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St. Charles, Illinois - Newspaper Excerpts
1901-1940

Contributed by Kay Nolen


*** Note that some of the articles published in later years are excerpts of the column, "This was 25 Years Ago" ***


1902
St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, May 2, 1902, Current In Kane County: George Hankes, a Bald Mound farmer, has a chicken with two pairs of legs and the chick can walk upon either pair. It is quite a curious freak of nature. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, May 2, 1902, Local Notes: Mrs. Charles Tanner, nee Lottie Whitney, has been very sick at her home in Chicago the past two weeks, but is now some better. Her mother, Mrs. Melvin Whitney, who has been with her, is also sick.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, May 2, 1902, Illinois Items: Oscar Bobo died at his home in Ludlow, Champaign county. Death resulted from heart failure, after pneumonia.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, May 2, 1902, Illinois Items: Miss Cora Lee Green, daughter of Dr. W. Duff Green, died at her home at Mount Vernon of congestion of the brain. Her mother died only two weeks ago.

1907

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 22, 1907, Wasco: H.S. Higgins has sold his farm to G.C. Hubbs of Detroit, Mich.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 22, 1907, Mrs. Catherine Scheutz who came to St. Charles with her husband from Germany about 60 years ago, died at the alms house Monday, aged 91 years. The pair were honest, thrifty, and hard working and at one time owned 90 acres of land south of the North cemetery, but before Mr. Sheutz' death several years ago, the property became involved and they lost everything. After the death of her husband, she lived with the Michael Murphy family but disliking to be a burden to her friends, finally applied for admittance to the alms house where she lived for eight years, brightening considerably the lost of other in the institution by her genial disposition and her willingness to be of service. Miss Hessie Murphy visited her some time ago and renewed a promise that she be buried in St.Charles beside her husband. Her wish was carried out.

1925

St. Charles Chronicle, March 12, 1925. Local Happenings. J.W. Chaffee and F.C. Hunt are having extensive improvements made on their residences. Sun parlors and other additions are to be made.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 12, 1925. Want Ads. Board and Room -- Comfortable room. Home cooking. Inquire at 216 East Sixth Avenue. Mrs. Carrie Burns. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 12, 1925. Lily Lake. Mrs. John McGowan was recently called to New Bedford, Mass., on account of the illness of her daughter, Miss Marion, who is attending school there.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 12, 1925. Local Happenings. Little Miss Barbara Jean Harbaugh is giving a party at Library hall Saturday afternoon to celebrate her seventh birthday anniversary.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 12, 1925. Local Happenings. Miss Ruth Nord began work as stenographer in the Pipe Organ factory Tuesday at Geneva, having completed her work at a business college in Elgin.

1926

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, 28 Jan 1926: Old Landmark Is Being Modernized by Swanson Brothers. Swanson Bros., proprietors of the St. Charles Monument Works, are remodeling an old house which stands just south of their shop, on Fifth avenue, and when it is completed there will be an upper and lower flat in which the two families will reside. The old house is a landmark of the early day. The Swanson bought it of Wm. Scott, but it was built by Mrs. A. B. Fagan's grandfather when few houses stood in St. Charles. The grandfather, whose name was Powers, drew the oak timbers which went into the framework and the lumber which built it, from down below Aurora where the only mill was then located. These old oak timbers are as good and firm today as when placed there 80 years ago. The house is being made modern in every way.

1927

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, February 10, 1927, Local News: Violet Sandholm, in the eighth grade at school, has developed scarlet fever in a light form. Her father, E.W. Sandholm of the Sandholm market is staying with relatives in Geneva until Violet recovers. She was taken ill Sunday.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, February 10, 1927, Local News: Many will recall Gus Tebell who made such a name for himself in athletics following the war, while in Madison University. He is still coaching in the University of North Carolina He has not told about it himself, but word has come that he is investing in property in the highlands of that vicinity and putting up summer cottages. No doubt a remunerative outcome is ahead.

