Sunshine advertising funds grow Miami appeal since 1891
In Miami tourism boosters built a $170,000 fund in 1919 with $125,000 city aid to promote sun and climate. Ads ran in 60 newspapers and 20 magazines, plus electric signs in New York and Chicago. By 1917 visitors exceeded accommodations as railroads extended and land sales surged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Telorida
RE. G. Sewell
Chamber of Commerce
Sewell
Canada
New York
Chicago
Minonk Farms Sell Between 270 and 330 Per Acre
J. J. Flesner sold his 128 acre Minonk area farm six miles east to Fred Park and Henry Spires. Park gets 80 acres with improvements for 26400 dollars, Spires takes 48 acres at 270 per acre. Leonard Weichman buys the Park 80 acres nearby at about 300 per acre. Possession for all tracts on March 1.
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J. J. Flesner
Minonk
Fred Park
Henry Spires
Leonard Weichman
Snake bites Wyoming man when it crawls up his trouser leg
Harold Ingram, working in an oats field near Wyoming, felt a snake up his trouser leg and saw its tail. He was bitten three times as he tried to shake it loose, the black nonpoisonous snake disappearing into a hole.
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Harold Ingram
Jesse Ingram
Wyoming
Drainage Assessment Notice For Whitefield Saratoga District
Notice to all interested that the 4 installment for drainage year 1925 is due for lands in the Whitefield Saratoga Drainage District Marshall County Illinois. Pay to J J Jones Treasurer in Henry Illinois by May 1 1926 or land tracts may be sold to cover the installment and costs. Dated June 14 1928.
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Whitefield
Saratoga
Marshall
Ilinois
J. J. Jones
Henry
J L Jones
Parones
Margoon &_Horton
Attor
Nev
Mickie Says Power of Public Opinion
Mickie warns that the public rarely considers the great power editors hold and how they wield it with care. He notes editors seldom abuse this power or use it to settle personal grudges or selfish aims.
Home as Heaven on Earth in Rev. W H Witter's Minute
Rev W H Witter reflects on home as a sacred sphere where love and fellowship create national character. He cites mothers, childhood memories, and Payne to argue that true home life requires moral standards and purposeful parenting to keep homes harmonious and hopeful.
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Rev
W. H. Witter
John Howard Payne
Earth
At One With the People by Rev Paul L Corbin
The ex emperor P u yi aged about twenty escapes confinement and seeks refuge at the Japanese legation then travels to Tientsin as a private citizen. He says he felt at one with the people for the first time and could be a worthy candidate for presidency if allowed study abroad. The piece contrasts his view with China’s current militarists.
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P'u-yi
China
Eking
Tientsin
Henry P’uyi
Legation
Henry Pu Yi
Republic of China
Bible Thoughts for Sunday Evening and Monday
A devotional note cites Psalm 16 verses 5 and 6 about the Lord as portion and heritage. It links Monday reflection to Isaiah 40 31 about waiting on the Lord renewing strength and mounting up with wings.
Verses Reflected in a Brief, Quiet Reading
A sequence of biblical lines themes on quietness, calling on the Lord, and redemption. It references Proverbs 17 1 Isaiah 55 6 Isa 17 14 and Isaiah 1 18 with notes on near, near in time, morning and eventide. The piece presents moral exhortation rather than narrative.
Steel arrives for Granville merchants factory building
Steel for the Granville merchants factory has arrived and construction progresses. Foundations are in, the superstructure rises, floor joists are in, and a temporary floor is laid. About twenty men work daily with stair steps likely this week.
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Merchants
Granville
Marriage Licenses and Real Estate Transfers Noted
Marshall County court notes list marriage licenses for Henry Linnig Ida Schmitt Edward Achterberg Alta Thrasher Walter Wood and Ethel Maney. Real estate transfers include William Turnbull to First Trust La Prairie township and Dolorita Law to Fred Law plus multiple deeds and quit claims in Lacon Toluca Henry Whitefield and Belle Plain townships.
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Henry Frank Linnig
Peru
Ida Schmitt
Edward Carl Achterberg
Peoria
Alta Thrasher
Walter le Roy Wood
Putnam
Ethel Louise Maney
Monmouth
William Turnbull
Washburn
John J. Heitz
Malinda Heitz
Bell Plain
George F. Rothman
William G. Dorsey
John S. Thompson
Lacon Two
Rachel S. McNemar Et al
Adolph Waltzen
Belle Plain Township
Carl A. Lenz
Louis A. Lenz
City of
Lacon
Minnie A. Lenz
West Jersey Lad Dies in Runaway at Farm
Milan Leigh an 18 year old son of Mr and Mrs W E Leigh West Jersey was killed when a team ran away while they were hitching in the barn. He was thrown and suffered a fractured skull. He died before help arrived leaving his parents four sisters and one brother.
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Milan Leigh
W. E. Leigh
West Jersey
Ese
Former Granville Boy Scout Breaks World Record
Albert Fulton of Wichita Kansas and teammates from Troop 9 wall scalled a nine foot wall in ten seconds to set a world record before 4000 spectators. The group cleared the wall three times and then surpassed the existing mark by 225 seconds.
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Granville
Albert Fulton
Stella Fisher Fulton
Wichita
Kansas
Troop 9
Wichita Boy Scouts
Fire destroys barn at Frank Marchesi home near Toluca
Fire last Thursday at Frank Marchesi's Toluca area home destroyed the barn and outbuildings along with about six tons of hay recently stored. The fire's origin remains unknown. Insurance covered part of the barn and outbuildings.
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Frank Marchesi
Toluca
Boy Seriously Injured When Steel Hitch Rack Falls
Wales Tell son of Mr and Mrs Geargell between Wyoming and Toulon was struck on the head and wrist by a toppled steel hitchrack while playing. He is reported in a critical condition.
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Y Wales Tell
Barnes Magoons Horton Attorneys-at-Law Lacon Peoria
Lacon Peoria office 1407 Peoria Life Blog lists general practice with emphasis on trial work chancery cases and estate settlements.
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Barnes, Magoon & Horton Attorneys-at-Law
Lacon
Peoria
Peoria Life
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Henry Times
News- Republican
Henry Current News
J &. Carlson
Yeditor
Henry, Ill
Postoffice
Mickie
Theonor
Paul L. Corbin
lIsa
Marshall County Court News
First National Bank of Lacon, A Corporation
Stephen Lee
Edna Lee
Probate
John O. Colson
Lloyd B. Colson
Olney M. Hurt
Frank Stoner
Louis Brown
William Horrocks
Iwa_Merrin
William Horrocks, Jr
Tair Marke Tate
Ira Martin
Robert Fort Cowan
George Lindsay Cowan
Fred W.potter
John W. Fling, Jr
Fred W. Potter
Ludwig Bogna
John J Barnes
Susanna Shafer
John Rk. Tweddale
Adam Haig
Charles E. Vernay
BUICK
Buick Showroom
Bogner Auto Company
Henry Hiinois
R. M. Barnes Jay H. Magoon
E. E
Horton
Duke Bros
Hunter-Feed Company
Magnolia
Putnam County
W. C. Chesney
William Bumgarner
McNabb, Hinois
Drs. Hovenden
Ludwig
Optometrists
Henry Nat’s Bank Bld’g
Peoria Life Bldg
Peoria, Ilinois
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