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This Week in Tampico History - Week of May 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 569 posts May 17, 2009 5:53 AM	May 17, 1907 Captures 8 Wolves Rev. T.G. WILLSTEAD and son Thomas captured and killed eight young gray wolves on their farm nine miles east of here last week. They saw the old one enter her lair and dug the young ones out, the old one escaped before they could block the hole. As the wolves were killed in Lee county they had to be taken to Dixon where a bounty of $1 per head was secured. Mr. WILLSTEAD says the wolves are so thick in the vicinity of his place that they are a pest. Only recently they killed a good sized calf. May 17, 1907 Billy SUNDY, the famous evangelist who was to have delivered the Fourth of July oration at Prophetstown has cancelled the engagement because he will be in the midst of a revival and cannot spare the time. May 17, 1907 Harvey WOOD went to Prophetstown Saturday where he visited George NEEDHAM who is quite sick. May 17, 1907 Misses Mina and Minerva LYON and Mr. SCHRENCENGOST were entertained at a tea Monday evening by Mrs. Frank WEST at her pleasant country home. May 17, 1907 Marcus LYON Jr. is working out on WINANS farm, he thinks twenty-five a month is better than loafing about town. May 17, 1907 Charles HOWLETT of Britt, Iowa, stopped here last Thursday enroute home from Chicago where he had been with live stock and visited at the home of George HOWLETT and Mrs. John HOWLETT, Sr. May 17, 1907 Senator Charles H. HUGHES of Dixon, state senator from this the 35th District, died last Sunday after a short illness. Mr. HUGHES had served in the senate for a number of years and with representatives SHELDON and TYNDALL had wielded considerable influence at the state capital. May 17, 1907 W. J. MOORE's force of men erected two nice monuments in the Tampico cemetery this week. One was for Mrs. James BROWN on the family lot and the other over the grave of the late John HOWLETT, Sr. Both were $400 jobs and the orders for the work was taken by Job GREENMAN. May 17, 1907 Two junk dealers have been here for some time gathering up a carload of old junk. On an average there is about a car load or two shipped out of here every month and where it all comes from is hard to figure, but the dealers seem to be able to continually pick up old discarded farm machinery until the country is pretty well cleared up. It is seldom now that an old mower, binder or plow is seen going to rust and ruin beside the road. May 17, 1907 W.E. SHERE was in Cambridge last week to attend a law suit of the drainage commissioners against C.L. SHELDON of Sterling. The commissioners claim that through Mr. SHELDON's orders a ditch was dug connecting with a district ditch, to drain his farm and that the farm was not assessed nor brought into the district. The commissioners wanted the SHELDON farm assessed - but were beaten in a trial owing it is claimed to the fact that their attorney neglected to file some necessary affidavits. May 17, 1917 SEVEN TO GRADUATE FROM TAMPICO HIGH SCHOOL Five young ladies and two young men will constitute the graduating class of the Tampico High School this year and will receive their diplomas at the annual Commencement exercises in BURDEN’s opera house, Tuesday evening, May 29. The class roll is as follows: Misses Martha Marie EARL, Catherine Rose WIRTH, Alvida Dorothe STENROS, Grace Vivian McCREEDY, Gertrude Mary GLASSBURN, Dean Foster SIPPEL, Forrest Gregg THACKABERRY. The class flower is sweet pea, the class colors old rose and silver gray, the class motto – “Gradu diverso eadem via.” The calendar for the closing weeks of school is as follows: Bacalaureate [sic] sermon by Rev. C. W. THORTON in Opera House, May 27 at 8 p.m. Class Day at Assembly Hall, May 28, 1:30 p.m. Senior banquet evening of