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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
1
Nighttime thieves ransacked Putnam Village hitting the post office and blacksmith shop. They pried open a store safe with nitroglycerin causing door damage and floor holes, spilt tallow on the depot floor, and fled empty handed leaving deeds policies and papers untouched or hidden.
The article describes the Putnam street business row near the post office robbed last Friday night. It lists occupants including O. P. Carrolls residence, W. B. Murphy meat market, Fred Cooks barbershop, Howard Loomis grocery, and Wm L Kelso store housing the post office.
A clock near the blast area stopped at two ten indicating the exact explosion moment. The next morning Mia Kelso 발견 milk from the ice box and found the room altered, prompting villagers to report the incident to the station agent I J Ball who located the safes drawers deeds and policies hidden behind the meja.
Robbers broke into L. H. Pinnell’s blacksmith shop and post office on a Friday night. They gained entry by forcing a small door in the ell of the shop, then entered the premises and carried out actions described in the issue.
A two month return attempt to rob the post office ended with no valuables missing. Robbers failed to enter the cafe rear and left hinges damaged. Tools found at the post office were returned to a shop, and a knife was found in the store. No suspects captured.
Rev L G Vandenberger residence suffers heavy loss as oily rags likely ignite a blaze in a boarding house linked to Miss Louige Boehmer and Mrs L G Jandenberger. Four buildings damaged, insured, with $2000 in damages and business disruption for upcoming exposition. Dewitt Statelur notes Wenona as county diamond city with many residents owning diamonds. Local updates on residents and a hay fever relief outing follow.
A drainage district organization named Union District No 1 is formed in Magnolia township Putnam county and Hope township LaSalle county to cover about four square miles from Mt Palatine to section 22. The district board includes Mason Wilson Grant Trone J D Avery and engineer G V Loring. The district was organized under Illinois law by petition from A H Mills A B Wilson and others with proximate cost to complete $20000. The commissioners have been selected and ordered to proceed.
Sunday services at St John’s and Presbyterian churches. August 29 church picnic at Pavilion Park. Toadies Aid meets with Mrs Orson Beckwith. Missionary society reports and organist news. Rev L E Coad to preach. M E church painting and mite box opening. St Joseph’s picnic yields $183 gross for church. Henry hosts visiting clergy and local weddings and obituaries noted.
Engineers estimate the proximate cost to complete the work at 20000 dollars. Construction likely begins with 80 inch timbering seven feet underground and the tile size decreases as the course progresses finishing near 10 inch. Ditch work starts in Hope course and ends at Y Wilson's farm in section 22.
Commissioners move to seize the territory to prepare an assessment of lands benefitted. There are 100 pages of records, with all remaining work now in the hands of the drainage commission. Further particulars will be provided later.
The Henry Republican lists updated C R P R train times from Henry station toward Chicago and Peoria with several departures and stops. It notes Sunday service changes, station stops at Ottawa Joliet LaSalle Morris and more, plus license details for local hunters and a note about the Nebraska Indian baseball team visiting Bradford.
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