Henry City Notes on Residents and Nearby Moves
Local column reports various residents and visitors. Arthur Motter, J J Gresser, Ed Schur, and others are noted with travel to Chicago, Waterloo, and Tampa. Moves include W F Clarence into Henry, Ro Hill buying the J N Young farm, and Wol Flynn taking the Robert Doran house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Motter
Chillicothe
Henry
J. J. Gresser
Ed Schur
Benj Ransom
Luella Stever
Chicago
W F Clarence
Whitefield
Will Rickey
Main Street
Hill
J N Young
J QO. Hill
Wol Flynn
Camp Grove
Robert Doran
Flynn
John Hartley
William Marshall
Lved
Peoria
Lacon
Marshall
Henry Cook
Mother
G. M. Locke
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Augustine
G M Clark
Bruce Wilson
Tampa
Iva
Arthur Clemens
Waterloo
Iowa
Arthur
Ira
Stage Morals and the Braner Sermon Debate in Chicago
Rev Frank C Braner’s sermon is debated as to whether dramatized Biblical couples such as Adam and Eve and Ruth and Boaz would moralize or degrade stage life. The piece argues twentieth century domestic life differs from patriarchal ages and urges adherence to moral purity and strict domestic relations as taught by St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KH. Ll
Vivian
Lev. Braner
Chicago Record-Herald
Henry
Lll
Frank C Braner
Adam and Eve
Abraham
Sarah
Ruth
Boaz
Napoleon
France
Josephine
St Paul
R L. Vivian
Novelty Shower for Miss Margaret Thomas
A surprise novelty shower for Margaret Thomas was hosted at Mary McBride’s home on Wednesday January 25. Guests from nearby locales attended despite poor roads and distance, enjoying music, a scripted romance, stories about the bride, a vaudeville act, and gifts displayed in a decorated clothes basket. Refreshments and frappe concluded a joyful evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Thomas
Mary McBride
Margaret Ziegler
McBride
Margaret
Hilda Klein
Mary
Kelso-Winship
J. 0. Winship
Putnam Village
Millie Orena
James Frank Kelso
Burgettstown
Ethel Winship
William Thomas
Chicago
Gertrude Johnson
Srl Johnson
Chef Hayes
Henry
Mary and
Elspheth Winship
Edna and
May Downey
Matie Gregg
Hazel Downey
Putnam County
Carnegie Steel Works
Bnurgettstown
Kelso
Keystone
Belle Kelso
Marshall Downey
Orville Winship
Tiskilwa
J. Linn Downey
Hennepin
Jesse and
Durbin Downey
Sheffield
Benj Winship
Lockport
Death of Elias W Wright in Chillicothe Missouri
The death of Elias W. Wright occurred in Chillicothe Missouri on a Saturday in January in his 73rd year. He suffered a stroke about two years earlier and had not been well since. He visited his children here in September 1909 but has not been heard from since. He is survived by a wife and numerous children including Mary Tila Krause Elias B and Emma Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias W. Wright
Chillicothe
Wright
Tila Krause
Elias B
Yvettae
Emma
Willian ofVarna
Carrie
Los
Angeles
Cal
Susie Bigoski
Higagor
Benjamin
Streator
Edna
Momnett
San-Francisco
Ivingia
Alexander’ Forbes
Peard
Mr. Forbes
Opates
Dr Swem
H. H. Leech
Peoria
Proctor Hospital
Camp
Deck
Eas Leech
Jackson
Marjorie
Leech
County Fair Theatrical: Otis and Abbey Sow Bold Romance
In a Star theater comedy set around a county fair opening with Otis Tucker courting Miss Abbey, a mortgage, a forced marriage, and a horse race drive the plot. The farm is saved when the thoroughbred Cold Molasses wins the race as Constable Hammerhead pursues legal papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Theater
Otis Tucker
Miss Abbey
Abbey Farm
Old
New England
Sally Greenaway
Bowery
New York
Tim
Taggs
Salvation Mission
Tages
Abbey
Sally
Otis
Aunt Abbey
Jed
Fair Grounds
oMo
Daylight Robbery Involving Two Tramps At Henry
A morning break in leads to a chase from Henry to Putnam as Sheriff Motter and Constable Wheeler arrest two suspects after reports of a pocketbook theft. The men were described by Addie Brown and were held at Putnam for Henry authorities. The case involved a bed pillow pocketbook containing $22 missing from George Copeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Copeland
Mr. Tramp
Mr Copeland
Mr. Copeland
Addie Brown
Brown
Putnam
Thesendellows
Taken In By a Night Owl
A stranger from South Bend Indiana organized an Owl lodge in Henry with over 200 charter members. The local nest collected fees but paid no benefits, facing per capita taxes from the South Bend lodge, leading to disbanding and reorganization as Good Fellows. The old members feel they were deceived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Tarbell
South Bend
Ind
Henry
Order of Owls
Lacon
Chillicothe
M. E. Church Notes and Social Highlights
A church bulletin reports a sermon on David by Miss Belle Doyle with a missionary program planned next Sabbath. Attendance rose, self denial Korea mission offering near seven dollars, Epworth League at 6:30 pm, and notes of a social hosted by Mrs Kaiser with Mrs Thomas.
Travis Morris marriage held at Grace M E parsonage
Leonard Travis of Bloomington and Emma M Morris of Arrowsmith wed at Grace M E parsonage on Wednesday afternoon January 25 at 2300 o clock. Rev M N English performed the ceremony. The groom will run the Tonica Cadillac Automobile Co branch after a brief trip to Springfield and Peoria and will make Tonica home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Péoria
Tonica
Cadillac Automobile Co
Ape Fa Lial Hc Dally Bullein
Death Roll at Quincy Soldiers' Home
A January death roll from Quincy Soldiers' Home lists numerous residents with ages and ranks, including William Cheésiey, William Sanders, Norman Rayurny, and Rex Tathoseph Kreppile among others, noting cause and dates as readable. The fragmentary item names several individuals and ages, reflecting a census-like roll of deaths associated with the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Soldiens
Willian ‘ Cheésiey
Tii
Willian Sanders
Norman Va Rayyurny
Tsciae Ballinger
Olio
William
Shipley Rex
Toseph Kreppile
Sylvester de Gilberts
John Palmer
George
Delp
LesthtPar
Tames
MeoDavis
Peruvian visit noted as Miss Mabel Ransom travels
Miss Mabel Ransom went to Peru to visit friends while local notices report pub lic sale preparations in Putnam village. Other items include social gatherings at the Merry go Round club and Henry camp oysters, and political notes on the Panama expo support and river improvement votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Ransom
Peru
Charlie Loomis
East
Putnam
Village
Ranson
Duke Bros
Bush & Gerts
Jos. N. Texerhey
G. B. Hewitt
Bureau County
A. B. Smith
Dr. Adams
Henry Camp
M. W
Saratoga
Cain
Graff
New Orleans
San Francisco
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News OF the City
Harry Sleater
Beaver Sleater
Peoria City Railway Co
Nebraska Avenue
Piper
Hi J Blackburn
Sugar Grove
Watercott
Joseph V. Graff
Ilinois
Thomas’ J ' Henderson
Princeton
Iil
Ordnance and
Washington, D. C
Henderson
Illinois
Congress
L. A. “Meter
Priatere
Willie
Ransom-&-Mann
Saniezuiumber
Whatesay
Selig
Liam
Attiss
Margaret’ Thomas
Edi Kaiser
OFA
Pekin
The
Times
Sazuwell
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