Rock Island honors eight 50 year men with Gold Star pensions
The Rock Island Magazine plants an Honor Tree at Midlothian Illinois near the railroad right of way to honor eight Gold Star employees each with 50 years of service or more. Sketches detail Binkley Cropper Davis Dickerman Lacy Shehan Tinley Mulligan and others with birthplaces dates and long careers on the Illinois Iowa and Chicago divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Midlothian
Chicago
Midlothian Gardens
Hal S. Ray
D. €. Rees
Pension Board
H. F. Remington
Jacob Elias Binkley
Twenty-eighth Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Binkley
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Edmund Brooks Cropper
Laurel Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Wiper
Illinois
Cropper
Rock Island Illinois
Charles Henry Davis
Sixth Avenue
Rockland
Davenport
Berkshire
Davis
Samuel Nelson Dickerman
LaSalle Street
Nashville
N. H
John Francis Lacy
Harvard Avenue
Illinois Division
Lacy
County Wixford
Ireland
James Shehan
Vernon Avenue
Missouri
Guelph
Canada
Charles Tinley
Yale Avenue
Mokenay
Ill
Tinley
Newark
Nottinghamshire
England
John Mulligan
Oak Street
Columbus Junction
Owa
New Jersey
Mulligan
Huntington Society Notes Quiet Week and News
Huntington notes report friendly visits from Mr. Peter Anderson and family and Mrs. Elmer Chambers with her parents the Las Weirs of Estherville. Chas Brandt began as assistant Sunday School superintendent and the Intermediate department earned honors for collection and attendance. Attendance at services was fair, January half gone, with plans for monthly special evenings led by the young people. Mrs. Bair spoke on The Lizza Johnson Quilt and Mr. Fuller will present When the Deacon Talked in Church next Sunday. Word from Art Gilbertson signals his transfer to Dawson Minn. Rev. Clarence Tompkins preached. Sixteen carloads of grain shipped from Huntington station this year. Visitors Mr. Wm. and Herman Temple from Shaller stayed with Mrs. Paterson’s family. Geo. Paterson left for a business trip to Shaller. Mrs. Barth, recently hospitalized, has recovered enough to go home and is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Anderson
B. C
Bair
Lizza Johnson
Fuller
Art Gilbertson
Dawson, Minn
Clarence Tompkins
Huntington Station
Herman Temple
Shaller
Emmet Echoes Local Social Notes and Games
Last week in Emmet area neighbors hosted gatherings with several visits to Estherville. Reed delivers the share coin at E. EK. Vain's, while Mrs Irving Ellertson visited relatives. A F E and E W meeting drew over three hundred at Estherville with a reception. Basketball defeat to North Superior noted as height advantaged visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S
Estherville
Lynn Weir
Grover
F. Maniece
E. J. Maniece
D. W. Spash
R. L. Mallory
Farmers Union
A. Borman
Mr. Borman
Cedar Rapids
Emmet Ahrens
Minnesota
Raymond Whiting
Chas. Hagar
Mr. Hagar
Hulda Ahrens
Viola Smith
North Superior
Superior
Walter Shannon
Local Social Roundup At Nasby Homes In Estherville
Mr and Mrs Edwin Lausen and baby and grandmother visit Mrs Nasby home in Estherville. Luther League social planned at A W Nasby home next Wednesday. Miss Juliet Haughland had dental work in Jackson and stayed with Mattson and Hill homes. Mrs Albert Knutson and Mrs Ed Erickson entertain Ladies Aid next Wednesday. Rev Berge and family dined at Albert Knutson home. Hoagland, Knutson, Brunsvold families dined at K S Knutson home. E Benson baby given complications from calomel substitute oil, medical aid summoned. Nasby and Oliver visited Dist No 2. Nasby timber popular for wood cutting. Local loggers listed. Ellefsen of Wallingford visiting Gilbert home. Mrs Cornell Olson ill. C O Anderson sought Corn Growers members Friday. Nyquist new Petersburg teacher. Petersburg basketball lost 24 32 to Sioux Valley. A clever hitter meeting held at Petersburg Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lausen
Babe
Grandma
Gage
Estherville
A. BR. Nasby
Berge
Ruth
Albert Knutson
Christ Hoagland
Simon Knutson
Albert Brunsvold
K. S. Knutson
E. Benson
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V.-h
Huntington
Paterson
Remington
Vindicator. & Republican Co
EMMET
J. Hennaman
W. Dean
America
Virginia
Kes
New York City
Carlond’ Hampshires
Cement Products CO
Estherville, Iowa
Col. Best
Cedar Lad
Merkley
Schaller Boy
Pride
Duke
Pollard
Andrew Andreson
Paul F. Bockelman
Paulina
Miles Erb
Fieldman
E. M. Harsch
The
Hampshire Advocate
C. B. Graham
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