Great Western railway line outlined from Rockford to Pekin and Duluth to Mobile
Promoter B W Cherry advances a Great Western system linking Rockford Illinois and Pekin to Duluth Minnesota and Mobile Alabama. The planned route would run about 2000 miles, shorten Illinois Central distance, include a new yard at East Peoria, and secure coal rights across Marshall Putnam and Bureau counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Cherry
Iowa
Hockford
Lamoille
Hennepin
Peoria
Eastern Capital
Rockford
Duluth
Pekin
Mobile
United States
Great Western
East Peoria
Illnois Central
Illinois
Seatonville
Marquette
Tllinois
Bluffs
Ilinois River
Front Street
Henry
Lacon
Chillicothe
Spring Bay
Cherry
Marshall County
Putnam County
Bureau County
County Sunday School Convention Program at Wenona
The Marshall County Sunday school convention will be held at Wenona on August 22 and 28 with devotional services led by Rev G D Heaver and Rev D S McCown. A state worker will present Bible lessons by A T Arnold and topics include The Possibilities of Childhood and The Winning Power of Music. An all day schedule features talks by A T Arnold Mrs A Kemp Mrs Frank Calder and others with committee appointments and friendly greetings followed by an evening program and closing services. An La Salle picnic is planned at Pa Villon Park next Sunday with a steamer excursion on the Swain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Wenona
G. D. Heaver
A. T. Arnold
P. Telford
Toluca
M. N. Holmes
Saratoga
A. Kemp
Frank Calder
la Prairie
Charles Thirner
Mausie
C. &. Erwin
C. B. Scott
Cora Cummings
Venona
D. S. McCown
Henry
C. H. Justis
la Rose
Hiks of
la Salle
Pa- Villon Park
Swain
Electric Light Company
Rufus Monks’ Corner
Hagel
Peoria Aeronaut
Big Bend
Putnam Beckwith
J. C. Smith
Judge Longnecker
J. W. Graff
P. C. Hayes
Joliet
Frank Lawler
Tiskilwa Base Ball Association Tournament Set For Aug 22 25
Posters announce the Tiskilwa Base Ball Association annual tournament to be held next Tuesday through Friday August 22 to 25. Five teams will play ten games with $450 in prizes and admission priced for morning and afternoon sessions plus a season ticket option. An excursion rate is offered on Rock Island trains with specific west and east routes and intermediate stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiskilwa
Wyanet
la Salle
Ohio
Depue
Tiskilwa Base Ball Association
Rock Island
Genesey
Joliet
Sheffield
Annawan
Atkinson
Geneseo
Tviskilwa
Bureau
Ln Salle
Spring Valley
Ottawa
Dark Rain Halts Peoria Marquettes at Henry Reds Game
Peoria Marquettes and Henry Reds played five scoreless innings before a heavy rainstorm forced a halt. The pitchers Neff Glatz and Haines Kerns walked batters and neither side could push across a run before the rain paused play. Attendance was listed as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria Marquette
Henry
Henry Reds
Rhe Marquettes
Neff
Haines
Kerns
Glatz
Sullivan
Coe
Manski
Siewers
Carter
Lawrence
Horn
Kelley
Shulte
Tanhill
Peoria
Harney
Monuments and memorials in city business life
Dud Ong and Emmett Hancock of Lacon visit the city and discuss monuments with implications for local grave markers. The commentary notes changes in town businesses over ten years and highlights Ong as an agent for those honoring departed residents, reflecting on a silent nearby city of monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dud Ong
Emmett Hancock
Lacon
Jud
Richard Mellon
Mr. Ong
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Colored Map Offer
An advertisement from Powers Land and Loan Company in Lawton promotes a colored map of Oklahoma and Indian Territory with counties, cities, towns, population, railways and streams. It also touts a free booklet on Oklahoma and mentions Lawton as the capital, plus a note on Charles Bell recovering from appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Comanche County
Lawton
Powers Land and Loan Company
Ohla
James M. Powers
Letter From China Reflects Home Goods and Moves
Mamie Corbin writes from Kai-Ku Shansi July 1 1905 describing packing and opening boxes sent from home. She notes fragile items intact aside from a cracked glass tray, clock ticking, and preserved medicines while awaiting more packing and moving to their new residence. She mentions stamps, photographs, finances in multiple currencies, and plans to visit Eng Shan with Paul, plus daily tasks like sewing curtains and organ duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kai-Ku
Shansi
Papa
Paul
John Nesbit
Sitle
Seth Thomas
China
America
Eugene Jenness
Ellsworth Jones
A. S
United States
Shanghai
Henry Republican
Federation
Henry
F’eng Shan
Mamie Corbin
Tenting at OLN Camp Grounds and Lake Senachwine Fishing
August at Undercliff and Walnut Grove brings busy camp life with Camp Lotus and Camp Lorein housing families from Peoria and Ottawa. Bass, pike, and pickerel fishing off Lake Senachwine draw visitors as Henry Cornet Band and Neponset orchestra provide open air entertainment at the hotel on the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Undercliff
Walnut Grove
Ellsworth Potter
Theodore Kenyon
Peoria
Camp Lotus
Camp Lorein
Charles Cook
John Pitkins
Ottawa
Dennis McEvoy
Rock Island Road
Chillicothe
Ill
Neponset Orchestra
Henry Brass Band
Senachwine Lake
P’utnam
Putnam, Il
Illinois River
Grubbs
Own A Piece Of The Land As Immigration Flows In
An ad argues for securing land now noting that millions immigrate annually and 75 percent head west to buy farms in Iowa Kansas Minnesota and the Dakotas. It promotes excursions on the first and third Tuesdays each month and directs inquiries to John Hartley Henry 18 17 1m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
South Dakota
John ‘Hartley
Henry
Cider Making at Adolph Kline Farm West of Henry
William Klein announces cider making from apples on his farm five miles west of Henry toward Whitefield Corners. The hydraulic mill runs every Thursday starting Aug 8, offering to fulfill requests by mail or telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Kline
Henry
Whitefield Corners
Wm. Klein
Henry Letter Mails and Local Creekside Excursions
Local items note unclaimed letters at Henry post office including Cook Canfield Camm Finn Hodges and Mrs Houston to be sent to the dead letter office Aug 26 1905. Reports cover millinery staff changes school painting camp meetings and trips by steamer Peerless Starved Rock and a sailor named Jean A Crolin undertaking a 22 000 mile journey with trolleyette and barrel to reach state capitals by Oct 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Hail
Robert Elliston
Henry
Ill
George Cook
Harry Canfield
William Camm
J. Finn
Ezra A. Hodges
Robert Houston
Mamie
C .A. Camp
Miss Schultz
Trimmer
Hutchins-Lincoln Co
Arthur Tron
B. Cole
Miss Carter
Morrison
Chicago
Peerless
Starved Rock
J. T. Bliss
C. W. Ayling
Tonica
Gilmer
Bloomington
Ayling
Magnolia
Henry Republican
Jean A. Crolin
Augusta
Maine
United States
Boston
Jean
Springfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. W. Cherry
Minn
Great Lakes
Gulf
Charles Bell
Republican
G. M. Locke
Anna Gertrude
William Neinhalsen
St. Mary's Church
Zumbuehl
Clarence Clark
Wm. Clark
Clarence
J.B. Teagarden
Alhambra
Cal
Adam Brown
Boulder
Col
California
Ezra Teagarden
Prof. Tupper
Lake Senach
Henry Cornet Band
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