Henry City Council Proceedings October 5 1925
The Henry city council met in city hall October 5 1925 with Mayor Paskell and aldermen Barry Hill Sivell Knight Duke Worley present. Bills for printing supplies waterworks lighting and contingent were approved and orders drawn. A street curb and gutter balance was reported as due and a sidewalk project on Robert Street was approved for future funding. The council adjourned to October 12 1925.
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Paskell
J. Segraves
Duke
Hill
Barry
Sivell
Knight
Worley
Alderman Hill
Frank Sivell
Robert Street
School Street
Edward Street
Ald
Sivell Knight
John R. Paskell
Hans A, Otto
Escaped La Salle prisoners recaptured in Venona
Mrs Bertha Reamer and Frank Ready escaped from Ottawa jail in La Salle County and were recaptured in Venona last week. They entered the Loomis residence through a window and were found by a resident’s daughter. Ready was jailed for theft. Reamer faces charges in Bloomington and forged checks in Stra.
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Bertha Reamer
Frank Ready
la Salle County
Ottawa
Venona
la Salle
Will Loomis
Otto Johnson
Ready
Beamer
Loomis
Bloomington
Cornerstone Laid for Princeton High School Building
Ceremonies last week marked the cornerstone laying of the new Princeton high school campus. The $350000 building includes a time capsule with newspapers high school catalogs and small keepsakes placed inside the stone receptacle.
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Cornerstone
NEW Princeton High School
Princeton High School
Minonk Young Man Very Ill in Hospital
Fred Horneman of Minonk remains confined to a government hospital eight miles from Ashville North Carolina where he is receiving the best care. He is suffering from tuberculosis and is a very sick young man. Doctors say even if he recovers enough to leave the hospital he will never be able to work.
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Fred Horneman
Minonk
Ashville
N. C
Noted for Wealth in Conversation in Gentle Society
A witty exchange marks the conversation of a wealthy lady, where remarking on a genuine pearl necklace as a string of beads signals her ample means through casual talk and social ease.
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Miss Cayenne
Nic
Local notes from Whitefield area households and happenings
WHATEFIELD Merton Swift purchased a new truck. Ivan Ely assists with fall work at his uncle Fred Ely’s. John Brown and family visited Lucian Fosdick and family for Sunday dinner. Mrs Ed Dunbar hosted Sunday guests including her mother Rozella Herr and family. Roland Doyle and Mr Bumgarner traveled to Nebraska to look for cattle. Miss Merna Dally aids Guy Wilson in fall cleaning. Mr and Mrs Guy Wilson visited Princeton and saw Leslie Wilson family. Stewart Lutes suffered a severe cold. The Willing Workers met with Mrs C L Clawson. she plans to move to Henry. John Bell and family visited Lombardville and Mrs Bell’s parents. Mrs William Humphrey improving after operation and visiting her parents. Jess and wife welcomed a baby boy born last Friday October 1 at the local hospital. Baby and mother doing well. Ben McAllister, former Whitefield resident, in Henry hospital for gland inspection, improving. Harris Bros report new garage finished and in use. Cement block building adds village improvements.
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Merton Swift
Ivan Ely
Fred Ely
John Brown
Lucian Fosdick
Ed. Dunbar
Rozella Herr
Roland Doyle
Mr. Bumgarner
McNabb
Nebraska
Bell
C. Deisher
William Humphrey
Sarver
Jess
Ben McAllister
Whitefield
Henry Hospital
Harris Bros
Four Clinton residents injured in Oakland car crash near Red Mills
Four motorists from Clinton, Iowa, were hospitalized with severe injuries after their Oakland car skidded on a rain slick dirt road near Red Mills south of Bureau Friday. Driver John Studeman suffers back injuries. others including Mrs. Studeman and William Studeman have limb and facial injuries. Princeton residents aided, drivers were returning from Peoria fair.
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Princeton
Oakland
Red Mills
Bureau
John Studeman
William Studeman
Clinton
Peoria
Chicken Thieves Plague La Salle County Farms
La Salle County faces a wave of chicken thefts with farmers and the State's attorney reporting widespread losses. Two thieves were caught in the act near Streator and await trial in the county jail as farmers form an organization and offer rewards, yet identification remains nearly impossible.
