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Uncle Sams Latest Endorsement of the City of pana,
The Unfted States poet Office
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PANA
ILLINOIS
Present Activities an^ ^^uture ynssibilities.
A GR.-IPHIC SKETCH
OF A THRIVING CITY LOCATED ON THE LINES OF FOUR TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROADS, WITH WATER AND COAL, AND ALL MODERN FACILITIES REQUISITE
FOR THE BIGGEST OF "BIG BUSINESS. "
I'l'IM-ISHKD BY
JAMES ALLAN REID,
PANA. ILLINOIS.
ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI-EAST ST. LOUIS. BELLLVILLE. ALTON, JERSEYVILLE. HILLSBORO. ILLINOIS.
1913.
Co/iltiehlrd. /■'U. hy J. A. A'i'irf.
SOME MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT,
PANA, ILLINOIS.
Alderman Oscar Jolly.
City Attorney Arthur Fitzgerald.
Alderman James Haynes.
^Iderman Frank Davis.
Alderman Ceo. F. Barrett.
Alderman J J. LonK.
City Treasurer E. F. Betzold.
Alderman S. E. GriRith.
A. B. GORMAN,
Mayor.
Alderman J. I,. Abell.
City Clerk Harry Stanton.
.'Mderman I irover Clements.
Alderman H. A Koogel.
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The New Station of Two Great Railroads, the Illinois Central and the Big Four. I'ana. Illinois.
PAN J - 1 1 AJ NO IS
A TweimUnoA Cemitoiry €kij
By Will F. Jordan.
ANA — It is one of the most beautiful
and enterprising cities in Central
Illinois. Its popu-
lation numbers
seventy-five hundred souls,
and it is located upon one
of the sweeping prairies of
the Empire State of the
Central West. It is access-
ible to the outside world by
four of the greatest trunk
railway lines of the States—
the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago & St. Louis (Big
Four); Chicago & Eastern
lUinois (Frisco System);
Illinois Central, and the
Baltimore & Ohio (South-
western)— making it one of
the very best railroad cen-
ters in the State of Illinois.
and consequently one of the
choicest locations for indus-
tries, for the reason that its
facilities from a shipping
point, with its low rates for
the transportation of its
output of products from agriculture, mining
I'.\r,E Fivi:.
Ex-Mayor H. N. Schuyler,
'ren Years
N. Schuyler State Bank
Mayor for
And President of the H.
and manufactures are unexcelled by any other
city of like population in the United States.
These railroads provide for
the accommodation of the
traveling public thirty-eight
passenger trains each day.
The trains are the best in
the country, having every
convenience for the traveler,
and place one in the very
quickest touch with the en-
tire Middle West. The equip-
ment of practically every
one of these trains is perfect
in each detail. No more
modern passenger trains
pass over the railroad tracks
of the country than these
thirty-eight trains that run
in and out of Pana.
Historians tell us that
Pana was settled in 1853
and incorporated under
special charter in 1867. Its
name is derived from a
tribe of Indians who were
inhabitants of this section
before it became the home of the white man.
In consequence it is one of the older cities in
tlie State of Illinois, most fittingly located, and
the cynosure of all who admire a city of its
population and unexcelled surroundings.
The City of Pana is located not only upon
one of the broadest atid prettiest prairies in
the Central West, but it is the center of one of
the farming communities that are unsurpassed
for their fertility. Underlying the city and the
surrounding comnmnity for a radius of many
miles are everlasting beds of the richest bitu-
minous coal to be found in the country.
Coal and the agricultural products are the
principal industries. The climatic conditions
are of the best and conducive to longevity and
health. In fact it is a gratification to refer to
Geo. V. Penwell,
Founder and President
of the
Penwell Coal .Mining Company,
Pana, Illinois.
Pana as a city of distinctions that are all for
the best and unexcelled by any other city in
the domain of Uncle Sam. These general con-
ditions, advantages and conveniences nuike
Pana a premier industrial and residence city.
a city in which it is a pleasure to reside, and
where there is oi)portunity for one to not only
live and have his being, but to accumulate
that which provides well for all humanity.
The citizenship of Pana is not bested by
that of any city of any country on the globe.
The residents number elements of progression
from Germany, Ireland and France and other
countries of the old world, combined with
whom are the enterprising Northerner, East-
Page Si.\.
Tracks and Depots or the B. &. 0. and the C. & E. I. Railroads, Pana, Illinois.
There are Something Like Fifteen Towns and Cities Trading with Pana
as the Central Market Point.
erner, Southerner and Westerner of the States.
These create a citizenship of which any com-
munity should be proud.
Not only is Pana the central district of one
of the greatest agricultural and mining sections
of this vast country, furnishing, as it does,
employment for hundreds of miners and farm
laborers, but it has many industries that are
rated among the best of the land. It is the
center of population for a farming community
which numbers more than seventy-five thou-
sand people and from this the city has a patron-
izing populace of more than thirty thousand
people. The City of Pana is the central point
of no less than fifteen cities and towns whose
combined population is not less than 30,000.
Page Seven.
Section of the Penwell Coal Mining Company's Plant, Pana, Illinois.
Production. 1.500 Tons Per Day. Employs 125 .Men.
George V. Penwell. President. Warren Penwell, General Manager and Treasurer.
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Along the Tracks of the Big Four and the B. & 0.
There Are a Number of Important Manufactories. Concrete and Marble Works.
Financially the city and community is as sound as the United States Treasury.
been a business failure
in Pana in twenty-five
years. Really, Pana does
not know what financial
troubles are. Business
reverses are as scarce as
the proverbial "hen's
teeth. ' ' The city has two
of the strongest financial
institutions in the United
States in the H. N.
Schuyler State Bank and
the Pana National Bank,
the combined capital and
resources of which are
$325,000 00, with a com-
bined deposit of nearly
$2,000,000. There have
been no financial panics
in Pana. The 1907 flurry
There has not
0. H. Padjock,
Founder of the
O. H. Paddock Lumber Company.
An Original Progressive Spirit of the
City of Pana.
Hon. B. F. Caldwell,
Pana Pays this Slight Tribute to Him for His
LIntiring Efforts in Her Behalf in Helping
Secure the Post Office Building.
A Group of Pana's Fike LAHDirs.
Pana's Business Sections are Made up Chi^Hy of Brick and the Residences Have Plenty of Air Spaces
Between, so the Boys have Full Swing and a Fair Show at a Fire.
P.XGE Elc.llT.
Partial View of Pana's ReseWoir Lake.
The Water Supply of a City Looking for New Industries is a Matter of Great Moment. I'ana Has an Unlimited
Supply of Good Water for All Purposes.
occasioned no distress to its people and cash
was paid to every person
who demanded it by both
banks. "John Smiths"
were not used. Money
was at the command of
the depositor.
of enter-
has found
the last
a number
buildings.
The spirit
prise in Pana
expression in
two years in
of prominent
The elegant new Union
Depot costing $35,000 in
which the Big Four and
the Illinois Central cen-
ter their traffic, finely
supplementing the depots
of the B. &. 0. and the
Frisco, both good, modern structures; the new
The Water Tower,
Pana, Illinois.
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Post Office, a $100,000 building in which Uncle
Sam has all the good things of the parcels post,
savings bank, rural and city deliveries; and the
new Carnegie Library, which cost $25,000; the
High School with all
the approved depart- ~ . '
ments of the time, v
representing a n e x - i
penditure of $50,000;
and a new Hospital
to cost $80,000. An
Experimental Agricul-
tural Station is also
proposed by the State
of Illinois.
The city owns the
water works, supply-
ing an abundance of
water from its reser-
voir and deep wells. The system cost $150,000.
Alderman John Hawker,
Chief Engineer at the
Gas Works.
A Section or the Beautiful Grounds Overlooking the City
Donated by Capt. John \\
I'a<;e Nink.
Kitchell for the Pana Experimental Agricultural Station of the LIniveisilv of Illinois.
One .Mile Northeast of the Railroad Station.
On the Chautauqua Grounds— The Campus
Pit.
SOME INTERESTING PHASES OF LIFE.
B^ J. A. Reid.
Capt. John W. Kitchell,
One of Pana's Most DistinRuished Citizens.
