Lights on Henry Bridge Demonstrate Government Demands
Government orders ten coastal lights with red and green signaling for the Henry bridge on the upper Illinois River. Piling and lanterns installed to mark draw openings, with specifics on placement at pivots, ends, and span centers. Also notes on local school policy clarification for Tony White and community items from Lacon and nearby towns.
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Henry Bridge Company
U. S
Henry Bridge
Upper
Illinois River
Bridge Company
Light House
Burglar hunted in forest ends with cold remedy praise
Provincial constable Wm Thos Lonergan recalls chasing a burglar last fall. He swears Cham berlain's Cough Remedy cured his severe cold after two small bottles. The ad says the remedy relieves coughs fast and is sold at Henry City Drug Store. Henry holds two elections this month with an alderman race in each ward and a school election on April 21 for the board of education.
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Wm. Thos
Lonergan
Chapleau
Ontario
Chamberlain
J. BE
F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry, l
Henry
W. W. Dewey
Theodore Bickerman
Board of Education
R. S
Local social notes and school meeting in Huffman district
North Saratoga residents visit relatives including Grace Marshall and Eva Taylor before summer work with Mrs Bennett. Ed Shorts hosts Charlie True. Frances Holton returns from Camp Grove. Huffman schoolhouse hosts a union Sunday school accounts meeting. office holders listed. Sale offers horse, buggy, and harness through Mrs William Yarger in Henry Illinois.
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Grace Marshall
Barney Schwarts
Elmer Mooberry
Bennett
Charlie True
Ed Shorts
Frances Holton
Camp Grove
Wm. Yarger
Eva
Jana
Frank Holton
James Chambers
Lyman Sutton
Henry
Huffman
Union
Henry Barnsheler
Joe Reismeyer
Charles Griffin
Eva Taylor
Peoria
Fred Snyder
Stoge
Chambers
William Yarger
Henry, Ill
Election Day in Minonk Township as Democrats Fail Field
Editor Breen visited Minonk area last week as Mr. and Mrs. Pickard of Minonk stayed with their son T. Pickard. Mrs. John Perry improves from illness, husband steady. L. D. Cassell’s child improves and hopes for speedy recovery. John Cosgrove of Hoopeston spent days here with daughter Mrs. M. Fitzpatrick. Miss Anna McCall, noted musician, paid a visit and was buried Friday at Ball cemetery.
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Breen
Minonk
John Cosgrove
Hoopeston
M. Fitzpatrick
Anna McCall
Ball Cemetery
John Wasmet
Varni
Forbes
Hopewell
Charles German
Varna
Remley
San Diego
Cal
Anna Yanochowski
Mabel
R. A. Antrim
Wilber Mitchell Miller
Hartley
Charles Kincaid
Gertie Remley
J. D. Holland
Rogers
Chris Sawyer
Caleb Forbes
Lacon
County Treasurer Candidate Announces Candidacy
The undersigned announces themselves as a candidate for County Treasurer subject to Republican primaries held April 28. Thomas Gants.
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Thomas Gants
Local Notes and Arrivals Townwide
Robert Law visited his parents in this city over Sunday. Mrs. F. T. Brown underwent a serious operation last week. Mrs. Ed H. Heath cares for her mother‑in‑law, Mrs. W. W. Heath. Miss Nellie Law and friends from Peoria attended grand opera in Chicago. Philip Steimle rented the Thomas Duke house on Market Street and moved yesterday. Lucy Dennis returns from California and will live on Richard Street. W. R. C. meets Saturday April 7 with full attendance requested.
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Rose Shaffer
Elsie Poarch
Schmidt
Lacon
Morrisey
Toulon
Shorts
Carrico
A. McKeon
Laura Bell
Elmer
Charley
Alford
Whitefield
M. E
Mayme Price
Charles Orwig
Mr. Orwig
M. E. Church
Lucy Dennis
Bonner
Mrs. Jennings
M. B
A. McKoon
Sure Hatch
Robert Law
F. T. Brown
Ed H. Heath
W. W. Heath
Nellie Law
Peoria
Grand Opera
Chicago
Philip Steimle
Thomas Duke
Market Street
California
Richard Street
Henry
C. J. W. Finder
Eac Cc
L. Wierman
Magnolia
John Mead
A. D. Stevens
W. H. Wallace
Pekin
Thomas Monier
Lawton
Oklahoma
Floyd
J. M. Powers
James Wable
Case Farm
Charles Dewey
John Steele
Peru
Thorp
Town House of Representatives
Ross Gregory
Calvin Carruthers
Washburn
City Hall
J. P. Nesbit
Princeton
N. J
East
Philadelphia
New York City
M. BE. Todd
Presbyterian Church
John Anderson
Ann Buri-Jenks
Chicago Press Association
Jenks
L. M. Lincoln
Lincoln
Putnam County Treasurer Candidate Announces Run
Lyle H. Durley declares candidacy for county treasurer on the Republican ticket subject to April 28 1906 primaries. Durley lists intent to seek the office in Putnam County.
