Local notices and family updates from Peoria and area
Community items from Peoria and nearby towns cover marriages births and illnesses. Notable mentions include licenses for Tesheck Welsh and Annie Grant Holden, visits by Hazel Hancock and Miss Charlotte Allen, and updates on residents including Mr and Mrs A G Hillabrand and Mrs G M Clark. A Chautauqua at Henry Opera House and local property changes are noted alongside a fire and a medical treatment update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie B Hannum
Gatesbury
Reed
Snyder
Avi Greens
Tesheck Welsh
Milo Bureau Equity
Annie Grant Holden
Peorie
Peoria
Hazel Hancock
A G Hillabrand
Charlotte Allen
Pontlas
Phebe Allen
Henry Yvester
eMre
Abijab Hall
Stanley Hall
G M Clark
Berg
Harry
Duluth
Farm Produce Commission
Henry Opera House
Lee Francis Lybarger
Lear
Elie Carpenter
Travis
Atiow
Ruth Tavis
Floyd Monier
Main Street
Henrys Commercial club opens Ladies Public Rest Room in Henry
The Hen ry s Commercial club held a monthly meeting at the club rooms on Main Street. They approved opening a Ladies Public Rest Room and planned a reception committee, branding the project as a community benefit. A painting, signage, and advertising were discussed, with committees appointed to oversee location and costs. The club also discussed charitable solicitations, the Joliet good roads route project, and a planned lecture on landscape gardening, with a future smoker and entertainer planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regubder
Henrs Commercial Club
Vse
Henry
Tves
Tate
Lucy
Silat
Bunes
Budlding
Coe
Sexgraves and Hutchins & Downey
Frank Krenz
Henry Depot
Barnes
Cromwell
Ut Coe
Lester Bassett
Illinois
Karnes
Marshall Downey
Clifford ‘Tauws
George A Burter
Floyd Momer
Clifford Haws
Joliet
Chicago
Peoria
Ulmeis Valley
Depue
Iternoon
Princeton
G Owens
Bloomington
Opera House
P G Rennick
Rennick Ia
Ladies Public Rest Room Opens With Community Support
A city council and Commercial Club backed project converts a vacant room near The Republican office into a free public women’s rest room. Frank Krenz funded extensive renovations including metal ceilings, beaverboard walls, linoleum floor, lavatories, and a coal heater. The space, furnished with chairs and tables, is offered by donors as a gesture of goodwill for women patrons of local businesses. Also notes on a welcoming social event at the Rebekah lodge, a late-night gathering for the Tremain couple, and obituaries and local notices including Edgar Ayres’s death and family births and business changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Central Park
Frank Krenz
Krenz
Surprise Birthday Party Honoring Mrs Brown’s Day
Misses Nora and Clara Brown organized a surprise party for their mother Mrs Brown at the Seelye home. Guests presented a silver set as a gift and enjoyed poems, games, and a late evening lunch amid cheerful wishes for many returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tremain
Nora
Clara Brown
Seelye
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Shorley Green House
Dallas Brown
Mesdamés
Thomas Clark Wesley Doyle
Owen Doyle
John Blackwell
Emily Martin
John Williams
T A Seelye
Wm. Wheeler
L. A Phillips
Jane Hall
Alex Brown
John Kirby Sr
Wm Anderson
Rachel Hunter
S L Clift Norton Moffitt
Theo Kaiser
D D Brown
Hillabrand
Aunt
J & Mercer
J Newman
HH Trim
Lyman Loomis
L M Bell
Mary Clark
Theodore F Bullman Dies Near Galesburg At 79
Theodore F Bullman died at his home eight miles from Galesburg after a year of poor health. He was born in 186? in Hopewell township, married 1869 to Sarah J Miller, and lived near Galesburg before moving to his wife’s family farm. He leaves son Jay J Bullman and grandsons Theodore and William A. Bullman, with funeral held at the home and burial in a nearby cemetery beside his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Ayres
