Be Sure to Attend Preliminary School Contest at Opera House
Local Happenings summarize a May 1916 event flyer noting a preliminary school contest at the Opera House Friday evening with acts such as Miss Fearless & Co. and a reference to the 17 year locust scare. Additional notes report Mary Ryan’s Peoria HQ, price hikes by Peoria and La Salle printers, and regional civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Miss Fearless & Co
People’s Hall
Advt
Mary Ryan
Peoria
Miss Taylor
Jane Addams
la Salle
Henry
Republican
W. W. Dewey & Sons
Peoria Auto Club
Chillicothe
Worley
Mlinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Decatur
Woman's Nelic Corps
Ladies of the
Daughters of Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Cambridge
Harry Rosene
Princeton
Ottumwa
D. F. Ossian
Woodhull, Ill
Rosene
J. F. Webber
Theitizens’ National Bank
W. E. King
Hiram Hogg
Clare
Paxton
Urbana
Powell
Henry Cemetery
Hyla Pickteingil
Hyla
Hylas
Princeville
Ernest LaMay
Federation of Women’s Clubs
St. John’s Church
Jones Building
Floyd Monier
Maisee
Edward Street
T. N. Green
Pekin
Wenona
Edwin Gants
F. M. Ong
O. A. Simon
J. A. Locke
J. G. Steen
T. F. Lagh
Bob
D. H. Dean
Lee County
Gertrude Russell
Agnes Holbrook
Ella J. Pratt
Marshall County
Ed R. Hannum
Lacon
John Heim
Miriam Challoner
Heim
Trahute
Smith
Albert Smith
George Smith
Charles Smith
Alexander Daniels
Adam Amon
Netawaka
Kas
Amon
Whitefield
Amons
Kansas
Ldnd
Daniels
Theodore Kaifer
Kaifer
Local Notes From Terra Cela and Nearby Areas
In Terra Cela Florida and surrounding communities, letters mention travel plans for Henry and Uatha families visiting James Speer in Peoria, with departure set from Jacksonville on the same train. Birthdays noted for April 9 16 and 20. Remarks on fruit grove care, state inspector's comments, and past acidity tests. Neva Duncan of Peoria wed Charles Monroe Stack of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Cela
Fla
George Burtrand
Henry
Uatha
Sproris
SimeTampa
Jacksonville
St. Augustinesa
Mray James
Speer
Peoria
James Sanger
Lawn Ridge
Latha
Clarence
G. Monroe Locke
Neva Duncan
John Titus
Chillicothe
Charles Monroe Stack
Dallas
Texas
Titus
Bonham
Easter Evening at the Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Sunday school officers teachers and members presented an excellent program last Sunday evening with flowers announcing spring. The church room was crowded and overflowed into the prayer room as children led songs recitations and solos under Rev Martin and Mrs Carpenter with Mrs Hunter's class in charge. The varied program included violin duets recitations duets and primary songs ending with a benediction by Rev Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Ramsdell
Rock Island
Henry
Henry Commercial Club
Henry Station
Ramsdell
Methodist Church
Mervin Harrison
C. R. Brokaw
Clarence H. Poling
Mary L. Foster
Reba Vail
May Vail
Lolita Bell
Vera Vail
Margaret Helper
Irma Brown
Orville Brown
Clyde Brown
LaVerne Whetzel
Ivan Helper
Lola Kaiser
Mildred Dunn
Benj Reveneau
Leam H. Hunt
First Church
Peoria
CG. R. Brokaw
Lawton
Oklo
Christian Church
Leslie Deck
Little Warl Merritt
Lillian
Nellie Sanger
Olive Elizabeth Smith
Zelma Jackson
Walter Cook
Bro. Zerby
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Sunday School
Cross of
Jesus
Carpenter
Martin
Marjory Powers
John Hardin Hall
Lotha Bauter
Margaret Merdian
Maxine Sterrett
Hunter
Esther Hunter
Marie Smith
Gertrude Haws
Roberta Haws
Mary Downey
Marian Seitz
Walenss
Rosalind Hall
Fredrick Bauter
Sally Hae
Cornell
Kewanee Henry Rail Line Route And City Franchise News
The Kewanee Henry railroad plan follows a route to Castleton then Spoon River and an air line to Kewanee, with Henry entry via North Street and frontage purchases for side tracks. A city council franchise vote is expected. St Joseph's Church reports two masses on Sunday and a weekday mass schedule. Miss Hazel Clift, a Marseille domestic science teacher, visited the city with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau County
Red Mills
Bureau Creek
Peoria
Bryant
Bureau
Hennepin
Tiskilya
Princeton
Castleton
Spoon River
Kewanee
Henry
Corporation
North Street
Third
Hazel Clift
Marseilles
Church Services and Local Notices Parade in Week Ahead
Sunday church schedules include M. E. Church Sunday school at 9 45 am with Mrs Wheeler, morning worship 11 am, and evening services. St Marys Church lists English mass at 8 am and high mass at 10 am with 2 30 pm vespers. Western district notices mention meetings and social events, elections, pensions for teachers, marital changes, and community notes from Princeton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cause of Missions
Simper
Christ
M. E. Church
Wm. Wheeler
Epworth
J. J. Mercer
St. Mary's Church
Andrew Schauer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Putnam
Chicago
Depue
Commercial Club
J. J. Barnes
Clifford Haws
Helen Holmes
Woods
Miss Holmes
Henry Opera House
The
Child Welfare Association
Bernice Green
Lofgren
Fred Potter
O'Neil
T. Floyd Monier
Walter Duke
Sadie Davis
Emma Ponzer
Dora Halbleib
Charles Dewey
Henry Jacobs
Henry City Cornet
ST. John's
St. John’s
Dr. Zeller
National Benevolent Association
G. M. Locke
Kewanee-Henry Railway
St. Joseph's Church
Fr. Brennan
Duke Bros
Henry Cemetery Association
Dr. Powell