His Beneficence and Public Spirit
Has Endeared Him to Every
Pana Resident and
Suburbanite.
HE duties of intellectual mentors and progressive
and perpetual business boosters in this city are
performed by The Pana Palladium. These watch-
men for new industries and desirable investors are
on the alert every day in the year, and the men in general
charge, the Messrs. Jordan Brothers, send forth every even-
ing a lively messenger to carry to the world daily the
advantages and attractions of the City of Pana.
Education in Pana is no myth. Its facilities for teach-
ing the boy or girl from the miner's family are unsurpassed,
and the true democracy of the American spirit is nowhere
better shown than here where the public schools set every
pupil on the same level, giving each a chance at the best.
Its beautiful high school building is open to every aspiring
boy or girl. The Carnegie Library, with its wealth of litera-
ture and abundance of reserve resources can be consulted by
every pupil, and the kindergarten, primary and grammar
departments in Pana's modern school buildings make educa-
tion as near the ideal as an American city of 7,500 people
possibly can. It has six fine school buildings.
The religious life of a city is usually expressed in the
church edifice, which indicates the practical zeal of the
attendants. Here in Pana are a number of fine buildings
to impress the stranger and centralize the interests of the
home people. The First Presbyterian, the First Methodist,
l'.\GE Ten.
The Pana High School.
An.Elegant Building, with Manual Training. Domestic Science, Typewriting. Bookkeeping. Etc.
German Evangelical, Congregational, Baptist,
and the Latter Day Saints represent the
Protestant sentiment, snpplemented by the
Christian Scientists and a number of smaller
societies and missions, while St. Patrick's
Church, with its chaste new rectory, and the
Sacred Heart Parochial School gives to the
Catholics of Pana an opportunity for some
local pride of possession. The Y. M. C. A. has
a fine building on East Second and Poplar
The H. N. Schuyler State Bank.
Locust and East Second Streets. Pana, Illinois.
CAPITAL $200,000.00. DEPOSITS $1,435,000.00.
Thi; Pana CAK.Nti.it. Public Library.
East Second Street.
Streets, doing the usual good
work among the young folks.
Recently there has be9n added
a capacious swimming pool,
available for both boys and
girls.
The city has the advantage
of both gas and electricity for
illumination and power. Elec-
tricity is furnished by the
Central Illinois Public Service
Company, and gas by the Peo-
ple's Gas Company. The nov-
elty of street lighting, the
ornamental post light system,
has been adopted and works
to a charm.
It goes without saying that
the supply of coal in this sec-
tion is unlimited. There are
four local mines, the Penwell
Coal Mining Company, one of
the largest in the
State; The Pana,
with two mines, :iud
the Smith & Lohr
Company, shipping
coal to all points of
the compass.
The sewerage
system is good; and
the business streets
and many of the
residence streets
well paved. Three
S. N. Gilbert,
Teacher for Over Forty Years in the Public
Schools of Pana. and One of the Lead-
ing Spirit-i in the FoundinK of
the Public Library.
Interior View of the Piulic Library
No Place of TiroaliT Interest in r:in.i.
more central residence avenues
are provided for in present
specifications, keeping up the
continuity of improvement.
The fire department is effi-
cient, and the police force is
up-to-date, full uniformed, and
typical of all American cities.
The telephone system is an
efficient servant of the public
in Pana. It has over one
thousand local telephones in
use, and makes connections
through its long distance with
all the outlying world.
With a far-seeing pres-
cience and a prideful concern
in the advancement of every
good thing in and about the
City of Pana, Captain Kitchell
and his wife found a l)road
avenue last winter for further
generosity. Auto-
mobiles and trolleys
have quickened cer-
t a i n agricultural
impulses, and the
financial interest
whicii the well-to-
do fanner has taken
recently in the de-
\cl()])ment of the
country highways
through familiarity
with the auto par-
ticularly has brought him to an
appreciative sense of the necessity
of having good roads for con-
T. J. ViDLER,
President Board of Education,
Pana. Illinois.
venience, comfort and more profits.
To meet and encourage a most
desirable movement Captain and
Mrs. Kitchell have donated to
G. B. COFFMAN,
Superintendent of Schools,
Pana. niinnis.
Pana coal rights covering some
sixteen hundred acres of land in
the city's suburbs. This is esti-
mated t o
mean $80,-
000 in cash
towards
good hard
roads lead-
ing to and
from Pana,
encourag-
ing one of
the most
laudable
ambitions
which will
The
Lincoln
School,
Pan.^.
bring t h e
city and
country in-
to closer
com m u n-
ion. The
main ave-
nues and
The
Eugene
Field
School.
Pana.
streets of
the city are
finely paved,
and with good
roads to and
fro on the
ni a i n t h o r-
1 1 u g h f a r e s
from Pana to
all its outly-
ing neighbors
the pace will
The
Washington ''
School,
Pana.
be set for a
of Central Illi-
nois. It will
redound to the
credit of both
PAXA— ILLIXOIS
town and country, and weld them together in
broader commercial enterprise.
Woman's work in Pana partakes of the
variety which the progressive elements of the
last few years have
developed. The
Church associations
connected with the
leading denominations
are zealously engaged
i n charitable work
among the poor, ana
in a city, made up as
Pana is. to a large
extent of a foreign-
born element, the
opportunities for good
works are numerous.
The Sisters of Charity
with unflagging devo-
tion are always en-
gaged in the duties
which call them among the Catholic portion of
the community more particularly, while the
Protestant sisters of every denomination cheer-
fully and cordially re-
spond to the calls of
the poor and needy in
all the other walks of
the daily life of Pana.
The little homes
among the miners of
the city speak highly
for the women folk
among them. They all
have their little garden
patch for vegetables —
their front yards for
flowers, and the grass
plat, the cottages
themselves, and even
the decorations out-
side show t h e dainti-
ness of the woman's
touch. It is owing
largely to woman's in-
fluence that Pana has
the fine Carnegie
Library ; it is through the same persuasive
powers that the new hospital is so soon an
assured success; it is through that same, but
invisible, influence that its endowment is guar-
iHt; Y. M. C. A. BuiuiiNc,
East Second and Poplar Streets. Pana, Illinois.
The German Luihekan Church,
East Third Street. Pana. Illinois.
anteed. The woman's energy is at the base
of every successful commemoration now of
Decoration Day, July Fourth, Columbus Day,
and Washington's, Lincoln's and McKinley's
birthday observations.
They are evident i n
every business avenue
and profession in the
city and ready for
the exercise of the
suffrage which has
within the last year
been graciously grant-
ed them by the great
State of Illinois. The
advantages of the var-
ious up-to-date depart-
m e n t s of domestic
science, typewriting,
telegraphy, bookkeep-
ing and even manual
training in the High
School are all open to the girls of the city, and
Pana is as fully alive to the virtues of these
desideratums as any Western or New England
city. In music and
tlie arts the girls are
pre-eminent in the
city as everywhere.
With i t s elegant
schools, churches and
homes and with plenty
of good water to drink
and coal to burn, gas
and electricity and all
kinds of good things
edible about, Pana is
a desu able habitation.
Its deligiit fully shaded
residence streets near
the business portions
of the city gives it
another good point.
And on these business
streets good judgment
is shown in keeping
their buildings in order,
creditably painted
and desirable as up-to-date trading places.
With its ambitions to make its location
enticing for new industries and enterprising
merchants and professional people is pleasantly
Pace Fourteen.
The Presbyterian Church.
East Second Street. Pana. Illinois.
are kept in good shape, and there is no air of negligence
The First M. E. Church,
East Third Street,
Pana, Illinois,
conspicuous in many ways. The streets are kept
well watered in the summer, the main thorough-
fares are quite brilliantly illuminated, the sidewalks
about
The Catholic Church with Rectory,
Locust Street, Pana. Illinois.
Locust Street, Pana. Illinois.
it anywhere. It is full of the spirit of improvement.
ThL liAlUil UULlUll,
Locust Street, Pana. Illinois.
Page Fifteen.
The Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints.
South Sheridan Street. Pana. Illinois.
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Front View
Thi!
OF THE New Hospital, Pana. Illinois.
New Institution Will Cost Over $80.COO.
