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This Week in Tampico History - Week of August 17th
The Tampico Area Historical Society encompasses parts of Whiteside County and Bureau County in Illinois. Focus is on Tampico, Hume Twp., Hahnaman/Deer Grove, & Prophetstown in Whiteside County & Yorktown & Thomas in Bureau County.

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LesN 250 posts Aug 17, 2008 6:49 AM	August 17, 1906 Dr. E.W. DOW of Rock Falls was here Sunday. He is treating Mrs. M.G. LOVE. August 17, 1906 Walter SMITH of Kankakee accompanied his aged father, the venerable C. SMITH here last week Thursday. The latter is visiting his sons Fred and Alfred. Walter returned home Saturday. He is a gentleman whom the readers will remember suffered a terrible acciden about a year ago being struck by an engine on a street crossing while he was in a buggy and had his arm severed. Although the accident was a terrible shock and blow to a man of age, he is genail and jolly. August 17, 1906 Hiland HOGEBOOM returned last week from Michigan. He and his son Ed expect to work in a chair factory at Grand Rapids this winter and will probably buy a farm near there next spring. August 17, 1906 BRAINERD & DRAYTON recently erected a fifty foot tri-post steel wind mill and put in a new well at Frank HAMPTON's twelve miles south of Tampico.
LesN 251 posts Aug 18, 2008 5:14 AM	August 18, 1888 James WOODARD who had a felon on his thumb, and has been laid up all summer thereby, had the thumb amputated last week. August 18, 1894 The Prohibitionists of Tampico will hold a caucus at the office of L.J. KENDALL, Monday, Aug., 20th, at 3 o'clock for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention to be held at Morrison, Ill., Aug. 22nd, 1894. Let every prohibitionist be on hand. H.H [Tip] DOW. Chairman Com. August 18, 1900 H.H. [Hiland] HOGEBOOM and sons were to Denrock Thursday morning and joined the excursion there to attend the Woodmen picnic at Clinton, Iowa. Hiland can tell you all about the big time they had. August 18, 1900 Burton BROWN has added another specimen to his collection of natural curios. The new addition is a portion of the antlers of an elk recently dug up at a depth of two feet on KINSER & Son's work on the canal at mile 12. The antlers are in a fair state of preservation, considering the length of time they must have been buried in the soil. August 18, 1900 Augustine, the chief of the Sequoia Indians in California died in San Diego. He had ruled the tribe for 100 years and was reputed to be 133 years old. August 18, 1900 Forty-seven deaths, 131 prostrations and six persons driven insane by heat is the record of one week of the hottest weather Chicago has ever known. The whole country is in the embrace of a torrid heat wave. August 18, 1900 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the members of the Tampico Cemetery Association will be held at the Tampico Bank, Saturday, Aug. 25th for the purpose of electing one director and to vote upon the proposition of enclosing the cemetery with a suitable iron fence. J.E. GREENMAN, Pres. August 18, 1900 Levi LUTYENS takes the persimmons in these parts when it comes to raising melons. Last Tuesday he brought some to town that weighed 30lbs. and some of the muskmelons weighed 16lbs. a piece. August 18, 1917 A.A. SHERE and daughter, Mrs. Harry DOW of Franklin Grove visited at the home of John SHERE last week and also with their many old friends and acquaintances around Yorktown. August 18, 1917 Mack PARENT, son of Wm. PARENT the undertaker is planning on going to Chicago next week Monday where he will enter WORSHAM's embalming and undertaking school and take a complete course.