May 28. Commencement in Opera House May 29 at 8 p.m. Athletic Day on school campus May 31. Alumni reunion at opera house evening of May 31. May 17, 1917 Job E. GREENMAN one of Tampico’s old citizens celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday Monday and remarked on that day that he would run a race, fight or wrestle with any man of his age in town. He is running strong near the eighty mark but refused to give away his secret of longevity. May 17, 1917 H.E. CAIN received an invitation this week to the annual Commencement exercises of The University of Illinois which will be held at Urbana during June. Mason and Mary HEIN, son and daughter of Liva HEIN a sister of Mr. CAIN and a former resident of Tampico are members of this year’s class. Mason will graduate in the Agricultural course and Miss Mary in The Household Science Course. May 17, 1917 Mr. and Mrs. L.W. DENISON, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy DENISON and Mr. and Mrs. N.E. DENISON made a motor trip to Winnebago last Sunday. The trip up the scenic Rock River via Oregon, Grand De Tour and Byron was much enjoyed and a camp fire supper along the road added to the novelty of the trip
LesN 570 posts May 19, 2009 9:38 AM	May 18, 1895 Dr. A.C. SMITH commenced moving his household goods to Sterling Wednesday. Hiland HOGEBOOM took the first load. May 18, 1895 JACKSON, TEACH, McKENZIE, OLSSON and several others are taking to riding bicycles. May 18, 1901 We understand that L.D. McKENZIE of Prophetstown has bought the PRESTON livery business at Morrison. Mr. McKENZIE has taken possession of the business. May 18, 1901 TAKE NOTICE I hereby forbid all persons from trusting my son, Albert H. SHERE, on my account as I will pay no bills of his contracting. I also give notice that all wages earned by him are to be paid to me. W.E. SHERE Yorktown, Ill., May 7, 1901 May 18, 1901 FOR SALE Two good lots, a modern up-to-date eight room house, and large barn, located on the corner of Joy and Third streets, in Tampico. This is one of the finest residence property in the village. Inquire of J.M. BALDWIN May 19, 1888 Herbert KEMP started for Chicago, Tuesday, where he goes to hunt work. Herbert is a skilled carpenter and will no doubt find a job that will suit him. May 19, 1894 H.H. HOGEBOOM is having a new addition built to his house this week--a kitchen 10x12, construction superintended by Chas. WELCH. May 19, 1900 J.M. BALDWIN'S NEW HOME One of the Finest and Well Arranged Residence as Our Village Can Boast of. Last Saturday we called upon our old friend and comrade, Joel M. BALDWIN, and he courteously showed us through his new house and about his premises, which are located on the corner of Joy and Third streets. The new residence is in three sections, the main part being 18 x 28 1/2 feet and two stories high, to the east of this is a wing, or more properly the front of the house, which is 12x16 feet and two stories high. . . . . We consider the house a model and a modern one and it was planned by Mr. BALDWIN and it makes him an elegant home, one he richly deserves and one the like of which we wish all true old soldiers could have to enjoy in their declining years. May 19, 1900 Ray McKENZIE and James STRUM took a ride out to the canal Sunday afternoon to see the auger dredge at Kinzer works, he tied his team to some willows and went on a sight seeing tour when they returned they found one of the mares, one which had recently got from his farm, and being unused to such long drives, it being nearly seven miles to this point, had got tired and laid down on the tongue of the buggy and broke it. The next time Ray goes out driving he will probably take some bedding along so as to make it more comfortable for the mare; they managed to get home after digging up a few nails from their pockets and binding the pole with straps.