St. Charles Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Henry Kohlert’s famous “Elgin Piston Pin Special,” in which he was wrecked in the 500-mile Memorial Day Race at Indianapolis, will be among the starters in the 50-mile dirt race at the Robey Speedway Sunday. Bruce Miller of Detroit, Mich., has been selected by Mr. Kohlert to pilot the car. 

St. Charles Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Mrs. Jess B. Hawley was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Young Mothers Club last Wednesday evening. She told about the twin children they are rearing. The children are outdoors all day long with no clothes on, and doctors pronounce them in perfect physical condition. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Mr. and Mrs. Burtis Jordan entertained Saturday evening at a family dinner. Mrs. Etta Jordan, Miss Mae Jordan and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Berg and daughter Loreen were present. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Clarence D. Rudd was pleasantly surprised last week by friends and relatives on his birthday. Bunco was played, Mrs. R.H. McCurdy, Miss Grace Rudd, S.J. Rudd and George Termansen winning the honors. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Smith Huls, a former St. Charles grocer in the storeroom next to the old Chronicle printing office, now occupied by the A. and P. Store, is making his first visit her since going west to Montana more than 20 years ago. Mrs. Huls, who was back two years ago, visited her mother, Mrs. A. H. Shibley, and other relatives here. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, February 10, 1927, Local News: Violet Sandholm, in the eighth grade at school, has developed scarlet fever in a light form. Her father, E.W. Sandholm of the Sandholm market is staying with relatives in Geneva until Violet recovers. She was taken ill Sunday. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, February 10, 1927, Local News: Many will recall Gus Tebell who made such a name for himself in athletics following the war, while in Madison University. He is still coaching in the University of North Carolina He has not told about it himself, but word has come that he is investing in property in the highlands of that vicinity and putting up summer cottages. No doubt a remunerative outcome is ahead.

St. Charles Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Henry Kohlert’s famous “Elgin Piston Pin Special,” in which he was wrecked in the 500-mile Memorial Day Race at Indianapolis, will be among the starters in the 50-mile dirt race at the Robey Speedway Sunday. Bruce Miller of Detroit, Mich., ha been selected by Mr. Kohlert to pilot the car.

St. Charles Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Mrs. Jess B. Hawley was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Young Mothers Club last Wednesday evening. She told about the twin children they are rearing. The children are outdoors all day long with no clothes on, and doctors pronounce them in perfect physical condition.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Mr. and Mrs. Burtis Jordan entertained Saturday evening at a family dinner. Mrs. Etta Jordan, Miss Mae Jordan and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Berg and daughter Loreen were present.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Clarence D. Rudd was pleasantly surprised last week by friends and relatives on his birthday. Bunco was played, Mrs. R.H. McCurdy, Miss Grace Rudd, S.J. Rudd and George Termansen winning the honors.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 15, 1927, Local News: Smith Huls, a former St. Charles grocer in the storeroom next to the old Chronicle printing office, now occupied by the A. and P. Store, is making his first visit her since going west to Montana more than 20 years ago. Mrs. Huls, who was back two years ago, visited her mother, Mrs. A. H. Shibley, and other relatives here.

1929

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 22, 1929, Locals. Mr. and Mrs. George Lamb and Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson are attending the state fair at Springfield this week.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 22, 1929, Locals. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Apgar and children, Mrs. Earl Nippert and Donald and Mrs. Nettie Nippert attended the boat races at Fox Lake last Sunday afternoon. They were luncheon guests at the home of Earl Wilson at Lake Villa

1932

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1932, This Was News 25 Years Ago (Dec. 28, 1906) While returning from the cemetery Monday evening on the six o'clock car Mrs. D.B. Moore fell from the steps of the car as she alighted at the corner of Third and Prairie Sts. and receivded serious injuries. Just as she was stepping to the ground the car started and she was thrown to the ground. Erle Millen, a passenger on the rear platform, saw her fall and jumped off to assist her. He took her to the Frank Rockwell residence which was close at hand. A physician found her left side to be paralysed. She was later removed to her home where she is suffering a great deal.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1932, This Was News 25 Years Ago (Dec. 28, 1906) Ed. Hawkins, a farmer living north of Wasco, got his right hand caught in the rollers of a corn husker yesterday afternoon with the result that the hand was completely severed at the wrist. He was taken to Sherman hospital, Elgin

