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This Week in Tampico History - Week of May 3rd
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 550 posts May 03, 2009 10:12 AM	May 3, 1890 Geo. T. NEEDHAM will assist as one of the grand jurors at the May term. May 3, 1890 Rev. F.L. BALDWIN was in the Garden City for a couple of days last week. May 3, 1890 The NEEDHAM Bros'., Windmill Regulator is considered by all a master improvement. The boys have struck a fine lead and will make a good thing of it. One has but to see the Regulator to be convinced that it is just the thing that should be attached to windmills. Tampico Progress: May 3, 1906 After several days visit at the home of DeWitt WEST, Mrs. Ruth NEEDHAM went to Prophetstown Tuesday for a visit with friends. She will soon return here and begin house keeping in the SMITH house near the M.E. church Tampico Progress: May 3, 1906 Fred PIERCE began his duties as mail carrier on Route 4 on Tuesday. He accompanied Mr. PRATT around the route Monday to see how it was done and to hold the horses while PRATT kissed the pretty girls good-bye. Tampico Progress: May 3, 1906 Robt. POLLOCK of Rock Falls was in Tampico in his automobile Saturday. Mr. POLLOCK is still selling jewelry for a wholesale house on the road and is selling automobiles as a side line. He has succeeded in placing several machines. Tampico Progress: May 3, 1906 Mr. Clair FORWARD went to Princeton Wednesday where he consulted a specialist concerning a serious trouble which he is having with his eyes. Tampico Progress: May 3, 1906 YORKTOWN Miss VERY delivered a farewell sermon at the Christian church Sunday evening. Mrs. Glenn BROOKS and Miss Marcella ROWE visited their mother, Mrs. ROWE of Rock Falls a couple of days last week. Mrs. F.C. THACKABERRY was a New Bedford caller last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SHERE entertained about two dozen little girls last Saturday in honor of their daughters, Nellie and Temple, it being a birthday party. Refreshments were served and all had a merry time. Miss Nellie and Temple received som nice presents, tokens of esteem from their little girl friends. Chas BRANT is assisting F.A. COOLEY in the creamery. Tampico Progress: May 3, 1906 Via C.B.&Q. from Tampico to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and many other points in the Pacific Northwest $30.85. Tampico Progress: May 3, 1906 Louis OLDS purchased this week at Morrison, a team which will be used in his Livery barn. The team consists of a chestnut and a sorrell and both are good lookers. May 3, 1907 F.F. BUREN has installed a new telephone in his jewelry store. May 3, 1907 Will LOVE has built a new enclosed porch and made other improvements. May 3, 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse SHERE went to Aurora, Nebraska, Tuesday via Anawan. They will run a hotel there. May 3, 1907 Cement sidewalk has been built on the south side of Barney McGRADY's place. The work was done by F.B. THOMAS and son Alfred. May 3, 1907 Andrew CASKEY has purchased Levi BRAINERD's interest in the dray firm of BRAINERD & FORBE's and began work last Friday morning. The firm is now FORBES & CASKEY and as the new partner is a hustling young man the firm will do business in its customed old way. May 3, 1907 Asa GLASSBURN, Dr. TERRY and Arthur ALDRICH made a 105 mile run in Asa's automobile last Sunday afternoon. They were in Sterling, Dixon, Oregon and Morrison and were back in Tampico about 8:30 in the evening. The run from Sterling to Morrison was made in less than 40 minutes. May 3, 1917 Old Landmark Gone The old Union Hall for many years a landmark on the corner of Main and Market streets stared on its journey to the last resting place this week and will finish up its days as a barn on the farm north of town belonging to J.M. JACOBS. The old hall was erected between thirty and forty years ago by Colonel CRAMPHIN and George JACKSON and was originally built for a skating rink when that form of amusement was all the rage, and many are the older residents of Tampico and vicinity who can remember vividly many a hard bump received there while learning to master two skates that wanted to travel in different directions. It was quite a pretensious [sic] building in those days with a balcony for spectators and later on with stage and complete set of scenery and was the scene of many a pleasant social gathering in the years gone by. It has changed hands several times and been used for different purposes until it was finally utilized as a garage, and will be replaced by a large and conveniently arranged building for the large and growing business of H.C. MATHIS. May 3, 1917 The Ford Garage installed an underground storage tank for gasoline and out door service station at their temporary quarters last week. May 3, 1917 Banker R.F. WOODS had the interior of the First National Bank given a thorough going over this week making a big improvement in the appearance of the rooms. The old wall paper was removed and the walls and ceiling neatly tined by Fred ALLEN. Last Edited by on May 03, 2009 10:18 AM