LesN 571 posts May 20, 2009 5:24 AM	May 20, 1893 Joseph BOZE [BOOZE?], of Sterling broke a leg the other day while trying to ride a bicycle. It is understood that he stated that "I'll ride the thing if it takes a leg." May 20, 1893 J.F. LEONARD and Mrs. H.H. DOW made a business trip to Morrison this week. Mr. DOW accompanied them as far as Sterling. They returned home that evening. May 20, 1893 Delos CRADDOCK, who held a clerkship in the Head Clerk's office of the M.W. A. at Fulton, returned home last Saturday, having resigned his position there. He has accepted a position of special agent for the German Insurance Co., of Freeport. May 20, 1893 Geo. DRAYTON had a large plaster upon the back of his right had this week, and on being asked what the trouble was, replied: "Oh, nothing but a boil." May 20, 1893 Henry L. DENISON purchased his lots situated on the corner of Joy and Third streets, of Oliver D. OLSSON. May 20, 1893 Fred BUELL, of the Tampico Creamery, told us that he is paying seventeen cents for cream now, and that at this time last year he paid twelve cents. May 20, 1893 Rev. F. L BALDWIN, of Sterling, exchanged pulpits with Rev. Geo. A. WELLS of this place last Sunday. Rev. BALDWIN was formerly located here and his friends were pleased to see him in their midst and hear him preach. May 20, 1893 Mrs. M.G. LOVE and Mrs. W.J. LOVE drove to Sterling, Friday. May 20, 1915 John REAGAN who has been employed in one of the large department stores in Chicago has resigned his position there and on Monday went to Galesburg where he has secured a better position. He spent Sunday in Tmapico visiting his old friend, Glenn STEADMAN. May 20, 1920 H.E. CAIN has installed a new carbonizer at his soda fountain which does away with considerable hand labor and also assists materially in making better products at the fountain.
LesN 572 posts May 21, 2009 5:38 AM	May 21, 1898 Horace BOOTH and Mrs. Ray McKENZIE were immersed in the Christian Church last Saturday evening. May 21, 1898 Mrs. A.A. SHERE and Mrs. Jed McKENZIE were in Prophetstown last Wednesday.
LesN 573 posts May 22, 2009 5:46 AM	May 22, 1886 Miss Luna DENISON is teaching in the LUTYENS district. May 22, 1886 Sam ADAMS has been going around with his hand bandaged of late. He had the misfortune to try to run his hand between the cog wheels of a wind mill. May 22, 1886 We received a letter from Rev. H.A. SMITH, of Clinton, Wis., this week. The letter was written in California, where he is spending a few months vacation resting and visiting his parents. He writes that they are experiencing hot weather, enjoying beautiful flowers and feasting upon delicious fruit which is very plenty there. May 22, 1886 Ed. A. WORRELL was quite seriously injured, at Morrison, Monday, by the running away of the team he was driving. He was thrown from the vehicle and had several of his ribs broken, his head and hand bruised and when picked up was insensible. At last account he was reported to be doing as well as the circumstances would admit. May 22, 1886 Mr. Oliver OLSSON is having a new barn built upon his premises three miles south west of town. Mr. METCALF has the contract and began work last Monday. May 22, 1886 Mr. Oliver OLSSON is having a new barn built upon his premises three miles south west of town. Mr. METCALF has the contract and began work last Monday. May 22, 1886 Notwithstanding the fact that the farmers are very busy at this time of the year, there is one occasionally who remembers ye editor, as the following list of renewals will prove: Geo., RUCK, S. M. ESTABROOK, James BROWNE, William METCALF, H BRECKENRIDGE. May 22, 1886 Owing to the inclemency of the weather last week Friday, the meeting ot the W.C.T.U. that was to take place at the residence of Mrs. C.F. GIFFORD was postponed until Friday afternoon, May 28th, when it will be held at the above stated place. May 22, 1886 M. Joseph KEMP and Mor. ROBINSON took the freight train for Clinton, Iowa, Monday, where they go to work at their trade, carpentering. They are experienced and skilled mechanics and will no doubt have but little trouble in finding work. May 22, 1886 Mr. D.L. BURROUGHS accompanied by his family and his two sisters, who have been guests at his house for several weeks, started for Woodard's Bluff Friday afternoon, where they will visit with Mr. Jno. RICHARDS and family until Tuesday next. May 22, 1886 Mr. Wm. WYLIE, who is making Bradford, Ill., his home, was in our city a few days this week visiting his parents and friends. Will is looking well and seems to be enjoying the bright side of life. May 22, 1886 John GRAY showed us a curious freak of nature in the shape of a four legged chicken.
