Farmers market corn as stocks rise amid warm December weather
The notice notes strong corn prices for farmers, with a December warmth and cautious January outlook. It lists community events including M E church Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs Van Leer on January 2 and O F B S officers to be installed January 6. It describes Mrs Draper and Rev Van Leer singing at a church program and highlights stock show prizes with H Croft and L R Nighsonger winning awards for Galloways and Early White Cap Dent seed corn.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
James H. Gaddis
James
Mattoon
R. G. Tandy
Gaddis
Clarence Caldwell
Toledo
Ohio
Putnam
Putnam and
Henry
Caldwell
Walter Cook
O. FB. S
Emma F. Kaiser
L. R. Phillips
Sara Davis
Edna Bell
Mary Quinn
Frances Smith
Lillian Andrews
Susan A. Clift
Grace Cromwell
Velma Bourdette
Clara’ Brown
Adah
Elizabeth Dewey
Ruth
Florence Barrett
Esther
Naid Case
Martha
Edna Greenlee
Electa
Charlotte Allen
Chicago
H. Croft
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Gwendoline
Croft
Samuel Croft
Roberts Township
Marshall County
Kansas
America
L. R. Nighsonger
South Whitefield
State Council of Defense
Nighsanger
Illinois
Murder at Bureau leads to Peoria arrest
After a quarrel at Bureau Junction John Wehr shot and killed Charles A. Hopper and fled toward Peoria aboard a Rick Island line train. Police tracked him to Mor ton street Peoria where he surrendered under guns pointed in his direction. Wehr admitted the killing claiming Hopper attempted a hold up at a Bureau saloon. He was jailed in Princeton after escape arrest at Henry to avoid mob violence. Hopper, a cripple employed in the Bureau roundhouse, was well liked. The piece notes Bureau county may face a lynching mood.
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Bureau Junction
John Wehr
Charles A. Hopper
Hopper
Rick Island
Valley Branch
Putnam
Peoria
Chillicothe
Morton Street
Wehr
Bureau
Spaulding
Bureau Couney
Henry
Princeton
Bureau County
Death of Jerry Giltner Drake Offered in Putnam
Jerry Giltner Drake, aged 22, died December 18 1918 at his parents home near Putnam Illinois from pneumonia. Born October 25 1896 in Putnam he was educated there and graduated from Putnam Consolidated School in 1914. He joined the Christian church in 1912 and remained active. Funeral services were held December 10 at 2 pm at the parental home with Rev Will Shaw officiating. Interment followed at Putnam Cemetery. A. B. Smith mortician.
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W. M. Drake
Putnam
Jerry Gilter Drake
Putnam Consolidated School
Christian Church
Brown
Will
Shaw
Chicago
Jerry
Lawrence Downey
William Downey
James Case
Raymond Thomas
Harold Condit
Walter Cook
Putnam Cemetery
A. B. Smith
Deaths of Edward Krenz and Frank Wolf Lit by Local Notices
Joseph and Frank Krenz report the death of Edward Krenz in Seattle on December 5 after a recent illness, ending a life as a furniture dealer and West Coast merchant. The obsequies were held in Seattle with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Frank H Wolf, son of Fred Wolf, dies at 31 from pneumonia. Funeral at Mt Palatine Catholic Church, with burial at Mt Palatine Cemetery. Allen B. Smith oversees the burial. The notices note several mild flu cases and a busy local funeral director with seven calls since Friday.
