Henry Republican notices and local society items spill across Aug 24 1899
The Henry Republican reports on visiting clubs, including the Decatur Wheelmen camping in Yaeger’s grove and departing for home. It notes Dr Fredericka Zeller’s world tour plan through London Paris and Vienna, and a Bill Morris-like civilian life with Civil War diarrhoea remedies. It covers Capt A B French’s showboat 41 New Sensation river tour, motorboat mishaps on the Str City of Peoria, and local marriages including Emerick-Minimam and Renfield-Kooh, plus a Henry bridge accident involving Grant-Prone and a runaway wagon. It mentions the Chicago drainage commission sampling water near local towns and the Tetaston barge incident with a near-scare at the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Wheelmen's Club
Yaeger
London
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
India
Pacific
Spain
David Taylor
Wind Ridge
Greene,Co
Powell
Edward Mathis
Magnolia
Iriday
Barbour
French
St Louis
Llinois
LaSalle
Illinois
Peoria
Henry
Frank Fyffe
Lacy
Hattie Spencer
Chas Vogeleang
Irving-Stringer
Frank Gray
Fred Williams
Geof Burt
Bonnie Emerick
William I. Miniam
Miniam
Jennie Emerick
J.O. Moodey
Sullivan
Galesburg
Charles Renfield
Bureau County
Abingdon
Miass_Lizzie
H-O Kooh
Milo
Phillip Post
Prof Koch
Henry Republican
Grant
Trone
Dr Forrest
Henry Pike
Mulea
Chicago Drainage Commission
Havana
Chicago
Jock Tender
Church Notes and Community Gatherings Schedule
Services at St Josephs Church are at 10am and 7 30 pm next Sunday. Rev Fr Kmery hosted Rev Fr Deakin of Peoria and three other clerical gentlemen. The MEB Sunday school picnic is postponed indefinitely. K of P lodge officers election and business are planned for Monday. Ladies Aid of Christian church to auction autographs and a quilt on Woodman picnic day August 31. ME church ladies to serve meals at their rooms for the Home Bakery behind Henry restaurant on Woodman picnic day August 31. Pews at St Josephs rearranged with three aisles. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9 30 am and sermon at 11 on The Duty of Service. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 pm followed by union service at 7 45 pm at the Methodist church. Last union service at 7 45 pm next Sabbath with Mr Richards speaking on The Enduring Character of Christianity. Mr Rogers preached last Sabbath eve. No bakery sale at Home Bakery on Saturday after the MW A picnic. rooms open 9 am to 2 pm thereafter. Fresh breads pies and cakes on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph’s Church
Fr Kmery
Deakin
Peoria
K of P Lodge
Aid of the Christian Church
Henry
Li Case
Home
St Joseph's Church
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Church
Richards
Rogers
Mr Home Bakery
Henry Simply Wipes the Earth with Lacon in Henry Nine Game
The Lacon Court House nine visited Henry last Thursday for a return game. Henry won 25 to 2 as Brunswick Battery Gresser and McManus dominated the action. The Henry players remained sportsmanlike despite a lopsided score. A second item records a mother praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for saving her daughter’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon Court House
Henry
Lacon
Lacon Nine
Brunswick Battery
Gresser and McManus
Henry Nine
Court House Nine
Chamberlain
Geof Burdick
Pan American Exposition anticipated in Buffalo for 1901
Officials in charge expect strong national and international support for the Pan American Exposition to be built on 450 acres near Delaware Park. The project will use Niagara Falls power for machinery and lighting, with federal 500 000 and New York 300 000 appropriations to back exhibits and bonds totaling 2 500 000 plus 2 500 000 stock.
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Buffalo
Delaware Park
Niagara Falls
Niagara
United States
State of New York
Exposition Company
the Union
Our Schools and Teachers Henry Public School List
Directory listing names of administrators teachers and staff in Henry Public School Henry Township Whitefield Saratoga and La Prairie with numerous surnames and initials indicating positions and assignments in miscellaneous entries. The scattered roster includes Emma L Stone William J Usbhoun Ela Worley Mra Carrie Carpenter and others across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Public School
William J Usbhoun
Emma L Stone
Ela Worley
Carrie Carpenter
Beulah Nicholson
Grage M Baker
Gertrude Bickerman
Louise & Helper
Stella Motter
Woodman Picnics Schedule August Thirty First
Woodman Picnics program lists Carmen Male Quartet Glee club and chorus with Mayor Forrest welcome. Grand prize drills 1st 810 2d 85 0 for Borentern and Royal Neighbors. Cake Walk by 15 artists, Modern Woodman drama, tug of war races, bicycle and swimming events with cash prizes. Big M W A ball and Marino’s Orchestra with park fish fry and band concerts. Parade prizes for best appearing camp and largest camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman
Ameries
Carmen
Glee Club
Forrest
Glee Club Colored Singers
J. M. Powers
Marshall County Picnic Association
Woodcraft
P. W. Wilcox
Borentern
M. W. A. Ball
New Opera Hall
Marino
Books Added to Woman's Club Library List
