Local notices of illness travel and community events
Mrs. John Steele Sr improves from illness while Miss Unn Haws returns home for holidays. Families visit from Gardner and Woolstock Iowa. Valentine Bogner adds a barn after buying Fred Seitz property. Wayne Hamm nears recovery from paralysis. Royal Neighbors meet schedule announced for 1913. poultry shows and trips noted. Bike accident leaves Happy Ryan with injuries but optimistic. Robberies hit farms near Peoria and Bradford with thefts of rice pork, hens, and money found in a pocketbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steele
Unn Haws
Boston
Robert I. Thornton
Gardner
George Nicholson
Ethel Zenor
Granville Bank
Valentine Bogner
Fred Seitz
H. C. Swift
Colorado
Wayne I. Hamm
Lawrence Lippert
Putnam County
E. D. Higgins
Woolstock
Adolph Burdett
Charles
Towans
Will C. Does of Lostant
Granville
Springfield
Chicago
W. H
Ryan
Jack Ford
Woodbine
R.N
Oracle
Hattie G. Siewers
Dora Halbleib
Gertrude Wambacher
Frances Knight
Helen Noll
Lottie Brown
Anna Barry
Jennie Ray
Inner Sentinel
May Swein
Sentinel
Louise Garland
Nellie Hartley
Swem
Jas
Cox
Oak Hill
Peoria
Bradford
Ringenberger
Matrimonial Hunt Brown Wed In Tonica
Miss Anna Pearl Brown daughter of Frank T. Brown and Lawrence R. Hunt of Henry were married December 24 by M E pastor Rev D S McCown in a private ceremony. The couple left that day for a wedding tour to Bloomington Springfield Cairo Mammoth Cave St Louis and Denver before settling at the Brown homestead in Whitefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Whitefield
Elizabeth Chestnut obituary from Tilden Illinois
Mrs. Elizabeth Chestnut born November 3 1834 near Balleymoney Ireland died December 19 1912 in Tilden Illinois aged 78 years 1 month 19 days. Emigrated to America with a family of eleven children later settled at Oxbow and endured the loss of three children and her husband. Survived by five sons and three daughters with numerous grandchildren. Funeral in Tilden moved to Henry with pallbearers from her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Chestnut
Balleymoney
County Antrim
Ireland
Tilden
Ill
Chestnut
America
Chenea
Oxbow
St. Louis
Samuel
Hugh and
James
Iowa
William and
David
Magnolia
Jennie Perdew
Near Henry
James Gerrow
South Dakota
Mary Morrison
Nebraska
Henry
Henry Township Taxes In 1912 Tax Rate Reduction Shown
Dennis Hartley of the county clerk’s office in Lacon explains Henry township tax tables. Under Mayor Pace the municipal rate has dropped, lowering the total rate in the school district from 42.10 in 1911 to 37.10 in 1912. Bradford Republican editor R. L. Breen visited this office, praised as a talented friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Township
Dennis Hartley
Lacon
Pace
Setae
Corp
Harmony Prevails at Henry Commercial and Industrial Club Meeting
About 100 locals gathered in Henry city hall for a planning meeting to boost local business. E H Hutchins announced Peoria Association of Commerce leaders Willis Evans and George Yocum would speak. Yocum urged organization to overcome Peoria’s past hurdles while Evans urged forming a new nine member board from an 18 name committee to guide future growth. The group adopted by laws and set election procedures for Jan 1 1913 with a nominating panel announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial and Industrial Club
Henry
E. H. Hutchins
Willis Evans
George Yocum
Association of Commerce of
Peoria
Yocum
East Peoria
Willig Evans
Association of Commerce
J. O. Hill
J. C. Blaisdell
Fred Potter
Hutchins
C. F. Hallfarth
I. O. Hill
George Pace
F. A. Powell
R. S. Bayne
G. A. Burt
L. Peterman
J. Watercott
J. R. Paskell
Beautiful Henry Sets Stage for Street Lighting Upgrade
Arrangements for a new electrolicr lighting system on principal streets near completion as Mayor Pace leads fundraising. About $100 remains to raise to install 28 to 80 posts with five lights each on both sides of Ward Street and key corners, promising a lighting and decorating upgrade for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace
Hdward Street
Mast Park Row
Howard
Camp House
Henry
Civie
New Orleans Line Certai n, Sailing of Steamers From La Salle
A Chicago led venture launches The Panama Route steamboat service from La Salle to New Orleans with the Dubuque as first boat planned to depart March 1 1913. The line targets a 15 day round trip with 900 tons of freight and 175 passengers and features steam heat electric lights and hotel like meals aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Salle
New Orleans
Peoria
Edward White
Chicago
Dubuque
White
Canal Commission
Panama
Chicago, Peoria and
St. Louis
W. A. Bertman
C. G. Alexander
W. A. Alexander & Co
J. F. Bartley
Weily & Bartley
Howard White
C. G. Aelxander
Joseph IF. Bartley
J. B. McCaffey
Otis
Christmas travel and town meetings in county notes
OF and Mrs Adams leave for Chicago and Evanston for Christmas returning Friday. The cemetery association holds its annual meeting at City Hall on Saturday at 7 30 PM. Indiana memorial to Andersonville buried soldiers was unveiled by Gov Deneen and state representatives on Dec 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainslie
Richmond
Conference of Governors
Gilchrist
Florida
Henry Wombacher
Henry Buchre Club
Mr. Bacon
Wilbert McGarvey
Samuel Jacobs
Charlee Drummer Farm
Rutland
Gov. Deneen
Iillmois Central Railroad
Judge Stough
Ottawa
Masonic Order
Henry
Jamer Quinn
Frank Johnson
C. 2. Smith
O. H. Davis
Charles Greenlee
J. W
Tales From Pfaffs German Christmas Program At High School
A Friday evening German class program featured essays readings and a lively Weihnachtsbaum display. Students performed a German farce and sang carols like Stille Nacht and O Tannenbaum. Teachers received gifts and plans for Peoria meetings noted. School closes for holiday break January 6 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Tannenbaum
Pfatt
Charles Anderson
King
Leroy King
Paul Jones
Paul Burkhart
Miss Young
Christmas Aid For Suttons Brightens Community
A Christmas Eve surprise gifts Mahlon and wife from Whitefield township with eight $20 gold pieces raised by Will Duke, Walter Duke, and Night Watch Donovan amid community sympathy for the maimed man. The gesture sparks reflections on neighborly care and the government money hoard discussed as harming business during tight credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Sutton
Whitefield Township
Campion
Sutton
Will Duke
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. L. Breen
Bro. Breen
Messrs. Evans and
Yocum of
Wil Duke
Our City
Koehler
News-Herald of
Peru
Frank Quinn
McMahon
Tiskilwa
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Henry School
Rock Island Railroad
Mike Lukowitck
Camp Grove
William Allen White
Bull Moose
Kansas
Fred Hammond
Burlington
Hammond
Oklahoma City
Hitchcock
Washington
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