Local Happenings Highlight Small Town Business and Accidents
A condensed weekly note lists three enlistments in Peoria for the army, a Maxwell car driven by a woman overturning on Log Cabin hill with no injuries, coal mine activity north of Sparland, a diamond medal contest in Pontiac with Helen Coppin among contestants, and a morning marriage license incident near Putnam.
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Undercliff Hill
Norma Fountain
Will Fountain
Keota
Elizabeth Fountain
Whitefield
George Wheeler
Putnam
Long Beach
Wenona
Wenona Boy Scouts
Maxwell
Hagel & Son
Peoria
Sparland
F.-A. Barr
John Steele
Mason Wilson
Putnam County
Senachwine Township
Lake
Senachwine
Pontiac Chautauqua
Helen Coppin
Virgil Gordon
Pontiac
Pontiac Assembly
Joseph Finnegan
Bradford
Broadmoor
Northwestern
Mr. Elliot
L. D. Gregory
Gregory
Peoria Henry Colony Holds Fourth Annual River Excursion
The Peoria Henry colony’s fourth annual trip on August 4, 1917, aboard the Julia Belle Swain from Fulton street, featured a successful voyage with business elections and a social return. Officers elected include President Barney Yaeger and Vice President Robert L. Eckhart, with Mrs. A. A. Knapp as secretary and Mrs. Anna Keith as treasurer. The gathering honored Mr. Worley for service before adjourning and reuniting with old friends along the river.
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Peoria-Henry
Julia Belle Swain
Fulton Street
Lacon
8. A. Worley
Barney Yaeger
Robert L. Eckhart
A. A. Knapp
Anna Keith
Frank Ward
W. W. Dewey
John Abrams
Julius Krenz
Willard King
A. Worley
Harvey Leech
Worley
Peoria
J. Logan Jones
County Exemption Board Reports Draft First Call
The county draft board completed examinations for 280 men and prepares to act on exemption papers. About 42 were rejected on physical grounds, 15 did not respond, and Marshall county’s first draft quota is roughly 154 with about 76 expected to be accepted, prompting a possible second call.
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District Exemption Board
Peoria
Marshall County
Army
I. S. Donelson
Lacon
Tair Halil
Camp Grove
Angel Alvarez
LaRose
G. BE. Ellison
Wenona
L. I. Shreve
Toluca
E. T. Smith
Magnolia
W. A. Colson
Varna
Clyde L. Roof
Wyoming
J. M. Pratt
J. C. Durst
Simeon Smith
Sparland
W. Meier
Henry
H. L. Hurt
A. Kock
R. Anderson
Washburn
M. R. Gallup
A. Pallocci
John Franklin
John Spicer
F. A. Kuken
F. N. Heckard
H. H. Sargent
Barton Wier
Robert King
Venona
A. B. Schick
J. BE. Herry
C. T. Nightwonger
William Schull
W. E. Broaddus
H. G. Wood
J. H. Ames
Chillicothe
H. R. McClure
Rutland
G. J. Manning
Bradford
Edward Baggs
Joseph Schwartz
Lewis F. Peltz
Hans Jenson
A. Bienemann
L. N. Zimmerman
O. H. Bendlin
L. E. Pople
J. F. Murray
H. M. Stateler
Personal notices and local legals from Tiskilwa
Grace Blazey returns from visit to Miss Dorothy Cromwell. Gertrude and Emma Schmitt visit Gertrude's mother Mrs Lena Schmitt at Sonnemin Alfred. Two year old son of Charles Green of Lacon loses ends of three fingers in lawn mower accident. Wheat from Ferdinand KaPraun yields about forty bushels per acre. John Hartley learns Rev Fr Brennan reports warm weather in Brooklyn. News includes a divorce suit by Ethel Mitchell against George Mitchell filed in October term. A corn stalk tall tale and a boy nearly starved on raw corn amusements abound. Alfonso Grey suffers severe hand injury requiring amputation of a finger. Lacon witnesses include Dr Swem and several locals in the John Green estate case verdict for $1440.
