G. R. Williams Jersey Auction Rounds Up Local News
Local notes cover draft registrations for ages 21 and 18 to 21, camp departures and chaplain enlistment, church farewells for Rev. G. E. Tilton, county politics and school bond vote results. Also reports on Red Cross gift, insurance payments, and wartime paper saving orders for newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Red Cross
Rev
TI Tilton
Kit
Camp Taylor
Wednnesday
War Industries Board
Fewar Industry Board
War Board
Making a canvass to get acquainted
A letter notes Charles V. Miles as Republican circuit judge nominee in the tenth judicial circuit. The writer praises Miles as a capable jurist with broad character and urges voters to support him in the September 11 election, stressing nonpartisan judgment and judicial fitness.
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Usedt
Isk
Sherif
J. O. Jenof Lacon
Johnny Heim
Lacon
Marshall County
Peoria
Well
Stark
Marshall
Putnam
Knox
Fulton
Mercer
Henry
Erson
Rock Island
Livingston
Ord
Warren
McDonough
Jay-Ter
F. B. Brian
Toulon
GM. Clayborn
Avon
N. A. Larsey
Rock
D. ‘Dellé
Gatesbur
Poles Tazewell
Coun H. Magoon
Tenth Judicial District
Lowden
Clyde¢.E. Stone
Supreme Court
Charles V. Miles Jon
G B
Sucher
Charles V. Miles
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Mammoth Ringling Brothers show to invade Peoria
Giant spectacle billed as thousand arenic sensations arrives with 1250 actors 3000 props and a three mile street parade. Performances feature bold feats by Hilary and May Wirth with animals and aerial acts, plus a nurse reserve registration drive and local temperance club meetings in Henry.
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Ringling,Brothers’ Mammoth Ejfecs
Peortia
Elephanta
Hillary
May Wirth
United States Army Nurses’ Reserve
Henry
Segrdves’ Drug Store
Red Cross
State Council of Defense
Cromwell & Coggshall Hospital
Memorial note for Ora Jane Shurts in Henry church obituary
Ora Jane Shurts born Canton NL February 27 1886 died August 15 1893 at home in Whitefield amid rheumatic illness survived by husband Harry Shurts daughter Ehat Mari two brothers and several sisters funeral at M church Henry pastor Rev G E Filton with singing by Elmer and Lawrence Hunt large crowd present. interment Henry cemetery fifteen autos in procession.
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Ora Jane Shurts
Harry Shurts
Canton
Whttef
Marwittshall County
Thomas French
Saratoga Township
Harry Shorts
Indiana
Mudhavia
Evers
Saratsa Township
Vaiec
Ethat ‘Mari
M i
Henry
Henry Cemetery
Medsara
George Holler
Logan Barrett
Lucien Fosdick
Zenas Graves
Nathan Chandler
Elmer Hunt
A. B. Smith
Mary Miles Minter
Annie For Spite at the American Mutual stage
Mary Miles Minter stars in Annie For Spite a melodramatic orphan tale where dreams seem real and a millionaire rescues the girl Kirkwood directs to showcase Minter’s flair for unhampered performance. August 23 performance noted alongside local banking staff changes and social notices.
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Mary Miles
Minter
Annie
Kirkwood
Mary Miles Minter
A Opera
Personal items and local visits fill a busy week
The Daniels studio closes next week while many locals travel or host visitors. Zella Jones of Chillicothe visits relatives, Ralph Bacon’s overseas arrival is noted, and several Olney residents list trips to Kansas, Sheridan, Rockwall City, and Oko Boji Lake.
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Daniels
Zella Jones
Chillicothe
J. C. Bacon
Putnam
Ralph
Oversesa
Carrie Carpenter
Kansas
Margaret
Mabel Steimle
Tiskilwa
Frank Siewers
James Bromilow
Charles Vogelsang
Henrietta Harney
Momence
Johanna Wallace
George Yanochowski
Chicago
Henry Hospital
Tungay
Mia
Theodore Kalter
Peoria
Delavan
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Voice of Conscience
Ruby Martin
Sheridan
Wyo
Roy
Lyman Loomis
Charles Wescott
Wescott
Elzabeth Stewers
Sterling
Helen
Julia Gartner
T. C. Coggshall
Fort Riley
Kan
Walter Wombacher
Burkeman
H. W. Wombacher
Gardner Williams
Council of National —Defense
Adve
Joseph Moody
Wita
Ty Brown
Kier
Haines
Rockwall City
Iowa
Moody
Okoboji Lake
Henry Opera House
Metro
Mme, Petrova
Harold Gookwood
Ethel Barrymore
Emily Stevens
Emmy Wehklen
Edith Storey
Alan Good
George Vogel
Gardner ‘Williams
Council of National Defense
Navy
Berlin
Charles Motter
Mattie Evans
Manyabasra
Hadey
Alee
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G. R. Williams
Jersey
Fie
Washburn
George Daniels
Edscheidt
Camp Alnut
Grove
Arshall
County
Ley
H. Scott
LaRoge
Aa Rand
H.H. Haines
Bre
T. J. Segraves
Erica
Tilton
M. E
Louisville
Aes
Ort
California
Beth
Illinois
Insurance
Press of
New York
Uly 24
States
Canada
Ball
Wenona
M. BE
Rey
Ong
Louis Kraus
Robert Vivian
Los Angeles
Belle Doyle
L. R. Phillips
G. E. Tilton
Dominic
Dominie
France
BONDS
Friends of the School
Bernard Merdian
Charles Onyan
Board of Education
May Young
MQM
Asyay
Louisiana
R. Wright
Ringling’ Brothers
Army Nurses’ Reserve
M. EB
S. May Stickel
Lberty
Mesdames A. B Smith
Harrison Gregory
Spencer Ketchum
Lizzie Evans Zenor
Frank Johnson
G M. Clark
Theodore Disosway
Maria Davis
H. G. Dusenberry
United States
Antonie
Bella Evans
Paeyea
Presbyterian Choir Pionic
The
Presbyterian Church
Walnut Grove
Downey
Undercliff
Christian Church
Hugh H. Hungerford
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St. Mary's Church
Wollowing
George Halblelby
Max
eAgl
Pete
Anna, Lindgren
First National Bank
Gladya Stivell
Hunter
Makiiwa
Charlotte’ Allén
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