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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
3
Local items report visitors and travels around Henry and Camp Grove Illinois including tractor demonstrations in Bloomington and a steamer trip to Lacon. Notes on births deaths marriages and property moves, with ads and announcements from residents and businesses.
Chicago visitors entertained in Hayes restaurant. Miss Agnes Longman ill near Lacon with suspected appendicitis but improved. Mrs James Van Auken dies at Kilbourne on wedding day after boarding train for honeymoon. Archbishop Spalding seriously ill at Peoria home with health decline noted. Police report shooting of Stany Vasian at La Salle cement plant. guards under arrest.
George W Hunt, Republican candidate for Illinois General Assembly from the 16th District, is presented with a background as former Putnam County Superintendent 1901-1909, Granville School alumnus, educated at State University of London with a law degree, admitted to practice in the U S Circuit Court in 1907, and director attorney of the First National Bank of Granville. Primary set for September 13 with county backing and support from Putnam County.
Undersigned decide to sell their land and entrust A. P. Child with the sale. The property will go to the highest bidder at public auction, on the premises now occupied by William Fiedler, four miles southeast of Grapville, MI.
A Pekin report notes the municipal street car system is operating with funds balanced and all bonds and bills current. A local accident in Erie leaves Adrian Arnold dead after a car mishap. five others are injured when they are trapped beneath a vehicle. Also included are odd anecdotes about a skunk at a dance, plus a grocery rule list from the Illinois State Department on egg care for summer storage and odor control.
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