LesN 553 posts May 07, 2009 3:34 PM	May 5, 1888 88 degrees above zero Saturday, and Sunday morning 32 degrees. A change of 56 degrees in twenty-four hours. May 5, 1888 The Chicago, Burlington & Quincey strike was Wednesday, officially declared "off". The Brotherhood of Engineers will ruefully regard the result of this ill-advised strike. May 5, 1888 The dog poisoning season opened up here last Wednesday with the death of a poor canine. If you have a grudge on grievance against a person it is an underhanded way of settling the difficulty, by poisoning his dog. May 5, 1900 Guy CLEVELAND of the Prophetstown Echo came up on the morning passenger Monday for a short visit. He made the Tornado a fraternal call. May 5, 1900 New Bedford will let the light shine with added luster. An electric light plant has been arranged for and the material and equipment is already on the ground. In a short time it is expected that plant will be in working order. May 5, 1900 Mrs. H.H. HOGEBOOM took the morning train Monday for Chicago, where she will take a course of the treatment of catarrh. She will improve the opportunity to witness the Dewey celebration and take in the sights of the city. May 5, 1900 H.H. HOGEBOOM tells us that he is kept busy hauling brick for the new sidewalks. A new walk is to be laid on the south side of Kimball street from Lincoln west. May 5, 1900 A VISIT TO YORKTOWN CORNERS - A Chat with Some of its People, and a Few Recollections of Bygone Days. Tuesday morning ye scribe drove south-west-ward his destination being Yorktown and its environs. On the way he called on Geo. BAKER, who resides upon the old L.K. BRAINERD farm, whom we found hard at work getting his field ready for corn planting. Next place at M.E. FOY's whom we found finishing up his land in a field adjacent to the house. From there we drove to M.A. PALMER's and found him and his man hard at work. Our next stop was at the Corners, at the "Hotel de McKENZIE." Virgil assisted in taking care of our equine and soon dinner was announced and one hardly knows how good vitals tasted, after a jaunt in the balmy spring atmosphere, with all nature smiling with budding verdure. No, he don't, but the people do where he eats. While sitting on the south porch of Virgil's home we looked across the fertile fields, now sown to grain, which at one time was a large pasture covered with a velvet coating of blue grass. The field brought back to us memory of days long gone by. The day of our first visit to Yorktown, on Saturday, May 13, 1876. In those days Yorktown was a rendezvous for the sports and athletics, and Saturday afternoons were set apart for contests of various sorts and the people came for miles and miles around to witness the contests. The day we have in hand, they had advertised several wrestling matches, jumping contests, foot racing and finger pulling. In the wrestling matches there were to be contests among to celebrities of wide spread fame and everybody wished to see it. Opinion seemed to be about equally divided as to who would prove the best man. There were delays occasioned in the preliminaries necessary to be made in such an August event and by the time a suitable ring was formed there were something over three hundred people present, many of them being Tampico people. The first event was a wrestle between the lesser lights, F. MORRILL and Chas. KEMP, which was a draw as MORRILL sprained his ankle. W. LUTHER and xxx OTT then tried their hands and LUTHER came out the winner. Then the followed the event of the day. It was between O. SHELDON and W. LUTHER; it was a short tussle, SHELDON won without much exertion. Those were the days of youth for the Corners. But what change has come over that once sportive place. No more does such attractions draw, nor are they used any more. The Corners are more modest, sedate and modern in their mode and manner of amusement, diversion and entertainment. It has grown and progressed, as it were, and it now has two churches, several stores, a post office, a creamery, a hotel a blacksmith shop and several fine dwellings, besides the commodious and pretentious farm houses that nestle around it. It has an air