Rock Island News – Lillian
I recently
found some newspaper articles that give a glimpse into the lives of the
Remington family, especially Lillian, while they were living in Rock Island,
Illinois. Based on where their children were born, we can tell that the family
moved from Michigan to Rock Island about 1918.
Most of the
articles are from the Rock Island Argus. The articles date from 1919 to
1936.
One of the
earliest, from 9 February 1920, announced the meeting of the “Larkin Club.”
This club was sponsored by the Larkin Soap Company, which by 1920 had organized
groups of housewives to market their products. Their product line went far
beyond soap and was second only to the Sears catalog in offerings.
The next
article, from 1921, notes that Lillian Remington passed the examination for her
teacher’s certificate. She was 29 years old with four young children. In 1911, when
she was 19 years old, Lillian was a teacher in Manton, Michigan. A ledger book
from that time recorded three pay periods
- 9/29/11 - $30, 10/2/11 - $5, and 11/10/11 - $14.45 (see The Red Book).
I don’t know that she ever taught in Rock Island.
This was a
few years before her husband, JM, left the family. There were no articles that
mentioned him.
On 4
September 1926, Lillian was in police court where she won a judgement of $3
from a neighbor after he assaulted her.
Articles from 1929 and 1934 let us know that she could also sing.
In the early
1930s, Lillian’s name appeared regularly in the newspapers. She authored book
reviews, published original poems, and entered contests, some of which she won.
She also started using the surname Schuyler – sometimes alone and sometimes in
combination with Remington. Schuyler was her paternal grandmother’s maiden
name.
Some snippets
of the book reviews:
She even got
my dad into the act:
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Her poetry:
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