Memorial Day events and local notices reported in Marshall County
A crowded notice page details Aug 8 memorial rites for Gen Grant with a tree planting in the cemetery and Central Park exercises led by Geo. O. Barnes and featuring the Lacon Glee Club and Ongs Military Band. It also notes post office hours, lamp lighting, and a lamplighter. Nearby items cover the Marshall county old settlers reunion Aug 19 with Gen T. J. Henderson as orator, musical groups, and excursion trains. plus local incidents, weather, harvest activity, and travels of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Wilkes
C. J. Held, Jr
Marshall
T. J. Henderson
Princeton
Ong
Marino
Peoria
Lacon Glee Club
F. H. Stire
Marshall County
Grey Eagle
Henry
Chicago & Alton R. R. Co
Dwight & Washington
A. Smith
Edwards
Nebraska
Josie Ellsworth
Nettie
Elmira
N. Y
Haying ends as thresher songs fill Whitefield area
A tragic accident near Whitefield Sunday left Mrs Hickey dead after she and a companion were thrown from a defaced bridge while crossing it. Funeral services were held Tuesday with interment at Camp Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield
Waile
Shratoga
Whitefield notes and local updates from Tanglefoot
The column records various local items including church meetings for the Whitefield Bible Society at the Christian church, a rattlesnake killed by Mrs Frank Brooker, local moves and visits, people traveling for lessons, and community events. It mentions gambling euchre, hunting plans, youth issues, and a call to explain progressive euchre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Bible Society
Christian Church
Frank Brooker
Ada Waggner
Indiana
Edwin Merritt
Steuben
Lympa
Tanglefoot
Saratoga News Briefs From Baratoga and Local Notes
Inexpressibly warm weather keeps residents quiet but active as Saratoga reports on local events. Mrs Banner Civil-Mra R H Cotney and Miss Anna Cotney are guests of M G Cotney for the summer. Singing meetings at the M E church aim to form a choir. A Fourth of July gathering at Lacon features a far from sober escapade. Miss Wade Webber visits her grandfather A P Webber in Marseille. Saratoga girls plan a week of camping at camp meeting. Mira Webber is busy teaching music on the road. Agnes Coulter remains ill, hopes dashed for a return home. J A Coulter will teach in the Doyle district near home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.E
Kdameele
Lacon
Wade Webber
Marseilles
P. Webber
Saratoga
Mira Webber
Agnes Coulter
J. A. Coulter
Doyle
Phoenix
Evans Grange seeks quilt to fund Evans station hall
The Evans Grange plans a citizen names quilt to raise funds for a Grange Hall at Evans station. Illness visits Mrs Winslow Evans in Lacon with nurse Mrs Pipher, while Ella Barnes returns home on a visit. A G A R event impressed locals and John Kane Sr. died in Evans township. Venatta builds a barber shop within fire limits triggering ordinance concerns and fines. Uncle David Stateler dies suddenly from probable heart failure. A local wrestling match occurred between John Wright and Gray for a purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wslnona
Evans Grange
Evans Township
Evans Station
Winslow Evans
Lacon
Pipher
Ella Barnes
John Kane
Ben
Venatta
John W. January
Andersonville
Venona
Hell
Star Chamber
Henry
David Stateler
This
Putnam Counties
Stateler
John Wright
Gray
Local notes mix of family events and town news
Notes from Hennepin and LaSalle regions cover buggy upset on Michigan Avenue, a newborn Burgess, a party of 800 M E Sunday School attendees on the Jim Watson, upcoming Peru S.S. visit, park seating, home repairs, baseball results, haying and threshing updates, livestock losses, and casualty insurance adverts amid community chatter and short notices.