Vaughn Croft 1 post May 22, 2009 3:36 PM	I have been back to Tampico in the summer to visit mother who resides in Prophetstown. I am a Tampico High School Graduate, 1965. After graduating from Illinois State Univesity in 1969 I started teaching high school in Tucson, Arizona. I have remained here since and I have 2 grown children. Anyone that remembers those days from 1953-1965, I would love to hear from you.
LesN 574 posts May 23, 2009 5:59 AM	Hi Vaughn, Glad to hear you were able to get back to Tampico. I am not from Tampico, however, my 3g grandparents, Noah & Sarah HOGEBOOM were among its early settlers. Likewise, my 4g grandparents Witcher and Eunice DOW were some of the earliest settlers in the Yorktown area. As you may have noticed, I have been transcribing the Tampico Tornado newspaper for some time. Unfortunately, I have purchased the microfilms from 1886-1920, thus I do not have anything from the time frame you are looking for. Hopefully, you will hear back from many folks who remember Tampico in the 50's and 60's. Les
LesN 575 posts May 23, 2009 6:28 AM	May 23, 1891 New Bedford [excerpts from this article] Last Monday we drove down there to do a little business.... Returning to town we called upon the HOGEBOOM Bros., who are engaged in the hardware and implement business. We were shown through their establishment. They have a good size, new building, the south front is used fore the hardware and the east side and up stairs are used for implements, wagons and buggies. In the rear O.K. MELVIN has a blacksmith shop. The boys seem to be doing a good business and from reports, we learn that they have had a big trade during the past season. They are courteous gentlemen to meet and square men to trade with. May 23, 1891 FAIRFIELD Miss Minnie HOGEBOOM is attending school in Dixon. O.W. McKENZIE is still on the sick list. Mr. CLEVELAND of Prophetstown is taking care of him. Mrs. PHILLIEO and Miss BALDWIN, of Prophetstown, were guests of the xsses SANDERS last Sunday. Mr. LANDSEIDLE [LANDSIEDEL]arrived here from Germany last week. He is now visiting his brother, Will; but we understand he intends to remain in America. Fred BERGE came from Spring Hill Sunday to visit his parents. His cousin, Miss Tina SIPPLE, came with him. Luther DIR and Edward WROTEN, of Rock Falls, spent Saturday and Sunday here. Will. KNOWLTON is photographing the Hooppoleites at present. May 23, 1891 Mr. and Mrs. John HOWLETT and Mrs. McLEAN start to-day (Saturday) for New York where they will take a steamer for England. Mr. HOWLETT made the trip in 1876 and was so well pleased with his visit that he has longed to make another visit. He has a mother there to visit. Mrs. McLEAN goes to visit her mother, who will return with the party. May 23, 1891 John YONK accompanies the HOWLETT company across the "briny deep." He goes to Germany. May 23, 1891 Jno. H. FEE, who is teaching school at Como, spent last Saturday in our midst. He has many friends here and has come to over occasionally to see him. May 23, 1891 Claude HACKETT and Nellie COLLINS, of the Primary room each received a prize for not being tardy or absent during the last term of school. Claude's prize was a pocket knife and Nellie's, a nice book. May 23, 1896 Thirty tons of wire were made at the DILLON-GRISWOLD wire mills in Sterling last week. May 23, 1896 Wallace McKENZIE moved into his new house on North Main street this week. He has a fine, commodious and convenient residence and when he gets it finished and painted it will be one of the finest looking places in town. May 23, 1896 Rufus ALDRICH is building an addition to his house on Washington street. He believes in having more room. May 23, 1896 J.M. BALDWIN was on the sick list for a few days last week. He caught a severe cold which kept him at the house. Sunday he felt much improved. May 23, 1896 Lee BROWN of Fairfield was in town Monday morning. He says they have had good rains there of late and says they have no fears of a drouth [sic] this season. May 23, 1896 M.G. LOVE is putting up a new woven wire fence and a steel gate in front of his residence on the corner of Market and Joy streets. A good improvement. May 23, 1896 