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Joseph N
Frank Krenz
Edward
Seattle
Wash
Mr. Krenz
Prussia
Germany
Henry
Jones & Pool
Joseph Fontron
Herry
Fontron
Frank Kleinhenz
Krenz & Kleinhenz
Maria Hitchcock
Father O'Hagen
Frank H. Wolf
Fred Wolf
McNabb
Young Wolf
Mt. Palatine
Father Schaff
Allen B. Smith
A. B. Smith
W R C Indoor Picnic and Reception Recapped
Mrs. Mary Newman hosted the W R C indoor picnic with remarks by Mrs. Lizzie Young and a talk by Mrs. George Vail on Camp Grant. Donations for Mrs. Wilde were collected, and a joint service at M S church followed, praising the group and wishing her well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Newman
Lizzie Young
George Vail
Camp Grant
Nellia Harlin
Southland
John Kraus
America
C. E. Griffin
Mary McBride
M. C. Doyle
Wilde
M. 5
S. Glenn
M. B. van Leer
Rev Martin III Granted Year Away for Y M C A Work in France
The Bushnell Presbyterian Church grants Pastor Rev Rea W Martin a year off to serve in Y M C A work in France. He has enlisted in the Y service and trained in Chicago. He returned home sick with influenza after last Sunday's service and will resume duties in Chicago once recovered.
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The
Presbyterian Church At
Bushnell
Rea W. Martin
France
Rev. Martin
Chicago
Mr. Martin
Pha
The Amazons at Henry Opera House with Marguerite Clark
Miss Marguerite Clark stars in The Amazons at the Henry opera house on Friday December 20. The Paramount picture was a Chicago hit, running seven weeks. Mrs Arthur Smith has been seriously ill but is now able to be about the house.
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Ryan
Marguerite Clark
Paramount
Amazon
Henry Opera House
Chicago
Arthur Smith
Grace Hartley
Christmas Services at St. Joseph's Church
The Christmas observance at St. Joseph's Church on December 25 includes high mass at 6 am, low mass at 7 30 am, and high mass at 9 am with benediction after the 9 o'clock service. The pastor will deliver sermons, special music and flowers will decorate the church, and confessions will be heard Tuesday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Christmas at Fa Poaa Presbyterian Church Service Plans
The Fa Poaa Presbyterian Church announces a Christmas season with sermons on Preparation for the Coming of Christ and Why Joy at Christmas. Services include a 11 o'clock morning worship, 7:30 evening service, 9:45 Sunday school, and a 6:80 Young People's meeting. The church festival, supper, officer reports, and elections follow. The article mentions Rev. H G Dusenberry and Rev L G Landenberger delivering sermons and a Christmas program featuring music and a primary cantata.
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Christ
Santa Claus
L. G. Landenberger
New Church
St. Mary's Church
Deaths and Local Notes From Henry Weekly
Richard Reed travels with a crutch and cane amid rheumatism while Mildred Stogdell dies at Magnolia aged 20. Henry Republican readers learn of funeral attendances, wartime notices, and local family updates as city residents cope with winter.
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H. W. Adams
Department Philanthropy and Reform
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New Zealand Royal Society For
Sparling
Disosway
Clark
Evans
Frank Wood
Young
Shre
Salvation Army
Hartley
T Bella Evans
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Williams
Frank Johnson
T. K. Leech
Lebanon
Ind
Rev. Leech
Jerry Giltner
Drake
Edward B
Krenz
Empty Stocking Club
ST. Joseph’s Church
Fa Poaa — Presbyterian Church
H. G. Dusenberry
Methodist
Christ Child
Epworth League
Church of the New Jerusalem
Richard Reed
Mildred Stogdell
Magnolia
Henry Republican
Grant Shepard
Archie Gerrow -Echo
J. W.newell
Carrie Farling
Mendota
Frank Farling
M. B
Republican
William E. Clark
Meier Bros
Virginia
Kansas City
Nelson
Wabash Avenue
Ira Durham
John Boland
Toluca
Bradford
William H. Girard
Edgar D. Wright
James A. Ames
Blaine Blough
Bayles
New Orleans
Lester
Red Cross
Ilinois
Marshall
Stark Counties
L. R. Nighsanger
Putnam County
Burdette Griffith
A. H. Lancaster
George Seibert
Stark County
Cox Brothers
First National Bank of
First National Bant
C. H. Scholes
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