Pana, as the commercial
center of so many smaller
cities and villages, naturally
has a call for the advantages
afforded by a commodious
hospital. For a number of
years the Deaconess Hospital
has attended to the require-
ments of the section with dili-
gence, carefulness and zeal
which has made it the object
of affectionate pride to every
good citizen. But with the
increasing growth and expan-
sion of this region has devel-
oped a desire for an institution
which could take care of all
cases of physical disability.
Dr. J. H. Huber, one of the
best known public-spirited
citizens of Pana, at his death
left $20,000 as the nucleus
for a fund for a modern hos-
pital which should be open to
the people generally — without
restriction as to race or religion.
This fund has been augument-
ed to such proportions that
the Doctor's hopes and wishes
are becoming matters of fact,
and Pana is
to have a
fine, wetl-
e ti u i p pe d
building
ocated in the immediate
vicinity of Kitchell Park where
I he surrmmdiiigs will be most
leipful to a recovery from
disabilities.
J. H. HuBER
In His Will Lefl
S2U.WI0 Towards a
Public Hospital
for Pana.
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Consecration Ceremonies.
Inlhu Karly Summer of 19U the Land on Which the New Pana Hospital Was to he Huili. Was Consci laud by
I-'athcr J. P. Maroney. Assisted by the ClerKy and the Cili/cns of All Denominations.
'//(? Came Noi to be Mifiistered Unto, But to Mtfitster,
The Deaconess Hospital and the Congregational Church, Pana. Illinois.
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FOR THE SICK AND THE FRIENDLESS.
A Sketch-Bi^ J. A. Reid.
ANA, as a mining town and an impor-
tant railroad center, is peculiarly liable
to accidents in its
mines and along the
railroads. Out of the necessi-
ties of its location, and the
fact that many of its workers
are from the foreign element
which is not overrich in this
world's goods, grew an insti-
tution which has done a fine
work in the alleviation of pov-
erty, sickness and the stress of
accidents. Established right
among the mining element,
extremely democratic in a 1 1
outward expression, it has,
under the guidance of Miss
Katherine Dockery, the brave
little woman who presides over
its executive department as
superintendent and trained
nurse, made a spotless record
as a faithful servant of that
Lord and Master whose whole
mission was to ' 'do good at all
times" to "all sorts and conditions of men."
It was established in 1908 at the present loca-
tion, and during the "strike" days was a refuge
for women and children, its inception and gen-
Miss Katherine Dockery,
Superintendent.
With a Little Blind, Deaf and Dumb Girl, Who
is Her Especial Care, and Has Been
for Over Three Years.
eral conduct being directed principally to relieve
and help the unthinking element who fail of
sympathy usually when they
most need it. Here no creed is
recognized, no politics, no na-
tionalities, only the fact that a
helping hand is needed. Like
the work among the tenements
of a great city the one fact para-
mount is there is a soul and
body in distress and despair.
In providing a home of this
character every church in the
City of Pana, and many of its
social clubs, furnished each a
room, and its maintenance
has come from individual and
collective contributions at
home and abroad. In emer-
gency and accident cases they
always make room, and during
their fifteen years of gratuitous
service to suffering humanity
have cared for and taken in
many cases of cancer, tuber-
culosis and kindred diseases
which more pretentious hospitals would refuse.
It is a branch of the American Congregational
Deaconess Association, and while Pana is to
have a new hospital it can never do better work,
Mam hntrancc Kuchcil I'ark. Pana. Illinois.
Pairki aimdl Oimitiiffi
J. E. Reese,
Treasurer of the Chautauqua Association.
Pana. Illinois.
the surrounding cities and counties,
Bg J. A. Reid.
Capt. John W. Kitchell and his estimable wife,
Mrs. Mary F. Kitchell, the people of Pana are
deeply indebted for a number of good things
which will give pleasure and profit to the pres-
ent and future generations. Through their public spirit
the city has a beautiful park of forty acres right at the
threshold of their business and residential doors. The
grounds have been finely laid out and are brilliantly
lighted throughout in the evening with electricity. Pure
water is furnished by the city in abundant quantities for
all purposes — boating, culinary and all incidentals. The
lagoon is equipped with a flotilla of row and motor boats,
and the accommodations for croquet, tennis and other
forms of lawn amusements are generous.
Here every season the Pana Chautauqua Association
holds its annual and successful sessions. Organized in
1907 it has been a continual help to the City of Pana in
providing a social center for its own people and those of
and a convenient place for a summer outing, wholesome
The Chautauqua Auditoriu.m, Kitchell Park, Pana, Illinois.
Kain. Wind and Fire Proof, wilh Stage 35 feet Deep. 45 feet Wide, and with a Seating Capacity for 3.500 People.
P.\uii Eighteen.
The Schuyler Bridge, Kitchell Park, Pana, Illinois.
Presented to the City by Ex-Mayor H. N. Schuyler.
recreation and enjoyment, physical, intellectual
and spiritual. The Auditorium in v/hich in-
door entertainments are given is one of the
best modern type, rain and wind proof — prac-
tically fire-proof — and has a seating capacity
of 3,500, with acoustic properties unexcelled.
The programmes offered
range from grand opera
and Shakesperian plays
to music of a popular
character. Secretary
Bryan, Ex-Governor
Hadley, Captain Hobson,
Opie Reed, Senator Gore
and many other dis-
tinguished public men
and women have spoken
from its platform. The
high-class of entertain-
ment offered has brought
to the Chautauqua and
Pana many thousands of
visitors annually.
All funds remaining
after paying actual ex-
penses of each session go
towards beautifying the Park, making it truly
a democratic and people's gathering.
The officers of the Association are, J. W.
Kitchell, President; Warren Penwell, Vice-
President ; Dr. John D. Reed, Secretary, and
J. E. Reese, Treasurer.
Another important recreation and outing
spot in Pana is the Base Ball Park. The
"fiends" and "fans" of the national game are
Page Nineteen.
Dr. John D. Reed,
Secretary of the Chautauqua Association
Pana, llHnois.
as enthusiastic and rabid here as in every
other nook and corner of the Union. Its
admirers and devotees are found among all
classes — both sexes and all ages. The scores
of the national games are watched with the
same activity and intense interest which char-
acterizes every city, town
and hamlet in the coun-
try. The small boy even
can tell you the fine
points of the game, who's
ahead, and who the
leading pitchers, catchers
and batters are in every
club. National or Ameri-
can. The city itself has
always had one of the
strongest teams in the
amateur class which has
made the Central Illinois
circuit.
The team was former-
ly a member of the East-
ern Illinois League, and
the games put up by this
local club in its contests
with the Decatur boys or any other opposing
organization furnishes an afternoon's racy
enjoyment.
The grounds are within convenient walk-
ing distance for the crowd, and the waiting
automobiles bring them closer still for the
luxurious.
This park affords the opportunity for foot-
ball and the usual field day sports.
G. A.
Major
made
The Linwood Cemltery Monument,
Erected by Popular Subscription. Supplemented by Generous
Gifts from Comrades J. W. Kitchell and
Eugene Hayward.
TRIBUTES
T® itihi® SoMneir EoySo
ANA'S patriotism finds expression in
many ways. It has two fine monu-
ments to the boys in hhie who have
gone on before. The Henry A. Pope
R. Post, which was named for a Pana
in the United States Volunteers who
a distinguished record in the Civil War
and who was killed in Louisiana during Recon-
struction Da\s. represents the men who are
left. The active membership numbers fifty
men, and those gone on before cover about
one hundred and fifty more.
Among the many men of distinction whose
records are a matter of pride to Pana. Major
P. G. Galvin was one of the leaders: he served
with a Missouri regiment. Dr. J. H. Huber,
whose philanthropic ideas are finding the finest
kind of expression in the new hospital just
being built, was a surgeon in an Ohio regi-
ment and served three terms as Post Com-
mander of the Pana Post in his day. Captain
Thomas P. Clark was a Wisconsin cavalryman
who came to Pana after the strife was over
and was for many years a leading citizen.
Lieutenant Isaac H. Allison was an Ohioan
who was captured a t Antietam, exchanged,
discharged, re-enlisted and served with credit
to the end. Captain A. P. Stover was of an
Illinois regiment and was the youngest captain in
the army from his State.
