Canal opens for navigation and telephony to follow
Rock Island engineers report western division of the Hennepin canal is open to navigation from the lower locks with work starting on river traffic. A complete telephone line along the canal is planned by April to connect feeder function near Sterling to the Illinois river and to the Mississippi. The flagboat Marion is being modernized for the season.
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Boeing
Riche
Rock Island
The
Garment Engineers
Hennepin Ul
Giare
Pete
Hennetz Canal
C. She
United ‘Engineer’s
Babou
Lnction
Sterling
Ille4
Mnal
Mississippi
Marion
Major Béhe
Praises at Pontiac Reformatory Under Superin tendent Mallory
Mrs. Mary F Clift testifies at a hearing praising the Pontiac Reformatory under Superintendent Mallory saying treatment of the boys is the best and most intelligent seen under state administration. She notes the institution has built a grammar school and gives boys a chance in life despite occasional issues in churches homes and clubs. The report includes unrelated reader letters about farm life and local concerns.
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Mary F. Clift
Mttae Reformatory
Mallory
Mary
F.clift
Armitage Avenue
Aishe
Pontiac
Chicago Tribune
Henry County News Briefs Mention Local Events And Notables
Henry reports include a council April meeting set for Monday night at city hall, Henry hunters bagging 100 wild ducks, and Daniel family illness. Trips to Colorado and the West are noted, with business on milk supply shifting to Charles Wabel. A Dewey sister dies in Henry with services in Sheffield. Archbishop Ireland discusses marriage and divorce with strong religious view on family impact. Epworth League hosts a local option program, and life insurance payments are noted with prompt claims.
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Henry
E. S
Harold
G H. Daniels
Brdge
Lucan
Wll
Walter Eagleston
Oklahoma
George A Burt
Princeton
Richard Tremain
Whitefield
Isaac Boyle
Magnolia Township
Tremain
W W. Powell
Chicago
Charles Wabel
Gerrow
Wabel
Abe Stapp
Harry Granburg
Colorado
California
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Harry
W W Dewey
Carroll Street
Lucia L. Dewey
Dewey
Sheffield
B F. Dewey
St. Paul
Ireland
Epworth League
M. E Church
Mabel Newman
Virgil Vale
Rey
Beall
Ritnals
Miss Fawcett
Margaret Myers
Pearl Mercian
Bi Jones
Yolande Beall
Ladies Quartet
College Oi
Helene Hannum
Guet
W--S
Hannum
Hazel Clift
Paxton
Polo
Jacksonville
Benedic
C. “Dorn
Peru
Ema
Ane
Doyle
Peoria
Pell
W. G. Griffith
McNabb
A’ Timmons
Edelstein
Lees Turne
W. A. Winters
Wenona
Brown
Castleton
Gio Kellogg
Tiskilwa
Bernice -Smith
Woodford
McLean
Livingston
Mercer
Daily Journal
Presbyterian
M. E
Burger
Epworth
League
Aa Mc Beall
Deir-É
John Kuss
Pelin
Kuss
Seventh
Proctor
Srountains
Santa Barbaracay
Local Option: Shall This Town Become Anti Saloon Territory
Edited and paid for by the Henry Local Option League, this piece asks readers to consider adopting anti saloon territory. It outlines civic implications and frames the vote as a community decision.
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Henry Local Option League
Saloon Opposed as Kansas Licenses Face Recall
Rev W L Ferris denounces saloons as evil and a drain on church, school, and home life urging Kansas to abolish liquor. He cites licensing as folly and notes allied support from governors, congressmen, and civic leaders. A Friday storm damages farmland owned by A R Trim in Saratoga Township.
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America
Kansas
Congress
Supreme Court
Iube
Itv
A. R. Trim
Saratoga Township
Samuel Thumma
Thuminia
la Prairie Mutual Fire’ Insurance Company
Wilbur Root
Thumma
Trim
City Election Notice from Henry Illinois 1908
Notice to Henry Marshall Illinois residents of an April 21 1908 city election to choose one Alderman in each ward and one Police Magistrate for one year. Polls open 7 am to 5 pm at Engine House First ward Doelzer Co second ward and Dewey Co third ward. City Clerk Elias B Wright dated April 2 1908.
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Henry
Marshall
Illinois
Engine House
Doelzer & Co
Dewey & Co
Ill
Elias B. Wright
Mountain Retreat near Santa Barbara Inspires Awe
A letter from a Santa Barbara resident describes a month in the Santa Ynez mountains near Santa Barbara, noting warm days, open doors, and views of snow capped ranges. Mona improves, and daily mountain hikes reveal stunning ocean and sunset colors, with warships spotted and a bungalow overlooking a bubbling mountain stream.
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Rauich
Santa—Barbara
Cal
Jennie
Santa Ynez Range
Palouse
Wash
Mona
Santa Barbara
Geraldine
Jack
Majorie
Santa*Barbaray
Marjorie
Los-Pavillo Lh
Park
Onya
Yaeger
Josie
Cary Rie
Whitney
Marseilles
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Thee Canal
Zprn
Mtry
Lyany
T Lovica E. Griswold
Alva
Griswold
Livingston County
Chenoa
Union
Géntral—Life-Insurance
Stromsathe Company
Joseph
Hartley
Central
Shas
Ford
Aen
W. L. Ferris
Pekin
Frank Smith
the Gardnér
Ynez ‘Range OF
Florence Shaw
H. H. Leech
Floren¢ Shaws
Santa. Barbara
Santa . Barbara
Ben Roe
Ois
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