Local notes from Henry county and nearby towns
Local items report community news including residents returning home from travels. mentions estate purchases, business updates, a steamer excursion, new kitchen additions, a rain shortage, and a bicycle race. Also notes a court case, a boarding school matter, and a curfew bell in Sheffield.
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Pang Haddon
Niers
Palls
Sphilip Stelmle
Garvey & Son
Chicago
Ilinois
Atill
Henry Republican
Qreekly Inter Ocean and
Farm Journal
JB Ranch
Odell
CCO Barnes
Haddon
Robert
Fred Lin
Hennepin
Woodman
Law
William Powell
Whitefield
Cherryvale
Kan
Oain Banking
Wm Dake
Dake Bros
Zetterfold
la Salle
Rock Island
Tisdalle
Geof Wilson Jr
Minnie Hall
George Hall
Industrial School For Girls
James Nickerson
Ann Tabor
St Hidwards
Boone County
John Tabor
Mra Nickerson
Nebraska
Paskell House
Fred
Charles Welsh
Chicago and
Alcom
Vacna
Cottage
Peoria
Mary Ann
David Swaney
Clear Creek
John Swaney
Swaney
Lincoln
Abour
Community notes on local residents and events
W W Heath details Samuel Holmes’s failing health and nightly care while noting a family move near the depot. The article highlights Theo Bickerman and Theodore Hart Book proposing a grain unloading portable dump, plus Will and Mrs McVay visiting from Los Angeles and touring eastern states. It also covers Bureau County road race results with 68 entrants, winner W A Shade earning a Crawford bicycle and a later protest over a non amateur entrant named Clarence Cain.
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W Heath
Samuel Holmes
Mra Hodge
Scott-Hart Buck
Henry
Theodore Bickerman
Mr Hart- Book
Will McVay
Los Angeles
Cal
Princeton
G A Bart
McVay
Elijah Bryant
John H. Bryant
Wm O Bryant
Loan and Trust Co
United States
Atlantic
Massachusetts
Shade
Crawford
Bureau County
Clarence Cain
Penn
Jim Swindle
Ward Grosnwood
Public School Notes Preview School Year Openings
Erna Brenneman plans to enroll again and board with Mrs Dr Swemn as teachers return from vacation. The superintendent outlines rules for the Woman's Club picture awards and room rivalry. Open for September 4, students anticipate studies at Norris State Normal and Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erna Brenneman
Florid
Dr Swemn
Cora Camery
Clara Jones
Edna Stoner
Sylvester Sparling
Wistor Kays
Norris State Normal
DeKalb
Andrew Monsen
Charles Harney
Illinois University
Steels
Epry High School
Illinois
Aoeking
Jane
Marshall County
Henry
Theory High
Sapt Calhoundes
Woodman Pionic August 31 Program Highlights
The Woodman program lists performances by the Carmen Male Quartet and Glee club with welcome by Mayor Forrest. Featured acts include colored singers, a grand prize drill for Foresters and Royal Neighbors, and a Modern Woodman drama. Events cover races, dances, fish fry, and band concerts with cash prizes and parade honors. Lieutenant Poyer displays Spanish War relics and discusses the upcoming battleship Kearsage at Newport News.
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Woodman
Woodman Pionic
Carmen
Glee Club
Mayor Forrest
J. M. Powers
Marshall County Picnic Association
Tee Club
Singare
Woodcraft
P. W. Wilcox
New Opera Hall
Marino
Marshall County Sabbath School Convention in Toluca
The Marshall County Sabbath School convention meets in Toluca September 7 and 8 at the Christian church. Delegates from all sabbath schools are urged to attend with at least five per school, enjoy free entertainment, a strong program, and guest GW Miller. Basket dinners each day and inviting all including children. Thompson presides, Guieves secretary.
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Marshall
Marshall Co
Toluca
Thureday
Christian Church
Marshall County
GW Miller
Thompson
J. W. Guieves
Students to Leave in September for School
A list of 25 young people, including teachers and students, will depart Henry in early September for school. Names include Ernest Ponzer, Fred Potter, Ethel Zanor, Mary Zanor, Irving Dennis, Chas Doherty, Dors Oamery, Mildred Allen, Beulah Wykoff, Mageilla Schick, Abbie Newman, Mary Clark, Sylvester Sparling, Mabel Dennis, Edith Dennis, Millie Gruenburg, Lole Hildebrant, Clara Jones, Laura Horr, May Young, Beulah Young, Pred Harn ey, Mathew Steele, Edith Qaton, Efe toner.
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Henry
Thieket
Ernest Ponzer
Fred Potter
Ethel Zanor
Mary Zanor
Irving Dennis
Chas Doherty
Dors Oamery
Mildréd Allen
Beulsh Wykoff
Mageilla Schick
Abbie Newman
Mary Clark
Sylvester Sparling
Mabel Dennis
Edith Dennis
Millie Gruenburg
Lole Hildebrant
Clara Jones
Laura Horr
May Young
Beulah Young
Pred Harney
Mathew Steele
Edith Qaton
Efe Toner
Allen's Foot Ease Advertised by Buffalo Bill Fans
Champion Bhot of the World Migs Annie Oakley endorses Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve tired aching feet. She claims it takes the sting out of coins and ban fous and calls it a cure for swollen hot or sweaty feet. Sold by druggists and shoe dealers. 250 sample sent free address Allen B. Olmsted La Roy New York.
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Bhot
Migs
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Allen
Olmsted, la Roy, N. Y
Rich young merchant seeks health conscious companion
Advertisement from a Swedish paper described in the New York Medical Journal invites an intelligent, healthy lady for life companionship. Replies to the ad must include a portrait an x ray photo and a photo of the interior of the stomach to be considered.