of business and its people are more enterprising and as social, friendly and as hospitable as in those days of twenty-four years ago. Some of the residents of those days have been called hence, yet there are a goodly number left here and there who will remember the time and incidents recorded above. We visited for a while with the people and had a chat with ye postmaster, who is not only a distributor of Uncle Sam's messages but also deals out candy, fruits, cigar, etc. and also deals out justice to all who seeks his help in settling the little differences that oft time arises between man and man. F.E. FOY is the proprietor of the store and handles general merchandise. Has a good line of hoods and many customers, and enjoys a good trade and the confidence of all. Ed BELLENBACH is proprietor of the blacksmith shop and keeps a helper, understands his business and finds plenty of work to keep him busy. That afternoon the male portion of the town assembled with men such as James BUNKER, T.J. BERGE and John WATERMAN to superintendent, they set fire to the old grass and burned it from the cemetery, so to clear it for prospective improvements they expected to make. As they kindled the fire we took our departure as we did not wish by our assistance, to deprive them of any of the praise that might be given them in performing such work, although we should liked to have assisted. May 5, 1900 The PITNEY House has again changed hands. A.L. FORWARD, who conducted this popular hostelry for the past several months, sold his equity in the furnishings to James CANTLIN, who formerly conducted the house. Jim expects to take possession next Wednesday and will cater to the wants of the public with the same popularity that ruled in his previous regime as landlord of this popular house. May 5, 1900 O.D. PITNEY VICTIM OF ACCIDENT Thrown from Buggy and Receives Cuts and Bruises About the Face. O.D. PITNEY wears a badly damaged eye and nose as the result of and accident which befell him and Joseph HODNETT and wife while driving to Sterling last Monday. Mr. HODNETT and wife, of Lincoln, Ill., own the GRISWOLD farm and while on the way to attend the DEWEY celebration stopped here to look over their property. O.D. PITNEY, who went up to attend to some business and to drive the team back. All went well until they started down the hill that leads to the first bridge on the river road, when the forward reach came down. PITNEY was pitched forward to the ground and he received a bad cut over his eye and another across the bridge of his nose. The other occupants were thrown against the forward seat with much force and were considerably bruised about the sins. The reach was toggled up with a piece of wire, having been broken the day before, and the rig was let without a knowledge of the condition by liveryman STEWART. May 5, 1905 Licenses were granted for two saloons and one billiard hall. John CONROY was granted a license to conduct a saloon in the BURDEN building and GRAHAM & ZERBE in the palace formerly occupied by Dan DONAHUE. Guy PARENT was granted a license to run a billiard and pool hall in the rear of the old Union hall. ON the vote to grant licenses the result stood 3 to 3 and the mayor cast the deciding vote. May 5, 1905 MANY NEW CEMENT WALKS BEING BUILT A number of new cement walks are being laid this week or will be laid just as soon as the work can be done. Walks have been laid along M.G. LOVE"s lots in the extreme east of the village and walks will be laid from BOLLENBACH"s blacksmith shop west and north. Also both sides of the street on which H.A. WARNER and John HUNTER reside. The old brick walk will be torn up there and the new cement walk put above high xx xxx xxxx xxx xxon hall. It is needless to say that the walks will be a big improvement and a mark of a progressive up-to-date little city. May 5, 1905 THE TORNADO STARTS ON 30TH YEAR The Tornado started on volume No. 30 this week and when another year rolls by will celebrate the thirtieth birthday. The paper was established May 4, 1876 by Charles F. GIFFORD, when Tampico was a very small place compared to its present size and population. Starting in a small way with few subscribers it has steadily grown until it is one of the recognized weeklies of Whiteside and Bureau counties. New machinery and type with other equipment have replaced what did faithful services in the old days until the Tornado's outfit ranks above that of the average country newspaper. It is the intention to continually make improvements, keep everything up-to-date for high class printing at the lowest reasonable prices and continue to publish a live paper.
