Enlivening Henry Fair Promises World Class Entertainment
The Marshall Putnam Fair at Henry runs September 18 to 21 with top acts including the Riding Clarks featuring three circus horses and a funnel jump stunt. The Clarkonians offer aerial feats on a single platform with space bound flying, while the Bell and the Poole family present high caliber acts with dogs monkeys and thrilling rifle feats.
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Henry
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Clarkonians
bva-Bell
Frio
Bell
Poole’s
Blue Ribbon Society
Roy A. Poole
Boundary
Gulf
King Bozo
Ethel
Col
Poole
County Demonstration Contest at Henry Gymnasium
The County Demonstration Contest for agricultural projects is held Thursday afternoon at Henry Gymnasium. County clubs will field demonstration teams competing to represent Marshall Putnam at the State Fair in a statewide contest. Each demonstration aims to present good agricultural practice clearly for all to understand.
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New Henry
Marshall - Putnam Club
World record corn growth cited near Delavan
Reports from the corn belt claim extraordinary growth with corn exceeding seven inches in a single day near Delavan. Kokomo in Indiana also reports a growth of six and a half inches in one day as part of a season of record heights.
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Delavan
Kokomo
Indiana
Dispatches
Township farmer Robert Pringle dies at 65
Robert Pringle prominent farmer and Steuben resident died at St. Francis Hospital Peoria on Monday aged 65. He was born and lived on the old home place and leaves a wife and relatives. Remains were moved to his late home. Funeral services were held from the U P church in LaPrairie at 2 30 this afternoon with more details to follow.
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Robert Pringle
Steuben
Varna Lady Passes On At Her Home Friday
Mrs. Emil Lundgren of Varna died Friday morning at about five o clock after a year long fight with cancer. She was 48 years 7 months and 5 days old, born December 29 1879 near Varna. She leaves a daughter Mrs Ellen Flesberg a granddaughter Mary a sister Mrs Anna Hultgren and a brother Charles Berggren. Interment at Salem cemetery followed a funeral at her home and church with Rev Nilsson officiating.
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Emil Lundgren
Varna
Marie Louise
Peter and
Christina Berggren
Ellen Flesberg
Mary
Anna Hultgren
Charles Berggren
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Nilsson
Nita Carlson
Signe Nelson
Chas. Carlson
Chas. Okerberg
Mauritz Stromgren
Dave Anderson
Oscar Fiesberg
Walter Folk Weds Bradford Young Miss in Peoria ceremony
Miss Garda Shaw of Bradford and Walter Folk of the city were married Thursday at Cathedral Rectory Peoria by the Reo gia. They travel with Mr and Mrs William McManus and plan to reside in Henry after a brief Wisconsin honeymoon.
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Garda Shaw
Gilman Shaw
Bradford
Walter Folk
Peoria
Reo Rgia
William McManus
Folk
Bradford High School
Detroit
Michigan
Henry
Leo
Wisconsin
Horseshoe Elimination Contest To Select District Rep
Hillside hosts a Sunday afternoon horseshoe elimination contest at the city park starting at 2 p.m. Contestants from Marshall and Putnam counties will determine who represents the area at the district Farm Bureau picnic in Peoria on August 18. A mixed team of two under 18 and a men’s team over 18 will be chosen for the district event.
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Henry
Marshall
Putnam Counties
Farm Bureau
Peoria
Goldenrod Show Boat Fails to Appear on Return Engagement
The Goldenrod show boat scheduled to perform here Wednesday did not arrive, disappointing many customers who had planned to attend the engagement.
Albert Wehling Dies in Varna After Illness
Albert Wehling a Varna resident 52 years old died Friday morning after a brief illness a stroke of apoplexy. Born September 20 1875 near Varna he married Bertha Quiram in 1902 and had two children Nora and Ervin. Survived by three brothers and a sister in Nebraska and other relatives. Burial followed at the Varna church cemetery with Rev Manteuffel officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wehling
Varna
Gustaf Albert Wehling
Wehling
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Bertha Quiram
Nora
Ervin
Nebraska
Mr. Wehling
Manteuffel
Fecht
Happy Hour 4 H Club Girls Win in District Contest
The Happy Hour Demonstration Team from Bell Plain township won the district 4 H club contest held in Pontiac on a Friday in late August. Ruth Owen and Edna Schumacher will represent Marshall and Putnam counties at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield August 18 to 25 with the other winning teams from Woodford and Kankakee counties also advancing.
