Cherry mine inquest hears witnesses amid broad inquiry
Coroner Malm and Deputy Campbell press testimony from Andrew Lettsome George Eddy and others as investigators probe the Cherry mine fire. Witnesses describe bell signals smoke and heat delays while miners recount powder handling torches and chaotic escape attempts amid plans to recover entombed workers. Authorities seek cagers Rosenjack and Dean and weigh fault at St Paul Coal and company staffing.
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Malm
Campbell
Bureau County
Mining Federation
Andrew Lettsome
George Eddy
Michael Hicks
la Salle
Peru
Spring Valley
Eckert
Richard Cullen
John Crowley
Cherry Mine
William Richards
John Cowley
Seyour Steadman
Chicago
No. 3
Alex Norberg
John Smith
Mr. Richards
Charles Waite
George Hdidy
Seymour Steadman
John Bundy
Cager
Dominico Cristo
Iuems
Alexander Rosenjack
Robert Dean
F. G. Buck
St. Paul Coal Company
Buck
Ros3ajack
Dean
Cherry
Gemima Miller
George Jones
Jones
William Maxwell
St. Paul
A. J. Craig
Craig
H. M. Orr
A. J. Barling
Winter wind and sunlit night bless Edmond sermon
The poem by Rev. R. Y. Hazard from Edmond Oklahoma reflects on brief December cold giving way to gas light relief, moonlit nights, and lessons of faith. It asks why man complains and praises the Creator who sent a Savior.
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Oklahoma
R. Y. Hazard
Edmond, Okla
Pay Up Settlement Notice
Pay up all indebted to me please call and settle on or before January 10 1910 G I Holler Lundy Iowa and settle promptly to avoid further action or notice.
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G. I. Holler
Lundy, I
Illinois River Navigation and Library Additions
A historical note recalls Illinois River navigability before railroad bridges to Ottawa, citing steamboats, captains, and cargo as evidence. It also lists books added to the library since October 5, 1909, including works by White, Beach, Rex Beach, London, and others with various titles and editors.
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George Burt & Son
Illinois River
la Salle County
Elmer Baldwin
Tindleon
Caroline
Exchange
Tamerlane
Roff
Hall
Alvarado
Moore
Reat
Prairie Bird
Johnson
Lightfoot
Brooks
Uncle Tobey
McMahan
Avalanche
Moss
Ryder
Revolution
Hill
Pratt
Acadia
Russell
Ocean Wave
Deyiney
Wareka
Laucant
Dan Stillman
DeWitt
Eureka
Sarrent
Prairie State
Baldwin
Deviney
Ottawa
Connecticut
Walker & Hickling
John Swaney
Wm. Allen White
Poland
Louis , Norman, Poppea
The
Post Office
Mabel O. Wright
Chandler B. Beach
New Student
Manuel
Rex Beach
Flavia A. Canfield
Maurice Hewlett
Japan
G. W. Browne
Myrtle Reed
Kingsmead
Bettina von Hutton
Irene
George
Henry Cemetery Association Meeting Held at City Hall
The Henry Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at city hall on Wednesday evening December 29 at 7 p.m. All lot owners are members and should attend and participate in the deliberations. Turn out. Dr F A Powell Secretary.
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Cemetery Association
The
Henry Cemetery Association
F. A. Powell
Christmas Week at Henry Church Promises Musical Treats
The Sunday school will present a large Christmas program Friday night with Prof Beare to sing next Sabbath. A week of prayer union services across Protestant churches is urged. Various lectures, recitations, solos, and a cantata The Shepherd King are planned for Sunday church services with free admission. Santa will distribute gifts after Friday’s program. Congregants urged to bring gifts for the tree and join in the festive services.
