Independent Telephone plans expansion in La Salle area
Eight north Illinois independent telephone companies met at Harrison La Salle to discuss forming a large capital stock firm with automatic exchange, aiming to enter La Salle from Bell control. Attendees from Princeton Princeton bureau Streator Sandwich Ottawa Chillicothe pledged stock. Ottawa Home company might sell or new franchise sought. A new system covering Peru and La Salle with modern auto exchange planned. merchants show favor.
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North Illinois
Harrison
la Salle
Vth
O. A. Os
Aaron Dunbar
C. V. Field
Imer Capp
Bureau
Independent Telephone Commay
Princeton
F Z Ames
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Sandwich
C. A
Elephone Company
Streator
People's Telephoneompany
Chillicothe
Kewanee
Galesburg
Peoria
Aurora
Joliet
Springfield
Moria
Elgin
Illinois
Pers
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Central Union Telehone Company
the Bell
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Ottawa
la Salle County
Peru
Genich
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Central Union
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Bell Company
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Atl
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Death of Howard Kermeen in Henry Illinois remembered
An obituary note recounts the life of Howard Kermeen born January 6, 1822 Isle of Man, who died April 21, 1908 aged 86 years. He and Marguerite Kneal married April 20, 1864, and had four daughters. The family emigrated to America in 1856, settled at Brimfield, Galva, then Saratoga township before moving to Henry, Illinois. Funeral held at home with a large turnout, burial in Henry cemetery. The article honors his quiet, honest life and thanks those who assisted in sickness and burial.
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Howard Kermeen
Core
Kirk Mackel
Isle of Man
Marguerite Jane Kneal
Kirk Brethren Church
James McCarty
York, Neb
Porter Martin
Laurens
Will McAfee
Saratoga Township
Marshall County
Ill
Marguerite
America
Brimfield
Galva
Henry, Ill
Kermeen
Cartor
William Street
Wearle
Will Hannum
Worth McVicker
Mr. Keller
T. A. Beall
Bird Day at School House Exercises by High School Pupils
Arbor and Bird Day events at the high school featured Mrs. T Jones and other mothers with Tower grade pupils. Students read original birch stories and observed a fire drill. The afternoon program included essays recitations and music before a heavy shower paused plans and visitors planned a return. Ten students earned New Testaments for perfect attendance, including Harrison Gregory Marie Edwin Jenness and others.
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T. Jones
G. M. Locke
RB. F. Burt
Lovett
Halbleth
Hendrick
Otto Perdew
Fromme
Thomas Wabsl
Kay
Itech
H. W. ‘Burger
Spynday School
Harrison Gregory
Marie Edwin Jenness
Ugene "Gregory
Jenness
LeRoy Stringer
Memorial Day Observed Shift in Henry County Friday May 29
Memorial Day festivities in Henry will be held Friday afternoon May 29 at 2 30 in Central Park with martial music school songs and readings of the Declaration of Independence The date was moved to accommodate local merchants who close shop on Saturdays Bishop Fallows will deliver the address He is a former Union Army chaplain and noted for stories about the Civil War plus patriotic remarks The National Conference of Charities delegates from Illinois include Bishop Fallows Reverend Byward Ashborns Jane Addams and other state officials and hospital leaders
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Henry
Central Park
Rev
H. W. Burger
Bishop Fallows
National Conference of Charities
Deneen
Illnois
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Richmond
Byward
Springfield
Episcopal Church
William F McDowell
Chicago
Methodist Church
Samuel Fallows
Reformed Episcopal
Frank Billings
State Board of Public Charities
Wilam C Graves
Willam B Moulton
Illinois Civil Service Commission
Jane Addams
Hull House
Murphy and Smith
State Penitentiary
Mallary
State Reformatory For Boys
St Charles
Ophelia M. Amigh
State Institution For the Feeble Mind
Lincoln
Postata
Northern Hospital For the Insane
Elgin
Greene
Eastern Hospital
Kankakee
Gillette
Central Hospital
Jacksonville
Amon
Imi Southern Hospital
Anna
Zeller
General Hospital
South Bartonville
Quincy
Towing permit relic from 1855 boat Fulton line noted
AD Joyce preserves a Buffalo dated towing permit for the Ann Joyce dated April 27 1855 and a toll of 56 81 for 247 miles at 28c per mile. The document records stationkeepers to furnish teams for the Fulton line boat from Ossany to Buffalo with endorsements of clearance from Seack and Syracuse in 1856.