LesN 554 posts May 07, 2009 3:37 PM	May 6, 1893 John HOGEBOOM, the hotel-keeper at Denrock, was in town Wednesday. He says it is pretty wet down there, but they manage to keep above water. May 6, 1893 J.D. ROGERS, who lives one mile east of here is just spreading himself this spring in fixing and painting up his buildings, fences, etc. You will hardly know the place when next you drive by the premises. May 6, 1893 The Tampico Band serenaded Mr. Geo. NEEDHAM and bride last Wednesday evening and after playing several selections were invited in the house where they were handsomely entertained by the host and hostess. May 6, 1893 Mrs. A.C. SMITH and Forde and Erma, drove to Sterling last Monday and met with an unpleasant experience. The team became frightened and started to run away, but Forde held them in the road and after they had ran some distance, got them under control. No material damage was done, save that the occupants were bespattered with mud and probably somewhat frightened. May 6, 1893 Miss Neva SMITH took the train Saturday for Princeton near which place she will commence teaching school at Heaton's Point. She will make her home with her aunt, Mrs. HEATON. May 6, 1893 Fred BUELL and Fred GLASSBURN went to Sterling last Sunday afternoon, from there they took the train early Monday morning for Chicago, to be present at the opening of the World's Fair. May 6, 1915 OLD OFFICERS REAPPOINTED Mayor WOODS Reappoints Every Old City Official at the Council Meeting All the old officials and committee were re-appointed by Mayor WOODS at the first regular meeting of the new council held Monday night. This is probably the first time in the history of the city when every old official has been assigned to his old place. The following are the appointments made: Treasurer - C.W. ALDRICH Marshal - C.A. VAN DREW Street commissioner - A.W. ARNOLD Health officer - H.A. TERRY Committees Finance - A.J. GLASSBURN, W.E. SHERE, Chas. SMITH Street and Alley - J.H. HELLIER, W.E. SHERE, W.L. BROWN Health - W.E. SHERE, A.J. GLASSBURN, Charles SMITH Fire and Waterworks - Charles SMITH, W.L. BROWN, W.E. SHERE Park and Railroad - W.L. BROWN, J.H. HELLIER, H.E. CAIN Law and Order - Charles SMITH, W.L. BROWN, J.H. HELLIER Ald. CAIN reported having secured legal advice to the effect that the city was not yet in a position to take advantage of the law and providing for taxing foreign insurance companies for the benefit of the local fire department. HELLIER stated that his committee was not yet prepared to render a report upon the street oiling proposition. The usual bills against the city were received and ordered paid. Petitions for licenses to conduct pool halls were received from F.L. LYNDS and E.H. McGRATH and the clerk instructed to issue the same upon receipt of the regularly yearly license fee. The matter of having the water tank and tower inspected by an expert was discussed at length, after which on motion of GLASSBURN, the clerk was ordered to secure estimate of cost of the same, and the Fire and Water committee with the Mayor he authorized to accept or reject such bids in accordance with their best judgment. Under new business Ald. HELLIER reported complaint from Mr. CHAPIN in regard to the sidewalk by his place of business being too low due to grading of street, and request for relief. Ald CAIN was directed to take the matter up with the railroad company in regard to the portion of the walk on railroad property. Ald. HELLIER stated desire to Mr. DARNELL to secure water connection and considerable discussion followed but no formal action was taken. The regular report of the street commissioner and marshal were made the latter showing two arrests with payment of $5 in fines.
LesN 555 posts May 07, 2009 3:40 PM	May 7, 1892 BUELL Bros. creamery at this place is now running at full capacity. May 7, 1892 Henry PITNEY's correspondence appears to be very voluminous of late. Last Saturday he received forty-six letters. He is contemplating procuring a type-writer that he can set on his lap and work, and then maybe he can reply to his many correspondents. May 7, 1892 Eugene MURDOCK, a young man seventeen years of age, was plowing with a riding plow drawn by three horses, one and a half miles northwest of Walnut, last Saturday, when lightening struck the outfit, killing the horses and the young man was severely shocked, the lightning tearing off his shoes and one foot was badly blackened and hurt by the electric flash. One hour after the young man was able to be about. May 7, 1892 J.D. ROGERS has adopted a boy from the orphan asylum. May 7, 1892 The W.C.T.U. will meet at the residence of Mrs. L.J. KENDALL, Tuesday afternoon, May 10th. All cordially invited to attend. May 7, 1892 P.V. YEOWARD, of Sterling, was here last Wednesday looking over our town with thoughts of opening a billiard hall. One of the greatest obstacles he encountered was to find a suitable room that could be rented for such a business. May 7, 1892 Alf SMITH's residence on Lincoln street looks much improved since it has been newly painted.