Lawn Ridge
Peoria County
Oak
Ala
Morgan Park
Chicago
Ayres
Long Village
C. E. Stowell
Theodore F Bullman
Galesburg
Jay J Bullman
Joshua Builman
Hopewell Township
Theodore
Sarah J Miller
Gelesburg
Mr Bullman
Marshall County
Nts
Jay J Bullmen
William A. Bullman
Theresa Bullman
Lacon
Nana Ve
Will of Lucinda McGillick Filed for Probate
The last will of Lucinda McGillick formerly of La Prairie and now of this city was filed in county court for probate. The document leaves an estate valued around 14 with farmland in La Prairie and all property to her three children Morris Holmes Ada Holmes and Milan Holmes. The will dated April 21 1909 names witnesses Karl Doyle and Robert Kelly and designates no executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda McGillick
la Prairie
Morris Holmes
Ada
S. Holmes
Milan N. H M Doyle
Karl Doyle
Robert Kelly
Bent Foster
Benjamin Foster
Evans
Gregg
J C Zimmerman
H A Stateler
Wenona
James A Foster
Adelaide Foster
Thomas B Foster
Mionie Kennedy
Toluca
Foster
Evans Township
Tragic accident near Magnolia claims young Indiana man
A railroad crossing near Magnolia and McNabb saw Hursher Crider of Indiana perish after a wagon wheel ran over his chest as he tried to load mine props onto a line along the C and A track. He died before daybreak. The report notes no visible injuries besides heavy internal bleeding prior to death and records his burial plans to Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
McNabb
Hursher Crider
Indiana
Topen Bros
Smith
George Wess Crider
Brown County
Bloomington
Ind
Personal items and notices from a small town
Local notes report the influenza recovery of Charles Motter and his wife, a Presbyterian sale next Saturday, Duke Bros remodeling, J B Kirby visiting Tennessee, H L Emery’s visit to The Republican office, a handkerchief shower for Mrs. Roger Rowe, Elmer Fenwick's rental move and plans, and various local transactions, births, and road improvements. Also mentioned are a Jewish relief donation, a saloon incident, a bicycle theft, Carl Eisen's butterfly collection, and Illinois road work improvements ending with an oiling detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Motter
Presbyterian Church
A. B. Smith's
Duke Bros
J. B Kirby
Kirby
John
Grover
Roy
Tennessee
Southland
H L. Emery
Toulon
Republican
Roger Rowe
Elmer Fenwick
John Kraus
Amiel Lofgren
Fenwick
Briomsey
Poland
Chris
Charles McAllister
Henry
Waterman
Europe
Henry Meister
George Johnson
Carl Eben
William Do. Bisen
Carl
Eisen
Illinois
Bradford
Cottntry
Tig
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Galenburg
Arthur Chinberg
Orton
Frank Blucher
United States
Horseheads
Ain
Charles Hall
Newimpton
George O Hall
Arthur Smith
Hisister
Andre
Cal Moorey
Santa Roza
Arthur
Peter Smith
Mr. Smith
Louis Brandeis
United
Balre
Mute
Ser
Brandoises Ettorsey Samos Pinchot
Henry Commercial Club
Progehess
Eowherc
Ladies Public Rest Room
Farrar
Roy Rowe
Henry Bottling Works
Sidney Miler
South Edward Street
Charles German
Luella Wright
English TV
Roy My
Bays Club
Cvenium
Harold
Daniels
Dayle May
Fred Bauter
Richard Bowers
Vera May
Miss Melper
Viktor
Ethel Seelye
Grace Draper
Wimner Stefimle
Charlie Williams
Theodore FC Bullman
Mrs. McGillick
Parent-Teachers' Association
Parent+Teachers association
Anne
Edwin Dahiers
Beatrice Kuss
Draper
Reinbeck
Haist
Sterrett
Frances Smith
Dewey
Wm Green
M. D
Wm Wheeler
Man’s Bible
Epworth League
J EE
Mercer
St. Mary’s Church
Andrew,Schauer
St. John’s Church
F. W Haist
Sph
Christian Endeavor
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Ena McAtee
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