Local News Items From a 1915 Thanksgiving Era
Local notes report William McAleer installing new lighting in his store and various visits and sales ads. A lengthy column mentions property for sale near Peoria, seed corn and apples, holiday visits by Miss Violet Wabel and others, and community events including church, school, and theatrical notices amid brief obituaries, illnesses, and a December social in Lacon Illinois with multiple local names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McAleer
Doran
York
Neb
J A. Williams
Dick Champ
George C Helper
Lostant
Peoria
A. L. Travis
Edelatei
Ben Nichols
Morrison
Fulton
Duke Bros
George Bergantz
Violet Wabel
Bassett
Myrle
Mabel Huffman
H J. Blackburn
Short Norn
Hs Best
Elizabeth Ironmonger
A. J
Marshall County
Indianapolis
Indiana
Advt
Meter Bros
Hartley Music Store
Kurtzmann
Conover
Col W T Downdall
Memphis
Tenn
L. R. Phillips
Henry Loewenstein
Whitefield
Severs
The Sweetest Girl in Dixie at Opera House
The Players' club presents The Sweetest Girl in Dixie at the Opera House on Friday. Mrs Matt O H Davis leads a southern cast in a revival about home life in the Reconstruction era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Pullman Car Co
William E. Mason
Sons of Veterans
Peoria
Lincoln
Squire’’ Higgins
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Ford's
Representative Roberts
Massachusetts
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Nough
Ira Franklin
Atkinson
Henry County
Players’ Club
Opera House
Matt
O H Davis
W KK Pershing
Prof W E. King
Oklahoma City
Okla
Stella
Cumberland
New Mexico
Miss Stella
Henry High School
Pershing
Whitefield Corners
Sam
Postoffice Department
Henry Postoffice
Womans Club Art Department Hosts Christmas Meeting
Mrs Abram Sbhurts hosted a Woman's club gathering on Monday afternoon December 27 with Mrs Fred Morgan presiding. Miss Gertrude Bickerman presented Companions of the Madonnas and discussed The Art of Christmas Giving while members shared views and a poem The Waif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Club
Abram Sbhurts
Woman's Club
Fred Morgan
Gertrude Bickerman
Sparling
Iaverna S
Hsoswuy
Press Cor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Novelty Store
HENRY
Henry, Ill
Fred Noll
Alexander Smith
Norwood Park
Cook County
A. B Smith
Messrs. and Mesdames
Wm _ Riddell
N O Proctor
O A. Proctor
W H Blair
Chillicothe
Wa Wheeler
Lacon
Henry Players’ Club
Dixia
J S Strawn
Creston
Catherine Corcoran
Lloyd
Wither Hunter
Alden Hunter
Market Street
James Herron
Princeton
George A Burt
Jamie
la Herron
Woodbine Camp
Jane
Frank Cart
Eugene
Logan Barrett
Paul Hughes
James Davis
Frank Clift
L. Clift
Hazel Clift
Lucknow
Inia
Henry Opera House
Cganfrey
la Salle
William Donovan
Vealaboose
a_im
Donavan
Union ‘Temperance Meeting
M. E. Church
J. E. Mercer
Rea W. Martin
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
Martin
Mercer
Anti-Saloon League
Scott McBride
Illinois Anti-Saloon League
E. Q Excell
Hall
Summers
Tom O'Neill
Sormers
Jfe. Mercer
Rockford Freeport
Elgin
Judge Smilfe
Harris Flynn
J R. Jackson
Freeport
F B Everett Edi Fewettron
Senator Cleary
Galena
Pr Perley A Baker
Ohio
Baker
Frank P Blair
Ste Arnold's ‘Grocery
Phane
Ste
Henry National Bank
Lrick Wino
Wwe
J Watercott
Charles Greenlee RF
A. Yanochowski
Vv. P. Turners
C. A. Philly
Benj. G, “Hoy
Francis Ford
Grace Conard
Charlie Chaplin
A. B. Shubert, Inc
Congressman Gardner
Europe
United States
H. King
Rosevillé
Chinite Jones
Doelzer
Bil Weeks & Son
Rockford
Weeks, Jr
Frank“Gong
Wan
Samuel Parker
Old Judea
God
Bish
Bethlehem
Peace
Avery
Glendale
Ghirissip
Postoffics
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