Henry News Briefs Highlight Local Life
Local notices report community events, from weddings and illnesses to church meetings and parlor gatherings. Entries mention family visits, farm work, shop ads, and upcoming fairs, with names like Fenwick and Meier Bros. featuring plans for repairs, sales, and services across Henry and surrounding towns.
Henry Ill ad pages list wartime ads and local notices
Local items show Meier Bros. selling galvanized coops and roof shingles while Mefer Bros. advertises asphalt slate, and a Weir furnace install. Liberty loan drive totals reach 73 600 in Henry and Whitefield townships as towns rally for 3 billion dollar issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mefer Bros
Johnson
Meter Bros
St John's Church
Barry's
George MecGiilick
Louisiana
Henry
Lizzie Zenor
Greenfield
Iowa
Charles Overholt
Devil's Grip
Meier Bros
Advt
W Keller
Magnolia
St Petersburg
Floyd O Mielkey
Saratoga Township
Putnam
Bureau County
Camp Wright
New London
Conn
Kaiser
John Kraus
East Park Row
Artesian Well
Adv
WL Williamson
Jobst
Bethird Co
Peoria
Wiliamson
Princeton
Whitefield
United States
Ald
Foretelling reader and wartime sendoff in Henry and Lacon
The ad touts Mlle Zara offering fortune readings at Camp House with 25 to 50 cents for a 1 to 2 dollar reading. Marshall county youths depart for Fort Wright near New London Conn under Albert Wurst, with a thousand-strong crowd farewelling them, Toluca leading with a brass band. Public notices announce Henry high school district election on April 12 with polls 2 to 5 pm, offering presidency and council seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick
AGYL
Stanley Steamer
Cifford Haws
G. E. Tilton
Meter Bros
Henry Bell
William Ryan
Eclipse
Meier Bros
Barry’s Gorge
St. Joseph’s Church
Owen Doyle
F. D. Corey
J. J. Barnes
St. Paul
Minn
James Newman
James Somers
Wichita
Kan
Harry Klein
Floyd Monier
Times Office
Advt
Elmer Rollins
Sheffield
E. Sterrett
EB. C. Stoneberg
Alpha
Elliot Shoe Store
Our City
United States
Ers
Samuel Clift
William Merritt
Margaret
New York City
Clarence Phillips
L. R. Phillips
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Sergeant Lombard
Bloomington
Clarence
Paul Burkhart
Boston
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Standards
Isaac Leffring
Weat 104Th Place
Chicago
John Smeat
Henry
Clyde Bauter
Hoover
Saunders
St. Paul's Episcopal Church of
Peoria
St. John's Church of
Bea
Beir
Liberty
Michael Holland
Near Tiskilwa
Manion Pune
Jane Church
Housie
Deacon
Herman Shaft
Henry Opera House
St. John's Church
Barry’s Garage
James A Robertson
Rushville, Sr
Camp House
T J. Segraves
First National Bank
Edward Street
Second Street
Turner Mills
McNabb
David Swain
Illinois
LaSalle
Fastern Star
Richard Culter
East Tawas
Mich
Anna C Hall
Arnold’s
George Shorts
Whitefield
Mehl Excursion Company
Columbia
Hoa Wintera
Venona
Marshall County
Henatra
Salequnell
Defenae
Plapke
Fost Daur
Mefer Bros
Episcopal Parsonage
A. C. Kelly
Saratoga
Arnold's
Mile
Zora
New York
Camp House.—Advt Mrs. MC. Doyle
J. C. Stowell
Chillicothe
Mirs Stowell
Conrad Apfel
Henry Township
St Mary's Church
Father Shauer
Washington, D
Ong
Opera House
Henry Citizens
Jud Ong
Edna Schreffler
B. B. Wright
William Meier
Albert Wimner
Ike Gilpin
Louis Kraus
Mlle Zara
Lacon
Fort Wright
New London
Conn
Albert Wurst
Michigan Central
Buffalo
Toluca
Fontecchio
Acon Women's Literary Club
Congregational Church
Court House
Lacon Journal
Henry High School
City Hall
H. Davis
Clark
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State Council of Defense
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