Local Items Highlight April 28 Church Contests
Advertisements note six contestants at M LE church on April 28 and a medal contest at M KE church that day. The column also reports various local happenings including weathered roads, illnesses, new births, obituaries, and social visits around Henry township with names like Reid Pratt Hartley and Nicholson.
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Charles F Reid
Buda
Henry
M. LE
M. KE
Pratt
J O Hill
Main Street
Stephen Merritt
Cottage
Steve
John Hartley
Lacon
Canal season opens with high hopes for busy navigation
Illinois and Michigan canal officials anticipate heavy summer traffic as the season begins. Superintendent Leon McDonald warns the channel may be taxed. delays loom from a Hennepin canal break. Joy Morton criticizes the plan for salt shipments down the Mississippi.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Leon McDonald
Joy Morton
McDonald
Des Moines News
High Cost of Living Problem Solved at Spot Cash
A terse notice proclaims a solution to the high cost of living problem offered for spot cash. No further specifics are provided in the readable text.
Armald’s Grocery and Bakery HENRY Headquarters
A fragment notes Armald’s Grocery and Bakery and Henry as a center for bakery goods. The text references Mother making items and positions the business as a headquarters for bakery products.
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Armald’s’ “Grocery “and Bakery
Mother Makes
Advice From the Dead and Living on East West Land Shifts
A historic discussion contrasts Greeley’s call to move west with Payne’s call to move east. It forecasts eastward farm land growth driven by industry and population, urging readers to seek present opportunities in the East and investment chances amid a changing national landscape. The piece promotes a Peoria show featuring diverse acts led by Annie Oakley and a broad array of international performances across a Hippodrome bill.
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A B Conner
Illinois River
Hennepin Canal
Chicago
F M
Falk
Robert Thornton
George Nicholson
Walworth
Wis
Nicholson
Frederick Nicholson
BE. E. Page
Page Bros. Bugey Co
Marshall, Mich
Page
Duke Bros
Henry
Samuel Chesmey
Putnam
Chesney
Henry Hostwick
Henry Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Kate Kirkpatrick
Tiskilwa
Dr. Porch
John Monier
Champaign
Saratoga
Camp Grove
Monier
Marshall County
Segraves
John H Adams
Lacon
George Seward
Peoria
C F Snyder
Snyder
Henry Township
Will Heinrich
Taylor Smith
Ella Wood
Presbyterian Church
Plawe Conservatory of Music
Victor Brasfield
Burton 1
Henry Cook
Charles Presley
Public Service Co
Emily Presley
Proctor Hospital
Antioch
Presley
Peter Bell
James McAleer
McAleer
Western Avenue
George Griscel
The
John Peterman
Greeley
Payne
Horace Greeley
Alaska
Pacific
West
East
Estern
Empire State
New York State
Ontario
Seneca
New York
Young Buffalo Wild West
Vernon C. Seaver
Hippodrome
Col. Cummins
Far East
Esquimos
Africa
Annie Oakley
America
Hardin
Gadets
Seed sale notice for Reid's Yellow Dent at $1.50 per bushel
A notice announces a quantity of Reid's Yellow Dent seed offered for sale at 1.50 dollars per bushel. The brief entry lists John Mor as the contact or party involved in the sale.
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Ohio
Carefuly - Reid
John Mor
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Henry, Dug
United States
Payne Investment CO
Payne Farm Land
Omaha
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Geneva
N.Y
A. A. Webber
Castleton
Illinois
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