Quaint Peoria Wedding of Willis Brown Draws Notables
The Peoria society wedding of Ethel Barbara Willis and Wodwin Owen Brown took place August 6 1908 on the Willis residence veranda with Dr. Leffingwell of Knox College officiating. A 200 guest procession included ushers masons and bridesmaids from Illinois Iowa and California. The ceremony featured Wagner Lohengrin and Mendelssohn music, cake cutting, dancing, and a refined reception. The couple plan an eastern trip and will reside in Rimwood after September 15.
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Peoria Journal
Dr. Leffingwell
Knox College
Galesburg
Ethel Barbara Willis
Wodwin Owen Brown
Willis
Mass Avenue
Leffingwell
Charles Smith
Hamwood
Doris Butts
Wagner
Mendelssohn
Dean Jay
Elmwood
Trump Carruthers
Fort Monterey
Cal
Porter van Dyke
Bloomington
Harold Willis
Peoria
J. W .Willis
Anita Bruce
Senator Bruce
Atlantic
Ruth Atterbury
Chicago
Mabel Kennedy
Hazel Willis
True Carruthers
Hope Donley
Frances Ann Gummer
San Francisco
Florence Clarkson
Reginald Baldwin
Theilig
Hatfield
W. H. Willis
West Bluff
Peoria High School
Ferryhall
Lake Forest
EB. L. Brown
Rimwood
J. J. DeMotte
el Paso
W. G. van Dyke
Laura van Dyke
Eureka
Jean Nelson
Firm Saunders
Cuba
Almeda Scrivens
Delavan
Hunsheimer
Omaha
Neb
Marguerite Scanlon
B. L. Brown
Gray
Ed Gray
Brown
Gaummer
Peoria Star
Willis-Brown
Moss Avenue
Miss Willis
Henry Loses To Peoria Amrs In Amateur Bout
Peoria Amrs defeat Henry Greys 6 to 4 on a Sunday game. Heininger hits a left field home run for Henry, while Buchele fans 13 for Peoria. Lofgren doubles and Horne makes a running catch to end threats. Attendance 200, time 1:35, weather threatens.
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Henry Greys
Peoria Arms
Peoria
Schmidt
Henry
Buchele
McLinden
Lofgren
Horne
Haines
Ieininger
Uking
BE. Horne
Kelley
Foster
Es Geenbel McLaughlin
Coe
Forrest
Heininger
Halligan
German
McLinden, c
Johnson
Henry welcomes Fr Isidore Gensler as new parish priest
Long local notice covers Fr Isidore Gensler arriving from Lourdes Woodford to Henry where he will lead St Marys parish. It praises his German English fluency and 12 years in ministry, notes the new church there, 112 families and 450 communicants, and welcomes him as a devout adviser to the Henry community.
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M. Gensler
St. Mary’s
Gensler
Henry
America
Bavaria
Louveain College
Belgium
Rantoul
Champaign County
Penfield
Lourdes
Woodford County
Neaf
Interurban Service Promised for Princeton Fair
The Princeton Fair will receive enhanced interurban service with two coach trains hourly from Seneca to Princeton and thirty minute runs between Bureau and Princeton during Sept 1 2 8 and 9. General Manager H B Chubbuck assured J K Hopkins and F C Duncan that adequate cars will be provided to handle expected crowds, improving last year’s shortages. Improvements on the fair grounds include twenty new horse stalls an educational building and an amphitheater being reshingled. Premium lists are being requested by exhibitors nationwide, with prize money boosted by one thousand dollars, bolstering the claim that Bureau County hosts the greatest county fair in Illinois.
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Princeton
H. 2B
Chubbuck
J. K. Hopkins
F. C. Duncan
Seneca
Bureau
Henry
Putnam
Rock Island Road
Charles L. Trimble
Bureau County
Illinois
Princeton Republican
The Primary Law and Public Interest in Government
The piece argues the primary law will educate voters, encourage study of public affairs, and align nominations with public welfare. It suggests the public will demand good men in office and support simpler procedures, while acknowledging costs and confusion but urging progress toward popular rule. It also notes a surgical operation on Mrs. John Johnson by Dr. Swein and Dr. Hall, with Mrs. Johnson recovering well at home on Main Street.