J.M. BALDWIN was on the sick list for a few days last week. He caught a severe cold which kept him at the house. Sunday he felt much improved. May 23, 1896 Lee BROWN of Fairfield was in town Monday morning. He says they have had good rains there of late and says they have no fears of a drouth [sic] this season. May 23, 1896 M.G. LOVE is putting up a new woven wire fence and a steel gate in front of his residence on the corner of Market and Joy streets. A good improvement. May 23, 1896 William GREENMAN has been awarded the contract of lighting the street lamps; he started in his duties Saturday and got a good drenching by the heavy rain storm. May 23, 1903 LANDWAIR DENIES ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. According to the Sterling Standard, Frank LANDWAIR, of Erie and formerly of this place, attempted to take his life at Erie last Sunday morning. A small cloth which was saturated with the deadly liquid chloroform was found spread over his face. A physician was called in time to save his life, and he came to his parent's home here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. LANDWAIR have been married only a few years, but it is said that their home life has not been as pleasant as it might have been. Mrs. LANDWAIR is a daughter of Barney McGRADY, a prominent farmer south of here. Fred LANDWAIR was seen by a Tornado representative Monday and he says the report of his attempt to take his life is misrepresented. He claims that while a sufferer from tooth ache and neuralgia he used chloroform to soothe the pain and became addicted to its use to put him to sleep and on the night in question used it for that purpose. May 23, 1903 They Want Electric Road Hooppole and Yorktown Farmers Hold Enthusiastic Meetings Enthusiastic meeting of farmers at Yorktown and Hooppole, offers of bonuses, free right of way and a clamoring to buy stock, is the encouragement the Rock Falls - Rock Island Electric Railway company is meeting south of here on the project to construct a line from Rock Falls via Tampico, Yorktown and Hooppole to Atkinson. In the words of prominent farmers everybody is railroad crazy, especially around Hooppole, and some say the farmers there will, if necessary, even build the road in their vicinity and tender it to the company, so anxious are they for it. Last Friday A.J. McNEIL, A.C. STANLEY, H.L. SHELDON, John PIPPERT, O.E. MAZSON, all of Rock Falls, and connected with the projected line, visited Tampico in the interest of the road, and from there drove to Yorktown where a meeting was held in the hall over the blacksmith shop. The project was discussed and the following committee was appointed, who accompanied the Rock Falls gentlemen to Hooppole and Atkinson to look up the route, etc: Arthur ROGERS, F.E. FOY, John WERDERMAN and J.E. BUNKER. Everywhere they were received enthusiastically and all the farmers interviewed want the road. May 23, 1903 Another Meeting was held Monday night at Yorktown and M. BROOKS and A. ROGERS were appointed a committee to act with the Hooppole and Atkinson committees to solicit the right of way. They will begin work at once and will have no difficulty to secure it as it has been offered free on any road. May 23, 1903 Two routes are proposed out of Yorktown, on south two and a half miles and then west, and the other west and then south. The right of way will be two rods wide on one side of the road. Farmers along the route xxx xxx xxxx xx company's stock at 80 and the farmers who subscribe the most will probably get it past their farms May 23, 1903 A big meeting was held Tuesday evening at Hooppole, nearly 100 farmers being present. The proposed road was discussed and everyone was in favor of it. F. FELLMAN was appointed chairman of the committee to work with the Yorktown committee to secure the right of way. May 23, 1903 An electric railroad from Morrison south through Denrock to Erie has been projected by a half dozen Morrison gentlemen. The company is capitalized at $2,500 and the following citizens are the officers: George MILNE, president; Aaron D. HILL, secretary; Arthur M. KIDD, treasurer; Paul BENT, general manager; Charles G. MACKLIN, counsel. May 