Mind Your Own Business and Small Town News
Chillicothe residents share notes on visitors postmasters, engagements, and local doings. Charley Nelson dies at 69. Ralph Green and Rena Tanquary announce their engagement. Frank Latourette returns from Camp Upton after five years in service with medals and a wartime tale.
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Geary Stibgen
Chicago
Andrew Stibgen
Moses
M. C. Doyle
California
Los Angeles Times
Mammoth
Chicago Tribune
Edith Wescott
Chillicothe
Wilson
Senate
Charley A. Nelson
Charley
Illinois
Ralph P. Green
la Prairie
Rena Tanquary
Sparland
Tanquary
Marshall County
Ellis Mendenhall
Peoria
Jacob Green
Mr. Alder
Chillicothe Bulletin
Howard Williams
Latta
la Grange
Main Street
Cantigny
France
No. 13
Limoges
Camp Upton
New York
Contracts Awarded for Ivy Way Section Improvements
State awarded multiple contracts for Ivy Way roadwork north of here. Central Eng Co of Davenport won Section M and D for 68 578 and Warren Construction Co of Chicago won Section B for 73 384. R F Conway Co of Chicago secured Sections 6 H P Q totaling 700 000. Bids on Ottawa Starved Rock strip delayed due to water level questions. Work uses Portland cement and 18 foot wide pavement, due by December 1 1920 except Vermillion bridge east strip due this year.
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la Salle
Bureau County
Chicago
Peoria
Central Engineering Company
Davenport
Vermillion River
Warren Construction Co
Conway Co
Rock Island Railway
Ottawa
Marseilles
Seneca
Grundy County
I. W
Morris
R. F. Conway Co
Starved Rock
State Park
Utica
Illinois River
Deer Park
Oglesby
Hartley Will Parcels Gifts to Church and Kin
The will of the late John Hartley, filed for probate, provides for debts first and then bequests including 2000 to the Catholic Extension Society of Chicago to fund four chapels, 400 for masses, 500 for grave upkeep, and 100 to Rt. Rev. J. J. Hartley. He leaves 1000 to a Peoria orphanage, 1000 to Grace Hartley, 500 to Charles Hartley, 500 to Evelyn Hartley Garrity, and 100 to the Rochester bishop. Twenty-year protection for his Western avenue land and sale of a Second street store and a residence to cover bequests. Residue to Grace, Charles, and Evelyn Garrity Hemmed by a closing note. Executed by Grace Hartley without bond. Will dated November 26, 1918, witnessed by C. H. Scholes and H. W. Ziegler.
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John Hartley
Catholic Extension Sociery
Chicago
Phillip
Margaret Hartley
James Hartley
Philip
Hartley
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Peoria
Grace Hartley
Charles Hartley
Evelyn Hartley Garrity
J. J. Hartley
Rochester
N. Y
Western Avenue
Second Street
C. H. Scholes
Bradford
Harry W. Ziegler
Christian Church and local notices outline a busy week
The column lists church services at a Christian church with Bible school at 10, sermons at 11 and 8, and choir/prayer meetings. St Joseph’s announces Sunday masses, school opens September 1 with a strong Henry school faculty. American Legion posts growth noted, local outings to Starved Rock, and Old Settlers’ Day at Lacon next Thursday with a busy program line-up.
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Bible School
Carpenter
Penes Pe
A. Schauer
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
A. Peary
Henry
Beesley
Lacon
American Legion
St. Louis
Iowa
Magnolia
Pay Pai Rey
van Leer
George Helper
Ruth Kirkpatrick
Tiskilwa
Starved Rock
Deer Park
Old Settlers
Social Notes and Local News Across Peoria and Vicinity
Mrs Charles Knight visits Chicago this week while Captain Will Dewey of Peoria stays with relatives. A fire destroyed Milo M B church, now insured. Auto trips, imports on new ranges, and social visits fill the week as residents share meals, auctions, and family news in town and nearby communities.
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Charles Knight
Serene
Chicago
Will Dewey
Peoria
Charles
Theodore Smith
Charles Wierman
R. D. Bradley
H. H. Haines
Henry
Milo M. B
Whitefield Corners
Mercer
Gregory
Cromwell
Eugene Perry
Maggie Roth
J. W. Tremain
Reen Ambrosius
Lynden Wash
Tribune
George McGillick
McGillick
Nichols
George Helper
Bureau
David Dwyer
August Miller
Bradford
G. B. Travis
James Smith
Delayan
Wis
R. G. Tandy
James H. Gaddis
Mattoon
Tandy
Guy Wilson
Sam Clift
Bruce Wilson
Richard Tremain
M. J. Monahan
Rose
Neuhalfen
Neuhalsen
Sivell
la Rose
Andrew Rufing
Mr. Rufing
Minoak News- Dispatch
Henry Cook
Catherine Cook
Irma Hazel Waughop Weds Slavil Bland at Family Home
Surprise wedding held at the Leslie Waughop home near Sparland uniting Irma Hazel Waughop and Slavil Harold Bland. Rev. W. J. Carpenter officiated at 9 PM Wednesday. Couple honeymooning in Springfield during the state fair. Irma a 1914 Henry High School graduate and former rural teacher. Slavil a rising farmer. They rented the Clara Waughop farm and begin housekeeping with well wishes.
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Leslie Waughop
Sparland
Irma Hazel
Slavil Harold Bland
Charles Bland
W. J. Carpenter
Christian Church
Springfield
The
Henry High School
Clara Waughop
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Ivy Way
State
L. M. Bell
Schickley
Neb
Aukland
Charles Aukland
E. T. Ketchum
J. P. Nesbit
Sparta
Nesbit
Orient
Winona
So Lange
Fred Bickerman
Elisha Wallin
Hennepin
Mems Johnson
H. H. Hunter
Buda
Neighborhood Club
Johnson
Uncle Sam
Sam
Mems
Kewanee
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Army of Occupation
Germany
Camp Grant
Free Country
Rex Beach
Henry Opera House
Lorelei
Jarvis Hammon
Hammon
Wyoming
Belle Doyle
Miranda G. Doyle
Robert B. Vivian
R. L. Vivian
M. B. Church
Our City
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Public School
Patrick Hennessey
LaVerna Finnegan
Thomas , Finnegan
Grafton
Hastings
Roberta
Gertrude Haws
Clifford Haws
Haws
E. H. Hutching
William Everett
Kimbark Avenue
Rastus Johnson
Dollah
Rastus
Boston Transcript
Max. Min
ST. Mary's Church
Bland-Waughop
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