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October, 1902

from Antioch News02 October 1902
AUCTION SALES
The undersigned will sell at auction 1 1/2 miles west of Millburn and 1 1/2 miles east of Sand Lake, on the old Gideon Thayer farm, on Wednesday, October 15, at one o'clock sharp, the following described property to-wit: One matched team seven and eight years old, 1 horse sired by Ben H. 2:12 1-2, 4 No. 1 cows , sow with 10 pigs, 6 shoats, 75 hens and chickens, 1 mower, wagon nearly new, milk wagon, undivided half of an Osborn binder, spring tooth cultivator new, horse rake, sod or stubble plow, cook stove, heater, stack of straw, 10 acres of corn in shock, 400 bushels of oats free from mustard or thistles, 50 or 60 bushels of potatoes early and late, 7 tons tame hay and millet, harrow, double and single harness, and other articles not mentioned, Usual terms.
FRANK THAYER.
WALTER WHITE, Auctioneer.

Richard Pantall is visiting at Chicago Lawn.

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Stewart were Waukegan visitors last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth returned from Chicago Tuesday evening.

Lloyd White returned to Grayslake after an absence of ten days.

I understand that Ralph Spafford has rented a farm near the village.

Miss Carrie Bater returned Tuesday evening after a weeks visit in Antioch.

Ernest White is attending school at the University of Illinois at Champaign.

Victor Strang left last week for Rochester where he will attend school this winter.

Mrs. George Smith and Miss Kittie L. Smith left for Chicago Sunday for a few days visit.

John M. Strang will soon leave for Pasadena, Cal., where he will remain during the winter.

Mr. John Rose, after an absence of several month at Pikeville returned to our village last week.

The Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs. A. H. Stewart Friday afternoon, there was a very large attendance.

Superintendent Stewart has ordered new sidewalks in the village, some of which have been laid. Herbert Mathews being the contractor.

Rev. Mr. Berger, of Chicago, occupied the pulpit here Sunday morning and evening, and was the guest of Mrs. Bater during his stay in our village.

The celebrated Fisk Jubilee Singers direct from Fisk University Nashville, Tenn., will give an entertainment at the Millburn Congregational church, Monday evening October 6. They are very highly recommended.

from a Waukegan paper 07 October 1902
Now hear: "The Jubilee Singers from Fiske University," Nashwille, Tenn., are coming to Millburn Monday night, Oct. 6th, next Monday night. They are a colored troup of five women and four men. They are highly educated artistic singers. It is thought this concert will excel all the concerts we have had since we had the "Swiss bell ringers in '83. They have won the highest praise form cities where they have sang in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. All who have heard them say they excel all other colored troups of singers. Every one ought to plan to come and hear them. If we plan to do anything we most always accomplish it. Bring your lantern so you can see to go home. Begins at 8 o'clock. Tickets 25 cents.

Belle Watson has gone to Chicago, to spend a few weeks with her sister Mrs. Pollock.

Mrs. Towers is home from a long visit with her son, Wm. Towers.

Mrs. Roy Slocum, (nee Julia Strang,) visited Mrs. White Saturday and attended church here Sunday.

Mrs. Wm. Mitchell made a birthday party for her little boy Lester last Saturday.

George Duncan had the misfortune to get badly scalded at the butter factory from a barrel bursting that was filled with steam. The barrel exploded and the steam came out on his arm and face and scalded him quite badly so he is not able to do any work at present.

There was a large attendance at Mrs. A. H. Stewart's last week at the Ladies' Aid Society. Mrs. Stewart served an elegant supper. Forty-five took supper. It was a bad day so the men could not work. They thought they would do something and came to the Aid Society, eleven in all. We always have a good time at Mrs. Stewarts.

Peter Duncan of Antioch has bought out Mr. Sutherland and will soon take possession.

from the pages of the Waukegan Daily Sun 7 October 1902
Richard Pantall is visiting at Chicago Lawn.

Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth returned from Chicago Tuesday evening.

Miss Carrie Bater returned Tuesday evening after a week's visit in Antioch.

Ernest White is attending school at the University of Illinois.

Victor Strang left last week for Rochester where he will attend school.

Mrs. George Smith and Miss Kittie L. Smith left for Chicago Sunday for a visit.

John M. Strang will soon leave for Pasedena, Cal., where he will remain during the winter.

John Rose, after an absence of several months at Pikeville returned last week.

The Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs. A. H. Stewart Friday afternoon.

Superintendent Stewart has ordered new sidewalks some of which has been laid. Herbert Mathews being the contractor.

Rev. Mr. Berger, of Chicago, occupied the pulpit Sunday morning.

from Antioch News09 October 1902
Millburn long distance telephone is still in the future.

John A. Strang left for Chicago Sunday evening for a short visit.

E. A. Martin left for Chicago on Friday evening for a short visit.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCann were Waukegan visitors Monday.

Mrs. James Jamison will leave this week to visit her brothers in Missouri.

Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth left for Chicago Friday morning to be absent two weeks.

Many of our people attended the funeral of Mr. John Cunningham at Mill Creek cemetery Friday.

Rev. Mr. Rogers, of Chicago, occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church morning and evening.

