Large crowds attend Henry excursion and ball games
A Sunday crowd near Henry exceeded earlier attendances with 1800 tickets sold for trips from Streator La Salle Depue. Skirmish games against Streator and La Salle featured Vyskocyl’s fast pitching and a rain interruption. Other notes include Dr Williams clinic and Bethel Church sermon by Rev McCown with a 21 mile return ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavilion Park
Marshall County
Kankakee
Streator
Depule
Depue
City of Peoria
Pearl
Peerless
Seelig
Princeton
Granville
Hennepin
Henry Lock
la Salle
de- Due
Vyskocyl
Henry
Glatz
Cider Making at Adolph Kline Farm
All interested buyers may have cider made from their apples by contacting the Adolph Kline farm five miles west of Henry toward Whitefield Corners. The hydraulic mill runs every Thursday starting Aug. 3. For details write or telephone Wm Kletn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Kline
Henry
Whitefield Corners
Kletn
Henry Public School Opens New Year With Noted Program
Our Public School Henry begins its annual term on Monday September 4 with a stable faculty and a strong curriculum. The school is state university accredited and offers a thorough course aimed at developing physical, intellectual, and moral qualities for college preparation and broad life achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Public School
Henry School
State University
Henry
Henry Tupper
Smeltzy
Ella Worley
Carrie Carpenter
Matthew Steele
May Wykoff
Biekerman
Helper
Motter
10¢ Oklahoma and Indian Territory Map Offer
An advertisement from The Powers Land and Loan Company of Lawton Oklahoma promotes a 10 cent combined map of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. It claims latest details on counties cities towns population railways streams and includes a free booklet describing Oklahoma Comanche county and its capital Layton along with notes on minerals opening of new land and related topics. James M. Powers is listed as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Comanche County
Layton
Newland
The
Powers Land and Loan Company
Lawton
Okla
James M. Powers
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets sold here
Advertisement notes that a sick headache stems from stomach disorder and is quickly cured by Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Product sold by J. B. & F. A. Powells City Drug Store in Henry, Illinois. Read the ads in The Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. B. & F. A. Powells City DrugsStore
Henry, Tl
Republican
Two Boys Drown In Illinois River Near Henry Dam
Two 16 year old boys from Streator camping near Henry bridge drowned in the Illinois river after a skiff incident. Friends and local workers recovered the bodies by nine o’clock Tuesday morning, and coroner inquests found accidental drowning as the cause. Both youths worked at the Streator glass works and were visiting for a river fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Streator
Henry
Henry Bridge
J. B. Solomon
Tony Kerns
Capt. Wallace
Samuel Gehring
Sandy Russell
Frank Gray
Walter Dennis
Carl Boos
Arthur Kimber
Doran
Thomas
Dennis Hartley
Patrick Green
Wm. Green
Edward Haddon
R. F. Burt
W. H. Forrest
Wm. Pursahouse
Marshall County
Carl Boas
H. Eb, Jacobs
D. L. Hartley
J. W. Tomasson
J. M. Davis
L. H. Brown
Lacon
Alton
Streator Glass Works
Missionaries in Taiku China Describe Homes and Plans
Paul Leaton Corbin writes from Taiku Shansi China in July 1905 about living in mission buildings near a temple and burial ground. He notes carpentry costs. a pine washstand and dresser from Montgomery Ward prices. a preaching station and opium refuge five miles north. 26 Christians killed by Boxers in 1900. need for school and repairs. a New Hampshire donor of 20 funds that effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
Corbin
G. M. Locke
Taiku
Shansi
China
Canton
Grand Canal
Yellow River
Dr. Atwood
Mamie
Hemingway
Montgomery Ward & Co