Among the men of today Captain J. W. Kitchell
served in an Illinois regiment ; Lawyer McQuigg in
an Ohio, and Sergeant August Trumper, one of
Pana's representatives at the Gettysburg Reunion
recently, was a member of the Twenty-Sixth Wis-
consin Cavalry. The present officers and comrades
of the Pana Post represented quite a number of the
States during their service from '61 to '65. T. W.
Marling, the Commander, was a member of the
Twenty-Second Indiana; Newton Porter, Senior Vice-
Commander, was an Illinois Cavalryman; Daniel
Lytle, Junior Vice-Commander, was in the One
Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois; G. M. Ludworth, the
Chaplain, served in an Illinois; and Comrades Win.
M. Baldwin was a cavalryman in the Second Illinois,
Wm. M. Warren in the Fifth Illinois Cavalry, David
Thomas was with the Sixteenth Illinois, and F. E.
Griffith a Sergeant-Major in an Ohio regiment.
The Woman's Relief Corps embraces over one
hundred members. Their work in relieving the sick
and helping the poor, supplements efficiently and
substantially their diffusion of patriotic ideas on all
proper occasions. The President of the Corps is
Mrs. Martha Tunison, and Mrs. Frances Webber is
the Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Susan (Grandma)
Glasgow, "hale and hearty," has served as their
Chaplain for twenty years continuously.
The Ros.vmond Cemetekv Monument.
To the Ikiys of lil and Their Beloved CommanderinChief.
AnHAH.xM Lincoln.
A Tribute From Comrade J. W. Kitchell and
His Wife. Mary F. Kitchell,
OFFICERS OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB,
PANA, ILLINOIS.
Upper Left— W. H, Alexander, Chairman Publicity Committee.
Center Left— Jos. W. Paddoclf, Vice-President.
Lower Left— S. Sve, Treasurer.
Upper Right-Attorney John W. Preihs, Secretary.
Center Right— Warren Penwell, President.
Lower Right-A. H. Owens, Publicity Committee.
The Booster Squad of the Pana Commercial Club Ready for the Road.
Ac^EMltflei aimd IimdMiltri
R. T. Paddock,
President of the O. H. Paddock Lumber Co.,
And a Leading "Booster."
department stores, a marble and granite
yard, two creameries, five drug stores, hard-
ware establishments, a large plumbing and
heating supply house, and all the variety of
general business in a growing city.
In lawyers, doctors, dentists, and pro-
fessional men Pana has the leaders in this
section.
The traveling salesmen makes for the
Pana hotels as a desirable stop-over point
There are two leading hotels and a number
of good restaurants. For conveyance there
are three garages to draw from and a num-
ber of reliable liveries.
HE Commercial Club, made up of the far
seeing, broad-gauge business and profes-
sional men of Pana, is the active organiza-
tion in furthering and fostering business
matters. It is the leading enterprise of the city,
backed by at least two hundred other legitimate and
distinct lines of trade and traffic. In this are
included one flour mill and three grain elevators,
four coal mines, a manufacturer of wood and metal
specialties, an electric plant, three concrete manu-
facturers, a manfacturer of concrete fences, machine
builder, two ice cream manufacturers, an opera
house and two moving picture shows, two wholesale
grocery and commission houses, two large lumber
companies, two brick manufacturers, two bottling
plants, two agricultural and implement houses, two
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Pana. Illinois.
Home of Good Groceries.
The John Longsdorf Grocery,
130 East Second Street.
Telephone 1240. Pana. IllinDis.
F. J. Fl.ESCH,
Groceries and Flour.
19 South Locust Street. Pana. Illinois.
Deliveries to All Parts of the City.
The New Tokoly Buffet,
6 South Locust Street. Pana. Illinois.
John Tokoly & Son. Proprietors.
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Section of the Plant of the E. R. Darlington Lumber Co.
West Second Street, on the Tracks of the Illinois Central and Big Four Railroads.
A. M. SADLER. Manager.
Pana Iron Store Company.
Established 1898. Successor to C. C. Schwartz. Incorporated 1912.
Wholesale Heavy Hardware. Iron and Steel, Wagon and Carriage Woodwork and Blacksmith Supplies.
Long Distance Phone 1281. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 East Olive Street, Pana, Illinois.
Plant of the People's Gas Company.
Located Along the Tracks of the B. & O. Railroad. Pana, Illinois.'Two Blocks East of Their Passenger Station,
Page Twenty-Seven.
S. SVE,
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
The Leading Headquarters for Diamonds. Jewelry. Watches and Silverware.
131 South Locust Street, Pana. Illinois.
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"Home ot the Yellow WaKon."
RoLEY Brothers,
Transfer, Storage and Bill I'osting. Nos. 13, 14'and l.S Rast Main Street. I'ana. Illinois.
The Jas. F. Umpleby Cement Posts
As Shown Actually I'laced. Both Ornamental and Neat. Inexpensive and Traclically Everlasting.
"We Make the Post, You Drive the Staples."
Section'of the Jas. F. Umpleby I'ana F'lant with Groups of the Cement Posts into Which Staples Can be Driven.
The Umpleby Elevator and Hay Warehouse,
At Dunkely, Illinois, Six Miles Norlh of Pana, on the Line of the Illinois Central Railroad.
JAS. F. UMPLEBY,
Manufacturer of the Only Cement Post Into Which Staples Can be Driven— No Wood.
And Dealer in Hay. Grain and Grass Seeds.
Pana, Illinois.
PANA— ILLINOIS
Millinery Parlors of Leach &. Leach
517 Locust Street, Pana, Illinois.
Only Exclusive Millinery House in the City.
Pana is finely located to attract trade and
traffic as a railroad center, as here <he Big Four,
the Illinois Central, Chicago & Eastern Illinois
and the Baltimore & Ohio give it special accom-
modations. They have provided fine passenger
This Elegant and Suusia.nh.vl I'uki ii
Which Modernizes and ChanRes the Whole Effect of this OfTice BuildinK is a Product of My Pro-
fessional Skill and the Concrete which I Use in My .Manufactory. Its Efficiency shows what
can be done in an Endless Variety of Ways by the Combination with Any Building, either
old or new. I shall be pleased to Figure with You in Anything in My Line, either in a
Change of Style or a New House or Fancy Work of a Building. I also use the Slush Cement
where demanded. This is Dampness Proof.
11. F. T.\BOR, Concrete M.\Nfi-ACTUREK.
207 North Poplar Street. Pana. Illinois.
and freight depots and help
cater to the wants of 30,000
people, besides those who
live in the home city.
On the Big Four line to
the west, Rosamond, a near
neighbor, with something
lil<e 300 people; Ohlmans,
with its bank, centering
500 and Nokomis with
2,500. To the east. Tower
Hill with 1,200 and Shelby-
ville with 4,000.
The Illinois Central,with-
in a radius of eighteen
miles, covers to the north,
Dunkel, Assumption, with
its 2,500 people, Radford,
and Moweaqua, with its
1,500. To the south it
brings into rapport Oconee,
with 500 people, Hanson,
Ramsey, with its 1 ,000, and
Veda.
The Baltimore & Ohio covers to the north-
west, Millersville, Owaneco, with 500, Valma,
and Taylorville, the county town, with its 6,000
people. To the southwest, Tower Hill, with its
1,200 people, Lakewood, 200, Cowden, 800,
Beecher City, with 400, and
Altamont with its 1,500.
The Chicago & Eastern
Illinois between Pana and
Hillsboro practically par-
allels the lines of the Big
Four to the Southwest
covering Ohlinan, Nokomis,
Witt and Irving. To the
northwest it brings into
close touch with Pana the
town of Findiay, with 1 ,200
people, and puts it into
wholesale commercial
symjiathy with Sullivan,
Arthur, Tuscola and Villa
Grove, covering a census
estimate of nearly 10,000
more live Americans, and
this line also puts the city
into direct communication
with Danville with its
thirty-five thousand people-
0. H. Metcalf.
Granite Monuments and All Kinds of Cemetery Memorials. Cor. East Main and I'oplar Sis., i'ana, I
riiones 612 and 1673.
The Schlierbach Harness Co.