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Swein
Hall
John Johnson
Johnson
David Swain
Kate Forbes
Main Street
Teachers Institute To Be Held At Lacon High
The annual teachers Institute will run August 17 to 21 in Lacon high school. All county teachers should attend to help make this the best institute yet. Daily program changes will occur with Prof Gillan directing Pedagogy Reading Language Geography Arithmetic and Agriculture. Other staff include Anna Morse King Bouton Porter Miss Ford and speaker A J Hoffman. The eighth grade commencement is set for Thursday afternoon.
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Teachers’ Institute
Lacon High School
Marshall County
Gillan
Anna H. Morse
King
Bouton
Porter
Miss Ford
A. J. Hoffman
Y. Gillan
B. Frank Perry
Albrecht's Famous Six-Piece Orchestra at the Pavilion
Albrecht's six piece orchestra plays at the Pavilion Saturday night August 15. Concert runs 8:15 to 9. Dancing from 9 to 12. All welcome.
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Albrecht
the Pavilion
Samuel H. Condit Dies After Long Public Service in Putnam
Samuel H. Condit, born in 1831 in New York City, died at his son-in-law E. T. Grady's home in Peoria. A Putnam County veteran of 72 years, he served as supervisor, town clerk, assessor, and justice of the peace. A Republican and Christian man, he was 77 and leaves nine children scattered from New York to California. Funeral at Putnam Christian church Friday after Peoria train arrival. burial by Keller. Soldier Land Bounties ad follows.
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Matie Crone
Peoria
Kansas City
Denver
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Haws
Cromwell
Fox Lake
Wis
Syracuse
Farewell Avenue
Taylor Smith
Christian Sunday School
P. O. Broline
Friends of the Christian Church
Peoria Star
J. W. Templeton
Princeton
Bureau County
Fr. Isidore
St. Patrick’s Parish
Franciscian Brotherhood
Lousville
St. Boniface’s Catholic Church
Silas
Benson
Isidore
Maurice
Minoak News
H. W. Burger
Cecil
Gardner Presbyterian Church
Samuel H. Condit
E. T. Grady
Widenham Street
Condit
Putnam County
New York City
Putnam
Cortland Condit
Rachel A. Bacon
Samuel C. Bacon
New York State
California
Commonwealth
Christian Church
Keller
Effie Sale Sues for Divorce from Walter Sale
Effie W Sale seeks divorce from Walter W Sale on grounds of cruelty and neglect. She cites morphine addiction, abuse, and failure to provide for herself and daughter Opal De Elsa, 4. Married Sept 24 1901 in Whitefield Ill. Custody requested. case to be heard in September term. References I W Waughop of Whitefield and grandparents caring for the child.
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Ife Sale
Effie W. Sale
Walter W Sale
Opal de Elsa
Whitefield
Ill
Blue Island
Cook County
Chicago
Peoria Journal
Sunset Theatre to Open With New Show on Aug. 19
W. R. Markle's Sunny South Ploating theater brings an all new program to Henry on Wednesday August 19 featuring the musical comedy An American Hustler ten vaudeville acts and a large chorus. The boat touts superior equipment and top performers promising a lively evening for local patrons. Rail interests oppose general freight rate hikes citing current earnings and rising trade while urging interstate commerce safeguards for farmers.
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W. R. Markle
Henry
Interstate Commerce Commission
Candle Trick Rekindles Wick From Smoke Spell
A described illusion instructs burning a candle until a long snuff produces white smoke that curls up from the wick and, when a flame is held near the smoke, rekindles the wick in a fantastic manner. The performer must avoid drafts or banging doors during the rising spell.
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Edwin O. Brown
Charming
Miss Atterbury
Furst
Dr. Baldwin
Moss,avenue
Peoria Arms Company
GREYS
MeKinden
M_ B
News OF the City
Brown & Hillman
Margaret Jones
Ira McCullough
Evangelist
Epworth League
Potts
Evangelist McCullough
Ira D. McCullough
Florian Afton
Ottawa
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Afton
Hastings H. Hart
Wheaton
Grandma Ann Taber
Grandma Ann Taber, At the New Church House of Worship
Ann Taber
Oak Hill
George Alford
Dunlap
Arthur Potts
J. T. Bliss
Franklin Rist
G. BH. Alford
MacCuloch
Otto Halbleib
Frank Halbleib
Eli Wright
Nick Konrad
Wright
F. W. Potter
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