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Putnam County
Lyle H, Durley
Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured in Shire Days
Putnam births and local news abound as a Cemetery association meeting elects officers O P Carroll president and Mrs B F Kelso secretary marriage of Walter Winship and Minnie Puttcamp noted election results approve straight Republican slate with one exception healer Morton Li Hill of Lebanon Indiana touts Mystic Cure for rheumatism claiming rapid relief and life saved story ends with sale by Powell for the cure.
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Morton Li
Hill
Lebanon
Ind
J. BE
A. Powell
Marriage of Miss Lucy Thierry to Arthur H Gotchall
Last Thursday Miss Lucy Thierry and Arthur H Gotchall of Wenona were married in Peoria. They spent a few days with the bride's sister Mrs. C R Wheeler, near Putnam, then returned to Wenona to begin their married life. The groom is nephew of T W Stoner of the city.
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Lucy Thierry
Arthur H. Gotchall
Wenona
Peoria
C. RR. Wheeler
Putnam
T. W. Stoner
City Council Meets in Regular Session April 1906
The monthly meeting at city hall included Mayor Hutchins and five Aldermen with one absent. Bills for water works, police, electricity, gasoline, and printing were approved. Treasurer’s report showed a balance of 4,544.41. Miss Marie Brehm of the W C T U will lecture at the Presbyterian Church April 18 free of admission. Peoria Presbytery plans spring sessions in Henry on April 8 9 1901 with 35 churches supervised and 32 delegates attending the first evening.
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Hutchins
Brown
Cromwell
Smith
Townsend
Dille
Dewey
Geo. Halbleib
Walter Eagleston
Sisiele
Henry J Electric Company
Standard Oil Company
Kuss Bros
Viele Eee Es Eles
D. D. Brown
Meeieetert J
Burt & Son
Printing Council
Marie Brehm
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Pacific Ensign
Miss Brehm
California
Marie G. Breim
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Illinois
Peoria
First Presbyterian Church of
Henry
R. L. Campbell
Inquest Probes Death of Mrs Margaret Taylor in Lacon
Coroner W J Thomas presided an inquest over the body of Mrs Margaret Taylor found in her Lacon home about 9 30 pm the previous day with clothes on and coverlet. Dr Potts attributed paralysis from brain hemorrhage. A jury including Dr Potts and local men returned a verdict per the physician. Witnesses E C Heckard Harriet J Sherburne Emma Blackman testified. Mrs Taylor, age 80, a Colgata North Wales native, had lived in Illinois about 50 years. Interment in Lacon cemetery.
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Margaret Taylor
W. J. Thomas
Lacon
Grover CG. Heckard
Thomas
E. C. Heckard
Harriet J. Sherburne
Emma Blackman
Colgatha
North Wales
Illinois
Lacon Cemetery
Palm Sunday Devotion Begins at St Marys with Rev Titus
Palm Sunday devotion called Worry hours starts at St Marys Church led by Rev Titus from Chicago with several assistants. Sermons at 9 am and 7 30 pm, English services for German readers, confession times, and processions by the Society of the Sacred Heart and W C U. Also notes subscription offer for The Republican and Chicago Daily Chronicle.
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St. Mary's
Titus
Chicago
Father Emery
WY. Hollstein
Rapid City
Gussi
St. Joseph’s
Peoria
Lsyorion
Society of the Sacred Heart
Insurance Society of the W. C. U
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Lacan High School
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Curtis Holland
Richland
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John Remley
Mitchell Miller
Marian Head
Walter Miller
Mitchell
Fannie Miller
Viola
Wm. Feazel
Walter Winship
Minnie Puttcamp
L. H. Pennell
Mary Williams
Waltham New Church
Waltham
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Albert Stickel
Stickel
8. L. Case
Shires
Alderman Townsend
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H. Hutchins
Elias B. Wright
GC. T
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Richard Anske
Patrick Payton
Minnie Payton
Misses Rose
Kathrine Krenz
Beulah Nicholson
Stomeo and Juliet
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