Public library note lists new acquisitions including titles by Abbott Lyall Conan Doyle Crawford and Hope. The list features Rollo in Geneva Rollo in Holland and Rollo in London. The Open Question The Awkward Age and A Wartime Wooing among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club Library Association
Camperon Wane
Haro
Frederiick
Rollo
Geneva
Jacob Abbott
Holland
London
Doreen
Edna Lyall
Chas D Warner
A Conan Doyle
F O Baylor
Wm McLoellan
J A Mcllwrath
Espirett Bantu
Henrietta D Skinner
Miss E F Fowler
Miss Alden
Pansy
Robbins
the Fowler
Beatrice Harriden
Marion Crawford
R H Davis
Tom Grogan
H Hopkinson Smith
Ruper of
Hertzan
Anthony Hope
Hon
Peter Sterling
Paul Labcaster Ford
Harry Jones
Capt King
Hilda
Sarah Duncan Jewett
Marshall County Sabbath School Convention at Toluca
The Marshall County Sabbath School convention meets in Toluca on Sept 7 and 8 at nine o’clock in the Christian church. Each sabbath school is urged to send five delegates and a large delegation. Free entertainment for delegates and a strong program led by G W Miller. Basket dinner daily. All are invited. J.8. Thompson, President. J. W. Grieves, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Marshall Co
Toluca
Christian Church
Marshall County
G W Miller
Thompson
J. W. Grieves
Blood Perifier and Cordial Advertisement
The ad promotes Strengthening Cordial and Blood Perifier as a cure to improve blood quality and digestion. It claims to nourish the blood and boost vitality, with prices of 5 cents and 1 dollar per bottle, offered by Dr Fowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowell
Seamen From Priscilla Arrive in Norfolk After Tornado
Thirty five shipwrecked seamen reach Norfolk from Hatteras with little beyond torn clothes. They describe a hurricane sweeping Porto Rico and a deadly coastal stretch from Kinnakoot to Hatteras with eleven ships wrecked and ten crew of the barkentine Priscilla dead or missing. The Priscilla broke in Gull Shoal, four fatalities followed, including the captain's wife and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Hatteras
N.C
Porto Rico
Kinnakoot
N. C
Priscilla
Benjamin R. Springstein
Baltimore
Gull Shoal
Cape Hatteras
Goldenborough
Lee
C. Morton Stewart & Co
Tramps murder two brakemen on freight train near Marshalltown
Three armed tramps shot Brakemen J. T. Wilson and Conn y Matthews on a Chicago and Great Western freight after being challenged. The wounded men were pushed under the moving wheels and their bodies mangled. The culprits fled. Wilson lived in Marshalltown and Matthews in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Chicago & Great Western
J. T. Wilson
Conney Matthews
Melbourne
Wilson
Matthews
Des Moines
Drowned Des Moines Pastor Fred Williams Aged 22
Rev. Frederick Paul Williams was drowned in the Des Moines river while bathing with friends in the city. The 22 year old Iowa State University graduate and Christian church pastor at Adel was pulled from the water soon after sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frederick Paul Williams
Iowa State University
Christian Church
Adel
Fire at Stanwood Poorhouse Claims Inmate Life
The Stanwood county poorhouse in Big Rapids Mich burned at night. The frame ward where Adolph Murrin lived caught fire and he died. Forty inmates in the main building escaped danger as the blaze raged. A Tribune dispatch notes a harbor incident near Harbor Beach where the schooner Hunter Savidge capsized and five crewmen drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids
Mich
Stanwood
Sane Ward
Adolph Murrin
Murrin
Detroit
Tribune
Hunter Savidge
Point du Barques
Sharpsteen
Alpena
Lightning strikes Eau Claire official on First Avenue
Eau Claire Wisconsin August 21 Artemus Coon assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company was struck dead by lightning on the sidewalk on First avenue Saturday afternoon in a heavy rainstorm. Springfield Ohio August 23 two colored Springfield thieves were surrounded Tuesday and shot dead in a buggy by Urbana officers. The incident grew out of continued thievery at Urban. Ex citement is Intense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Artemus Coon
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
First Avenue
Springfield
Urbana
New Orleans Returns to Santo Domingo Post Amid Turmoil
The cruiser New Orleans sails back to Santo Domingo to resume duties near the politically unsettled area. Meanwhile the Ma chias has reached San Juan adding to regional movements set against unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans
Santo Doscingo
San Juan
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M Steele
Moore
D Dwyer
Whitefield
Sugar Grove
Sparling
Niblock—W Ponzer
Red Town
Mary Clark
Burson’s
Mildred Allen
Bonham
Beulah Wykoff
Dunlap
Abbie Newman
Koeiffer
May Belle Schick
Dvaion
Bsara
Jane
Saratoga
Col
Cora Camery
Millie Grawbury
Baughman
Eeith Quinnu
Putnam
Miss Clairy
Lone Tree
Lorence Fountain
Arba Lin
Fred Harney
Sawyer
Beobler
Ryan—Thomas Salisbury
Annawan
Irving Dennis
Mary Zenor
Hennepin
Ethel Zenor
Wenons
Reid
McTaggart
Washburn
Burke, Sparland
Bouton, Lacon
Wescott
Bobbitt
Misa Reginald
NEW Library Books
North Carolina
St. Louis
B. F. Forrest
Central Park
Henry, Ill
MTV
Whitefield M.W. A Quartet
Colored Glee Clubs
Marino Italian Orchestra
Chas. Ellis
Reed
Powers
Augusta
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Mae Wierman
Congregational Church
Aquiline Burger
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