Henry High School Board Flips Superintendent Choice
Newly elected Henry district board meets in Green office and hires current teachers at 1500 yearly while deferring superintendent to later. Prof Dennis then named next year superintendent at 2500, with plans to live in Henry and help community projects. details include committee posts and regular meetings schedule.
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Board of Directors
School District No. 20
C. P. Green
R. C. Forbes
C. E. Smith
Roy Hill
Alden Hunter
Lottie Helper
E. C. Stoneberg
Beesley
Carrie Carpenter
Harriet Evans
Gretchen Schiffbauer
Eula Mathews
Hampton
Mattoon
Ill
L. B. Dennis
Dennis
Sparland
Henry
Chautauqua Association
Chautauqua
C.P. Green
Hunter
Forbes
Stoneberg
Smith
Helper
Hill
Green
Mallory House Burned Near Rock Island Depot
The Mallory residence near the Rock Island depot burned during Thursday night. Occupants included F. E. Miner, superintendent of the Federal aid road crew, and three assistants. Fire, likely from defective wiring, consumed furnishings and clothing. no one was hurt. The house belonged to Miss Fasi mie Mallory of Peoria. This was its second blaze in a year, with the first fire contained by the fire department.
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Mallory
Rock Island
F. E. Miner
George Schafer
Pang Pa
Death of Bridget Harney on her 79th birth anniversary
Mrs Bridget Harney widow of Daniel Harney died April 26 1920 at age 79 born in Tipperary Ireland April 26 1841 she came to the United States at 16 and lived on several farms in Henry township later managing the family farm alone for years. Survived by eight of eleven children including Will John and Mrs Margaret Winans preceded by two sons Thomas and Edward who were away in Goldfield Ne. The funeral family notes recount the mother’s love and unity spirit with distant sons. A later item mentions other local happenings including a jail break sentencing and a firemen’s tournament plan for Peru Illinois.
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State University
D. R. Blackwell
Theodore Kaiser
Hazel Ketchum
Frances E. Forbes
Lola Kaiser
Blanche van Leer
Eva Hubbel
Mildred Ball
Alta Martell
Viola Rowe
Anna Daniels
Grace Griffin
Marie Williams
Alice Stoneberg
Margaret Glenn
Vera May
Gladys Yaeger
Nina Howard
Evelyn Fowler
Gwendolyn Fowler
Theodore Disosway
Eric Day
Truckee
Cal
Lillian Disosway Day
France
Sarah Disosway
Southern Pacific Railway
California
Putnam County
Republican
Standard
John L. Sullivan
Granville
W. E. Hawthorne
Mark
John A. Moore
Magnolia
E. A. Mathis
McNabb
W. L. Bumgarner
Hennepin
J. E. Taylor
Senachwine
John H. Williams
Sam Skelton
Co. A. Freeman; Hennepin, L. F. Boyle
A. S. Dawson
County Central Committee
R. W. Bradford
Lacon
Bradford
Mary Smith
la Prairie
Scotland
Clara B. Fort
Miss Jones
New York
England
Bridget Harney
Daniel Harney
Tipperary
Ireland
Will
John
Margaret Winans
Madge
Tolicka
Jim
Tom
Elmer Donaldson
Peoria
George Glover
Peru
Springfield
Chicago
The
Tree Club of
Ottawa
Paul Dusenberry
H. G. Dusenberry
Champaign
Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Phosphorus boosts crops and farm bureau talks costs
A report outlines that applying one ton of rock phosphate over years raises corn by about 9.9 bushels and oats 9.7 bushels while clover gains 1000 pounds and wheat 9.3 bushels. Value exceeds 50 dollars at current grain prices, with $7.50 per ton phosphate secured for Illinois farmers and total costs around 12 dollars per ton in Marshall Putnam counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall-Putnam Counties
Illinois Agricultural Association
Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau
Pet Pa
Minstrels at M. E. Church entertain Sunday class
The Sun day school eight boys of the M. E. church hosted a two part performance. The show featured fashion styles, a comic minstrel act, and songs by Miss Elizabeth Forbes and others. Receipts totaled 39 dollars and 41 cents, aiding the class pledge.
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M. E. Church
Lottie Helper
Blackstone
Alden Rollins
Frances Elizabeth Forbes
Rose Reinbeck
Robert Burt
White
Jim Crow
Fritz Cromwell
Charles Williams
Barton Allinson
Orman Rowe
Orville Ball
Carl Golden
Margaret Helper
Lolita Bell
Ivan Helper
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Board Meeting Dist
Ark
River Road
Rome
Louis Phillips
Robert Chapman
Deer Creek
Varna
Louis
Magdaline
Helen
Ames
Starved Rock
Sterrett
Esmeralda
J. K. O'Neil
Dave Hardy
John McAllister
Esterbrook
Charles Heininger
Jack Desmond
Paris
Percy Swift
Marquis de Mortessin
Harold Daniels
George Drew
Elbert Rogers
North Carolina
Lydia Ann Rogers
Florence Siewers
Esmeralda Rogers
Inez Anderson
Nora Desmond
Jack
Marie Smith
Kate Desmond
Ceselia Wallace
Sophia
Vada Waughop
Rogers Ball
Lillian Merritt
Vera Stringer
Vera Rowe
Edna Gray
Edith Herr
Mayella Peterman
Henry Opera House
Bernice Goodrich
Lila
Richard Joles
Halleen ‘Tandy
Betty Frackman
Halcyone Tandy
Thelma Taylor
Lois Kraus
Knight Banneret
Halleen Tandy
Maxine Sterrett
Mary Elizabeth Waterous
William Dewey
Clyde Fowler
Robert Coggshall
Harold Morse
Frances Beardsley
Mae Chestnut
Haddon Perdew
Edith Helen Pratt
Edith Brown
Mildred Green
Claude Riggs
Harry Arnold
Martha
C. L. Clawson
Lindsey Anderson
Clawson
Anderson
Clifford Haws
Haws
Alice Ketchum
D. A. IR
Minnie Jones
M. C. Doyle
Bella Evans
Press, Cor
Charles M. Turner
Venona
Blanche Turner
Russell
Mendota
Methdist Ladies’ Aid Society
Eva Harrison
L. M. Bell
Ladies’ Aid Society
Presbyterian Church
Philip Steimle
John Kirby
Marshall Broaddus
Ladies of
St. Joseph's League
Fg Bs
H. H. Haines
M. B. van Leer
Putnam Methodist Church
Christian Church
Bible School
Hans A. Otto
Christian Endeavor
Letha Fern Hupp
Edith Stringer
W. J. Carpenter
A. Schauer
Ben McBrite
Madison
Everett
George Schaffer
Rockford
Ben
Mr. Schaffer
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