23, 1903 M.G. LOVE Wins Suit from CARTER The case of CARTER vs. M.G. LOVE over the sale of a farm a milew west of here was decided in favor of M.G. LOVE Wednesday at Morrison by judge RAMSEY of the circuit court. The farm in question was purchased by LOVE of CARTER and sold again by LOVE to M.M. FELL at an advance price per acre. CARTER claimed LOVE acted as agent only and that CARTER was entitled to the increase in value. The courts decided that the farm was sold to Mr. LOVE as he claimed. May 23, 1903 Thos. DILLON Has Bad Fall Thos. DILLON Sr. Badly Injured by Falling Headlong Down a Flight of Steps. Thomas DILLON, Sr., an elderly gentleman, fell down a flight of long stairs Saturday night at the home of his son Thos. DILLON, with whom he resided, and was painfully bruised and shaken from the fall. A bad gash was cut in his scalp which had to be sewed up and his hip and shoulder were badly injured. His advanced age makes the injuries all the more severe. Mr. DILLON arose about midnight to get a drink of water and thought he had not reached the head of the stars when he stepped off into space unexpectedly, falling with a crash down the stairs to the lower floor. The noise awakened the entire household, who hastened to his aid and Dr. WAHL was summoned, who found several bad bruises and the gash in his head, but fortunately no bones were broken. Members of the family and the doctor say it was a wonder that he was not killed or crippled. May 23, 1903 Ladies Aid Society Surprises BERGES On Monday evening the Aid society of the Baptist church with their husbands and some other friends gathered at the parsonage and proceeded to the home of Mr. and Mrs. George BERGE for the purpose of giving them a surprise. A pleasant social evening was enjoyed. Light refreshments were served. As they were about to depart for the home of Rev. C.G. WRIGHT, in behalf of the Aid, presented Mrs. BERGE with a beautiful salad dish as a token of appreciation on the part of the members of the Aid, for her faithful and efficient services as president of the society. Those present were: Messrs. and Mesdames Richard SMITH, A. SMITH, F.H. RICHARDSON, Earl SMITH, E.A. EMMONS, M.L. GRIFFEN, F.B. THOMAS, C.G. WRIGHT; Mesdames CANTLIN, Anna WEST, Pearle AKERBERG, Annie DAVIS, Elizabeth BOYER, Melvina LOGAN, Agnes WAHL, Carrie MORGAN, Anna SMITH, Eva RENSLOW, Ina HELLIER, Minnie CROSS, Kate VAGHN; Misses Olive MORGAN and Ethel SMITH. May 23, 1903 Dr. WAHL and Jesse VanBIBBER were in Sterling Tuesday evening where Dr. WAHL was made Knight Templar. May 23, 1903 Miss Fanny FURRY closed her school near New Bedford after teaching nine months and is now spending her summer vacation at home. May 23, 1903 Frank HERRICK stepped on a nail Tuesday evening while lifting some heavy sash and extra weight drove the nail deep into the sole of his foot which causes him to limp. May 23, 1903 Special Council Meeting Tuesday The city council held a special session Tuesday evening to grant dram shop and billiard licenses. Two applications for saloon licenses were presented, one by CONROY & SWANSON and the other by Felix RHEAUME. The application by CONROY & SWANSON was granted and action was deferred on Mr. RHEUME's application until a special meeting Wednesday evening, owing to the non-arrival of his bonds. One application for a billiard hall was presented by Sam GRAHAM and Chas. S. WELCH of Deer Grove. Action was deferred on this as the council wants to make provisions to prohibit the sale of soft drinks in billiard halls. F.J. McBRIDE's application for a billiard hall was not granted and the other application presented by Chas MORRILL at a previous meeting was withdrawn. Xxxx xxx xxx June 1. The other two began business Wednesday. May 23, 1903 The Program for Decoration Day The following program will be observed Decoration Day, May 30. Members of the Post and Womans Relief Corps will meet at their hall at 1:30 p.m., will for m in line in front of their hall ten minutes of two. the line of march will be to BURDEN's opera house in the following order: Tampico Brass Band will lead, followed by Post, flower girls, and Womans Relief Corps. The following is