Harness, Horse Clothing, Buggies, .Spring and Farm Wagons. East Second Street, Tana, III.
M. R. CORBETT.
Grain, Hay. Stock and Drain Tile. Field Fence and Fertilizers. Located on Private Switch Connected with All Four Big Railroads.
Pana, Illinois.
Page Thirtv-One.
The Elks have a very strong organ-
ization in Pana, with a sumptuous
lodge room, and a membership of two
hundred. The Masons have about
four hundred active members, and
have recently secured a site for a fine
building ; the Odd Fellows have their
own ; the Loyal Order of Moose have a
flourshing society, the Knights of
Pythias, the Modern Woodmen, the
Redmen. Daughters
of Rebecca, Eastern
Star, and the Royal
Neighbors are all well
represented. The city has two houses
devoted to moving picture shows and
vaudeville, and Pana is one of the
central points of attraction for Barnum
& Bailey, Ringling Brothers and the
big outside shows in the season. Its
fine railroad connections give it addi-
tional advantages in many lines.
An Elks Club Banquet, Pan.\.
The Headquarters of the Club are Cozy and Elegant and the Member, are All Boosters for the City as Well as the Club.
TSu© Fedlerail EujinMmg
Is one of the most important of the
many new edifices with
Edgar Clark, which Pana has been
P.O. Staff. blessed recently. It is
located on the main
throughfare. Locust Street, with plenty
of open space about it to set it off
artistically as a public building should
be placed to give it both utility and
picturesque effect.
It is commodious inside with all
the modern improvements and facili-
ties convenient for expedition and
efficiency. It has city and rural free
delivery, parcels post, savings bank,
and all the little incidentals necessary
to meet the exacting requirements of
a twentieth century constituency.
Buildings like this
Jacob C. Metzger, center the interest
P.O. Staff. and give an im-
petus to civic pride.
OwEM Crosby,
P.O. Staff.
Tiii. Pdsi Oi I H 1. Si \ki or Pana.
rostmaster Alexander. Assistant I'ostmastcr. Clerks, City and Rural Carriers.
"Always on the Job. Rain or Shine, for City and Country."
Residence of T. J. Vidler. Sherman Street. Pana. Illinois.
|HE beauties of Pana's
residential sections
are not conspicuous
from the windows
of a railway car, since its
industrial phases are the most
noticeable. But taking it on
foot, by auto or team, one
finds that here are innumer-
able modern homes with the
air of taste and refinement
which are only attainable in
prosperous and healthy cities.
Radiating from Locust street,
the fine avenues in all sections
are graced with comfortable
and elegant homes, and even
the moderate dwellings show
an appreciation of the virtues
of green lawns, good sidewalks,
delightful gardens and gener-
ous shade trees. The comfort-
able homes are not confined to
any one section, selections for
building sites being governed
as in all prosperous towns, by
taste, convenience of location
and resources. The country
homes about the suburbs carry
the same general air of pros-
perity as in the city itself.
The homesteads, farm yards,
orchards, fields and meadows
give evidence they are owned
and cultivated by a thrifty
people.
Resilience of Mrs. Amanda M. Ruber,
South Locust Street, Pana, Illinois.
Residence of J. A. Foil, County Clerk,
700 West Third Street, Pana. Illinois.
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Residence of H. N. Sciiuvlu:,
Spruce and East Fourth Streets,
Pana, Illinois.
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Residence of Capt. John W. Kitchell,
Spruce. East Third and East Fourth Streets,
Pana, Illinois.
Pace Thirty-Five.
Residence of Warren Penwell.
East Second Street,
Pana, Illinois.
Page Thirtv-Seven.
Residence of M. Hutchins.
408 Spruce Street. Corner Fifth.
Pana. Illinois.
Residence of G. A. Paul,
Corner of Second and Sherman Streets, Pana, Illinois.
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|HE DRIVES all about the City of Pana
are delightful in the season. By
automobile or carriage an outing takes
one through a rich farming country
where the scenery in itself is charming. The
homes show the trend of the section, and
whether you go to Oconee, Owaneco, Ohlman,
or Tower Hill, Assumption or Shelbyville t h e
good cheer and pleasure derived from a trip is
all the same. There are many good short drives
about the city, notably to the Reservoir, the
Cemetery and to Kitchell Park. Summing up
one comes to the conclusion that Central Illinois
is certainly a portion of "the promised land."
UpLKAriN(. Room of Dk. G. N. Gilbert, Dentist,
H. N. .Schuyler State Bank Building.
East Second and Locust Streets. Pana, Illinois.
Page Thirtv-Eight.
A Street Scene in Ohlman. Illinois.
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H. D. GOSSMANN,
President Farmers' Bank,
Ohlman, Illinois.
husbandman in aiding him to
intensify his production by
proper drainage.
A large agricultural imple-
ment and automobile house
covers a big section of the
country here with a diversified
line catering to all kinds of
buyers of wagons, tools and
autos.
An Ohlman inventor has
produced a washing machine
which beats Darius Green's
flying machine for practical
purposes and is a complete suc-
cess. Another of her most enter-
prising merchants has a con-
crete post which is revolution-
izing ideas as to utility, dura-
bility and looks in farm fences.
JHLMAN, one of the thriving neighbors of
Pana, is on the Big Four and the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad eight miles away.
It is the center of a rich agricultural and
stock raising section, with a healthy constituency
made up largely from that sturdy self-reliant German
element which has so largely entered into the com-
position of the modern Illinois and Missouri farmer.
The business centering in the village indicates
that the spirit of progression is active here. There
is a fine modern bank around which clusters an enter-
prising group of business men engaged in the grain
and feed, lumber and mercantile pursuits. One of
the St. Louis dairies has a branch establishment
located near. There are three enterprising dealers
in live stock, a manufacturer of drainage tile with a
business covering a section of the Illinois country not
indicated by the limits of Ohlman. The ditching
machine used in this connection is almost human in
its working and it certainly is a boon to the modern
The Farmers' Bank, Ohlma.n, Illinois.
Walnut and First Streets.
Capital $12,500. Responsibility Over $600,000.
President. H. D. Gossman; First Vice-President, John Pieper; Second Vice-President.
Louis Schnecke: Cashier, H. A. Husman; Directors: Christ. Dahler. Heno' Zimmermann,
Henry Schmidt, Rudolph Buse, William Robertson, Andrew Zeifang.
Jas. F. Umpleby's Hay and Grain Plant.
Ohlman. Illinois, eight miles from Pana. on the lines of the Big Four Railroad.
There is also a very large modern grain over the outlaying sections, buying and tran-
elevator and the largest and best equipped loose shipping the hay and grain to all parts of the
hay plant in Ohlman whose tentacles reach all world.
General Store, Zimmermann Bros.
Ohlman. Illinois.
There are three substantial churches, the
German Lutheran, Methodist and Free Metho-
dist, a picturesque school house, and the streets.
sidewalks, gardens, lawns and suburbs indicate
the new spirit controls the general policy and
taste of the good citizens of Ohlman.
(!aKKIA(,I., ImI'LLMI.M \Mi /\l III DlJ'ARTMENT, ZlMMERMANN BrOS.
Groceries, Ury Goods. Boots. .Shoes. Hardware. Farm Machinery and Automobiles.
Main and First Streets. Ohlman. Illinois.
Page Forty.
The 0. H. Paddock Lumber Company.
Lumber Dealers.
First and Main Streets, Ohiman. Illinois.
The railroad service is good over the Big
Four and the C. & E.I. lines and the automobiles
abbreviate
space and save
time here as
in all parts of
the United
States today.
The town
takes its name
from Captain
Michael Ohi-
man, who was
formerly a
commander of
one of the
Mississippi
steamers.
During Uncle
Sam's troublous times in his ser
vice on the big river he made a distinguished
Residence of H. D. Gossmann,
President Farmers' Bank.
Ohiman, Illinois.
men and
record in those days of hot conflict. The Cap-
tain still lives at 90 years of age. The country
about Ohi-
man i s cer-
tainly rich in
resources. The
combination
of sincerity
and enterprise
whichhascon-
stituted t h e
working main
springs in the
development
of the section
whichCaptain
Ohiman pre-
empted shows
what can be
accomplished when the right
methods are brought together.