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Joyce
Buffalo
Ann Joyce
Fulton Line
Ohskany
Seck
Syracuse
Townsend
Henry
Lincoln
Neb
Golden Wedding Recalls Hyndshaw 50 Years Of Marriage
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil reports a 50th wedding anniversary for Silas C. Hyndshaw and his wife, April 12 1858 in Henry Illinois. He was a Henry jeweler for 17 years and the couple later lived in Chicago before moving to Council Bluffs to be near daughter Mrs. D W Bushnell. They have two children, Mrs. Bushnell and Frank Hyndshaw, plus grandchildren in Council Bluffs and a son on a Nebraska ranch.
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O. Hyndshaw
Henry
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Silas C. Hyndshaw
Hyndshaw
Walker
BH. H. Hutchins
W. T. Law
Eidward Street
D. W. Bushnell
Silas Hyndshaw
Jackson
R. B. Montgomery
Victor
Bender
Tll
Chicago
Bushnell
Frank Hyndshaw
Nebraska
New trial granted in Stoner hazing case in Stark county
Judge Worthington on Saturday ordered a new trial for the five Bradford village hazers after a jury awarded $14 000 for injuries to Stoner. The case began in Stark county with a 1907 incident in Bradford when seven boys tied him in a cemetery and he toppled a tombstone. Arthur Pilgrim fled to California. five defendants named Harwood Real Lattin Long and Howe faced conspiracy charges as Stoner vanished before trial. Damages of $14 000 were granted last November amid a $30 000 demand, with broader indictments and renewed attention across press and politics excerpts.
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Worthington
Stoner
Bradford
Stark County
Joseph A. Well
Frank J. Quinn
Magoon Barnes
Lacon
Hazers
Arthur Pilgrim
California
Frank Sharkey
Peoria
Harwood
William Real
Harl Lattin
Francis Long
Earl Howe
Ren Harkey
Grese
Arthur Im
Peoria Henry Endurance Race Set for June Thirteen
Racing date nears for the second annual Illinois motor boat event centered on Peoria. An estimated 100 entries are expected including Meteor Adieu Chilli cothe boats and Battholomew 40-miler. Cash prizes total 200 dollars plus a silver trophy held by Harry Tanzer.
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Charles W. Harris
Pekin
Harris
Chillicothe
Alton
Chicago
City of
Henry
Harry Tanzer
James McNutt
New Boating Organization
Quincy
Herald-Transcript
McClure's May number features fiction and poetry
The May issue spotlight on fiction includes In the Dark Hour by Percival Gibbon, In Charge of Trusty and The War on the Tiger, plus The Silly Ass and The Radical Judge by Anita Fitch and others. It also highlights George Kennan on Russia, Carl Schurz’s reconstruction narrative, Mrs EDdy Life, Ellen Terry’s autobiography, and notable art and verse with contributions from Wilkinson, Wyeth, and Pape. Dr Powell's Phoenix visit notes irrigation developments in Salt River valley and local injuries at Chicago.
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McClure
May McClure
Percival Gibbon
Lucy Pratt
Ezekiel
James Barnes
Anita Fitch
Caroline Dyer
Cassidy
Edward S. Moffatt
George Kennan
Russia
Carl Schurz
Mrs. Eddy
Georgine Miilmine
Ellen Terry
Olivia
Faust
Lyceum
Eric Pape
Florence Wilkinson
Charles Wilson
Flower Factory
May McCluren
Mrs Eve Lippert Kramer dies after long illness in Illinois
Mrs Eve Lippert Kramer, born December 22 1822 in Gross Ausheim Germany, died April 16 1908 near Tiskilwa Illinois aged 85. She came to America around 1845 and lived in Henry Putnam and Bureau counties for six decades, respected in the community for honesty and kindness. Funeral services were at St Mary’s Church in Tiskilwa with Rev Father Pierson officiating. She leaves a sister Regina Peterman of Henry two brothers Lawrence Lippert of Los Angeles and Adam Lippert of Magnolia four children Blazey Maria Barto and Frank Kramer and many relatives and friends who mourn her loss.
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Eve, Lippert Kramer
Eve Lippert Kramer
Gross Ausheim
Germany
Kramer
Henry
Putnam
Bureau
Sir Mary’s
Tiskilwa
Father Pierson
Jesus
Bye
Regina Peterman
Lawrence Lippert
Los Angeles
Cal
Adam Lippert
Magnolia
Blazey
Maria Barto
Kilna
Frank Kramer
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Joseph
Merritt
Griffith
Will “Beck
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Wilson
Edward Kermeen
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Dunne
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Salt River Valley
Edward Burt
James Raymond
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