the program in the opera house: Music by M.E. Choir and orchestra Prayer by Rev. WILLIAMS Music Oration by Capt. BARDWELL of Dixon Music After services are concluded in hall the line of march will be taken up to the cemetery where the graves of the old soldiers will be decorated by the flower girls with assistance of the Relief corps, under the leadership of the Corps president, Anna WEST. There will be Decoration services at the auspices of the post here, at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, May 31. A fine program has been arranged by the people of Leon. Come, everybody. May 23, 1903 Mrs. Luella MOODY visted in Rock Island this week. May 23, 1903 Miss Julia Baxter, of Walnut, spent Sunday here the guest of friends. May 23, 1903 G.W. STOUFFER, of Princeton, was a visitor here Tuesday. May 23, 1903 Mrs. Thomas KELLEY is reported sick. May 23, 1903 Mrs. S.H. PIERCE visited relatives at Walnut last week Friday. May 23, 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Irving STEWART visited at John POPE's north of here Sunday. May 23, 1903 Mrs. SCOTT who is staying at Tom BURDEN's south off here, visited at the home of Mrs. Mary HELLIER Sunday. May 23, 1903 Mrs. McKNIGHT, of Nebraska and Mrs FRERRY, of Prophetstown, visited T.F. DILLON and family Sunday. May 23, 1903 Ella CLAPPER returned to her home in Prophetstown Thursday evening after several days visit here. May 23, 1903 J. BONVILLE, of Erie, is assisting James ANDREWS in the barber shop at present. May 23, 1903 Mrs. John McKENZIE of Yorktown visited at T.F. DILLON's one day last week. May 23, 1903 Mrs. E. L. WROTEN, of Sandwich, is here visiting relatives and friends. Mr. WROTEN is expected Saturday. May 23, 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur GAGNIER spent Sunday in Annawan the guests of relatives. May 23, 1903 Mrs. A. PILGER, teacher of piano and organ. 50 cents a lesson, Yorktown, Ill. May 23, 1903 Geo. B. JACKSON went to Kewanne, Ill., Thursday where he will work in the interests of the F.R.L.A. May 23, 1903 Robert, Frederick and Mable DARLING and Alma LUNDQUIST spent last Saturday and Sunday visiting in Geneseo. May 23, 1903 It requires two good looks at Barney McGRADY to identify him now and it's all on account of the fanciful cut of his luxuriant beard. May 23, 1903 M.G. LOVE was at Hooppole Wednesday where he adjusted the loss of a colt belonging to John VETTER which was killed by lightning last week. May 23, 1903 Dr. WHEELER, of Prophetstown, was called here Monday in consultation with Dr. WAHL over Mrs. E.S. BENTLY, who is suffering from a bad attack of nervous prostration. May 23, 1903 Leave your laundry at my store and get first-class work done. George LUTYENS. May 23, 1903 F.M. LaDUE went to Appleton, Missouri, Tuesday evening where he looked at farm lands in that section. He joined a Princeton party, headed by Marcus THACKABERRY, at Galesburg. May 23, 1903 Fred SHANKS has rented the LOVE building on Market Street and will conduct a lunch counter there. It is understood he has bought out the F. J. McBRIDE's business and will transfer it here. May 23, 1903 C.F. SIPPEL has moved his harness shop to the front of Union hall until his new building is ready for occupancy. R. L. DAVIS will conduct his restaurant in the building vacated by Mr. SIPPEL. May 23, 1903 Dr. E.J. MOSHER, osteopath, of Walnut, has decided to open an office her and will spend Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in his office over SMITHS' hardware store, where he will treat all chronic and acute diseases by osteopathy. Cures when others fail. May 23, 1903 Dr. E.J. MOSHER, osteopath, of Walnut, has decided to open an office her and will spend Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in his office over SMITHS' hardware store, where he will treat all chronic and acute diseases by osteopathy. Cures when others fail. May 23, 1903 Ab FORWARD has purchased MEREDITHS' meat market of Enos C. DEARSDORF of Missouri, who came into possession of it last week in a trade for Missouri land. Mr. FORWARD will conduct the business and keep a good up-to-date store. Frank LINDER will be retained as clerk and John DONNELY will