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New York Medical Journal
Advertising Man’s Claim of Modern Miracle
A critique of advertising shows Trumplike “miracle” claims as the goods fall from shelves. The piece contrasts Gideon’s trumpet with today’s media campaigns and asserts ads achieve what they promise through daily performance.
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Gideon
Jericho
Ans
Wom Th Clerk Called Home for Mother's Illness
A clerk from the Ideal restaurant was summoned to his mother's home on Clear Creek on Tuesday due to her severe illness. He reported her condition improving today.
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Clear Creek
Welcome Home Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 29 hundreds of thousands welcomed home the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers returning from the Philippines after over five years of service. President McKinley presided at Schenley Park with Gov. Stone and Maj. Lee S. Smith. the crowd filled 25,000 seats and cheers filled the air as the president spoke of duty and sacrifice.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Philippines
Schenley Park
McKin Jey
Music Pavilion
Lee S. Smith
JT. N. Boyle
D. D
William A. Stone
Gov Stone
Golden Gate
Pacific
Dewey
United States
John Dalzell
Western
Col. Barnett
Wesley Merritt
Army
A. H. Lucas
Park
Shadyside Station
East Liverpool
Joseph Taylor
Mr. McKinley
Nine Men Die as Arches Collapse at Chicago Coliseum Site
Twelve steel arches each 33 tons fell on Wabash avenue near Fifteenth street in Chicago. Nine men were killed and two injured as the derrick and newly placed arches collapsed, toppling the entire row of arches forty feet above ground. Names of the deceased include Charles W Walpot Stephen J Thompson John Farrey Edward Murray Theodore Thorn Frank Logan Leroy Fenner and Al Norman.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Charles W Walpot
Stephen J Thompson
John Farrey
Richard Sherman
Edward Murray
Theodore Thorn
Frank Logan
Andrew Morrison
Pittsburgh 2A. Bridge Company
Funston to Leave Army Life Retire in Kansas
A Fort Scott letter from Lieut. C. G. Warner reports Gen. Frederick Funston on his staff in Manila awaiting orders to sail home with the Twentieth Kansas regiment. The letter says Funston plans to retire from military service and live in Kansas.
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Manila Bay
Senate
Washington
Otis
Fort Scott
Kan
C. G. Warner
Fred Funston
Funston
Manila
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Knnans
Hurricane toll in Puerto Rico rises with thousands homeless
An official report from Porto Rico states 2,812 burials from the recent hurricane. About 1,000 families are missing with their houses, and 250,000 people are destitute.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Cuban girls begin English study at Mount Aloysius
Fifty Cuban girls arrived in Altoona to start English education at Mount Aloysius under the National Cuban Relief association with Senora Sanetti as chaperone.
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Altoona
Mount Aloysius
Senora Sanetti
National
Cubarr Relief Association
To Fight Trusts Organization Formed in Binghamton
The Commercial Travelers' and Hotel Men's league with 6 831 members has been formed in Binghamton New York to oppose the trusts. In Burlington Iowa jealousy led Conrad Falscraft to shoot his wife aged 19 and fatally wound himself. he will die but the wife is expected to recover.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Commercial Travelers’ and Hotel Men's League
United States
Burlington
Conrad Falscraft
Eighty-First Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
In Upper Sandusky Ohio on August 28 Peter Bransley aged 102 and his wife aged 94 celebrated their eighty first marriage anniversary. The couple, both described as colored, marked the milestone in a quiet observance.
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Upper Sandusky
Peter Bransley
Cuba census plan signals independence step by step
Washington reports President McKinley to sign a proclamation advancing Cuban independence via a census as a prelude to local elections and civil governments. Inspectors praise U S assurances, while Cuba’s finances show a surplus with receipts over expenditures and July customs near 1.33 million.
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United States
Cuba
Congress
McKinley
Root
Gen
Brooke
Washington
War Department
Watertown Superintendent John T. Flavin Commits Suicide
Watertown Wisconsin August 28 1910 County Superintendent of Education John T Flavin hanged himself on his farm his body found Sunday morning He had served twenty five years as superintendent and was president of the State Teachers Association Authorities cited overwork and despair as factors in the death
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Watertown
Wis
County
John T. Flavin
No New Volunteer Regiments Planned Says Adjt. Gen Corbin
Aug 29 dispatch reports Adjutant General Corbin denying a War Department move to form three more volunteer regiments to use the full 35 000 man force authorized by Congress. The Nyack fire tale is added as a separate item noting five dead in a Boarkill convent blaze and 25 injured children with $100 000 property loss.
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Washington
Adjt
Corbin
War Department
Congress
Nyack, N
St. Agnes
Boarkill
Troops to Transvaal as Situation Grows Acute
London reports the government believes Transvaal tensions are escalating daily and is dispatching troops to the scene of threatened trouble. The move signals heightened concern over possible unrest in the region.
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London
Transvaal
Treasury to issue new series of U S notes
Washington Aug 26 The treasury department will replace the existing notes in all denominations from 1 to 500 with a new series. The overhaul covers $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 and $500 notes in a nationwide update.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Post Office Cloned Washington Aug 28
Postmaster general ordered discontinuance of the Peels Blu post office amid white caping by the postmaster. First Legal Hanging Muskogee Aug 26 Cyrax A Brown and Matthew Craig executed for murder in the territory marking the first legal hanging of white men there.
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Washington
Peels Blu
Muskogee
I. T
Cyrax A. Brown
Matthew Craig
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