Chang
New Hampshire
Paul Leaton Corbin
Marshall County Teachers Institute Opens in Lacon
About 120 teachers attended the Marshall County Teachers Institute in Lacon last week. The Sessions were instructive practical and useful with praise for Mr Perry. The article lists numerous attendees from various towns and notes growing river recreation with launches on the Illinois river including The Quail Aeolus and Illini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Mr. Perry
Henry
Henry Tupper
Carrie Carpenter
Matthew Steele
Gertrude Bickerman
May Wykoff
E. Louise Helper
Stella Motter
Frank Ganzer
Kate Payton
Mabel Sutton
Beulah Kneip
Bessie Wykoff
Bertha Applen
Illinois River
Clifford Haws
W. W. Dewey
Herbert Hall
Peoria
Plums for Sale on Wesley Horrom Farm
Blue plums for sale from Wesley Horrom farm one mile northeast of town. Contact J. H. Williams for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Horrom
J. H. Williams
Whitefield Town Auditors Schedule Meeting Sept 5 1905
Town auditors of Whitefield Marshall county Illinois will meet at the Whitefield town hall on Tuesday September 5 1905 at 1 pm to audit all town claims. Mrs Minnie Jones and son Lloyd of Bradford visited C R Jones. Henry defeated Lacon 16 to 0 in a morning baseball game. English Spavin Liniment advertised for horses claiming to remove blemishes with a savings offer from J B F A Powell Henry IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Salle
Depue
Jones
Eagle
Henry
Curry
Ottawa
Granville
Tiskilwa
Board of Auditors
Whitefield
Marshall
Ilinois
Whitefield Town Hall
Vernon Ketchum
Minnie Jones
Lloyd
Bradford
C. R. Jones
Lacon
J. B
F. A. Powell
CANADIAN WHEAT AND LOCAL NOTICE HIGHLIGHTS
Items include a Henry Illinois fair, piano lessons by Mrs. Dunblazier, a sale of Canadian wheat with 200 bushels at 1 per bushel from Henry Ebright, and a county board meeting notice. It also notes a traveling telescope exhibition by A M Pipes, Henry ball team winning Granville tournament for 100 prize, and Putnam county prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
C. F. Meng
C.C. Slygh’s
Henry
Ill
Jansen & Joosten
J. A. Williams
R. E. Dunblazier
Lacon
Buffalo Exposition
Henry Ebright
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
A. M. Pipes
Nora Springs
George Travis
Travis
Pipes
Granville
Rutland
Putnam County
United Kingdom
Presbyterian Church Notes and Upcoming Services
The Presbyterian churches announce next Sabbath sermons by Rev. M. E. Todd at First Presbyterian Peoria. Special music is planned. Sunday services begin 7:30 with 6:30 youth meetings. Ladies Aid meets Sept 7 at 2 pm. missionary society to meet Friday 2:30 pm with Mrs. J A Williams. county Sunday school officers elected. Wenona Diocese missions board meeting Sept 12 at St John’s. Catholic Women’s League to meet Sept 6 with plans including a cross in St Patrick’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
M. E. Todd
First Presbyterian Church of
Peoria
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Christian Sunday School
Undercliff
Herrick Todd
Wenona Lake
M. B. Todd
Rowell
Eureka
Chenoweth
St. Louis
Presbyterian Missionary Society
J. A. Williams
Board of Missions of
Quincy
St. John's Church
Milcott Holmes
Thomas Runnells
Henry Township
T. L. Jones
Wenona
Henry
Burt
Granbury
Catholic Women’s League
Maggie Hanley
St. Patrick's Cemetery
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Rhe Streater
Streater
McKenna
Mec- Manus
J. Pletcher
Seatonville
Rhe da Salle
Walgenbach
Bennett
West
Fox
Umpire
Fletcher
Williams
Paul Dombrowski
Bethel Church
D. S. McCown
Steuben Township
John May
Central Illinois Conference
New Jersey
Bethel
J. B. Dille
Sparland
D. R. Blackwell
Jesus
Nazareth
H. E. Jacobs
Lester Brown
John Tomasson
Mary Solomon
Nellie Harding
Reinholt Boas
Fredericka Boas
KROM
Northern Town Land Co
Independence
Marshall County Teachers Institute
Henry City Markets
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