Marshall County Slashes Land Values by Ten Percent
The Marshall County Board of Review announces a ten percent reduction in real estate valuations including improvements across city and village properties. Chairman L B Phillips notes the move aims to align with neighboring counties and lowers Marshall county to a $54.00 per acre base, below the regional average. The panel reviewed personal assessments, with many new names appearing while Bennington township awaits final books.
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Marshall County Board of Review
Marshall County
L. B. Phillips
Varna
Board of Supervisors
Livingston County
Woodford County
Stark County
Bureau County
Putnam County
la Salle County
Bennington
Hames
County Treasurer Audit Report End Of Fiscal Year
Axel Heiberg Audit Co reports Ray Litchfield county treasurer kept records carefully for year ending November 30 1932. Balances on hand total $72546.24 with deposits in several banks. Fee and commission accounts amount to $18288.61 and total disbursements are $2716.25, transferring $15517.36 to the county fund.
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Axel Heiberg Audit Company
Springfield
Ray Litchfield
Litchfield
State appoints two local residents to posts this week
Henry Peterman is named as an attendant at the Peoria State Hospital Bartonville and Grace Hartley is appointed to a clerical position in the Banking Division of the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts. Both appointments come on recommendations from Representative Michael Fahy of Toluca Marshall County.
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Henry
Grace Hartley
the Auditor of Public Accounts
Henry Peterman
Peoria State Hospital
Bartonville
Michael Fahy
Toluca
Marshall
Notice on Henry News-Republican subscription discount
Notice urges recipients to renew subscription payments due this week to gain 50 percent discount extension. New subscriptions accepted at $1.00 per year, encouraging readers to become regular subscribers at the reduced rate.
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Henry News-Republicans
Henry News-Republican
News- Republican
Riviera Park Reopens Friday Under New Management
Riviera Park opens Friday evening July 27 after a seasonal closure with Paul Russell and his 10 piece band providing music. New Princeton managers plan to revive patronage, offering free dances each Friday with a 25 cent entry fee and free dancing for the night.
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Riviera Park
Paul Russell
Riviera
Princeton
Henry’s Share Gas Tax Welfare for Henry and Nearby Cities
Illinois passes House Bill 653 allocating one third of the state gasoline tax for municipal streets. Henry will receive 2464.00 annually for four years starting 1934, with other towns like Lacon Peoria Pekin Rockford Springfield and Bloomington sharing funds based on population. The Illinois Municipal Review lauds the move as bringing Illinois from backward to forward looking in municipal finance.
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Henry
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Municipal Review
Henry and Lacon
Chicago
Peoria
Pekin
Rockford
Springfield
Bloomington
The
Municipal Review
Ilinois
Illinois
of Illinois
Henry People Figure In Two Automobile Accidents
Two auto crashes involve local residents. Jack Hartley of this city escaped injury in a Ford sedan collision on the road from Lake Senachwine to Putnam with his three companions. In a Chevrolet sedan near Oglesby, Halten and five companions escaped serious injury after the driver lost control and struck a telephone pole. the car suffered substantial damage.
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Jack Hartley
Lake Senachwine
Putnam
Hartley
Halfen
Newhalfen
Oglesby
Dredge Crew Finishes Task on Illinois River
The Minneapolis Dredging Company completed widening and deepening the Illinois River opposite Henry. The channel now reaches 500 feet wide and 14 feet deep over a three-quarter mile stretch from above the bridge and lock to below it. The crew will next dredge Lake Peoria for three months.
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Minneapolis Dredging Company
Illinois River
Henry
Lake Peoria
Illinois Farm Sells For 150 Per Acre
A 160 acre farm near Konar ga Iroquois County in the eastern part of Illinois sold last week for 150 dollars per acre. The sale was free of incumbrances with cash paid and possession given immediately. The deal is seen by many as a sign of land returning toward former value.
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Qonarga
Iroquoise
Anthony Kaifer Reported Seriously Ill at Home
Anthony Kaifer is reported to be seriously ill at his home. Physicians say the illness stems from a brain blood clot. Hopes remain for his recovery despite the serious condition.