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la Salle
Streator
Pekin School Board Bans Solicitors in District
Pekin grade district rejects fund raising by schools prohibiting in schools pictures for sale at 15 cents and essays on the Ironsides drive with rewards for 10 cent donations. The board allows a photo permit with no orders by teachers and no button sales by pupils.
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Pekin
Ironsides
Illinois State Receipts and Expenditures for 1924
The 1924 Illinois general department operations cost 80.9 million dollars, with 5.69 million apportioned to education for minor divisions. Total payments including debt interest and improvements reached 121.5 million, funded partly by debt. State revenue totaled 52.45 million, leaving a gap met by debt issues. Per capita rates and tax structures shifted from 1917 to 1924, with notable road and soldiers' compensation bond issues.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Insurance
Woodford County sites marked by historical society
The Woodford County Historical Society marks four historic spots in Eureka and Palestine township. Sites include Lincoln speech site of 1856, Eureka’s first school that became Eureka College, old Versailles site, and Bowling Green location. Boulders will be placed and lettered with dedicatory exercises on Friday at 1 PM.
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Woodford County Historical Society
Lincoln
Eureka
Eureka College
Old Versailles
Old Bowling Green
Palestine Township
Henry School Notes Introduces New Grading System
The Henry School adopts an A B C D report method with Excellent Good Fair Poor initials and Citizenship replacing Deportment. Honor Roll is added. teachers plan Illinois Valley meeting at Morris and Herbert Bluell joins first grade after whooping cough.
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Illinois Valley
Morris
Herbert Bluell
Holt
Henry High School Notes Highlights Activities
Freshman initiation drew full attendance and good cheer. Miss Darling returned to duties after a two week illness. Reports are due next week. C H Seckinger supervises Irvington grade schools and lives at 25 Prospect Ave. Lewis Keegan joined the Sophomore class bringing total enrollment to 116 near last year’s peak. Monthly tests this week and a large commercial arithmetic class. Marshall Putnam high school association executive committee met at Farm Bureau office. Girls Glee Club forming. debating clubs show little life. Henry High won 13 to 8 over La Rose. tied for first with Toluca. Vernell Stout elected president of athletic board. No school Friday for Illinois Valley meeting at Morris. Reading circle met. next meeting Oct 13 at 4:00 pm. Visitors welcome.
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Marshall-Putnam High School Association
Farm Bureau
Apostles of
Lincoln and
Douglas
Henry High School
la Rose
Toluca
L. Pet
Henrry
Wenona
Vernell Stout
Morris
Spring Valley Breathes Echo Of Old German Resident
Ludwig Koch a long respected Spring Valley resident died at 66 after first illness on Labor Day at St Margaret s hospital. He suffered a paralytic stroke and had farmed in Canada for ten years before later working in the mines.
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Ludwig Koch
Spring Valley
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Canada
Chillicothe Ladies Hurt In Auto Collision Near Wyoming
Mrs. Fred Meixner and her daughter Emma Meixner were returning from Wyoming when their Ford sedan collided with a Ford touring car driven by D S Kellogg of Speer who came from a side road at high speed. The sedan was wrecked and the Meixners suffered bruises with a fractured rib for Mrs Meixner while Kellogg was uninjured.
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Fred Meixner
Emma Meixner
Wyoming
D. S. Kellogg
Speer
Not the Boy Who Proposed Last Evening
A clipped conversation hints at recognition between a woman and a man. She questions if he is the suitor who made an evening proposal, leaving ambiguity about identity and prior engagement.
Lacon Man Confesses Judgment Over Note
Horace S. Kerr admitted judgment through attorney R. M. Barnes for 299.57 in a suit by Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Mfg. Co. on a note for 277.95 made at Lacon in August 1925 and due in 30 days.
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Horace S. Kerr
R. M. Barnes
Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Mfg. Co
Corporation
Lacon
Augusta
Ate
Stop long enough to get all the details
A narrator insists on taking time to learn full details despite being insulted as an ignoramus. The piece centers on patience under pressure and the value of accurate information. No further persons or organizations are named in the readable text.
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SS Ec
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