Upper View— Cement Tile Plant in Ohiman, Illinois.
Lower View— Hems Ditching Machine in Operation.
Nick Berns &. Sons.
Cement Tile Manufacturers, Owners and Operators of the Nick Berns Ditching Machine. Ohiman, Illinois.
Station of the B. & O. R.R.. Owaneco. Illinois.
^A^ ASPIRING NEIGHBOR.
OWANECO, on
the B.&O.R.R., nine
miles from Pana,
is one of the bright-
est and spiciest of
her neighbors. It
has a good bank
under progressive
management, a tele-
phone exchange, the
modern electric
lighting system, and
a goodly array of
fine stores catering
to 2,300 well-to-do
people who make
this their nearby
trading point. They have good shipping facili-
ties for the produce of the section ; a fine agri-
cultural, stock-raising, poultry and dairy
country. With its big grain elevators and
extensive lumber and coal yard, and the gen-
eral air of confidence pervading all avenues of
trade in the place Owaneco has an inspiring
atmosphere for the investigator.
The school building is a handsome modern
structure, and the new residence streets have
J. S. Eaton,
President of Eaton .State Bank.
Owaneco.llllinois.
Eaton State Bank, Owaneco, Illinois.
Capital and Surplus $27..illll.
President. J. S. Eaton. Vice President. W. L. Eaton.
Cashier. Cleve Workman.
A Residential Section of Owaneco, Illinois.
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The Methodist Church,
Church Street.
Owaneco. Illinois.
Ex-Mayor
S. T. Dan FORD,
Mayor of Owaneco for
Two Years.
Member of the Board
for Ten.
One of the Progressive
Men of the Town.
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Built by H. H. Tobias & Sons. Contractors,
of Assumption. Illinois.
the air of success thoroughly indicated in the
homes be-
ing put up
in the re-
cent years.
The Metho-
dist Church
is the cen-
ter of the
religious
life of the
village, and
it has an in-
viting and
hospitable
appearance. The original stock
of Owaneco was largely of Ohio lineage, with
Residence oe J. S. Eaton,
Owaneco. Illinois.
Teutonic, pure Irish and unmixed Scotch
filtered in,
making a
strain that
gives Owan
eco brain,
brawn and
energy, and
ambition
for new
enterprises,
with a cor-
d i a 1 wel-
come to
good p e 0-
ple of all creeds looking for
an improved location with fine advantages.
Page Forty-Three.
Section of the Plant of George Ritscher & Son,
Dealers in Grain. Hay. Lumber and Coal, Owaneco, Illinois.
Depot ot the Illinois Lrnlral k. k. at tlcoiice.
CONEE, on the Illinois Central, and with
three
■'i^.^s^ fine
high-
ways covering
the ordinary
requirements
of vehicles and
automobiles,
is seven miles
from Pana.
It is a cheer-
ful, inviting
little center
with a good
depot, fine
public school
building, three
churches of
which two are
right up-to-date in style, and a bank which puts
the capping on the place both
SiATL Bank nr Oconee, Oconee, Illinois.
Capital $25,000.
C. B. Munday, President, Jacob Gaskell. Vice-President. J. A. Wemer. Cashier.
Directors: Ben. P.Allen, H. F. Grote. H. Rakers. D. Waddington.
tion in some ways. Lying in
for commercial
convenience
and the twen-
tieth-century
a mbition to
liave things
right at home.
Its resources
are in the fine
country all
about it, and
the stores and
elevators, and
the whole as-
[lect is one of
lirosperityand
energy. It has
a decided ad-
vantage in the
matter of loca-
close proximity
A Little Section of the Main Street, Oconee. Illinois.
Albert N. Bass.
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queensware, Boots. Shoes and Notions. Exclusive Distributor for Autocrat
and Golden Wedding Flour. Shipper of All Kinds of Produce.
Oconee, Illinois.
to Pana as the larger of two neighboring cities
it furnishes a good basis for a generous rivalry
to be considered its next friend. Its natural
position in one corner of Shelby County, with
Shelbyville as its court house center for all
legal business, this city would apparently be
first in its affections. But with the superior
facilities for transportation of freight and pas-
sengers in its favor Pana is really nearer the
heart of Oconee than the county seat. There
are three well-traveled highways leading from
Oconee to Pana, and these, with the fine ser-
vice afforded by the Illinois Central, bring these
two places into close community of interest.
The little town is building up a fine residential
section and these three roads which lead to
Pana are only a portion of the
roads which lead in and out of
Oconee. The automobile has not only invaded
the town and punctured all the country about,
but the local agency which has been established
there is furnishing machines for a radius cover-
ing something like thirty miles outlying. The
new churches and schools and modern homes
make it an object of interest to its ambitious
neighbors, striving for its business, trade and
traffic. The rivalry inspires confidence in their
own development, and the progressive element
in town are encouraging suitable light indus-
tries to look their advantages over when they
are considering location. As well as being a
fine agricultural center it is the headquarters
for a thriving live stock trade, a number of
large dealers making this their entrepot for
horses, mules, cattle and hogs
purchased throughout this section.
The Catholic.
The Churches of Oconee.
The Presbyterian.
P.AUIi FoRTV-FlVE.
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This Road Certainly Maintains an Air of Success About its Depots in This Section.
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ASSUMPTION, on the Illinois Central, is
only nine miles from Pana. It is a delightful
along the right lines. The air there is sur-
charged with the dynamite of progress. In
Edward Ramsey,
President Commercial Club.
Assumption, Illinois.
lin. 1. i:\iiiK, (Iaiain & Ramsey,
Dry Goods, Notions, Cloaks, Millinery, Shoes, Clothing, Men's Furnishings, Carpets
Chestnut. Comer Second South Street. Assumption, Illinois.
neighbor— ambitious and prosperous, and has
developed a cuvic pride which is starting her
one very significant point Assumption makes
a decidedly fine showing. Especially in its
A Residential Section on the East Side,
Assumption. Illinois.
Pai;e FoRTv-Six.
View of the Mill Department of H. H. Tobias & Sons, General Contractors.
Manufacturers of Sash, Doors and Fine Interior Finish.
Assumption. Illinois.
Some Buildings Built in Assumption : Presbyterian Orphanage. Illinois State Bank. St. Mary's Parochial School. First M . E. Church.
First Baptist Church, P. L. Myer's Residence, F. Kellogg's Residence. A. S. Michael's Residence,
HightLong-Shafer Block.
homes and residence streets. There are many
beautiful residences. Its coal reserves are its
main capital, but it has brick and tile works, a
large contracting firm whose buildings speak
for both their city and themselves ; it has two
liberally conducted banks, some elegant
churches and school buildings, an uncommonly
good hotel. They are just erecting a big new
high school, the Orphans' Home is a matter of
pride, the streets are all well looked after, and
the main street has just had a new dress
of brick laid upon it, giving the whole town a
cordial and welcoming appearance to every
well-wisher— inside and out of Assumption.
The census gives the town a population of
two thousand, but this only indicates as in all
such cases merely the people in the corporate
limits. All these Central Illinois towns and
cities draw very largely from the surrounding
agricultural districts, giving them a reserve
Assumption Headquarters of The 0. H. Paddock Lumber Company, Lumber Merchants.
Fred Kellogg. Manager.
Corner Chesnut and Third Streets, Assumption, Illinois.
P.MJE Forty-Seven.
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resource for business and influence which is
liable to be lost sight of in a casual considera-
tion. Thus
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extending for
five, eight and
ten miles on
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certain roads,
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thousand
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Residence of Fred. Kellogg.
Manager O. H. Paddock Lumber Company.
East Side. Assumption, Illinois.
grown up in near proximity, but recently the
way of empire has grown towards the West in
expansionand
o n this side
are located
some of t h e
new and most
pretentious
homes, thus
giving: all de-
sirable parts
of the town an
art of modern
thrift and
good taste.
With its stu-
pendous min-
i n g facilities
to draw from,
and a contin-
uation of the
From Oh i\t,\N ilu.n Si liocii., A^j^imfudn, Ii.linol-^.
is a good looking city
with fine location, and
some progressive spirits
at the helm.