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Anthony Kaifer
Illinois Agricultural association attacks Horner veto on Lantz bills
Downstate citizens will be disappointed says the Illinois Agricultural association in session here. The group denounces Governor Horner for vetoing Senate Bills 683 715 and 729 which would grant Cook County authority to levy for relief of the destitute similar to downstate counties. The association questions the timing and logic of the veto and urges fair treatment for all Illinois counties while noting Cook County’s impact on state taxes and deficits.
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Horner
Senate
Lantz
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
Chicago
Cook County
Downstate
Illinois
Cook County Board
Henry Greys to Meet Col Ored Nine Thursday
The Giant Collegians a colored baseball team from Piney Woods Mississippi will play the Henry Greys on the fairgrounds diamond next Thursday July 27 at 2 30 p m in a scheduled nine inning game Managers plan a fans treat with several Collegians noted as stars The Greys lineup will also be in their usual form for a competitive contest on the afternoon card.
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Giant Collegians
Piney Woods
Miss
Fairgrounds
Henry Greys
Collegians
Southern’ Technical Training School
Jack Parker
The
Greys
Herman Dunlap
M. Magee
Howard Easterling
Ishmael
Wheat Yields High in Marshall Putnam Counties
Wheat in Marshall and Putnam counties is above average with reports of widening yields. John Bonges of Hennepin notes 20 to 80 bushels per acre from his elevator stock and William Downey of Putnam reports a field at 35 bushels per acre. Other county yields are high and new wheat prospects signal a strong season.
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Marshall
Putnam
John Bonges
Hennepin
William Downey
James A Hiltabrand dies at 73 in Henry City
James Anderson Hiltabrand died at the home of Mrs. Allen Hiltabrand on July 18 at 11:80 am. He was 73 years seven months and 28 days old. Funeral services are set today at 2:30 pm at the residence with Rev. Yancey officiating and A B Smith in charge. Interment will follow in Henry City cemetery.
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James Anderson Hiltabrand
Allen Hiltabrand
Bank Tangle to Be Unravelled at October Term Court
Judge Joseph E. Daily ruled in Lacon that the Henry National bank liquidation committee may open and plead the merits of the case regarding a $65,000 judgment note from 1931. The October jury trial will probe the merger contract and obligations, with defense from Henry National and questions about authority to sign the note.
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Joseph E. Daily
Lacon
Henry-National Bank
Adolph Wirtz
First Henry National Bank
Henry National
First National Banks
Wirtz
First Henry National
The
Old
First National
George Hunt
Wallace Black
Peoria
Charles P. Green
Henry
Walter C. Overbeck
Potter & Overbeck
Henry National Bank
Commerce critic at U High honored at Greeley
Miss Jane Church, supervising teacher at University High and Trinity High in Bloomington, is named one of two outstanding graduate women for the last year at Colorado State Teachers' College in Greeley. She earned a master’s in commerce education there last summer and received a bachelor of education from Normal.
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WSS Church
U. High
Greeley
Jane Church
University High School
Trinity High School
Bloomington
Colorado State Teachers’ College
Sigma Pi Lambda
Miss Church
Normal
Colorado College
Normal University
Henry High School
Minnie Reavy Dies at Home in Hennepin
Minnie Reavy 51 of Hennepin died at her home Thursday after a long illness. She was born in Hennepin to William Oldier Reavy and had 15 children, ten with her husband, Frank, Fred, Laura, John, Ellsworth, Robert, James, Eva and others at home. one son Eugene was killed in Spring Valley. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Royal Neighbor’s hall with Rev. W. C. Harms officiating. burial in Riverside cemetery.
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Minnie Reavy
Hennepin
William
Oldier Reavy
Frank
Fred
Seneca
Laura Falgier
Blysinhisrans Reynolds
John
Ellsworth
Robert
Clifton
Bank to Open on Saturday Nights in Town
Adolph Wirtz conservator announced the First Henry National Bank will open Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 PM to let farmers transact business when they cannot visit town at other times. The move aims to expand banking access and convenience for rural customers.
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Adolph Wirtz
Henry National Bank
Heathinge
Beer Parlor Moves to New Location on Second Street
The building beside Keegan and Hartley’s pool room on Second Street is being remodelled this week. James Case will move his beer parlor into the premises, which is owned by Charles Bergantz.
