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Just About the Folks You Know in Henry
Local notes from Henry Illinois recounts neighborly visits sales and errands, with mentions of residents such as Miss Rankin on hospital duty and Leo Battin working at the Star restaurant. Includes social calls, church events, school news, and small ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Adams
de‘ Pue
Henry
Charles—_Motter
R.F Burt
Princeton
Daniel” Vail
Peoria
Hunter
Leah Lash
Ben Mattingly
Stindsay
Bud -Draper
Toulon
Supt. I
Dennis
Incuvators
Meier Bros
Adv
D. D. Brown
Max ’ Sievers
Mildred
Bishop Spring
D. D
Granville
F. Flensberg
Wim. Wheeler
Lissa Murphy
Putnam
Clarence Duke
Quincy
Vogelsang
Wm. Madison
la Prairie
Hartwig
Roy Willis
Charles
R. Wheeler
George Harney
F. D. Draper
H. M
Camp_Grove
Camp Grove
Viva Reed
Wyoming
Arthur Smith
Chicago
la Salle
Lester Knight
Aragopagus
Carrie Murray
Charles P.’ Green
Ask Carlson
Julia Harrington
Rank Jennett
Wing King
Dod ‘Leckman
McBroom
Camp Stove
Hans- Adv
Kenneth King
Barnes
Flint
Michigan
Newport
Stanley, Stuart
Geneseo
B. L. ‘Stuart
L. O. Hunter
Cottage
Allen
Burlington
Iowa
Richmond
Opera House
Thomas Nicholson
Varna
Chris Sawyer
Tilda—Nilson
Durley King
L. E. "Dennis
Lacon
Hse
Harriett—Evans
St Louis
Sarah- Leech
Mayme Deck
Elfa Jenkins
Meter_ Bros
Sarah Chance
Charles Meier
Ruth Wright
Margaret Dobbins
Champaign
Itas
Hunter's Feed
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lyman Horrom
Farmington
Minnesota
Daniel
Methodist G Ladies
Barry’s
Theo. Kaiser
Mr . van Leer
Louis Smith
Taylor Smith
Clifford
Dunivan
Scranton
C. A. Phillips
Ford-truck
Haines
Joseph—Bizunowicz
Ft Sheridan
Bessie Marshall
Fred W. Potter
Hilsworth Potter
Hambers
Elsie Potter
Price Burris
Ansa Joyce
Ronstrom
Kewanee
Central Park
Ladies’ Aid
Presbyterian Church
Hunter's Feed Store
Ladies of St. John’s Guild
Charles Dewey
S. L. Clifé
Ketchum
Ocean Springs
Miss
Harry Dally
Snyder & Dally
Star
Iris
Bradford
Illinois
David_Hickey
Chillicothe
George Liank
Alden
Leslie Rolley
Western Electric—company
Robert Thornton
James
Ottawa
George Nicholson
Charles Harney
Sycamore
Mamie Siewers
C. A. Woodfill
L. G. Landenberger
New Jerusalem Temple
Harrison Ireland
Clarence Jury
Lynn Thompson
Adam Haig
Washburn
Elizabeth Luft
California
Pacific Coast
Ed. Bogner
Joe Bogner
Theodore Bogner
Joener
Leo Bogner
Frances Smith
Central Illinois
San End
Ita Colleese
Abe
Corbin
Monmouth
Leonard
Preston—Nesbit
John_Wounder
Barney Merdian
Paul “Wunder
Bacon
George Halbleibh
Margaret Jones Park
Waterworks Park