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1932. Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Frohling will move March 1 from the D. A. Craft farm to the Lyman Godfrey farm near Burlington.
St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. I.S. Kingsbury received word early last Friday morning that her youngest brother, Celon Hooker, had passed away after a short illness at his home in Alhambra, California. Mr. Hooker was born and raised in the old Hooker homestead northwest of St. Charles which his father purchased from the government in 1842. He leaves, besides his sister, a wife, daughter, two sons and a granddaughter. His death leaves Mrs. Kingsbury the sole survivor of the one time large Hooker family.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1932. Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bowgren will move soon from Mrs. Adella Read's farm to the Frank Sharp farm east of Elburn which they recently purchased.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1932. Thieves Again Active in St. Charles As Three Burglaries Reported. Two heifers belonging to Martin Lubner were killed last Saturday night on the Martin Johnson farm on Route 22 north of St. Charles. The thieves entered the barn, killed the animals, butchered them on a cement platform at the rear of the barn and dragged the carcasses down through the fields to a truck. On Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Lubner returned home after a visit with friends and found that sneak thieves had entered their home and helped themselves to a few miscellaneous articles.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1932. Thieves Again Active in St. Charles As Three Burglaries Reported. Chris Jensen, caretaker at St. Charles public library, surprised a burglar at work on the library safe last Friday night. Jensen had attended a meeting of the Danish Brotherhood Lodge and was on his way home when he stopped to see that everything was in order on the night. Entering the front door with his key and turning on the lights he was much surprised to see a man crouching behind the desk near the door leading to the office. The man, armed with a heavy iron crow bar, immediately jumped up and shielding his face with one arm, dashed past Jensen down the basement stairs and out the basement door. When police arrived they could find no trace of the thief but discovered that he had jimmied the basement door to gain an entrance.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 24, 1932. Fifty Year Jewel Given Wm. Munn. Wm. Munn has completed his half century in Odd Fellowship. The token of fifty years membership was tendered him Sunday, with appropriate ceremony.  On account of ill health, it was not advisable to hold a reception at the lodge quarters, but was made a home affair, but was even more impressive and commemorative.  Nobel Grand Hokenson presided, while his assistants were Glenn Hanmer secretary, Gust Anderson treasurer. By request of the membership, the jewel presentation was done by Mr. Munn's fellow-worker for many years and neighbor, Donald MacDonald, who gave him the honorary 50 year token with kindly and appropriate words.  The two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Munn, Robert and George, with their families, were present; and all others who could be accommodated in the modest home, where Mr. and Mrs. Munn are spending their declining years with the thoughtful helpfulness for each other that has kept the long road which they have trod together, from becoming wearisome, although they have had their share of the shadow as well as the sun.  Mr. Munn, who was born in Elgin, came to St. Charles in 1873, and he and Miss Sarah LaDue were married in 1876. Mrs. Munn has lived here since 1864.  The principles entwined about this old and honored lodge, and engrafted in its foundation, are friendship, love, truth and charity, the basis for all right living, governmental, state or individual.   The honor bestowed on their honored member Sunday,was a gracious act, and deeply appreciated by the recipient and his family. The hope was voiced that he might see more years in the fellowship.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 24, 1932. Table Clatter by L.S. Paschal (the editor). In a story about elections: When asked why he filed on the Democratic ticket when there are so few democrats in St. Charles Andrew Anderson, candidate for road commissioner in the township election, replied that he was among the last to file for the office and that the other candidates had already filed under all the party names that he ever heard of except the Democratic so he felt forced to take it.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 24, 1932, Obituary. Kasimer Gedwill, until two years ago a resident of St. Charles, died at his home on a farm near Aurora, Sunday afternoon. The cause of his death was ulcers of the stomach.  Gedwill came to St. Charles with three brothers in 1914 from Lithuania. He served in the World War. The local post of the legion had charge of the funeral held at the Norris chapel Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Union cemetery beside his brother Peter, who died two years ago.  Kasimer owned the soft drink parlor on West Second street south next to Hahn's Garage until he moved to a farm near Aurora.  He is survived by a wife, Helen, two daughters and three brothers, John of Mason City, Iowa, Justin of Chicago and a young brother Stanley, who remained in Lithuania with the father, who also survives. Before going into the service in 1917, Gedwill was employed by the Borden Company as a milk inspector. At that time he was acquainted with most of the dairy farmers in this vicinity.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Wasco. Several from here attended church at St. Charles Swedish Lutheran Sunday morning to hear Eric Hawkins speak, he has been studying for the ministry at Rock Island.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 24, 1932. Fifty Year Jewel Given Wm. Munn. Wm. Munn has completed his half century in Odd Fellowship. The token of fifty years membership was tendered him Sunday, with appropriate ceremony.  On account of ill health, it was not advisable to hold a reception at the lodge quarters, but was made a home affair, but was even more impressive and commemorative.  Nobel Grand Hokenson presided, while his assistants were Glenn Hanmer secretary, Gust Anderson treasurer. By request of the membership, the jewel presentation was done by Mr. Munn's fellow-worker for many years and neighbor, Donald MacDonald, who gave him the honorary 50 year token with kindly and appropriate words.  