It is divided almost
equally into an easterly
and westerly sections by
the tracks of the Illinois
Central Railroad, so it is
common |)ariaiice to talk
of the East and West
|jy^
sides. The business sec-
tion is mostly located to
the East, and many of
the finest residential streets have naturally
The Orphan.\ge of tmi; Presbyterian liu K( h,
Assumption. Illinois.
Built by H. 11. Tobias & Sons, Assumption.
of the empire they ha
combination of effort
among its best men, the
town is bound to grow.
The spaces available for
new industries are many.
The Illinois Central runs
fine passenger trains,
giving good service in
this line, and the mag-
nilicent great freight
trains they send all
through this and other
sections of their territory
speak volumes in praise
ve the fortune to overlord.
KITCHELL PARK
PLACE ADDITION
TO THE CITV OF PANA. ILL.
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KitcheU Park Place Addition
Splendidly Located between Kitchell Park and the Grounds of
the Huber Memorial Hospital. Lots For Sale on
Reasonable Terms. Apply to
J. W. KITCHELL, East Second Street, PANA, ILLINOIS
W. B. JORD.\N.
L. E. Jordan.
Jordan Brothers
Che
Palladium
DAILY and WEEKLY
BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
CATALOG WORK A SPECIALTY
EAST SECOND STREET
PANA. ILLINOIS
Phone, Office 620
I'hone, fomposing Rooms 620.X
Grocery Phone 272. Residence Phone 2742.
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT—
THE EAST END GROCERY
J. L. ABELL
Established 188y.
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries, Cured Meat, Lard and Country Produce.
Cash Paid for Butter and Eggs. Prompt Deliveries to All Parts of the Citg.
McElroi) Studio
22 South Locust Street
Pana, Illinois
THE PLACE WHERE QUALITY, ART, STYLE AND
PRICE WILL PLEASE \0U.
GOOD PICTURES always bring those happg
recollections. A PHOTOGRAPH of father,
mother babg, or in fact of anv one, alwavs
awakens the memorp to the past.
The Photographer in We Carry a Complete Line of Amateur Supplies.
Your Town. Amateur Finishing Neatly Done.
WE FRAME PICTURES THE ARTISTIC WAY.
PICTURES USED IN THIS ISSUE WERE MADE BY US.
J. A. Cannois
Dealer in Hardware. Stoves, Lumber. Building Material, Furniture,
Farm Implements, Glass, Paint, Oil, Etc.
Phone 372.
FREMONT STREET, TOWER HILL, ILLINOIS.
Some Enterprising Business Houses of Pana.
Pana Steam Laundry,
SOUTH POPLAR STREET,
Near the Corner of East Second,
PANA, ILLINOIS.
A New, Up-To-Date Laundry,
With all the Modern Sanitarv Appliances antl Machinery necessary for
the turning out of the best laundr\' work. Careful and inlelli(ten( managemenl
will entitle us to a generous share of tfie public patronage, and we shall seek to
deserve it. Our price list is made up on the popular-price basis, and the ser-
vice will be prompt and efficient.
CHARLES BARNETT, Proprietor.
Aaatatant S'tatr TJrtrriuartaua,
106 East First Street, PANA. ILLINOIS.
Office Phone H)t>. Also ICe^iidenee Phones.
Insurance
AND REAL ESTATE,
Justice of the Peace and Notar\ Puhli
108 E. Third St., PANA, ILL.
...Kamarit & Fillipitch...
FASHIONABLE TAILORS.
THE MAN WHO KNOWS WEARS K. & F.
TAILOR-MADE CLOTHES.
CLEANING AND PRESSING. SOUTH LOCUST STREET, PANA, ILLINOIS.
LYMAN FOX,
The Up-To-Date Furniture Man,
120 East Second Street, Pana, Illinois.
The Pana Variety Store,
134 SOUTH LOCITST STBEET.
A house full of "Worth-While" Small Merchandise consisting o( Notions. Stationery. Post Cards. Confectionery, China Ware,
Glass Ware. Granite Ware. Tin Ware. Small Hardware, and Toys in a large variety, &c.. &c.. at popular prices. You get >our
money's worth. CALL AND SEE US.
AUGUST MOLZ, Proprietor, Successor to Miss Lawlor.
Paiiu has ii Fine Park, the Kitcliell.
)ome Enterprising
B
usiness nouses
H(
of P
ana.
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FROM THE MOST SELECT
STOCK GROWN, and are
STRICTLY HAND -MADE
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Non-
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The
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Used is
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BEFORE USING
AU Gold Bitters
(BETTKR THAN GOLD)
The Greatest Liver Flopper of
This or Any Other A(5e.
A Blood Pariiier Worth While
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT TKY IT
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Manufactured
R.A.SMITH ^
Manufacturing
Pharmacist
Pana,
Mc Clunk's
Ice Cream Parlor and
Candy Factory.
Soft Drinks and Candies of All Makes
Manufactured b\- me.
H. F. TABOR, Proprietor
124 E. Second Street - - PANA, ILL.
The West End
Grocery
STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES
Also School Supplies.
Deliveries Made. 303 W. Third St.. PANA, ILL.
MRS. MARY SHEEAN,
PKOPRIETRESS
The Most Up-to-Date Livery, Feed and
Transfer Stable in the City,
KA.ST .SECOND STRI:I;T. I'ANA.
.lOH.N HINOKN, IMJOriJIKTOH.
CAB CALLS DAY OR NIGHT. Sand and Gravel lor Sale. ALso Excavalino by Contract.
AGENT FOR GLIDE AUTOMOBILE. Office Phone 5G0. Residence 3f02.
Residence Phone 226.
Office Phone 810.
J. A. MATHENY,
810 South Locust Street, Pana, Illinois.
Writes FIRE, LIGHTNING, TORNADO, ACCIDENT, LIFE, and
PLATE GLASS Insurance.
Hldck Lii/itls for Siilc i/i ll/iJiois, Missoini, Xort/i Dcikotd iind Mississippi.
Pana is the Natural Trade Center for 35,000 Well-to-do Americans.
Sonic Paiui Progressives,
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B. R MILLIKEN,
B/u/(/i//o Contractor.
Estimates Furnished on Short Notice. Looking ALL WAYS for Business. Personal Supervision
Given All Work. References for the Asking.
Telephone 2723.
Resiife/iee 400 South II 'a I nut Street, Puna, JH'inois.
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Exclusive Designs. B{ st Workmanship.
Newest Styles.
Fred L Braggery
Merchant Tailor,
Soiit/i Locust S/nr/ ..... I'mui, Illinois.
CI.HANINO. PKESSING AND RKI'AIRING.
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Your House
Needs Paint.
1 Need the Money, Kstiiiiatcs Cheerfully Given,
See W. E. (Blink) CROWDER,
.M)4 North Locust St., Pana, Illinois.
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Pruetical Pliiinher ciiul Sheet Metal Worker.
Manufacturer of Sky-Lights,
Cornices, Fronts, &c.
Thifd ii/id 1 MClisI Streets, Piiiid, Illinois
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Stoves (ukI
RcDifyes.
Striiiii, Hoi ll'iitir,
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Sliitr and Gravel
Roofing.
Srarr and 'lite Flui-.
Oince Phone 1624.
Residence 1622.
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Parker Pressed Stone Company,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
CEMENT BLOCKS AND CEMENT MATERIALS,
EAST CORBETT'S ELEVATOR, PANA, ILL. WILL N. PARKER, Proprietor.
Manufacturer and Dealer in J 1 • X • IVl— /i^Z^,
.. I J n rk I ri. ' Pcdiarand Retail Dealer In
Hams, Lard, Bacon, rork, etc., s coal oil and gasoline,
MARKET ON EAST SECOND ST.. PANA. ■ • •* Vine Street. Pana. Illinois.
ALL KINDS OF FRESH MEAT Constantly on Hand. ■ Special rates to automobile oicners or tor barrel lots.
Lonii Distance Telephone 2923.
HARRY TANNER,
Wholesale Hides, Junk, Etc.
Scrap Iron. Bones, Rags. Metals, Rubber, Hides, Furs, Wool. Tallow. Car Lots a Specialty.