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Second Strett
Keegan and Hartley
James Case
Charles Bergantz
Dredge Clears Old Grey Eagle Boiler From River Bed
Bridgeport area dredge work halted after a heavy boiler plate from the sunken steamer Grey Eagle was snagged in the discharge pipe. The Grey Eagle, condemned in 1888, was scuttled and left to decay in the river bed near Edwards street as crews prepare a new channel closer to the opposite shore. Ed Heath, longtime pilot of the Grey Eagle, is noted in the report.
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Edwards Street
Grey Eagle
Old Man River
Ed. Heath
Former Resident Elizabeth Reed Dies in Ohio at 92
Mrs Elizabeth Reed aged 92 formerly lived in Henry with sister Mrs Clara Snyder for over thirty years. After Snyder’s death in Waterford Ohio Reed died there on July 7. She had been blind and semi invalid, cared for by niece Mrs Mary Flowers. Funeral services and interment were held in Waterford on July 10.
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Ohio
Elizabeth Reed
Henry
Clara Snyder
Waterford
Mary Flowers
Marshall County road contract awarded to C L Swords
The state highway department awarded the Marshall County road contract to C L Swords of Peoria. The project funds a 14 foot traffic bound gravel surface about three quarters of a mile near La Prairie Center at a cost of 7892 dollars.
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Marshall County
Opeh
State Highway Department
Springfield
C. L. Swords
Peoria
la Prairie Center
Frank Sheets Named Consulting Engineer for Portland Cement
Frank T. Sheets, long time Illinois chief highway engineer, was named consulting engineer for the Portland Cement company. He will work from the Chicago offices after a Monday boards meeting. Sheets is known to residents in Henry and Marshall counties.
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Frank T. Sheets
State of Illinois
Portland Cement Company
Sheets
Chicago
Henry
Marshall County
Skeleton Unearthed in Wheeler Farm Mound Excavation
University of Chicago anthropology team uncovers a long buried Indian skeletal remains at Wheeler farm near Putnam. The find lies about a third of the way into the mound more than six feet deep with more skeletons possibly to come and ceremonial ashes with red ochre observed.
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University of Chicago
Wheeler Farm
Putnam
Department of Anthropology
Wheeler Mounds
Jean Stellman
Chicago
Harriet Smith
Evanston
Dorothy Miller
Henry
Mrs Emma B Hubbell Dies Here at 63
Mrs Emma B Wilkinson Hubbell wife of Thomas Hubbell died Saturday morning at age 63 in Henry Illinois born August 10 1869 in Round Grove Township Livingston County She lived in Dwight before moving to Henry Her survivors include two daughters Mrs Sarah Broline and Mrs Alden Dunn and three brothers Ernest Wilkinson Elmer James She was a member of the Methodist churches in Henry and Dwight Funeral services were at her residence conducted by Rev A A Rodgers with Miss Bess Bacon and Mrs C O Pagemiller singing. Interment followed at McDowell Cemetery near Dwight.
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Emma B. Hubbell
Thomas Hubbell
A. A. Rodgers
Magnolia
A. B. Smith
Char
Bess Bacon
C. O. Pagemiller
Dwight
McDowell
Hubbell
Emma Wilkinson
Round Grove Township
Livingston County
Illinois
Henry
James Bonin
J. R. Chase
Sarah
Broline
Alden Dunn
Ernest Wilkinson
Bradley
Elmer
Mazon
James
Gray’s Lake
River Ferry Work Resumes After Delays
Work on the river ferry approach resumes after permission from the United States War Department is obtained. The ferry boat is expected to arrive today after leaving Meredosia Tuesday. The cabler and outfit are due this week and operations should begin soon.
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United States War Department
Meredosia
State Highway Department
Son born to Mr and Mrs Clement Schubert
Mr and Mrs Clement Schubert announce the birth of a baby boy born Saturday at noon at the home of Mr and Mrs Vincent Schubert.
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Mrs
Clement Schubert
Vincent Schubert
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Bradford
LaFayette
Princeville
Chillicothe
Alva
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M.P
Jas. A. “Hiltabrand
U. K
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FRANK_SHEETS
Cement Company
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