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Victoria
Bro. Crickenberger
Prof. Baer
Landenberger
New Jerusalem
Emma Panzer
Lake Bluff
Henry
Local Dignitaries and Aged Residents in Henry Community
News notes Henry welcomes Buchanan druggist Lacon and his family while saluting Marshall county residents. Granting aid, Bishop Dunne gives 93 widows 25 each, funded by diocese churches. Rev Wencel to verify widows in Cherry. Robert S. Erwin, Civil War veteran, suffers a paralysis stroke at 80, aided by wife and neighbors.
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Bridge Buchanan
Lacon
Henry
Marshall County
M. P. Dilley
Fennimore
Wis
J. W. Niece
Dilley
Niece
George Dilley
Highland Press
Robert S. Erwin
Co. B
Main Street
Dunne
Peoria
Cherry
Father Wencel
Ladd
Mrs Willard W Travis Dies After Short Illness in Bloomington
Mrs Minnie Cogswell Travis died Dec 12 at Brokaw hospital after a brief illness. Born May 4 1874 in Woodford county she lived in Bloomington many years with her mother before marriage to Willard Travis on Feb 18 1909. She was active in W C T U and church work and leaves her husband and two sisters. Funeral held at South Center Street residence with six brothers serving as pallbearers.
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Willard W. Travis
Bloomington
Brokaw Hospital
Minnie Cogswell
South Center Street
Woodford County
Cogswell
Willard Travis
H. Rider
Flanagan
Emily Stevens
Elm Creek
Neb
Travis
Home Missionary Society
M. K
M. 2. Church
Minnie Cogswell Travis
Trotter
K. L. Trotter
Sunday closures of city meat markets
City meat markets will close on Sundays starting Sunday December 26 until further notice. The announcement is signed by J. J. Hartley Charles Dille and Ball & Haines.
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J. J. Hartley
Charles Dille
Ball & Haines
Fire at Varna destroys two stores and damages block
A Tuesday night blaze at Varna consumed the general store of R. W. Thorne and the L. E. Mau hardware and grocery store, with their buildings and stocks burned or severely damaged. Firefighters from Bloomington aided but outside help was not needed as walls collapsed in two brick buildings. Thorne and his family escaped in night clothes, and portions of the post office and drug store were moved to safety. Insurance covered several stocks, while the L. W. Broaddus commission house burned.
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R. W
L. W. Broaddus Commission
Bloomington
Election of Officers at Christian Church Officers listed
On Sunday December 19 the Christian church elected officers for elders Richard Waughop Albert Stickel and Wm Knight for terms of one two and three years respectively. Deacons Wm Deck and Wm Merritt for one year P Broline and J H Price for two years treasurer Mrs L V Smith clerk Hansie Otto and ushers Mr Hoover and Aubrey Stlbgen. Reporter Miss Jennie Price. The minister Rev H C Reichel ill caused Sunday services to be called off.
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Christian Church
The
Richard Waughop
Albert Stickel
Wm. Knight
Wm. Deck
Wm. Merritt
P. © .Broline
J. H. Price
L. V. Smith
Hansie Otto
Mr. Hoover
Aubrey Stlbgen
Jennie Price
H. C. Reichel
Chrisian
Santa Claus
Christmas Window Vies With Storefront Art
A Christmas Window highlights C E Smith’s grocery display by Mrs Smith, with holly cuttings and colored glass, showcasing high grade candies. St Joseph’s church announces Christmas Masses from 5 am to 10:30 am with Fr Dooling and a guest sermon from St Viator’s College. Augusta Extrom and wife of Hopewell were seen shopping in Henry Tuesday.
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C. E
Smith’s
Smith
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph’s Church
Dooling
St. Viatour’s College
Kankakee
Augusta Extrom
Hopewell
Henry
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Hannum
Clara Brown
Forrest Kocher
Mary
Mildred Dunn
Helen M. Phillips
Grace Wabel
Grandma's
G. M. Clark
Pearl Mercian
Ormond Rowe
Lean Hannum
Marie Elgin
Bera Harris
Migges Hunter and Brown
Irma, Clyde
Orville Brown
Prof
Beare
Virginia Mel Vicker
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