300 to 308 East Washington St., B. & O. R. R. Tracks. Pana.
H Ten Kinds ot ihe Highest Grades ol i'ianos. Sheel Music
■ and String Goods.
g Repairs for Pianos and ()rgans.
OF THIS ■ siNGERSEWINGMACHINESandSUPPLIES
^^ — -*. 5 Repairs for All Makes of Machines.
iFtndij JUuBtratpJi | j. w. Waddell
^DdU \ Music House
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To Every Friend Who Will Appreciate It and ■ Corner Second and Locust Streets.
■ Phones Nos. 434 and 1611.
Make a Cordial Booster for the City. ■ pana, ILLINOIS.
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A Good Word Goes a Long Wav in Publicitg ■ victoroias and Amberoias.
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Office Phone 351. Residence Phone 2621.
W. M. ^V ARRKN INSURANCE
AND Rkal Estate.
Representing St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Room 3 Schlierbach Building, Pana. Illinois.
Residence 402 South Locust Street.
W. M BALDWIN. .\i > r.l KlhS ITlH.li . C. P. BALDWIN.
Baldw^in & Baldvv^in,
Real testate. Loan and Insurance Agents.
Represent All Lines of Insurance. Farm and City Loans at Lowest Interest Kates Best Farm Lands at Lowest Prices in lllinDis. Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma,
luwa. Nebraska, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Snulhern Slates.
102 Locust Street, Pana. Christian County, Illinois.
Office Phone 1250. I)«clllntl Phone 3.1«2.
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The Merchants of Pana Will Meet All Outside Competition with a Square Deal, Close Prices,
Prompt and Eifflclent Service.
Some Enterprising Business Houses of Pana.
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Office Phone 351. Home Phone 3552.
G. W. MARSLAND,
Clerk of Pana City Court,
Representing the Sun Fire Insurance & Tornado Company of London, England
Office 43 1-2 South Locust Street, Schlierbach Block, PANA, ILLINOIS.
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Dealer iu FINE G ROC KR I ES and Provisions.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN SEASON.
TEAS AND COFFEES A SPECIALTY.
Phone 2460. 53 South Locust Stnrt, Puncj, IH'niois.
DELIIERIES TO ALL PJRTS OF THE CITY. YOUR PATRON JGE SOLICITED.
Finns and Est!»iiilis Furnnlud.
JV. R STECH,
Contractor and Builder,
Office Cor/ier Third and Locust Streets,
Pana, Illinois.
Phone 2611 Long; Distance. Residence Address 704 East Fifth Street.
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Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.
Soda Fountain with all the Favorite Drinks. Third and Locust Streets.
Pana is Justly Proud of Its Public Schools and Its Public School System.
Some Professional Men of Panel.
Office Phone 1030. Residence, Frances Hotel.
F. J. Eberspacher,
Plnjsician,
109-A South Locust Street, Pana, Illinois.
Hours iron 10 to 12 and 1 to 4.
Office Phone 671. Residence Phone 3423.
Office Phone 672. Residence Phone 2662.
Residence, 703 South Poplar Street.
Fred W. Bechtold,
Pitijsitian ani ^uri^con,
Neu Building, Pana, Illinois.
Office Phone 362: Residence 2100
Dr. B F. Dowell, g Walter Burgess, M.D.
138 1-2 South Locust Street, Pana, 111
Office Hours 8 to 12. 1 to 5.
Office Piione 3361 Residence Phone 3691
Residence 209 Kilchell Ave.
Dr. W. A. Steward,
Osteopathic ^Ijusician.
Office over Sclineider's Drug Store, South Locust Street
Hours from 8 to 12 and 2 to 5
Oflice Huber Block, Third and Locust,
Residence Fourth and \'ine Streets, Pana, Illinois.
DR. H. A. BROERING
DENTIST
Office. Kitchell Block — Phone 1852
Residence Phone 1881
JOHN H. FORNOFF
Master in Chancery
^ Foriioff& Griffith
LOCAN C.. GRIFFITH
ATTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS
Kitchell Block
An Enterprising Business House of Pana.
Pana, Illinois
L. W. PAUL.
C. O. PAUL.
Paul Brothers^ Quality Shop
Buggies, Harness,
and Wagons.
Repairing and Oiling.
Rubher Tire Work Done.
Peter Schuttler Farm Wagons.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
Phone 410. 200 EAST SECOND STREET, PANA, ILL.
Pana Has VnUmitcd Supplies of COAL and WATER at Its rrry Jhors,
Some Enterprising Business Houses of Pana.
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CHARLES P. G ALLAH ER,
Electric Utilities Shop,
. . . IVIRING, . . LAMPS. . . FIXTURES. . .
Phone 842. No. 106 E. Third Street, PANA, ILLINOIS.
Christian County Teleploone Co.
WARREN PENWELL, President. L. U. HEWITT. Vice-President. J. S. EATON. Secretary.
C. M. PARKER. Treasurer. E. A. PURCELL. General Manager.
C. E. CHENEY, Manager Pana Exchange.
The equipment of this Telephone Company is right up-to-date, with the la»est approved apparatus in
every department. The outside construction in the City of Pana is composed of underground and aerial
cable, with insulated circuits throughout the entire system. It is the only local system in the city, with
about a thousand stations, and is connected directly with the lines of the Central Union, Kinloch,
American Telephone & Telegraph Company, and the Interstate Telephone Company.
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Bottler of Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, Gi?iger Ale, Soda JFater a?id Seltzer,
121 E. rhird Street, PANA, ILLINOIS.
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Dealer in Fresh and Cured MEATS, LIVE STOCK,
South Locust Street, PANA, ILLINOIS. Phone 820.
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H. T. BRANT,
Tin am/ Sheet Metal IFork^ Cornices^ Sky-Lights^
Metal Ceili?igs, and Hot Air Furnaces.
108 East Third Street, PANA, ILLINOIS. Phone 2551.
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Feed and Sales Stable. Dealers in Horses and Mules. Carnages to
Order for All Occasions. Drainage Contractors.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1901
Always Trying to Make Better Photos than
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Carl A. DuBoce
Mutual Phone 208. National Bank Building, ASSUMPTION, ILL.
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J. C. SHAFER, License No. 585.
MRS. SHAFER, Assistant.
All Kinds of Gut Flowers and Designs
for All Occasions.
J. C. SHAFER
Both Phones
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UhFICE: Above Illinois Stale Bank
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REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND ALL LINES OE INSURANCES.
Black Lands for Sale in Illinois, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. Farm Lands.
Advances made at current rates. 1 also handle City Properties and Lots.
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E. C. FOSTER, Publisher.
Read by 1450 Homes -Twice a Week.
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OWANECO EXCHANGE
Warren Penwell, President L. D. Hewitt, Vice-President J. S. Eaton, Secretary
For Particulars, apply to
E. A. PURCKI.L, General Manager, laylorv ille. Illinois. C-mnecl nilh All I clephone Syslcins in the United States.
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Ge^ieral Dealer in Shoes uikI Geiif s F/z/y/is/ii/ii^w in All Hfciinhes.
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ffiLi ouii. I Evenings— 2 to 4 antl 7 to 9 Residence Phone 324
Homer B. Millhon, M, D.
Pirjprictor rjf
Eureka Drug Store
Main Street cind Masonic Ave.
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Main Street and T 7~^ 7A /^ 1,1 /" ^ OWANECO,
Masonic Ave. J^^ ji^ 0(111/0/71, tllC KjlVCCr '^^
Dealer in Groceries, Provisio?is, Fruits and Vegetables.
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Automohite Repairing anel Supplies. Boiler antl .Maehme II ork.
Mors, -Shoein^j and Ploii- ITorh a Speeialtx. Main Street. OWANECO. ILL.
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"He Has Fits"
He FITS voiir HEAD, your FEET, your FORM
and Nour PCJCKET-BOOK.
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'Pa/va III And All Up-To-Date Apparel For, Men
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WHITMAN & MARTY
TAs ^i&XaxJL Star a
109 South Locust Street
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BouUn, Stati€»iiery, Faney Gooclw.
22 SOUTH LOCUST STREET
Pana, Illinois.
THE PHOTOGRAf'/I.S IN THIS I'll liil CATION ARE A
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