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Bell Plain Township
Pontiac
Woodford County
Kankakee County
McLean
Livingston
Iroquois
LaSalle
Grundy
Ruth Owen
Edna Schumacher
Marshall
Putnam
Springfield
Marvin Hayline Survives Narrow Arm Entrapment Incident
Marvin Hayline suffered a severe arm injury Wednesday when his arm was drawn into an extractor. He freed himself with great effort, avoiding potential fatality, and required physician care for a deep laceration and sprain.
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Marvin Hayline
Marvin
Wall et Prize in National Selling Contest for J R Watkins
Robert J. Steele of Henry Illinois received notice he won a leather wallet as top prize in a nationwide contest by J R Watkins Wenona company among rural distributors. The contest involves over 3000 dealers and salesmen in a Summer Food Special campaign with the wallet proudly bearing the winner’s name in gold.
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Robert J. Steele
Henry
Illinois
J R. Watkins Company
Wenona
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs F H Bland
Mr and Mrs Flaval Bland announce the birth of a baby daughter named Mary Barbara on Thursday August 2. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Bland of Dunlap and Mr and Mrs R L Waughop.
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Mrs
F_H. BLAND
Flaval Bland
Mary Barbara
Charles Bland
Dunlap
R. L. Waughop
Maling Addresses Kiwanis On Socialism and Radicals
John R. Maling of Hammond Indiana spoke to a large Kiwanis gathering on Tuesday. The former business figure warned against socialist and radical influences driven by alleged federal and state efforts, urging rural communities to reflect on rising propaganda and its perceived threat to the government.
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Kiwanis
John B. Maling
Hammond
Indiana
Maling
Gary
Whiting
Colorado
U. S
Seitz Family Reunion Held Sunday
A Seitz family reunion gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Green with about thirty attending. A cafeteria lunch was served due to weather, followed by social visiting. Attendees included Mrs. Josephine Seitz and Lowie, William Seitz and two daughters Elizabeth and Mary Toledo Ohio, H. W. Seitz Detroit Michigan, A. C Brass West Alton Missouri and four children, John Seitz Amboy and four children, Fred Seitz Peru and family, J. J. Green and Josephine, Ross Hanchett Peoria, Winifred Green Chicago, and Floyd Baker.
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Seitz
J. J. Green
Green
Josephine Seitz
Lowie
William Seitz
Elizabeth
Mary
Toledo
Ohio
Plenty of moisture in ground to mature corn bumper crop
Rain swept across the territory around Henry weekend and Marshall county reports say the corn crop is made and will be bumper. Spring plowing and early planting left few late fields with corn now yielding oats and there is time before the first frost to mature the crop. Farmers are hopeful as wheat barley and oats also show fair production and income.
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Henry
Marshall County
Marshall
Durpanling Lountes
Emmerson Changes Color Scheme for Illinois Plates
Secretary Louis L. Emmerson overseeing auto license laws selects a black plate with red numerals for 1929 Illinois plates. He notes several midwestern states use green with white numbers and aims to avoid confusion. Purchase cost is just under eight and a half cents per pair, a likely state low.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Ilinois
Emmerson
Henry City Council Meets to Transact Routine Business
The Common Council held Monday evening at city hall transacting routine business. Bills were paid and several important matters were considered and disposed of before adjournment to the first Monday in September.
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Henry City
Three liquor offenders face judge in Marshall county court
Judge Homer Barney presided as three defendants Clyde Travers Phil Kopp and Frank Kelly all pled guilty and paid fines of 300 plus costs or face jail. In the afternoon Alexander Singer also from the city was fined 200 and costs for selling home brew.
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Marshall County
Homer Barney
Clyde Travers
Phil Kopp
Frank Kelly
Camp Grove
Alexander Skinger
Magnolia Man Dies at 84 in Magnolia
Benjamin Law lifelong Magnolia resident died August 3 at home aged 84 years 11 months and 25 days. Born September 8, 1843 in Lewistown Pennsylvania he moved to Illinois as an infant and lived on the Law farm at Oxbow. Survived by wife Alice Feaster. 11 children, 15 grandchildren. funeral at Magnolia M E Church with Rev Lackland officiating. Burial Magnolia Cemetery.
