Desolate colony feature and local memorial day notes
A fragmented page notes a feature on a distant, "world’s most desolate" colony in The American Weekly, followed by Memorial Day visits and local social notices. It lists many residents and visitors from Ottawa, Chillicothe, Bement, Peoria, and Galva and reports church notices and city council proceedings amid community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Chicago ‘Herald and Examiner
Bob Bogner
Chicago
Ed. Bogner
rye _ Ryland
Winfield Scott
Chillicothe
G. P. ‘Scott
Norma
Co. F. Scott
Wyoming
E. G.,andrews
W. M
Ottawa
Bowrapin
Ran Tafenrens
John Henneberry
Peoria
John Carroll
Frances Nicholson
Beulah Nicholson
Edward Eves
Barbara
Tevanston
O. G. Chapman
Elza Crooks
Butt Crooks
BE. L. Clark
Albert Lidgard
Melvina Crooks
Emory Hutsell
Sears
Otto Meyers
Léon Phompson-homerae
dane—Thompson
Bruce _ Bauter
Mae Heininger
Vivan
Oskalooan
A. B. Child
Vivan Child
Lostant
William Vowels
Tiskilwa
Memorial Cay
Delia Hayling
Raymond Whitsell
Henry_hositalla
Doris
June Whitsell
Symnasium
A. I. Woods
Milford
Roy F. Steele
Helen
Joe’ Markus
Nancy
Springfield
Joe
Henry High School
Manville Lawrence
Ray Worley
Joliet
Steve Worley
Leonard Worley
Worley
Ed. Sage
George Heininger
Bert Meade
Pecoria
Cecil Harn
Kewanee
Jack Leech
West Allis
Wisconsin
H. H. Leech
C. A. Camp
City Council approves expenditures and leases in Henry session
The Henry city council authorized payments to printing firms, approved fire hose purchases, and moved to lease Yaeger and Stoner property. It also endorsed a US government lease at one dollar per year and raised salaries for the waterworks superintendent and police chief while authorizing monthly gasoline for the police chief. The meeting adjourned with Mayor Fred A. Ford and City Clerk Guy K. Child witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Fred A. Ford
Nilson
Stoner
Heinrich
Schneider
Moline
Salisbury
John A. Lindgren
Yaeger
Addermer
Henry Hank
William Rickey
Guy ‘K. Child
Church Services and Notices For St Marys St Johns
Programs from St Marys Catholic Church list Mass at 8 and 10 o clock with weekday mass 8 am. St Johns Episcopal Church notes Whitsun Day Sunday June 9 no regular service. Bui¢ chuen will attend service 7:30 pm with Fr Morford on church doctrine. Bishop-Pence boxes should be returned next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian
Juniiors
Jesus Christ
Goosdick
Holy
Hall Daniel
Baltimore
Maryland
the Tabernacle
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Andrew’ Schauer
St. John’s Episcopal Church
K. A—Sarford
Whitsunday
Morford
May sales tax revenue shows sharp increase
May sales tax revenue totaled 4 070 626 dollars, up 861 988 from May last year. Delinquent taxes and penalties added 542 094 to the increase, with coal concerns representing over 75 percent of prior-month filings. The report notes 18 000 more returns than May 1934 and contrasts Ohio and Illinois tax administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. L. Ames Jr
State Department of Finance
Horner
Ames
Hesgaid
Minois Supreme Court
Ohio
Ilinois
Alin ~S Ames
Bulletin
Card of Thanks for Mildred and Baby Loss
We express sincere thanks to friends who assisted during our sad bereavement. We appreciate the many beautiful flowers from Charles Crabbs, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shorts and Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crabbs and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Baby
Charles Crabbs
Ray Shorts
Kenneth
Jay Myers
Frank Crabbs
Death summons prominent Lacon woman Margaret Thiedohr
Mrs. Margaret Thiedohr 68 longtime Lacon resident died at home after a four and a half year illness. Born 1868 in Ohio, she married Jacob Spoonenberg in 1887 and Robert Thiedohr in 1905. Survived by husband, two children Grace and James deceased, Clarence Spoonenberg a brother and two sisters. Funeral Thursday Memorial Day at 3 15 p m at the Lacon Congregational Church. Burial in Lacon Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Thiedohr
Lacon
Robert “Thiedohr
Clarence Spoonenberg
Hollywood
California
Margaret Swille
Ohio
Jacob Spoonenberg
Delayan
Grace
Clarence
Calif
James
Robert Thisdohr
Roy B. Morgan
Lacon Congregational Church
Lacon Cemetery
Glass sized pane mix up in general store joke
Rastus asks for a pane of glass nine by eleven in a general store. The clerk jokes about the size and suggests slipping it in sideways to avoid notice, while Rastus weighs the plan and replies with a wry nod to a possible insider maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus
Sunshine Magazine
The Perplexed Suitor Humorous Exchange
Humorous exchange from Humorist Magazine features a suitor who admits he lost appetite after seeing the woman he advised. A friend reports failure and recaps the advice given about telling her off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humorist Magazine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presbyterian Church
Hoger F. Cressey
Alden Hunter
Mary Downey
Humphrey
Presbyterian General Assembly
Cincinnati
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Johnson
Carson
Gronkrite
Epworth League
Galden Road
Irene Johnson
J. A. Johnson
the Golden Road
Sharon Dysart
Doris Goodale
Mary
Helen Bourette
Bete Grae
Helen Louise Steele
Loretta Turpin
Marian Soli
Ruth Dorene Johnson
Mary Beth Smith
Phyllis Merdian
Marilyn Pagemiller
Ruth Largo
Joan Chesney
Carol
Meridian
Fhelma—Lurpin
Marie—Russel
Martin May
Donald Quinn
Robert
Smith
Wayne Brown
Elves of Play
Jimmie May
del Bare
Dassen Sncols
Ceteley Bee Gillespie
Golden Opportunities
Vera Belle Goodale
Irene Downey
Paula Haulsey
Jane Dysart
Lois Pace
Wanda Pace
The
Golden Road
Benediction
Hutchins & Downey
Fidelity Class
Osion
Sehneider
Eine
Mike—Schwiderski
Lawrence Randall
Willinamt Rickey
Andes Russell
Andrew “Russell
Frank Mutton
Delbert Marshall
Marshall - Putnam Oil Co
Bera
Yoccoy
Ator
Hayes Russel
Sang E
Ata
Raymond Zeigler
Martin Bachan
Tabor
Hayward
Pintovente Duke Bros
George Colvin
Harry Ns
Se Black & @ Bayles
H Tabor
William Tickey
Bert Thomason
Senanege
Pobite Service.Co
Henry Fire Dept
Dorothy Feaster
Albert Janssen
Eeseesreeeseersens
Fred
A. Ford
A. Hoery
Hani
Davis
J. E. Parker
Epestrane
Watercott’s
Merc Acarce
Briges
Araletro Ong
Sherwin - Williams
Illinois
Ee Sunset Theatre
Zane Grey
Raryelph Scott
Kathelen Burke
Charles Chick Sales
Warner Bros
Dick Powell
Adolphe Menjou
Gloria-Stuart
Alice-Brady
George” Raft
Carole
Romer Ip
Ropic
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