & Market
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