LesN 556 posts May 08, 2009 5:23 AM	May 8, 1886 Now that John GLASSBURN has got his old house off his premises his new house shows off with good effect from Main street. May 8, 1886 Frank FRY, an employee of the Keystone, had his index finger of his right hand taken off while monkeying with a buzz saw Monday. May 8, 1886 Mr. Charles BROWN, who for a number of years has been a member of the firm FREGOE & BROWN, engaged in the drive will business, has sold his interest in the business to William A. LUTYENS. May 8, 1886 Mr. O.D. PITNEY, who carries on the HOLMES' farm, a few miles southwest of here, was in town last week Friday. He made the Tornado a call and renewed the subscriptions for his sons, Fred and James before bidding us good day. May 8, 1886 Mr. W.I. COLLINS, representing the COLLINS Marble Works of Fulton, was in his place last Monday and placed in the Tampico Cemetery a 7 foot, draped spire, Italian marble monument at the head of the grave of Charley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. RUCK. May 8, 1886 Miss Allie GRAY commenced her school, in the WINCHELL district, last Monday. Mis GRAY is said to be a good teacher and, undoubtedly, give entire satisfaction to patrons and pupils. May 8, 1886 Abram MYERS and Ed. LaDUE the school book and school supplies agent of this place, have taken the road and are skirmishing around country school districts for orders. May 8, 1886 T.O. STEADMAN, Lodge Deputy, of the I.O.G.T. assisted by Jennie MAXFIELD and Agnes GIFFORD, installed the following officers last Tuesday night, viz: F. STRINGER, W.C.T.; Anna McNAMARA, W.V.T.; Bert JACOBS, P.W.C.T.; Jennie MAXWELL, W.S.; Ed. WAHL, W.F.S.; Mary SANDERS, W.T.; Capt. MAXFIELD, W.M.; Maggie SANDERS, W.I.G.; Claude LOVE, W.O.S., Eva SMITH, S.C.; DeEtte BUROUGHS, W.R.H.S.; Maggie McNAUGHTON, W.L.H.S.; Ina SMITH, W.A.S; Fred GLASSBURN, W.D.M May 8, 1886 ORIGIN OF THE TERM "BOYCOTT." The term "Boycott" is now very much used and in answer to a question from a subscriber, as to the origin of the term, the Lancaster (Pa.) New Era gives the following explanation: An Irish land proprietor named Captain Boycott several years ago excited the anger of his tenants and of the other tenants and laborers of his district by some action, and the consequence was that his tenants refused to gather his crops and would allow no one else to do so. The aid of the law was invoked and a posse of constables as guards about the place finally enabled the harvesting off be done. The affair attracted great attention throughout Ireland and when other troubles took place in that unhappy country the pressure of the working classes was directed against a landed proprietor or a manufacturer to his loss or discomfort, we was said to be "boycotted." To "boycott" now means simply to refuse to purchase from obnoxious tradesmen and manufacturers, or to refuse to work for them or allow others to do so. Organized boycotting is done by trades unions, etc, in order to compel those boycotted to agree to certain terms demand by those doing the boycotting." May 8, 1886 Mr. O. D. PITNEY, who carries on the HOLMES' farm, a few miles southwest of here, was in town last Friday. He made the Tornado a call and renewed the subscription for his sons, Fred and James, before bidding us good day May 8, 1886 FABRY's COMET The following in reference to Fabry's Comet, we clip from the Clinton Herald: This comet, which was discovered in Paris on the second of last December [December 2, 1885], by Fabry, is now rapidly increasing in brightness, and can be seen by the naked eye when the attention is directed to the place through it is not yet of sufficient brilliance to attract attention. A very small telescope or spy glass or even a strong operaglass, will, however, be sufficient to show it very nicely. It now presents a tail nearly two degrees in length and has a star-like nucleus of about the seventh magnitude. The proper time to look for it is between three and four o'clock in the morning, for by the time it is dark enough in the evening to be seen it has sunk beneath the horizon. Between these hours it may be found in the following manner by any one at all familiar with stars: From the North Star draw in imagination a straight line through upper of the four bright stars in Cassiopeia, and continue this line about fifteen degrees further, when three moderately light stars will be seen. Near to these, a trilve [sic] south, the comet will be found shining with a faint, nebulous light. By the close of the month it will then be a very conspicuous object in the early morning hours, exhibiting a tail probably fifteen or twenty degrees in length. After this its beauty will rapidly wane, and by the close of May it will have passed from view. May 8, 1919 A.Z. WHITE is tearing down the old DOW shop on his lots in the southern part of town and will use the lumber in building a new house some time in the future on the lots. While working overhead inside a ceiling joist broke and let him fall against another joist which bruised his side quite badly.