The two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Munn, Robert and George, with their families, were present; and all others who could be accommodated in the modest home, where Mr. and Mrs. Munn are spending their declining years with the thoughtful helpfulness for each other that has kept the long road which they have trod together, from becoming wearisome, although they have had their share of the shadow as well as the sun.  Mr. Munn, who was born in Elgin, came to St. Charles in 1873, and he and Miss Sarah LaDue were married in 1876. Mrs. Munn has lived here since 1864.  The principles entwined about this old and honored lodge, and engrafted in its foundation, are friendship, love, truth and charity, the basis for all right living, governmental, state or individual.   The honor bestowed on their honored member Sunday,was a gracious act, and deeply appreciated by the recipient and his family. The hope was voiced that he might see more years in the fellowship.
St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, March 24, 1932, Lily Lake. The Ladies Aid Society was entertained on Thursday in the home of Mrs. Albin Johnson. A pot luck dinner was served after which carpet rags were sewed. "Bunco" was also enjoyed. The high score was awarded to Mrs. Norman Bowgren and low score to Mrs. D. Craft.
St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Wasco. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bagge and sons, left Monday morning for Scranton, Penna., for a trip and visit with relatives.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. F. W. Hagaman was one of the seven judges for the Drum Corps Section of the Chicago Music Festival on Saturday evening.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Peter Kinst and Edward Gabrielson attended the Cubs game in Chicago Sunday.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Logan B. Healy and Alan Winterhalter attended the Cubs Game in Chicago Sunday.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. and Mrs. Harry G. Hempstead left Chicago Monday night by boat for Muskegon, Michigan where they will spend a week visiting at the Hanson summer home. Mrs. Hanson is the former Sarah Painter Nye.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. and Mrs. Harry G. Hempstead left Chicago Monday night by boat for Muskegon, Michigan where they will spend a week visiting at the Hanson summer home. Mrs. Hanson is the former Sarah Painter Nye.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. I.F. Kingsbury celebrate her 75th birthday at a family dinner at Pinelands on Sunday. About twenty-eight relatives were present.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. and Mrs. Harry G. Hempstead left Chicago Monday night by boat for Muskegon, Michigan where they will spend a week visiting at the Hanson summer home. Mrs. Hanson is the former Sarah Painter Nye. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Exchanges. Winfield Smith, formerly of Elburn, but not a resident of St. Charles, observed his 80th birthday August 13, 1932. A family picnic was held at Johnson's Mound which was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, his son, with whom he lives, and Mr. and Mrs. Dell Flowers of Elburn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Underwood of Kaneville, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Eberly of Aurora, and Mrs. Maude Baumgartner of St. Charles. -- Elburn Herald.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Francis Socin Given Patent on Portable Piano He Invented. Francis Socin, of 713 Prairie St., foreman of the grand piano department of the Cable Piano Company, has been granted letters of patent on a portable piano that he has been working on for years. The first practical working model has just been completed by Mr. Socin. It is a compact four octave piano with a piano keyboard action, yet uses a music box type vibrating tong instead of wires. Mr. Socin is of the opinion that the piano complete could be made on a production basis to sell for about $25 and that the schools offer a vast field for its sale. It would replace the present cardboard soundless box now in use in many schools where music is taught. The tones are true and the students would respond to the sound and take more interest than merely hitting a pasteboard key that resounded with a mere thump.  He has made no effort as yet to market his idea other than to approach the officials of the Cable Co. They have the manufacture and sale of it under advisement. Mr. Socin is an accomplished musician. He is a pianist of more than ordinary ability and has an excellent voice. He sings with the Fox Valley Choral Society.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Wasco. Several from here attended church at St. Charles Swedish Lutheran Sunday morning to hear Eric Hawkins speak, he has been studying for the ministry at Rock Island.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Wasco. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bagge and sons, left Monday morning for Scranton, Penna., for a trip and visit with relatives.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. F. W. Hagaman was one of the seven judges for the Drum Corps Section of the Chicago Music Festival on Saturday evening.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Peter Kinst and Edward Gabrielson attended the Cubs game in Chicago Sunday.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Logan B. Healy and Alan Winterhalter attended the Cubs Game in Chicago Sunday.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. and Mrs. Harry G. Hempstead left Chicago Monday night by boat for Muskegon, Michigan where they will spend a week visiting at the Hanson summer home. Mrs. Hanson is the former Sarah Painter Nye.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. and Mrs. Harry G. Hempstead left Chicago Monday night by boat for Muskegon, Michigan where they will spend a week visiting at the Hanson summer home. Mrs. Hanson is the former Sarah Painter Nye.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. I.F. Kingsbury celebrate her 75th birthday at a family dinner at Pinelands on Sunday. About twenty-eight relatives were present.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Local Happenings. Mrs. and Mrs. Harry G. Hempstead left Chicago Monday night by boat for Muskegon, Michigan where they will spend a week visiting at the Hanson summer home. Mrs. Hanson is the former Sarah Painter Nye. 

