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November 11, 2004

OCTOBER ENTRIES 
 
10/01/04 - Added original article w/photo of interior of 
the First Nat'l Bank from the Tampico Tornado, Friday, Feb. 
4, 1910. Access from Tampico Tornado News Articles on front 
page menu 
10/01/04 - Added Bio on Abraham H. Follett of Henry Co., 
IL. Access via History & Biography menu/Biographies. 
10/03/04 - Added Bio on Isaac Body, access via 
"biographies" on home page menu. 
10/06/04 - Added link to Bill # HR 10. As part of the 
Homeland Security, there is a big push by the government to 
limit access to birth certificates. I have been telling my 
"clients" and readers for over a year to get those 
documents while you can! Access from Bio & History menu - 
Homeland Security HR 10. Thanks to TAHS president Ann 
Martin for passing this along. 
10/09/04 - Added offsite link to HY&T. Access on page two 
of HY&T (History/Bio menu on front page) 
10/09/04 - Obit - Mrs. Henry Curran. Access from main menu 
- OBITS 
10/09/04 - Added "Executor's Notice" for the estate of 
George W. Dir Access from main menu - Articles . . . 
10/09/04 - OBIT - John R. Howlett, Jr., 1905. Access from 
main menu - Obits 
10/09/04 - Glassburn-Forward marriage, 1905. Access from 
main menu - Marriages. 
10/10/04 - Added link to obit for Mrs. Wm Rowe. Access from 
main menu/Obits 
10/11/04 - We have been blessed with a copy of the February 
4, 1910 "Special Boom Edition" of the Tampico Tornado 
Newspaper from the Mildred Arnold estate. This special 
edition included photos, articles and histories of the 
businesses and people of the town in 1910. I have started 
with an article on Albert Ferris and Wm. J. Love. Please 
continue to check this page often as I hurry to transcribe 
it in it's entirety. 
10/11/04 - Added photos of J.W. and Olive (Johnston) 
Glassburn - "The Father and Mother" of Tampico. This is a 
nice close-up photo.....incase you are trying to see any 
family resemblance! :>) Access in the Glassburn Photo 
Album from main menu. 
10/14/04 - Updated infor on the HR 10 Bill. Access from 
Main Menu on home page "Bio & History" 
10/15/04 - Added another transcription from the 1910 
Tornado - B.D. Greenman, druggist and R.D Davis, Harness 
maker. Access from main menu/home page. This is in pdf 
format and you will need Adobe Reader (free) to access it.  
10/15/04 - Added O.D. Olsson photo and article from the 
Tampcio Tornado 1910 newspaper. Access from main menu. 
10/15/04 - Added BIO on Rufus Aldrich. Access via main 
menu/Biographies 
10/15/04 - Added additional information regarding the 
funeral of John Howlett. This was printed in the next 
edition of the Tampico Tornado. I included it on the same 
page of the Obit. Access from main menu.Obits cont'd 
10/15/04 - OBIT - Olive Johnston Glassburn. Access from 
main menu- Obits 
10/16/04 - Tampico Tornado article on T.O. Steadman having 
a stroke. Access from main menu/Tampico Tornado Articles in 
Biog/History menu. 
10/16/04 - Marriage of Rhoda Lyon and Stewart Olmstead 
Access via Marriage from main menu on home page. 
10/16/04 - 1905 article ROAD PROJECT "NO GO" regarding 
Wesley Foy 
10/16/04 - 1905 article on pending marriage of Georgia La 
Due and Ralph Glassburn. Access main menu/Tampico Tornado 
articles. 
10/16/04 - 1905 article on E.C. Bollenbach renting his 
blacksmith shop to James Hepburn. Access main menu/Tampico 
Tornado Articles 
10/16/04 - 1905 article on sale of several farms in area. 
Surnames include Baker, Berge, Smith, Pletsch, Engel, 
Broer, Emmon and Foy 
10/16/04 - Chas. Burden contests his father's last will! 
From the 1910 Special Boom Edition of the Tampico Tornado. 
10/16/04 - 1910 "Boom Edition" of Tampico Tornado. Dr. 
W.C. Rose wrote an article about Tampico, her people, 
history and businesses.  
10/16/04 - Tracy Denison accidentally shoots himself! 1910 
Special Boom Edition of Tampico Tornado. 
10/16/04 - 1910 Tampico Tornado Article - The Foy family 
entertains... 
10/16/04 - 1910 Tampico Tornado Article - Howard Metcalf 
Breaks Leg 
10/16/04 - 1910 Tampico Tornado - Miscellaneous "tid-bit" 
articles. A plethora of surnames mentioned. 
10/16/04 - 1910 Tampico Tornado article on the W.H. 
Harrison Company. This building is now the home of the 
Tampico Area Historical Society & Museum 
10/16/04 - 1910 Tampico Tornado article on E. W. Meredith - 
City Market 
10/16/04 1910 Tampico Tornado article on The Pitney House 
(the only completely heated hotel in town!) 
10/17/04 - OBIT - George Wroten Access from Main 
Menu/Obits 
10/17/04 OBIT - Nathan Meek Access from Main Menu/OBITS 
10/17/04 - Miscellaneous Tampico Tornado Articles 
transcribed by Les Niemi. Access from main menu/Tampico 
Tornado Articles. Renner and Dow are two of the many 
surnames mentioned in articles. 
10/18/04 Miscellaneous Tamapico Tornado Articles on the 
Burke Family, transcribed by Les Niemi. Access Main 
menu/Tampico Tornadao Articles 
10/18/04 - OBIT - Mrs. Peter Burke. Access via main 
menu/OBITS 
10/22/04 - Agenda for October 25 Village Meeting 
10/18-19 - OBITS added: Horace Cole, Eliz. Ruck Howlett, 
John Scott. Access from main menu/OBITS 
10/21-23 - BIOs added: Rev. Cephas Hurless, James Winters, 
Harrison Burch. Access from main menu/Biographies 
10/16-18- MARRIAGES added: Aldrich-Eckdahl, 
Teach-Eckdahl, Reeve-Dunn, Baldwin-Jones, Renner-Dow, 
Announcement: LaRue-Glassburn, Rhoda Lyons Lyon. Access via 
main menu/Marriages 
10/24/04 - ILLINOIS SOLDIER'S & SAILOR'S HOME AT 
QUINCY....Transcribed James Shingleton. Access from main 
menu -IL S&S Home.... 
 
 
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