LesN 252 posts Aug 19, 2008 5:20 AM	August 19, 1920 MISS ELLA BROWN MARRIED Friends in Tampico will be surprised to learn of the marriage of Charles WARNER and Miss Ella BROWN both of Prophetstown. The wedding took place Thursday afternoon in Clinton, Ia., in e presence of relatives of the groom. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. BROWN, who reside several miles north of Prophetstown, just off Sterling road. She is a charming young lady with a pleasing personality and has a large circle of friends. During the past two years she has been attending the Tampico high school. The groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M.M. WARNER, who reside seven miles south of Prophetstown, where he is assisting his father on their farm. Both are well known and will receive the best wishes of many friends. August 19, 1920 TORNADO SOLD LAST WEEK TO N.C. DENISON Tornado Was Sold Last Week To N.C. DENISON Who Takes Charge Sept. 1. The Tampico Tornado office, business, good will and complete equipment was sold by the owner and publisher, George ISHERWOOD, last week Saturday to Neva C. [nee KIMBALL] DENISON who will take charge Sept. 1 and conduct the paper and business at the same location. N.E. DENISON, city clerk and one of the well known younger business men of this place will have complete charge of the running of the paper and the business and will assume his new work Sept. 1. The Tornado has been published under the present editor, Mr. ISHERWOOD for the past nineteen years he having purchased of A.D. HILL who had bought it only a few months previous of the late C.F. GIFFORD. Under the present management the paper has grown wonderfully in circulation, advertising, patronage and the business has been builded [sic] up until it is one of the best paying newspaper properties in Whiteside county. Mr. DENISON who takes charge Sept. 1 is well known in Tampico and vicinity, he has served for years as city clerk being repeatedly reelected without opposition, is clerk of the Modern Woodmen, a member of the school board and a progressive young man whose friends are legion and who is stepping into a splendid business which he will conduct with the same success which has marked the past years. He has ample financial backing, stands very well in the community, has been active in civic affairs and both he and his family have taken active interest in everything pertaining to the betterment and welfare of this community and their many friends wish them abundant success in their new work. Mr. ISHERWOOD has made no plans yet for the future but is contemplating going west or locating in some large city in some business.
LesN 253 posts Aug 20, 2008 6:41 AM	August 20, 1898 Oliver OLSSON, Andrew OLSSON and Will PEARSON started Tuesday for the Lake of the Woods country, Minnesota. Andrew OLSSON and Will PEARSON go to look for land, and they expect to be gone about three weeks. While they will enjoy some of the good hunting and fishing the country abounds with. August 20, 1898 Last Monday morning seventeen persons boarded the east bound passenger train for Walnut. There they were to meet a special train which was to convey them to Streator and there they were to join the excursion to Niagara Falls. There tickets are good for thirty days and they will stay as long as they can enjoy themselves and most likely some will spend a part of the time visiting friends at points along line on their homeward journey. We give below the names of those going from here: W.L. McKENZIE and wife, J.S. KIMBALL and wife, John HOWLET and wife, J.F. ANDERSON and wife, Ray McKENZIE and wife, Mrs. Virgil McKENZIE, Mrs. E.E. PRATT, O.D. [Owen] PITNEY, Crosby McKENZIE, Bert and Cora WHEELOCK, Ellery BROWN, Fannie ALLPRESS. August 20, 1898 On the road between Tampico and Yorktown, on August 9th, a little tobacco sack, tied with a red double string, and containing gold to the amount of $100, mostly in $5 gold pieces. The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at the Tornado office. J.E. SHERE August 20, 1914 Miss Lorea REAGAN of Sterling visited her aunt, Mrs. E.C. BOYER last week and this returning home Wednesday morning.