The entertainment of the Fisk Jubilee Concert Company was given at the Congregational church Monday evening and considering the bad condition of the roads there was a fine attendance.

from Antioch News16 October 1902
OBITUARY
The remains of the late John Cunningham were interred at the Mill Creek Cemetery Friday, October 3rd, 1902, in the presence of many friends and relatives, his death occurring Tuesday, Sept. 30. The deceased was born in Ireland, in 1845, coming to America in 1860. He resided in Chicago for several years, moving to Lake county about twenty years ago, where he has since made his home near Millburn. He had been a patient sufferer for many months. He leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss, one son and four daughters. By his death the family lose a kind and gentle husband and father, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

AUCTION
Having sold the farm where we now reside, know as the McAllister farm, two miles west and one mile north of Wadsworth, and the same distance east and north of Millburn, Lake county, Ill., we will sell at auction, on said premises without reserve, Thursday, October 23, at ten o'clock, sharp, the following property, to-wit: Ten choice milk cows, all young; 7 yearlings, 3 spring calves; all stock is in fine condition. Five head of horses - One Clyde 8 years old, black; 1 five-year-old French coach mare, 1 three-year-old French coach gelding, both bay, same shade, large, stylish and good roadsters, full brother and sister; 2 bay mares, good breeders and workers. 12 full blood Poland China shoats. 25 tons tame hay, extra quality; 20 tons of wild and mixed hay, good, one shock of straw, 200 bushels oats, 15 acres of corn in shock, 10 cords of wood ready for stove, mostly hickory, all cut from live timber. Farm implements - Truck wagon, good; lumber wagon, old; good milk wagon with pole, buggy stone boat, bob sled, 2 sets of double harness, 2 single harnesses, 3 cultivators, 1 spring-tooth; corn planter with check rower, grain seeder, wheelbarrow, seed sower, pulverizer, feed grinder, newaly new; horse hay rake, 2 old ground plows, one nearly new; sulky plow iwht sod plow attachment, two plows in one; 1 new steel scoop, and 1 common shovel; 2 water tanks, one galanized iron and one wood; 75-gal cast iron cauldron, set in steel covering, portable chimney; 1 cast iron tank heater, 2 harrows, one steel lever and one wood frame; root cutter,new; 1 cross-cut and 2 one-man saws, 1 buck and 2 band saws, vise and anvil, wire stretcher, 1 new patent post auger, pulverizer sharpener, 1 log chain, 2 dung forks, McCormick mower, nearly new. A great lot of household and kitchen furniture, some very fine, and other articles too numerous to mention. Lunch at noon.
Terms 1 year with 5 per cent interest
E. H. Rood
M. M. Rood.
Geo Vogel, Auctioneer.

from a Waukegan paper 27 October 1902
Mrs. Smith, of Elkhart, Indiana, started for home Monday after a long visit at Mrs. Matthews.

Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth got home Wednesday from the city after two weeks visit with their daughter, Mrs. Archibald Brown.

John M. Strang started for California Monday.

Rev. Mr. Mitchell has got all his household goods out of the parsonage. He came Monday and has moved everything out, so it is now ready for the new minister.

Mr. and Mrs. Bates of Chicago, came out to visit Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stewart next Saturday. All were at church Sunday.

Geo. Stephens, Mr. Pantall, James Pollock, Herbert Mathews and Mr. Van Patten all went to Waukegan to settle Mrs. Lampson's will.

The Ladies' Aid Society will give a bazaar and supper in the church the 12th of December.

The last report from Mrs. Geo. I. Strang of Marshfield, Wis., is that she is making a good recovery.

Mr. Pantall has a new telephone put up in his store.

E. A. Martin packed two barrels of canned fruit for the Ladies' Aid Society to go to the Children's Home at Englewood.

Mrs. Jessie McGowan, of Park Manor, Chicago, came Wednesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Al Stewart.

Miss Jennie Fowler, of East Troy, Wis., is a visitor at Mrs. Cummings.

There was a large attendance at Mrs. Mathews Saturday at the Aid Society and a very enjoyable time.

Samuel Stedman, Sr., of Gurnee, called on some of his old friends Wednesday.

The ladies met at Mrs. Baters Thursday to sew for the bazaar to be held the 12th of December.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stewart, Carrie Bater, Elmer Cannon, E. A. Martin, Loyd White, all went to Antioch to hear Hon. Geo Foss hold forth on the political situation.

Mrs. Vandevere and girls come to Mrs. Mathews this week to board.

from the pages of the Waukegan Daily Sun 28 October 1902
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cummings are entertaining their niece, Miss Jennie Fowler, of Waukesha, Wis.

Mr. McGill of Chicago is the guest of Mrs. Trotter for a few days.

Miss Vera Worden of Rochester Academy was home during Saturday and Sunday.

Messers Bert Trotter and Roy Hughes of Chicago spent Sunday with their parents.

Mrs. Smith, of Elkhart, Indiana, who has been the guest of Mrs. Mathews for two weeks returned to her home Monday.

A. G. Spafford left Tuesday morning on a short business trip, through Wisconsin.

S. J. Levoy is reported as being quite ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Duncan have entered their new home on the Sutherland place.

Rev. Geo. Mitchell is shipping his household goods to the city this week.

Rev. Mr. Rogers occupied the church pulpit last Sunday.

Mrs. Spafford's new barn is completed ready for dedication.

Lumber is on the ground for George Steven's new barn.

The Ladies' Aid Society meet at Mrs. C. A. Mathews Saturday afternoon with very good attendance, which shows enthusiastic preparations are being made for the church bazaar to be held Dec. 12th.

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