Letter from T A Runnells on coastal journey and Oklahoma visit
T A Runnells writes from Lawton O T December 5 reporting travel from Illinois via the R I railroad on November 8 and a stop in Riverdale Kansas. He notes Lawton as a growing city and comments on climate people and prices while praising the quiet frontier town. He plans to continue to Fort Worth El Paso Pomona and Cal they will be reachable after the 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Runnells
Lawton
O.T
Illinois
R. I. Railroad
Riverdale
Kan
Summer County
Great Wheat
Okla
Towa
Editor
Fort Worth
el Paso
Pomona
Cal
The Stephens Fund Aid Appeal Urges Henry Help
The Henry Republican calls for support to aid Mrs Stephens and her daughter Clara in destitution at Chicago. The senior editor acts as treasurer, with $18 already contributed. Readers are urged to send substantial donations within two weeks to assist these former Henry residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Henry Republican
Clara
Chicago
Henry
Mr. Stephens
Death by Coughing Spell In Home
Harry Duckwell aged 25 died at his home due to suffocation after a coughing fit begun days after a cold. His wife and child witnessed the event as a physician was summoned but could not arrive in time. An advertisement claims Ballard's Horehound Syrup could have saved him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Duckwell
Duckwell
St Louis Globe Democrat
Ballard
Dr Powell
J. E. Olmsted
East Platte Ave
Colorado Springs
Colo
Rachel Robbertson
Major
Olmsted
Bessie Townsend
Martin King
Squire Melick
J. Waterecott & Co
Warren & McAleer
W. F. Spencer
Center Street
Geneseo Republic
Edward Dawson
Dawson
Shimel
Royal Olmstead
Col
Townsend
Mra Townsend
David Walls
Ed Myers
Norwood-Colorado
Norwood-Colorado Mining Co
Norwood
Minnesota
Sterrett
A. J. Ironmonger
Henry, Ill
Local notes and social items from Henry Illinois area
Henry citizens share wedding news and visits from Chicago and Magnolia. Posts report job moves at the electric plant, a new postmaster appointment, a Colorado mining stock offer, and household family updates plus a large ear of corn exhibit and a recent snow storm.
School Notes Highlight Football Team Events and Updates
Mise Smeltzly entertained the football team at the Thacker home and gave each member a souvenir pin. A Camp House banquet for the team was held by Mr Tupper. Mervin Harrison was elected captain for next year. Various teachers and community members were noted visiting or mentioned, including Miss Boice and Mrs Irving Stringer with a new daughter born December 4th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Smeltzly
George Thacker
Camp House
Tupper
Edward Merdian
Miss Motter
Kays
Flanegin
Ginn & Co
Guy Forrest
Miss Helper
G. B
B. G. Howes
Luesday
Oklahoma
Bradford
California
Howes
Republican
Irving Stringer
Prof Tupper
Mary C. Smeltzly
Thacker
Mary Keller
Smeltzly
Charlie Hunt
Elmer Fulks
Mervin Harrison
Ralph Hunter
Fred Knight
George Knight
Fred Noll
James Tupper
Clarence White
LeRoy Elliston
Obituary notes John O'Brien longtime Henry resident
John O'Brien a familiar Henry figure died last Monday at St Margaret's hospital in Kansas City from blood poison. His body was moved to Parsons for the funeral and burial beside a sister. A Batavia New York native, he lived in Henry about 40 years and remained kindly and helpful, often attending funerals and walking miles to be present despite long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. White
Main Street
Robert Clark
Market Street
Charles Griffin
Lou Hillabrand
Griffin-Williamson
Lostout
Carl Miller
Mary
Roy Smith
A. G. Keene
Steversville
Mich
Eli Albertson
Motter
Harold
Chicago
Ethel
Samuel Parker
Ezra
Peoria
Putnam Beckwith
Venona
Pat
P. M
Will Sleater
St Louis
Arthur
Will
Adam Amnon
Marshall County
Theodore Kiefer
Yore
Netawaka
Kan
Maude
Edith Moss
C. H. Moss
Henry
Moss
Keokuk
Iowa
James M. Wherry
Maple Street
Los Angeles
Henry Republican
Thacker & Son
New York
C.C. Smith
Little Gon
Pacific Coast
Norwood Colorado Mining Co
Colorado
John O'Brien
John O’brien
St Margaret’s Hospital
Kansas City
Parsons
Batavia
N. Y
Principals lauded for rescue on Mud Lake near Henry
Bernard Yaeger and Miss Mayme Kirkpatrick received praise for saving Miss Della Simpson and Virgil Vale after they broke through the ice on Mud Lake near this city. Miss Kirkpatrick directed the operation while Yaeger risked his life, pulling the drowning pair to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Yaeger
Mayme Kirkpatrick
Della Simpson
Virgil Vale
Henry
Miss Simpson
Mr Vale
Yeager
Dane Ger
Yaeger
Church notices and gatherings fill Advent season roster
The article lists multiple church events including St Josephs and St Marys feasts on December 8, a Presbyterian mid week study on Gods Purpose thru His Church from Ign XIII 1-18, and St Johns music practice for Christmas. It notes new members at the Christian church, mass offerings, Solomons theme at Presbyterians, MEB and Whitefield Institutes, a Boys Brigade meeting, and a mite reception at the M E church with plans for a March missionary tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Joseph’s Church
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
St Joseph’s
St Mary’s
St John’s Church
Lassman
J. L. Feaster
Grace
Reuben Feaster
Christ
Solomon
Presbyterian Church
MEB
Epworth League
Christ’s Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Clara Williams
Anna Bobby
Charles Meier
Miss Dennis
Della Simpson
Lila Humphrey
Prof Tupper
Bureau County
Presbyterian Church of
Arlington
M. BE
Sheffield
Congregational Church
Providence
Whitefield Corners
Congregational
Spring Valley
A. T. Arnold
Whitefield
M. E
Berets
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. E. S. Henry
B.S
Mary L. Locke
Elmer Quinn
J. A. Swein
R. 8. Bayne
Frank Johnson
Josephine Simpson
Arthur Gorter
Chaplin
Mra J
Newman
Adah
Mary Bobby
Ruth
Spencer Ketchum
Esther—Mae Wikoff
Martha
Electa
Edith Quinn
Mary Quinn
Bayne
Bobby
T. W. Bobby
Jane Hall
James Diverbiss
Home Matters
E. H. Hutching
Elma (Hoyt) Capp
Frank Capp
Matthew Hoyt
Bloomington
Lotooos Della Simpson
Henry Repubblican
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