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Benjamin Law
Magnolia
David L
Ellen Law
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Law
Oxbow
Alice Feaster
Pearl Smalls
Maude Ray
Arba D. Law
Chicago
Nellie —Beddingfield
Brady
Nebraska
Benjamin Law Jr
Sandwich
Edith Hadrick
Ottawa
Arie Law
Chester Law
Spain
Methodist Episcopal Church
M .E
Lackland
Bess Davidson
Dorothy McKkirgan
Alex McKirgan
Perry Dakin
George Borgstede
Dawson King
Harry Bishop
John Dagner
Magnolia Cemetery
Lacon Prisoner Hunger Strike Tied to Jail Conditions
H. M. Dutcher, from near Rutland, is on a hunger strike at the Marshall county gate in Lacon after twelve days without food since imprisonment by Sheriff Davis. Earlier in May 1926 he received a $100 fine plus $131 costs for assault and served a 60 day bill of exceptions period in LaSalle county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Dutcher
Rutland
LaSalle County
Marshall County
Lacon
Sherif Davis
Butcher
la Salle County
Davis
Ottawa
White
Combine Wor Difficulties Show Harvest Grit
The Holt Combine operated by John Bumegarner and Lawrence Ash of McNabb faced severe challenges harvesting an overripe oats crop. Despite delays, frosts, and weed intrusion, the machine recovered grain and nearly all straw away from the cutter bar, impressing observers and fueling interest in Illinois for more combines.
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Holt Combine
John Bumegarner
Lawrence Ash
McNabb
Comune
Illinois
Reed Bros Putnam Introduce New International Combine
Read Bros of Putnam report harvest results with a new International Combine. They praise its operation as a great labor saver. Wheat yields ranged from 21 to 25 bushels per acre and barley about 40 bushels per acre.
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Read Bros
Putnam
Mrs Jos Krenz Dies at Family Home
Obituary details the life of Mrs Margaret Schaefer Krenz widow of Jos N Krenz a mother of eleven children and longtime St Marys Catholic parish member born in Baden Germany in 1838 she died Saturday night at the family home and was buried at Calvary Cemetery with a solemn high mass officiated by Rev Leo M Krenz S J and other clergy.
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Jos. N. Krenz
Angel of Death
Krenz
Margaret Schaefer Krenz
Baden
Germany
United States
George Schaefer
Henry
St. Mary’s Catholic Parish
Edward Krenz
Leo M. Krenz
S. J
George Krenz
Pauline Wenzel
Hugo Krenz
Rose Krenz
Mary Krenz
Kathryn Krenz
Frank J. Wenzel
Paul Krenz
Florissani
Missouri
Harvard
Ill
Humphrey
Neb
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Julius Krenz
Fred Folz
John Reinhart
Peoria
St Mary’s Church
T E Hennessey
John Hofer
Wm. Newhalfen
Calvary Cemetery
Sparland Couple Joined In Wedlock In Surprise Ceremony
Miss Bessie Babington and Henry Hoskins of Sparland were married Saturday in Yates City by Rev. Nash of the M E church. The couple, well known locally, married after schooling together with the bride a 1924 graduate. They will live with the groom's father, Thomas Hoskins, after returning to Sparland.
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Bessie Babington
Henry Hoskins
Sparland
Yates City
Nash
M. EE
Sparlard
Will Reede
Thomas Hoskins
Former resident Mrs Harry Adams dies in Spring Valley
The death of Mrs. Harry Adams of LaSalle, formerly of this city, occurred Friday at Spring Valley hospital. She lived here years ago while her husband practiced dentistry. Memorial services were held in LaSalle, with interment at Henry.
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Harry Adams
LaSalle
Spring Valley Hospital
Adams
Our City
The
Henry
Hanchetts Dined With Snyders Tuesday Evening
Mr and Mrs Ross Hanchett were entertained at dinner Tuesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Snyder in a cordial social gathering with both couples guests and hosts enjoying the meal and company.
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Ross Hanchett
Ray Snyder
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Henry Bridge
Happy Hour
John R. Maling
the Common Council
Reed Bros., Putnam
God
Spring Valley
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