Local notices and moving plans from Henry area
News notes report residents planning moves to Chicago Whitefield Peoria and Lacon activity includes W F Clarence moving into Henry, Roy Hill buying J N Young farm, W L Flynn taking Robert Doran house, Arthur Clemens to Waterloo Ind, and Henry Cook visiting his mother.
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
Roy Hill
J. N. Young
Stage Morals and Moral Standards in a Chicago Debate
Rev. I L Vivian replies to Rev Bruner's sermon arguing against stage dramatizations of biblical couples as substitutes for immoral plays. He urges adherence to domestic purity, cites biblical and Napoleon quotes, and says modern society should protect family life to curb obscene content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Vivian
Bruner
Chicago Record-Herald
Henry
Frank C. Bruner
Adam and
Eve
Abraham
Sarah
Ruth
Boaz
Napoleon
France
Josephine
St. Paul
R. L. Vivian
Novelty Shower for Margaret Thomas Surprises Bride
A surprise novelty shower for Miss Margaret Thomas was held at Mary McBride’s home on Wednesday January 25. Thirty of sixty four invited attended due to bad roads and distant guests. The evening featured music, a romance in The Shirt Waist, a keepsake biographical story, a vaudeville act, and a gifts basket reveal with presents like china and silverware. Refreshments and frappe ended the party with thanks to the host and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Thomas
Mary McBride
Margaret Ziegler
McBride
Margaret
Hilda Klein
Mary
Mar
Garet Thomas
Ed Kaiser
Death of Elias W Wright in Chillicothe Missouri
Henry residents report the death of Elias W Wright who died in Chillicothe Missouri on Saturday January 7 in his 78th year He had a prior stroke and never fully recovered He is survived by his wife and eight children: Julia Krause Elias B Green Emma William Carrie Bixby Susie Bigoski Benjamin Edna Moznett and others who had lived in Henry Streator Chicago San Francisco and Los Angeles Findlay old newspapers offered for sale at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias W. Wright
Henry
Chillicothe
Wright
Julia Krause
Elias B
Emma Green
This City
William
Varna
Carrie Bixby
Los Angeles
Cal
Susie Bigoski
Chicago
Benjamin
Streator
Edna Moznett
San Francisco
Missouri
Selig County Fair thrills starry crowd with race and romance
Otis Tucker seeks Abbey's hand as mortgage on Abbey farm looms. A Salvation Mission pair Tim and Taggs arrive causing comic chaos. The thoroughbred Cold Molasses wins a $1,500 prize at the county fair race securing the farm and quelling legal threats. Col Shoupe to receive $10,404.44 from trustees.
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Star Theater
Otis Tucker
Miss Abbey
Abbey Farm
Old
New England Homestead
Sally Greenaway
Bowery
New York
Tim
Taggs
Salvation Mission
Tages
Abbey
Sally
Otis
Aunt Abbey
Constable Hammerhead
Fair Grounds
Old Hammerhead
Robbery in Daylight by Suspicious Tramps
Early morning theft as two vagrants begged for food and entered George Copeland’s home. One intruder searched the room and stole a $22 pocketbook under a pillow while Copeland slept. Sheriff Motter and local authorities pursued suspects, with arrests made near Putnam and Henry for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Copeland
Mr. Tramp
Mr. Copeland
Addie Brown
Brown
Putnam
Motter
George Wheeler
Senachwine Township
Henry
Owl scam and reform in Henry reveals fraud
A South Bend organizer named I W Tarbell formed an Owl lodge in Henry with 200 members paying $5 each, netting over $1,000 as the South Bend nest extracted per capita dues before withholding funds. Local officers disbanded the lodge and reorganized as Good Fellows while continuing services and a church notice covers a wedding party and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Tarbell
South Bend
Ind
Henry
Order of Owls
Lacon
Chillicothe
Good Fellows
Matrimonial Unites Kelso and Winship at Putnam Farm
At the Winship farm west of Putnam village on Tuesday evening Miss Millie Orena Winship married James Frank Kelso of Burgettstown Pa. A large family wedding with 50 guests, a floral horseshoe, Mendelssohn music, Rev. William Thomas officiating, and a five course repast. The bride, in messaline satin, carried lilies of the valley. the groom, in black, works at Carnegie steel in Pennsylvania. They will reside with the Kelso family and depart for their eastern home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelsshon
Ethel Winship
William Thomas
Chicago
Gertrude Johnson
Srl Johnson
Chef Hayes
Henry
Mary
Elspheth Winship
Edna and
May Downey
Matie Gregg
Hazel Downey
Putnam County
Carnegie Steel Works
Vargettstown
Leonard Travis and Emma Morris Wed at Grace M B Parish
Leonard Travis of Bloomington and Emma M Morris of Arrowsmith were married Wednesday afternoon January 25 at 2 30 at the Grace M B parsonage by Rev M N English. The groom takes charge of the Tonica Cadillac branch after a Springfield Peoria trip and they will live in Tonica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Peoria
Tonica
Cadillac Automobile Co
Bloomington
Dally” Bulle‘tin
Death Roll at Quincy Soldiers' Home January Deaths
Death roll lists soldiers at Quincy for January with ages and units including Chesney Sanders Rayburn Ballinger Shibley Kreppile Gilbert Palmer Delp Davis and Delp. Died on furlough listed Wallach and Thomas. Miss Margaret Thomas wedding to Joseph Stadel set for next Wednesday at St Marys church. wedding hostesses named Mollie McBride the Seitz sisters and Mrs Ed Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
William Chesney
William Sanders
Isaac Ballinger
Ohio
William N. Shibley
Joseph Kreppile
Sylvester C. Gilbert
John Palmer
George Delp
James N. Davis
Michael Wallach
Margaret Thomas
Joseph Stadel
St. Mary's Church
Mollie McBride
Seitz
Ed Kaiser
Peruvian visit and local notices fill village pages
Miss Mabel Ransom visits Peru with friends while public sale looms near Putnam village. A new Bush & Gerts piano appears in Supervisor Ransom’s home. Community chatter covers farming harness by Jos N Krenza, travels of Hewitt and Gillett families, club gatherings, and a M W A oyster supper. News notes include Panama expo votes, river improvement support, and a large funeral. Nonagenarian Alexander Forbes faces illness. Mrs Leech of Peoria visits with family, and local gossip about a Pekin wedding correction. Services at St John’s Episcopal are rescheduled for next Sunday morning with no evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Ransom
Peru
Charlie Loomis
Putnam Village
Supervisor Ransom
Duke Bros
Bush & Gerts
Jos. N. Krenz
G. B. Hewitt
Bureau County
Dr. Adams
Henry Camp
Saratoga
Cain
Graff
New Orleans
San Francisco
San
Illinois
William Lopeman
H. H. Leech
Peoria
Proctor Hospital
Harvey
Tazewell County
Times
St. John's Church
Episcopal
Asylum
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Marshall
Henry Cook
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St. Augustine
Old City
G. M. Clark
Bruce Wilson
Tampa
Tia
Arthur Clemens
Waterloo
Iowa
Arthur
Ira
Moline
Harry Sleater
George Sleater
Peoria City Railway Co
Nebraska Avenue
O. J. Piper
H. J. Blackburn
Sugar Grove
Joseph V. Graff
Congress
Thomas J Henderson
Princeton
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Washington, D. C
Henderson
L. A. Meier
Willie Ransom
Ransom & Mann
Downs, Kas
Selig
Col. B. F
Shoupe
Dayton
B. F. Shoupe
William Seybald
Colonel Shoupe
M. EK
David
John Hartley
Alexander Forbes
Frank
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