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Grace Blazey
Tiskilwa
Dorothy Cromwell
Gertrude
Emma Schmitt
Gerstrude
Lena Schmitt
Sonnemin
Alfred
Charles Green
Lacon
Ferdinand Ka- Praun
N. J. Webber
Denver
Denver Daily Post
Colorado
Joseph Garrity
Chicago
Henry
Sam
Neal King
O. B. Yarnell
Venona
Benedict
St. Bede's College
Pert
St. Joseph's
Father Benedict
Alfonso
Nick Grey
Ben Sivell
George Warren
Hans A. Otto
T. C.tibbitts
C. Waterous
Levi Durflinger
Thomas Hubbell
J. R. Paskell
C. E. Elliott
John Green
Gregg
John Green, Sr
Richard Street
Jacobs, Black and
Magoon
Potter
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George HE. Sparling
Putnam, Il
Wylie Jones
Minerva Ranney
Capitol Avenue
Omaha
Neb
J. H. Jones
A. M. Pool
Charles
Phoebe
Horace Ketchum
St. Louis
Alice Elsworth
Belle
Joseph
Wylie
Western Avenue
Atlantic
Iowa
Jones
Henry—Val Bogner
Albert Quinn
Clifford Haws
Louis Toemmes
Elmer Henkins
Bert Bills
John Heim
James Fay
John Adams
Scott Seward
Thomas Kiser
John Baker
Ed Hacker
Willam Waters
Evans
William Axline
George Dickey
Frank Lauf
George Cusac
Willard Thierry
Fred Gotchell
Bennington
Albert Cinnamon
Elsworth Keedy
Glen Spangler
Henry Falk
Peter Huprich
Saratoga
James Turner
Robert Conover
Robert Rickey
Ln Prairie
W. A. Smith
James Mannock
Richland
Curtis Holland
Hugh Clark
Belle Plain—Ed Redline, Otto Kirstie
Steuben
Halsey Monier
Hopewell
John Schmitt
Tee Pee Pee
H. W. Wombacheer
Worth Dixon
Henty
U. S
War Department
Attorney General's Office
Board of Supervisors
Peoria County
Webster’s Point
Jack Hurt
Nick Conrad
Guisippe Boldrini
Illinois
David Swain
Webster's Point
H.l Smith
Sey
A. B. Smith
Wilson
Ladd
Sestola
Italy
Spring Valley
Bureau County
Charles Wood
Walter Reed
John Dauber
Jacob Dorf
Charles Dorf
Under
Ees, Chautauqua
McNabb
Een
Friends' Church
Starbuck
Psychological and Philosophical Department
Iowa University
George A. Walton
George School
Elizabeth Collins
Swarthmore
J. Barnard Walton
Philadelphia
Thomas WB. Jones
Indiana
Thomas A. Jenkins
Chicago University
Ruth Bumgarner
Hdna L. Wilson
Peoria Star
W.S. Forrest
United Press
France
Young Forrest
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Cleveland
London
Paris
Pershing
the Star
The
Star
U. P
Fm Fenum
Woodmen of America
Steven Merritt
William Merritt
Lillian
Earl
Merritt
R. J. Hatcher
Mary
Frank Liebeck
Clara
Tilkilwa
Earl McKee
Mabel
Flora Peters
Harvey
Elmer Merritt
Ill
C. E. Vogelsang
C. A. Camp
L. R. Phillips
E. G. Cromwell
Henry Commercial Club
George
J. J. Barnes
Aaron Smith
M. H. Church
J. H. Mercer
Hennepin Township
Bright
Mr. Smith
Holland
Alice Smelt
John Smelt
Peter
Rochester
N. Y
Fred
Victoria
John
Jewell
J. A. Williams
William Knight
Jonas Maust
George Halbleibh
F. A. Raymond
Elmer Haynes
Christian Church
Fa Ea
M. E
Wm. Wheeler
Epworth League
J. E. Mercer
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St. Mary’s Church
Andrew Schauer
the Times
Lockport
Michael Fahy