also assist. Mr. FORWARD is a well known stock raiser of this vicinity and is well liked and will continue to hold the excellent trade the store always enjoys. May 23, 1903 M.R. THACKABERRY, of Princeton, drove here Monday on business. He returned to Princeton Monday evening and went to Missouri Tuesday on land business. He recently purchased 1,000 acres there. May 23, 1903 Glen ENGEL had his nose badly bruised Monday while playing at school. It was first thought that it was broken and Dr. WAHL was summoned, but before he could be reached an examination showed that it was only bruised. May 23, 1903 Mr. and Mrs. A.E. WIMMER were in Rock Falls Sunday where Mr. WIMMER preached an excellent and eloquent sermon on the League at the Methodist church at the morning services which were in commemoration of the leagues’ anniversary. May 23, 1903 Work has begun this week on C.F. SIPPEL's new store building by Contractor Frank HARDESTY of Rock Falls. The building will be of brick, 25x60, two stories high and will have a handsome plate glass front. F.B. THOMAS has the contract to do the carpenter work. May 23, 1903 Dr. E.W. WAHL has had his new house handsomely painted. The roof was painted with a green shingle stain the trimmings dark red, the upper half of the house a colonial yellow with a band of olive green and the lower story a light tan. The effect is striking and entirely different from anything else in the village. Fred ALLEN did the work. May 23, 1903 Some of the farmers who have fertilized their alkali corn fields with potash say they can see a difference in the corn that has come up already, at it is vigorous and outstrips fields where potash has not been sued. The following farmers in this vicinity are trying potash has not been used. The following farmers in this vicinity are trying potash this year to increase the yield of their corn field: E.E. WHEELOCK, 20 acres; Ed DEVINE, 100 acres; Morris MURPHY, J.H. MILLIGAN, Will MARSHALL, A. MUSSELLMAN, E. SHULTZ, Henry STOUFFREGEN, C.E. RENGEL, S.B. FREEMAN and Carl BLOCK. May 23, 1903 The following officers were elected last week at the regular election of the Knights of the Globe: Supreme Judge, John OLSSON; Judge, John CURLEY; President, Otto NELSON; Commander, F.B. THOMAS; Lieut. Commander, O.D. OLSSEN; Quartermaster, M.L. GRIFFIN. The officers will be installed at the meeting on May 26. May 23, 1903 Dr. Irving MOSHER, formerly of this place, but now located in Walnut, where he practices osteopathy, was here Sunday. May 23, 1903 The DENISON 160 farm just north of here was sold this week by E.E. MORGAN of Big Rock, Ill., to John FOULK of Mendota, the consideration being $10,400 or $65 an acre. Other transfers of interest in this vicinity are: Frederick RUCK to M.A. RUSSELL land in Tampico, $4,745. E.M. MORGAN to John FOULK land in Tampico, $10,400. Jeremiah STEWART to Fred STEWART land in Hume, $2,600. May 23, 1903 The Epworth League celebrated the anniversary of the origin of the society at the M.E. church last Sunday night by giving an appropriate program under the direction of the president, Miss Irene TURNER. Papers were read on league topics by Irene TURNER, Daisy FERRIS, Ada FURRY, Dollie HAGAN, Maude ROBBINS and H.A. FORBES. Miss Neva DENISON and Mrs. BERNREUTER sang solos, the Clio quartette rendered two selections and there were two duets, on by Bertha HELLIER and Mable BROWN and one by Mrs. ISHERWOOD and Hattie TURNER.
Administrator Denise 700 posts May 23, 2009 8:03 PM	To Vaughn, If possible, you should really start a new message thread with your years of interest in THS as part of the subject. You may get a better response. Also, as an FYI, There are several THS Facebook sites. Of course, we would love to hear from you here on THIS site so please feel free to reminisce and share stories at any time. It will encourage others to join in! :) Denise ---------- Denise Family History Coordinator Tampico Area Historical Society Last Edited by on May 23, 2009 8:05 PM
Vaughn Croft 2 posts Jun 01, 2009 1:45 PM	hi Les, I do see some of my classmates when I am back in the summer. Thanks for the response.

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