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Exchanges. Winfield Smith, formerly of Elburn, but not a resident of St. Charles, observed his 80th birthday August 13, 1932. A family picnic was held at Johnson's Mound which was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, his son, with whom he lives, and Mr. and Mrs. Dell Flowers of Elburn, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Underwood of Kaneville, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Eberly of Aurora, and Mrs. Maude Baumgartner of St. Charles. -- Elburn Herald.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1932. Francis Socin Given Patent on Portable Piano He Invented. Francis Socin, of 713 Prairie St., foreman of the grand piano department of the Cable Piano Company, has been granted letters of patent on a portable piano that he has been working on for years. The first practical working model has just been completed by Mr. Socin. It is a compact four octave piano with a piano keyboard action, yet uses a music box type vibrating tong instead of wires. Mr. Socin is of the opinion that the piano complete could be made on a production basis to sell for about $25 and that the schools offer a vast field for its sale. It would replace the present cardboard soundless box now in use in many schools where music is taught. The tones are true and the students would respond to the sound and take more interest than merely hitting a pasteboard key that resounded with a mere thump.  He has made no effort as yet to market his idea other than to approach the officials of the Cable Co. They have the manufacture and sale of it under advisement. Mr. Socin is an accomplished musician. He is a pianist of more than ordinary ability and has an excellent voice. He sings with the Fox Valley Choral Society.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 8, 1932, Local Happenings: Jas. T. Doherty and son Wilfred have returned from a boat trip through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, Sept. 8, 1932, Local Happenings: Paul and Warren Anderson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Anderson, and their uncle, Arthur Anderson, who returned Monday from a trip through Maine and New Hampshire, tell of seeing the total eclipse. they re in Lancester, New Hampshire about the time of the eclipse but because of cloudy weather knew they could not see it from there so they drove some 50 miles distance from Lancester and were able to get a very good view.