LesN 557 posts May 09, 2009 5:45 AM	May 9, 1891 All those who like a bargain have the large stock of N. J. HOGEBOOM and Son to choose from. It is being sold very cheap. C.E. WILLIAMS assignee May 9, 1891 The W.C.T.U. will meet at the home of Mrs. H.H. DOW, Friday afternoon, May 15th, 1891, at the usual hour. All are invited to attend. May 9, 1891 Our two creameries are making a pretty good showing for so early in the season. Tuesday they shipped fifty tubs of butter, 3000 pounds of butter from the cream of two days gathering at this time of the year is not to be sneezed at, you bet. May 9, 1891 The BUELL Bro.'s have placed a new awning to the front of their creamery. May 9, 1896 B.D. GREENMAN, Jodie REMINGTON, Fred COLLINS, and Floyd DOW rode to Sterling on their wheels Sunday. Mrs. GREENMAN drove up with a horse and buggy and brought home Mrs. REMINGTON and daughter Marie, who were visiting with Dr. A.C. SMITH's family. May 9, 1896 Tuesday was as fine a spring day as one could hope for and just the sort of day to celebrate one's birthday. Thus thought the relatives of our esteemed townsman J.M. BALDWIN, so bright and early his father and mother, Jacob BALDWIN and wife, and Mrs. and Mrs. Marion LANE and wife, and George LANE came up from Yorktown, and Frank BALDWIN and family and Jesse FARRINGTON and wife drove in from their homes to celebrate the sixty-second anniversary of Mr. J.M. BALDWIN's birthday. It was a surprise to him indeed, for he had not the least intimation of their coming until they all arrived. A number of fine presents were given him and a boutious [sic] dinner was served. All report a good time, and there was not one who enjoyed the occasion more than Mr. J.M. BALDWIN, though he did feel a little beat being so completely surprised. May 9, 1896 Wallace McKENZIE has his grist mill so far along now that he is ready to run and do all kinds of grinding. He has a nicely arranged mill and is doing good work. The mill is a great convenience for those who want ground feed, and we have not the slightest doubt in what Mr. McKENZIE will be most patronized, and he should be. May 9, 1896 Found-Two spools of Victoria crochet thread and needles. Call this office. May 9, 1896 Sanger's United Shows will be in Tampico May 14, 15, and 16, with a company of comedians, specialty artists, and a brass band. May 9, 1896 Friend Goes On: A glance at the face of the Tornado, last week, revealed not of the stories, convulsions and throes which every newspaper plant, put in "to fill a long felt want," must experience in an existence of two decades. But it brought up reminiscence of the days when we, (not the editorial we), set up the paper by the rays (not X) of an obscure glim, interviewed priest and preacher, and crammed our seven column folio full of matter the denouement of some of which would make the hirsute covering of the younger members of the craft and on end like "the quills of the fretful porcupine." Those sad days of struggle and incessant toil, on a diet of meal cake stirred up with water, staunch sauer kraut with luscious pig-tail, now and then a toothsome bit of B-beef, hastily gathered slumber on the devil's bunk, paper rolls, or bank (wooden) in the office were not wholly without recompense. Those were gala times, however, when the editors had the good wishes of then entire population in the country round-about, passes (not tie) over the railroads, to horse fairs, battle of Gettysburg and the great orchestration; then longing ambition to fill offices and horde filthy lure had not gained control of the mind editorial and rare employment was ours. Many of the first patrons of the Tornado have yielded to the inevitable and passed from this scene of action, though not to affectionate recollection lost, and we must soon follow. The people of Tampico have stood up right royally by the paper and it in turn has subserved the best interests of the town - a mutual benefit resulting wish will endure. Fearing that the exercise of undue loquacity may be tiresome in this hurry age, I bid you a present adieu with the hope that your new-fangled latter day six column quarto may see many years of life and be as useful in the unveiled future as was the folio that brought comfort and competence, albeit with multitudinous care. Your friend, A.D. HILL. May 9, 1896 Dr. F.N. MAGINNIS, a graduate of the Dental Surgery College of Chicago, has located here. His office is with Dr. E.W. WAHL, upstairs in the ALDRICH building. He comes to us with the highest recommendations and we heartily bid him welcome. He is a nephew of our worthy citizen Matthew KELLY, and that will go far in recommending him to our people. He is to make Tampico his home and we trust our citizens will extend to him a cordial greeting and accord him a liberal share of their patronage. May 9, 1896 FROM YORKTOWN The funeral of Eddie LANDWEHR was held at Hooppole Tuesday. May 9, 1918 Messrs. and Mesdames John SHERE, Tracy DENISON and Virgil MORSE spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose SHERE and Mrs. Bessie DOW at Franklin GROVE. May 9, 1918 Masters Leroy FRANCE and Harry SHERE had quite an exciting experience Saturday afternoon while driving a horse belonging to Roy HEINTZELMAN when the animal became frightened by the buggy running against him and ran away through the streets. The boys, however, kept their heads level and managed to stop the runaway by guiding him in a circle and escaped without injury to themselves or the rig.

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