Local society notes and outings fill summer days
Arvid Clemens goes to Chicago for barber training. Mrs. Frank Siewers hosts a relatives’ auto party from Tiskilwa. Many families visit relatives in Streator, La Salle, Peoria, and Champaign. The town enjoys circus trips, a showboat coming to Henry, and a Childrens Light Bearer party with games, songs, and missionary fundraising at the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvid Clemens
Chicago
Frank Siewers
Tiskilwa
Max Siewers
Streator
Emmet Harney
Bradford
Mary Harney
M. B. Picnic at Senach' Wine Lake
A Tuesday church picnic started at 9 with two buses carrying children youths and adults led by S S Merritt and Mr Orr. Alex Brown drove a horse and wagon party enjoyed swimming boating games and a large dinner before returning home amid light rain and thanks to organizers and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B
S. S. Merritt
Mr. Orr
Senach
Wine Lake
Alex Brown
Rev. T. Leech
Mr. Keller
Bess
Mr. Coan
Merritt
Brown
Church Picnic and Sermons Draw Big Attendance
M. BE Church reports a Sunday school at 9 45 a m with a joyful picnic. Rev Andrew Kelley preached at 11 a m and Rev Truitt of Burmah India will lecture on Burmese life and customs after an eight year sending. Epworth League meets at 7 p m led by Belle Doyle. Mrs Arthur Smith Mrs Thomas Vogelsang Miss Alta Vogelsang and Charles Sebring spent Saturday at Peoria by bouh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. BE
Bro. A. Brown
Andrew Kelley
Truitt
Burmah
India
Epworth League
Belle Doyle
Epworthians
Arthur Smith
Thomas Vogelsang
Alta Vogelsang
Charles Sebring
Peoria
Bouh
Henry Wins A Close Game Against Kluever Giants
In Peoria a semi pro clash saw Henry beat the Kluever Giants 3 to 2 in a pitchers duel on a rainy day. Claude held henry in the early innings, Williams and Herman sparked late offense, and Wagoner earned the win as Henry rallied with a ninth inning run after Giants tied the score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe”’ Seisler
Kluever Giants
Peoria
Swain
Henry
Claude
Giants
Williams
Bill Herman
Billie
Lane
Flugel
Herman
Miller
Wagoner
R. H. PO
Oy Ee
Ty Miller
Jj Babcock
Salon Eis Tases Pais
Kelly
Balmer
Bassett
Roo
Heininger
Ginnichio
Abrams
le le
Lanesoria
Fluegel
Kluever G
W. Miller
Payne
McBride
Woman's civic work urged to shape better city life
Civic committee notes women’s role in municipal progress and public health. It praises the National Civic Federation’s Woman’s Department for insuring sanitary housing, building inspections, night schools, clinics, and domestic science classes. It urges tree trimming, safer crossings, and continued enforcement against intoxicated street drinkers. The item closes with church notices and a local update on Rollin Travis’s auto dealership from Tonica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hays Hammond
Woman's Department
National Civic Federation
Woman’s Department
The
Rock Island Railroad
Sparland
Putnam
Henry
Big Bend Reunion Held Four Days in August
News notes from Henry and surrounding towns recount visits by Misses Rodha and Wthel Kildow and others, Barnum & Bailey circus trip, new city maps for Henry Cemetery, and a Marshall county Progressive mass meeting at LaCon. The items mention local residents, visiting kin, a Ford sale via Charles A Wood, and preparations for a paving project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Magnolia
Rodha
Wthel Kildow
William Donovan
Schoenneshoefer
Lostant
Henry
Charles Fogle
Hoge
Varna
Rachel Hunter
Deacon Hill
Tiskilwa
Marshall County
la- On
IF. A. Powell
Cowen
Republican Central Committee
Charles Scoon
Teasurer
Miss Brennan Leaves City for Gallstone Surgery in New York
Miss Clara Brennan sister and housekeeper of Rev Fr Brennan of St Josephs church left for New York last Friday to undergo a serious operation for gall stones this week. She has two married sisters in New York and has endear ed herself to many in the parish. The week day mass is at 6 30 a m to finish before workmen begin at seven. Fr Brennan reviewed church receipts and expenditures for the past six months at last Sundays masses. Electric wires were removed for a new metal ceiling and evening services are not held. Interior decorators began work Monday on the church decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marks
Little Daughter
Peoria
Charles Balleweg
Charles Barry
Chicago
Michael Barry
Anna (Reiser) Jones
Mary Reiser
Laverna Clemens
Henry
Ira
Georgie Clemens
Magnolia
Vos
Muskegon
Mich
William Vos
J. Watercott
Rosella Walsh
H. A. Gebhardt
Jack Humble
Clarence Phillips
Leonard McBride
Glen Park
Anna Brown
Watercott Store
Frank Brown
Denver
Col
Frank Siewers
Fannie Siewers
Lawrence Peterman
Buttinski
Oscar Clark
Hutchins & Downey
Thomas Clark
John Ford
R. 5
Bayne
Ruth Ball
Iowa
Chardan
Spirit Lake
Peter Harrington
Mayme Siewers
Champaign
Aiken
Harrington
Thomas Harrington
Charles Motter
R. F. Burt
May
Jack Applen
Eva Weis
Harry Snell
Margaret Myers
la Salle
W. R.markle
McNutt
Haydens
Hager
George Halbleib
Zelma Jackson
Geneva Doran
Clifford Doran
Little Warner Mills
Robert Mills
Alta Humphrey
Ira Hawksworth
N. H. Humphrey
Bloomington
Warling
H. K. Calkins
Clearfield
Harry Niece
Elmwood
Fred Becker
Whitefield
Henry Cemetery Association
Powell
D. B. Turner
Hennepin
Congress
Agriculture Department
Department
Hast Park Row
Chet Fulford
Chet
Jules Bladick
Granville
Columbus Junction
Cofoid
Putnam County
Ed Berta
Standard
Charles Sebring
Plainfield
N. J
R. L. Reed
Reed
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Grand Rapids
Congress Hotel
St. Joseph’s Church
Clara Brennan
Fr. Brennan
New York
Miss Brennan
Our City
St. Joseph's
Henry Picnic at Glen Oak Park Peoria
Peoria residents describe the Henry Picnic at Glen Oak Park Peoria on July 24. A lively crowd shared conversations games and a large lunch count with coffee and donations. Officers elected for the next year include President A Worley Vice President John Abrams Secretary Joe Schaeffer Treasurer Mrs Jennie Leech Directors Julius Krenz Frank Kleinhenz Bruce Holmes Mrs Anara Keith and Mrs Ida Fulford. Fred Weis chaperoned Tommy Jacobs to La Salle for the clir tus event last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Republican
Henry
Glen Oak Park
Glen Oak
A. Worley
John Abrams
Joe Schaeffer
Jennie Leech
Julius Krenz
Frank Kleinhenz
Bruce Holmes
Anara Keith
Ida Fulford
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Marshall Downey and Son
Central Park
Forest of Arden
Oberon
Titanic
Methodist Church
Nellie Coan
Velma Rowe
Lolita Bell
Minera Fountain
Japan
Margaret Helper
Marie Elgin
Korga
Forrest Kocher
Sidney Ketchum
Willard
Newman
C. F. Snyder
Wild
Woman's Club
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
George T. Griscel
Rollin Travis
National Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Tlinois
Col. Roosevelt
Illinois
Fred Weis
Tommy Jacobs
Clirtus
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