Milwaukee Peoria & St Louis line eyed by Cherry promoters
F W Cherry of Des Moines and St Paul capitalists push a Milwaukee Peoria and St Louis railroad from Rockford to Peoria. A coal mine town is planned two miles south of Malden and six miles east of Princeton with extensive land and coal rights purchases in Bureau county. Construction hoped within two years amid rising costs and land negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Henry
Peoria
F. W. Cherry
Illinois River
Rockford
Malden
Princeton
Milwaukee, Peoria
St. Paul
M. R. Brennan
F. A. Sutton
Selby Township
Bureau County
Edwin Bass
Sebastian Lang
W. S. Mercer
Levi Mercer
Henry May
Edward Husser
Mary Martin
Albert Cork
Joseph Lang
Mary Scott
Fred Hamer
Cherry
Ilinois
la Moille
Ohio
Walnut
Dover
Local Obituaries and Notable Deaths
Death notices from Putnam and surrounding counties detail Anna Jane Haley born 1838 in Park County Indiana died 1907 near Florid Illinois after long life in the Oxbow area. Also reports the burials of John Hull and Mrs Charles Gibbs with funeral details and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jane Haley
Park County
Indiana
Warren County
Illinois
Putnam County
Colman B. Haley
Mary S. Haley
John Haley
Henry C. Haley
John
Mary
Haley
Baptist Church
Caledonia
James A. Lambert
H. H. Edwards
Florid
Rev. H. W. Bell
Magnolia
Oxbow
Peter Clemens
Simeon Beck
Owen Allen
Ed Chance
H. R. Morris
L. A. Deobald
John Hull
Lacon
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Quincy
Rachel Beebe Hull
Mr. Hull
Henry
William Marshall
Charles Gibbs
Woodford
Varna
Gibbs
Isaiah Stinger
Methodist Church
Old Indian trails mapped across Illinois history
A Decatur Review feature traces major old Indian and French routes through Illinois. Key paths include the Kaskaskia Detroit trail linking Danville and Chicago area routes, the Sauk river trail across Henry and La Salle counties, and the Fort Clark and Wabash trail to Peoria lake. The piece notes historic migrations, battles, and village sites, plus later settler memories and local obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Decatur Review
Detroit
Kaskaskia
Lakes
Canada
Mississippi
Danville
Randolph
Washington
Marion
Effingham
Vermilion
Elkhorn
Salem
Charleston
Chicago
Hubbard
Chicago River
George Rogers Clark
Clark
Shawnee Town
Henry
Bureau
la Salle
Fox River
Sheridan
Kendall
Will Counties
Des Plaines
Johel
Cook County
Indiana
Kendall County
Rockford
Wisconsin
Maramech
Hancock
Warren
Knox
Stark
Fort Clark
Wabash
Terra Haute
Peoria Lake
McLean County
de Wit
Betwen Clinton
Fermer City
Pratt
Champaign
Douglas
Edgar
Warrensburg
Putnam
Marshall Counties
Putnam Village
Peoria
Senachwine
Henry Takes Another Credit In Spite Of Errors
A collage of small notes recounts local life in Henry Illinois. Mentions include Fay Wabel visiting Mrs. W. B. Deck, Morgan Myers buying land near Camp Grove, and Henry residents traveling to Indiana and Iowa. Public notices note boat shows, farm sales, and hotel updates at the Camp House with improvements praised by travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Wabel
W. B. Deck
Morgan Myers
M. P. Ryan
Camp Grove
C. C. Smith
Indiana
J. B. Winans
Chicago
Daniel Harney
Anton Gresser
Henry
Iowa
Markle
William Voss
Muskegon
Mich
J. Watercott & Co
Front Streets
H. F. Andrews
A. D. Stevens
Henry, Ill
Matrimonial News From Chicago and Canton Ceremony
In Chicago on August 5 1907 Sara Willetta Hoyle of Dwight Kansas wed James Ward of Canton Ohio at the bride’s sister’s home with Rev Dr Holmes officiating. The couple will reside at 340 Prospect Avenue Canton after October 1 1907. Benjamin Hoyle brother of the bride attended. In a separate note Carl Mendenhall married Mellie Klein at St Marys Church with Rev Vincent Huber officiating. The paper extends best wishes for the newlyweds.
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Henry National Bank
Sara
Carl Mendenhall
Mellie Klein
Charles Klein
Whitefield
St. Mary's Church
Vincent Huber
Peru
Wyoming Fair Promises Free Shows Daily Aug 20–23 1907
The Wyoming fair runs August 20 to 23 1907 with top western attractions by Broncho Johns Wild West company ten performers and fourteen head of stock will present daily free shows before the grand stand rain or shine. Racing purses boosted to 400 dollars and a rotating band plus Cardona’s wild animal circus added each day signal a premier event in Central Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Fair
West
Broncho John's Wild West Company
Illinois
Cardona
Rural mail routes cover vast annual mileage out of Henry
The piece notes rural carriers average about 9,000 miles yearly on Henry routes, citing L. M. Bell on route No. 2 who has logged around 5,000 miles in six years. It humorously compares miles to celestial scales and warns the remark is on a hot day.
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Ottawa Stars
Henry
Pavilion Park
Ottawa
Richelson
Forrest
Feges
Harmon
Lanegan
Tee Vallet
Nicholson
If Cunningham
Schaefer
Glatz
McManus
Haines
Coe
Lofgren
Murray
Harney
Clearland
L. M. Bell
August Leichter Dies After Prolonged Illness at 79
After years of asthma and dropsy and weeks of frailty, August Leichter died Wednesday at 11 30 a.m. at his south city home. A former Saratoga township farmer, he moved to Henry years ago for health. Funeral Friday at 9 a.m. at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev Fr. Vincent Huber of Peru officiating. interment Calvary Cemetery. Age 79. Obituary to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary District Surveying Corps
Peoria District
Oak Hill
Henry
Dan Patch
Peoria
Pekin
David Swain
Peo‘Tia
Swain
Yacht Club
League
Illinois
Thomas Endsley
Tom
Camp House
August Leichter
Histock
Saratoga Township
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Vincent Huber
Peru
Calvary Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will
Henry Christian Church
John R. Wabel
Charles W. Ross
Fay A. Wabel
William Coulter
Jennie Endsley
Eceipt
Old Indian Trails
Redmen
Miss May Young
Michael Lewis
Michael Louis
Odell
Pontiac
Union Township
Loretto Church
Louis
Loretto Cemetery
Henry Louis
Putnant
Michael Yaeger
Mary Louis
George Hank
Anton Stadel
Western Avenue
Ill
Dwight
Mr. Louis
GC. C. Trecker
Dry Hollow
H. C. Louis
Kate Kantenberger
Loretto
Livingston County
Emma Hindert
Otto P
Henry C
Branch 23
St Henry
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Cincinnati
Western Catholic Union
Til
McNabb
Mendenhall-Klein
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