1933

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, June 29, 1933. This Was News 10 Years Ago. J. R. Bowie, who has been seriously ill, is gaining in strength. Two of his former co-employes in MarshallField's, Wm. Hutton and Orlin Evans, are his guests today. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, June 29, 1933. This Was News 10 Years Ago. Grace, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Rehm, came near being scalped Monday when her hair caught in the electric wringer of the washing machine she was operating.


1937

In a lengthy story in the Jan. 21,1937 issue of the St. Charles Chronicle, "Shawl Parade at B & P Club Dinner Night," is this paragraph: The most famous shawl was the property of Mrs. Wilda Blanchard Wells, which Mrs. Abraham Lincoln presented Mrs. Sarah Howard Bunker, sister of Wilda's mother, Mrs. Charles Blanchard, in the late sixties. Mrs. Lincoln was a frequent visitor at the Howard home (now the home of Mrs. Wells) 51 South Sixth Ave. Her coming to St. Charles was for the purpose of consulting Mrs. Leonard Howard, a noted medium. Her famous husband a martyr, her son Tad dying, had left Mrs. Lincoln a despairing woman. Mrs. Howard's daughter, Mrs. Bunker, was a widow and at home. The two women found much in common and Mrs. Lincoln left many tokens of her gratitude and appreciation.

1938

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, July 7, 1938. This Was News 20 Years Ago. W. F. Oatman of Dundee, who operated the first condensed milk factory in St. Charles, where the Borden plant is now located,died recently. The Oatman company failed here, but he again engaged in this business at Dundee and amassed a comfortable fortune there.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, July 21, 1938. Local Happenings. Roy Crawford and sons Crosby and Junior, Llewellyn Fellows and son Cleon, and Harold E. Wiltsie attended the double header baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers at WrigleyField yesterday.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, July 21, 1938. Here and There. Richard Behrens, 16 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Behrens of Algonquin, died Tuesday from a skull fracture received Monday when he was struck by a pitched baseball, during the first inning of the district championship game between the Algonquin Legion Juniors and the Rockford Pla-Mor Sport Shop teams at Elgin Stadium.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, July 21, 1938. Here and There. Richard Behrens, 16 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Behrens of Algonquin, died Tuesday from a skull fracture received Monday when he was struck by a pitched baseball, during the first inning of the district championship game between the Algonquin Legion Juniors and the Rockford Pla-Mor Sport Shop teams at Elgin Stadium.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, July 21, 1938. Bait Casting Tests Give Laurels to The Community Market. Although the Miller Food Shop and the Community Market fishing contest brought in a haul of 13 carp between them, no fish had a $10 tag attached to its gill. Miller Food Shop bait-casters were: A. Cleon Miller, Francis Kramford, Peter Gricunas, Ross Johnston and Ray Eckner. They are credited with hauling out of the flooded stream four carp. There is some suspicion that the Community Market bait, reinforced with Limburger cheese, had something to do with their successful catches. The friendly contest caused an immense amount of humorous badgering and was worth all the time spent hanging over the railing of Main street bridge Monday evening.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, July 21, 1938. Bait Casting Tests Give Laurels to The Community Market. Although the Miller Food Shop and the Community Market fishing contest brought in a haul of 13 carp between them, no fish had a $10 tag attached to its gill. The Community Market fishermen included John Gricunas, Louis Johnson, Walter Arnold, "Cozzy" Grozis and Stanley Pakenas, who landed nine carp, and copped the cash prize of $10. There is some suspicion that the Community Market bait, reinforced with Limburger cheese, had something to do with their successful catches. The friendly contest caused an immense amount of humorous badgering and was worth all the time spent hanging over the railing of Main street bridge Monday evening.

St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, July 21, 1938. Public Library Gets Comments on Books By Local Readers. Are you interested in what people are saying about some of the new books in the St. Charles Public Library? The following are comments which were made over the desk at the Library: My Son, My Son! by Spring. "This is the best of the new books. After reading it you cannot question the wisdom of the maxim "Spare the rod and spoil the child." -- Franklin Algozin.  High Tension, by Haines. "One of the best light books I have ever read. There is excellent character study done in conversational form." Calvin Satterlee.

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