Local Notes Highlight Early Bureau County Figures and Social Links
Putnam Ella Dristee visits John Johnson as Geo Dorr of Dorr Hill spends Friday with Esquelso. Dorr, an early Bureau County settler, escorts niece Miss Crittenden home. Several moves and local happenings follow, including picnics, horse trades, road tinkering, and community gossip about a pending surprise for someone on High Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Ella Dristee
John Johnson
Geo Dorr
Dorr Hill
Esquelso
Dorr
Bureau County
Miss Crittenden
Dawson
Stephens
Futoareiss
George Sparling
Tim Woods
Cook
Walter Cook
Toledo
Ohio
Tim Scully
Dr Bupp
Doc
West
Mount Palatine Village Notes and Local Updates
Mount Palatine reports a coal tar wagon sighting and welcomes Burt Jones Powell and Pool visitors. Weather slows Sunday school and temperance meeting scheduled. Grasshoppers threaten 15 acres of oats west of town. Binders require repairs as school nears August 31 with James Taylor of Ohio as teacher. Milo Sutherland returns from a western trip praising Nebraska and eastern Iowa crops. rain hampers Western Iowa corn. Cheyenne Nebraska grows. Sidney reports 25 houses north and 18 south of town as development continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Palatine
Eornuge
Burt
Jones
Powell
Pool
James Taylor
Ohio
Weicherding
Milo Esq
Sutherland
Nebraska
Iowa
Esq
Cheyenne
Neb
Sidney
Westward migration and local farm notes in Milo area
A montage of rural life reports references to land expansion by Mr Jones with 2500 acres in Nebraska, timber claims, and emigration advice. Local incidents include a dispute at Esquire’s home, missing family near Vain Orin, lightning strikes on a straw stack, a hog killed by lightning, and a new threshing venture. Oats harvest near done, grasshoppers injuring crops, and a Milo death from dropsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Tiskilwa
Nebraska
Greeley
Iowa
Missouri
McCullough
Esq
Breden
Vain Orin
Andrew Lubeck
Brooklyn N. Y
M Kelso
Milo
Sylvia Sutherland
Nelly Purcell
Putnam
T. A Nevitt
Dawson Brother
Fred Winmill
Fred
Karim
Riley Olds
Miho
Wyonet
Josiua
Henry Republican ad highlights local printing services
The Henry Republic announces its weekly publication and promotes Steam Printing with fast presses and excellence in design. It advertises best quality materials and superior workmanship for large jobs with estimates and international orders at low rates.
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Ork
H. Barr
Frank Martin
Joseph Placher
P. B
Powers
Esq Placher
Baby
Halsey Odel
Chariton
John Reynolds
Raline
Tesmer
Dr Balton
Chillicothe
M. E. Church
Amos Barton
Hoselton House
Thomas Jenkins
Valisca
Owa
Dennis Conley
Rock Island
Gen A. 8. Grant
Sparland
Sparland Tile
Thomas Robinson
Temple
Tex
Emily Bonham
Geneseo
Teachers’ Institute
E. Orae
Wright
Webster
Michigan Avenue
Chas. Burgess
Charley
Baby Burgess
Squire Judd
Drex
Hennepin
LaSalle M. E
Jim Watson
Peru
M. E
John Kneip
Little Bula
Miss Read
Sunderlin
Wenona
Bessie
Willie Read
Garside
Read
A. V. Speer’s
Tuesse
Fourth Street
Frank Sanderlin
LaSalle Boys
Hennepin Boys
H.K. Smith
Henry C. Mills
T. J. Stainbrook
van Horne
Myer
Morrill
Mutualivestock Insurance Co
Maryland
Ruthland
Deuggisto
Deeiers
Crarles A
Vogeler CO
Hersea Vogeler &Co
Baldlaers
Ena Oe Wen Ra
J. H. Jones
C.H. Fargo & Co
Candee Co
Chicago
M. S. Severance
Watchmaker
RM. Stevens
Poland
Henry Republican
Steam Printing Office
Republican
Geo Burt, Jr
Saecagit
Rees
Enoett Ogee Voeners
Anane
Wenn Eainens
Ae Societias
A. F
Henrat
Marshall Lodge
Lodge
Story City Bakery
Clayton Lodge
Avery Monsey
Brathren
CG. A. R
Cird
Moodey
Qin
Ana
Henry Erly
H. CO. Koch
A.M. Pool
Lpan
Real Esate Paaority Flax
Sirx Insurance
Repulican
Potter Fy Leorney
LAW
Rowme
Perley
Edward Street
E. J. Riely
Gresser
A. H. Kinnear
M. D Hybigian
Burgeon
Gresner
Upstaira
W.H
Agulator Waitaing
B. Durfee
Toni
Hamilton
Whitefield Corners
Ill
Taylor
Magnolle
Putnem County
C. Snydurgeon Dent
Squere
Henry, Il
W.H. Kibter
Heory
Clarine
UO Bno
Clara A. Stephens
Durleo
Rohde & Riehm
New York
Ad Rohde
Steinway & Sona
Riehm
Peoria Ill
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