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St.Charles, Illinois - Newspaper Excerpts 1870-1900 Contributed by Kay Nolen St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Review, Oct. 3, 1879,
Local Matters. Frank Kingsbury, who has served W.B. Lloyd faithfully,
for several years as a clerk, and who is a young man of excellent
business habits, has left the "little store around the corner," and the counters that knew him of old will know him no more. Mr Eddy now officiates as W.B's only clerk. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Review, Oct. 3, 1879, Local Matters. M.M. Pendleton attempted to ford the raging Fox near the residence of Samuel Switzer, to attend the auction, on Tuesday, and found the water very deep -- so deep, in fact that it drowned one of his horses, a nag worth about fifty dollars. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Review, Oct. 3, 1879, Local Matters. Uncle John Parker wants to sell his steam engine and boiler. The engine is in good running order, and is 2 1/2 horse power. The boiler is 5-horse power. Buy it. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Review, Oct. 3, 1879, Local Matters. Frank Kingsbury, who has served W.B. Lloyd faithfully, for several years as a clerk, and who is a young man of excellent business habits, has left the "little store around the corner," and the counters that knew him of old will know him no more. Mr Eddy now officiates as W.B's only clerk. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois, June 24, 1881, Local Matters. W. B. Lloyd and wife attended the exercises of the Alumni association of Wheaton College, Tuesday evening. They are both graduates of that institution. W.B. Lloyd is closing out his stock at greatly reduced prices, in order to get it off his hands in time to occupy a farm he has rented in DuPage county, twelve miles east of St. Charles. He will keep a number of Jersey cows, and “raise” butter, potatoes, etc. He will take possession of the farm about December 1st. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Illinois, June 24, 1881,Vicinity News. Hezekiah Kingsley, an old and respected citizen of Barrington, Cook county, died at his home on the 21st, at the great age of 87 years. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Illinois, June 24, 1881, Local Matters. While two young sons of Mr. Rusk, living on the James T. Wheeler place, west of the city, were playing in the door yard, on Wednesday afternoon, the younger, about six years old, struck the elder, perhaps eight years old, across the hand with a sharp ax, nearly severing it in two parts, cutting through the bones and tendons and inflicting a very serious wound, which may destroy the use of the hand. Dr. Hinman is attending the boy. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Illinois, June 24, 1881, Local Matters. J.C. Rice, of Campton, who visited our office Tuesday, has been a resident of this locality since 1843, and with "Bob" Rogers, A.J. Marvin, John Wells, S.W. Durant, and others, was reckoned one of the crack ball players of the early days, when "patching" was in order and balls had not become as rocks. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Illinois, June 24, 1881, Local Matters. St. Charles is increasing in population, and the additions are good stock, too. A new comer, and a bouncing boy at that, took up its abode without so much as saying "by your leave," on Saturday last, at the house of John Webb, and -- well, John just thinks it a bouncer. It tipped the beam at about ten pounds. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Illinois, June 24, 1881, Local Matters. The house of Samuel Brown, of the file works, narrowly escaped destruction by fire one day this week. A child dropped a lighted match in some loose shavings, and for a few minutes the danger was imminent. Frank Alexander, who has been repairing the place, assisted in extinguishing the flames. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois), June 24, 1881, Local Matters. Frank Kingsbury is at Lyndon, Osage county, Kansas, where he has secured employment for a year. He is in a region of Greenbackers and cyclones. Truly that is a windy locality. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois, July 15, 1881, Local Matters. A four gallon can of ice cream, intended for A.D. Morgan, of this place, was shipped last Friday from Chicago to St. Charles, Missouri, and the consequence was a lot of disappointed customers. Morgan says he is done with Chicago ice cream, anyway, and will hereafter manufacture it at home. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois, July 15, 1881, Local Matters. Who among our old school-fellows does not remember the tempting strawberry patch which occupied in years gone by the corner of the J.G. Pettingill place, now owned by M. M. Baldridge? The strawberry bed is no more, for a "green grass plat" has taken its place, and the row of soft maples on the north gives the lot a vastly difference appearance from that it used to be. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois, July 15, 1881, Local Matters. John Ferson can tell the biggest story yet. He says: "The other day I heard my tuba playing away off somewhere, and after hunting for it in vain, finally remembered I had a ladder up against the house, and I went out and found my seventeen-months-old boy a-straddle of the ridge board, with the tuba in his hand, playing the Star Spangled Banner!" John has a reputation for truthfulness, or we should scarcely believe this. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois, July 15, 1881, William Morgan. The excitement of fifty years ago over the disappearance of William Morgan from Genesee county, New York has been partially revived with the past few weeks, by the discovery of a skeleton at Pembroke in that county. A ring, said to have been found with the bones, bears the initials, "W.M." and many people couple them with Morgan's name. Thurlow Weed scouts the idea that the skeleton and ring have anything to do with him; claiming to have facts connected with his disappearance which entirely disconnect them. M.W. Fletcher and A.R. McWayne, of this town, who were residents of Genesee county, at the time of the Morgan affair, both think that Morgan's bones could not possibly have been buried in Pembroke. Mr. Fletcher was a school teacher in that neighborhood in 1826-7 and remembers many incidents of the time, and A.R. McWayne was a resident of Pembroke within two miles of where the skeleton was unearthed. The account given by Thurlow Weed, within the past year or two, is generally believed to come the nearest to the truth of the matter of any that has yet appeared in print. It was a mysterious affair and created more excitement throughout the Union than any other matter in its history, save that of the rebellion of 1861. For years political questions pivoted upon it and several states were carried by the "Anti Masonic" ticket. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois, July 15, 1881, Old Friends. The fourth St. Charles boy who has recently put in an appearance here is Eugene K. Fowler, who was badly crippled by a grape shot at the siege of Vicksburg. He was a member of Capt. Richmond's company, and a good soldier. "Gene" has, for the past few months, been in the employ of the Springfield, Ills., watch company, in the finishing department. He contemplates an early removal to Elgin (which is the winning city of Kane County, just now), where he will probably go into the same department in the larger establishment. We dislike to have the boy remove from home, but if h must go we can say to the watch factory men that they will gain a competent mechanic and an honest, faithful worker if they employ Mr. Fowler. Success to them all. The Valley Chronicle, St. Charles, Illinois, Friday, Sept. 13, 1889. Killed on the Track. Andrew Bankson was instantly killed at Carpenter's crossing, near Wasco, on the C. St. P. & K. C. Ry., on Friday of last week. He was a Swede about 80 years of age, quite deaf, and owned a small place of 12 acres between Lily Lake and Wasco, where he and his wife lived alone. He drove a horse over 10 years of age, and at the time of the accident was on his way to St. Charles for a (missing) feed. As he approached the (missing) the Chicago express train was near Wasco Station, about 80 rods away and he evidently thought he could cross the track before the train would get there. This train does not stop at small stations and being behind schedule time was going at great speed, making up time. The old man got squarely on the track and man, horse and wagon were thrown into the air and strewn along the bank. The wagon was demolished, the old man killed instantly and the horse so badly crippled that it was necessary to put an end to its misery. The funeral was held at the house on Saturday afternoon and the remains were interred in the Campton cemetery. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 29, 1898, Local Notes. V.J. Lowe and wife, of Marengo, are rejoicing over the arrival on April 8th of a fine 9 1/2 pound baby girl. Folks are doing nicely. St. Charles friends congratulate. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 29, 1898, Local Notes. News was received of Belvidere, Saturday, that George Lewis of that place was one of those killed by the avalanche at Chilcoot pass, Alaska. The body will be brought home for burial. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 29, 1898. The big city fire pump has arrived and Charles Caustin is building the foundation for it in the fire department room of the city hall. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 29, 1898, Died. Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Padgham, wife of St. Charles' photographer, E.B. Padgham, died at one o'clock Sunday morning from peritonities, aged thirty-five years six months and twenty days. Eiizabeth Jane McAnow was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Oct. 4, 1862 and was united in marriage to E.B Padgham in Columbus, Wisconsin, Aug. 30, 1893. She met her husband first at Wheaton where she was engaged at school teaching. Immediately after the marriage the young couple came to St. Charles, where Mr. Padgham was already established as a photographer, and began housekeeping. They made a brave fight together to get a start in the world and were beginning to reap the rewards of honest endeavor when death came to her. Previous to death the ante-mortem rites of the Catholic church were administered by Rev. Father Stack.The remains were taken to Columbus, Wisconsin, on Monday evening, where interred in the McAnaw family lot. Deceased leaves to mourn her loss, a sorely bereaved husband and two little baby sons, Francis, aged three years and eight months and Edward aged twenty three months. The funeral services are held at Columbus, solemn high mass having been celebrated on Tuesday. Deceased was a conscientious faithful wife and mother, a woman devoted to her home and the interests of her family and greatly respected in her circle of friends. Mr. Padgham desired the Chronicle to return thanks to the friends who have shown him kindnesses during the sad hours of the past week. (The two spellings of her maiden name are as shown in the newspaper.) St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 29, 1898, Notice of Final Settlement. In the Probate County of said county, Estate of Henry F. Towner, deceased. The undersigned, executor of the estate of Henry F. Towner, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will present his final report to the probate court of said Kane county on the 24th day of May, A.D. 1898, at 10 o'clock a.m. and ask the court to approve the same. J.J. Aiken. T.E. Ryan, atty. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 28, 1899, Local Notes. G.P. Marvin has just started the foundation for a fine new home. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 28, 1899. The Death Record. John McCoy, Sr., one of the oldest resident of St. Charles township, died Tuesday morning from a cancer on his neck from which he has suffered for a number of months. Mr. McCoy was born in the county of Dimerick (Limerick?), Ireland, about 87 years ago, his exact age not being known. He was married when a young man to Bridget O’Brien. To their union six children were born. Three died in infancy and the other three - John, Patrick and Mary, now Mrs. Murray, survive. In 1857 Mr. McCoy and his oldest living son, John Jr., then about nine years of age, came to America and settled in this vicinity. They came direct to Illinois, stopped in Chicago a few days and then came on to St. Charles. Mr. McCoy had little money at the time, and sent the boy to live with relatives and himself went to work by the day. A year and a half later he sentMrs. McCoy and the other two children. In 1867 he bought a farm on the river road, three miles northwest of this city, and lived on it until his death. He had many friends and no enemies, as he was careful never to offend, kind and courteous to all with whom he came in contact. Mrs. McCoy died Dec. 29, 1896, and soon after Mr. McCoy became effected with a cancer and was a great sufferer until his death. Otherwise he had a very strong constitution and physicians say that if it had not been for the cancer he would have lived to be 100 years old. The funeral was held yesterday morning at the Catholic church in this city. The remains were buried in the north cemetery. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 28, 1899. Current in Kane County. The will of D. F. Dumser has been filed for probate at Geneva but will probably be set aside. It bequeaths the income from the entire estate to his widow during life. Should she marry again, however, she forfeits two-thirds of it, which is to be divided between his daughter Blanche and his son Fred when the latter shall have attained the age of 37 years. The estate is expected to voice $17,000. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 28, 1899. Current in Kane County.Elgin News, 20th. James Wilson of Austin, whose funeral was held today, was born on July 30, 1806, in Halifax, England. He came to America in 1844 and settled on government land, which he took up fifteen miles west of Geneva. He moved to Geneva later to educate his children. St. Charles (Kane County, Illinois) Chronicle, April 28, 1899. Current in Kane County. Elgin Courier, Friday: Constable Keyes of Hampshire telephoned the police this morning that a team, wagon and harness had been stolen during the night from the barn of his brother-in-law, C. L. Dickson. The team was miss-matched, a bay and a gray. Later it was reported that the property had been found at the Frank McCornack farm at Udina where it had been abandoned. The gray horse, which had not been driven recently, was exhausted.
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