LesN 254 posts Aug 21, 2008 5:29 AM	August 21, 1886 Hi McKENZIE starts for Lincoln, Nebraska on Monday. He goes for pleasure trip and to dispose of a heard of cattle he owns there. August 21, 1886 The Oleomargarine law has already had the effect of raising the price of butter, and today butter is more highly colored and stronger than ever! August 21, 1886 Rufus ALDRICH sold his restaurant business to H. CUMMINGS. Rufus is very successful in buying a business and selling it whenever he chooses. August 21, 1886 Herbert GRISWOLD shipped seven dozen prairie chickens last Monday. He must have gotten up in the morning to have secured that number before the arrival of the ten o'clock train. August 21, 1886 Conductor HOLMES of the "Q" road tells us that he had a crowded train when he arrived in Mendota last Saturday. The attraction was BARNUM's show. Twenty-seven tickets were sold at the station. August 21, 1919 DEATH OF FRED L. ALLEN Fred L. ALLEN a well known citizen of Tampico died quite suddenly last week Friday afternoon about 9 o'clock of heart trouble and a general breaking down of health. He had been in poor health for several months but was able to be around as usual even on the morning of his death. He was found dead in an outbuilding by his wife who became alarmed at his remaining out of doors so long. Dr. TERRY was summoned and assisted in carrying him into the house but he had already passed away. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the late residence and were conducted by Rev. H. C. BROWN pastor of the M.E. church. Several appropriate selections were sung by Mr.s Blanche HELLIER accompanied by Mrs. Neva DENISON. There was a profusion of floral tributes. The pall bearers were: C.R. ALDRICH, Wm. MOLONEY, Wm. BURDEN, J.M. JACOBS, P.W. MAXFIELD, Frank DAVIS. Interment was in the Tampico cemetery. Obituary. Fredrick Lewis ALLEN, son of Charles and Lucy PAYNE was born December 15, 1857 at Batavia, Ill., When six years of age he went to live with his foster parents, George and Catherine ALLEN located in Buda moving with them the following year to Tampico which place has been his home the remaining years. On Jan. 2, 1883 he was united in marriage to Nettie C. HEIN, to which union was born two children, May L. MITCHEL of Lanark and Edna E. GLASSBURN of Tampico. These daughters with the sorrowing widow, also two grandchildren and two half brothers, William T. ADAMS of Kansas City and Frank ADAMS of Naperville, besides other relatives and many friends remain to mourn his passing.
LesN 256 posts Aug 23, 2008 5:57 AM	August 23, 1902 JOHN AYDELOTT DIES IN CHICAGO John AYDELOTT, until recently a resident of this place, had for over sixteen years the trusted superintendent of the firm of KINSER & Son, contractors, died very suddenly of apoplexy last Sunday night at 9 o'clock in his room in Chicago. His death was very sudden as he had been well and found dead at the desk, his head resting on his hand, by a follow resident, Mr. BENTON. The remains were brought here to the home of James STURM, a friend of the deceased's family, and the funeral service was held Thursday at 2 o'clock in the Methodist church, Rev. BERNREUTER officiating. Interment was in the cemetery here. Born in Rushville, Ind., May 14, 1858, the deceased lived there until 1882 when he moved to Munic, where he was married on May 14, 1880 to Mrs. AYDELOTT. During the past sixteen years his work with KINSER & Son has taken him all over the United States, having no location for a permanent home. During the excavation of the canal feeder here he had charge of the work and lived here for two years, going to Chicago this spring to take charge of some work there for KINSER & Son. His wife and one daughter, Mrs. Arlie LOVE, survive and are prostrated by his sudden and unexpected death. Mr. AYDELOTT made numerous friends here, who sympathize with him and regret that a good man, liked by all, has bee stricken down. August 23, 1902 Thomas A. EDISON tells a Copenhagen paper that electricity will replace steam in less than three decades. August 23, 1902 The Bethlehem Steel company, for which Charles M SCHWAB paid $7,500,000, has been sold to the United States Shipbuilding company at a figure stated to be $26,000,000. August 23, 1902 NEW BEDFORD E.J. ANDERSON wsa in Tampico last Saturday. Frank and Chas. DRAPER will start for Missouri Tuesday. The New Bedford baseball team played Tampico last Saturday. The score was 10 to 12 in favor of Tampico. August 23, 1902 YORKTOWN Miss May WINCHELL is entertaining Miss DAVIS of Davenport this week. Fred LANDWAIR, of Tampico, was here Monday. Miss Lena COOLEY spent a few days visiting Lula GREENMAN this week. Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSON and Mr. and Mrs. SEELEY, of Jefferson Corners spent Sunday at Clarence SHERE's. Mr and Mrs. W.E. SHERE entertained Wesley FOY and family Sunday. R. McKENZIE, of Tamico, was visiting his daughter, Mrs. F.E. FOY, one day last week. Mr. and Mrs.. M. LaDUE visited A. SHERE over Sunday. August 23, 1902 Miss RAGAN [REAGAN?] of Round Grove visited her sister, Mrs. E.C. BOYER, this week. August 23, 1902 J.E. ARNOLD has accepted a position in R.H. McKENZIE's store as clerk. August 23, 1902 Mrs. J.E. DOW, who visted at the home of H.C. and O.D. PITNEY for several weeks, returned to Chicago Monday. August 23, 1902 Just received a carload of Eaco flour. Makes dandy bread. R.H. McKENZIE. August 23, 1902 Work has started on the new Catholic church. The trenches have been dug for the foundation and the materials are being placed on the ground. Contractor Rube RAMSDELL of Sterling is here with his gang of men and says that the chapel or rear part of the church will be built first. August 23, 1902 The Tampico Regular base ball nine received a new addition to their battery Wednesday in an assistant catcher who arrived at the home of Levi LUTYENS. If the little fellow makes as good a ball player as his father he will be compelled to develop fast and early. August 23, 1902 Doomed to Wear a Mask of Iron All readers of French history know the fate of Gaston, twin brother of Louis the XIV, the story of the eventful life of this young man which has been written by the greatest romantic writer, Alexander DUMAS, has been so extensively read is the reason that the management of the well known and brilliant young actor, Mr. Earl DOTY, has decided to star him for this play. The exciting novel from which this play has been dramatized is for sale at all first-class novel dealers, and is at the present time one of the most extensively sold. This dramatic production of the great novel will be seen at BURDEN's opera house Monday, September 23. Manager BURDEN gives his personal guarantee as to the merits of this company and will refund any one's money who is not perfectly satisfied. August 23, 1907 CHANGE STUDIES IN SCHOOL Tampico High School Course To Be Changed – Also Changes In Other Grades The Tampico board of education composed of Frank DAVIS, president; O.D. OLSSON, secretary and E.W. MEREDITH have issued a neat bulletin of 12 pages containing the course of study, rules and regulations, texts and other information of interest to the patrons. The bulletins have been mailed to the patrons and those who did not receive any may procure same by calling at The Tornado office were they were printed. From the bulletin we learn that the school term begins Sept. 2, 1907. The annual board meeting will be Saturday August 31. The following is the course of study adopted. NEW COURSE FIRST YEAR English Arithmetic Algebra I Physiology Physical Geography Latin I SECOND YEAR English II Algebra II Commercial Geography English History Latin II THIRD YEAR English III Plane Geometry Physics American History Civics Above course is taken from Revised Course of Study just published and is designed to be carried out by two high school teachers. However, under present conditions, one teacher can work the first year and such parts of the second and third as pupils have not had. With the above course it will not be possible to graduate the first year. The above course will put our high school in touch with the State University. While only a four year’s course can be accredited to that institution, our school will be credited to the extent of work done. The new course causes several changes in the texts but this cannot be avoided. The texts hereby adopted are those recommended by the Hollister High School xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx of a foreign language is provided, but will be an elective study. OLD COURSE FIRST YEAR English I Zoology Botany Algebra Book Keeping Arithmatic SECOND YEAR Civics General History Algebra Plane Geometry English II THIRD YEAR English III Physics Geometry (Physical Geography) Had the old course contained Physical Geography, in point of number studies, it would have equaled the new. It contained a half year more of both Algebra and Geometry and a year of Greek and Roman History and a year of nature studies, Zoology and Botany. More common branches are put into the new course, while Latin takes the place of the nature studies. MUSIC The rudiments of music, consisting of a training to enable the pupils to read readily and become familiar with the scale will be taught in every room. An hour a week will be devoted to this branch and it will be taught by a special teacher, Mrs. Naomi S. SLOCUM of Prophetstown. This special word in each room will be supplemented by regular instruction give by the various teachers. August 23, 1907 For Supt. Poor Farm Sherman D. COLLINS of Erie is a candidate to be appointed superintendent of the Whiteside county poor farm to succeed the late Ira WILSEY. Mr. COLLINS has splendid endorsements from the leading men in his home town. He is honest, reliable and a man of the very best habits – essentials for a good superintendent. Mr. COLLINS owns a farm which he has conducted very successfully hence he would be familiar with the work that needs of the county’s farm. He is proficient in all business affairs and his friends in Erie and elsewhere consider him capable and thoroughly reliable and fully equipped to successfully manage the county farm. Mr. COLLINS was here Tuesday and all who met him were very favorably impressed with his manner and bearing.

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