Obituary of Margaret Bracken A cheerful Putnam family daughter dies
Margaret Isabelle Bracken of Henry Illinois dies at her brother Samuel Bracken's home in Chicago after a brief pneumonia illness. The obituary chronicles the Bracken family history in Putnam County, her devout church life, and the large funeral services in Henry and Putnam with many relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Isabelle Bracken
Samuel Bracken
Sixty-fifth St
Chicago
Henry
William Bracken
Isabelle Campbell Bracken
Dee
May Campbell
Ellie
John
Merrietta
Samuel
William A
Hiram
Leroy
Margaret
Putnam Church
G. H
Rowe
Sunday School and
Christian Endeavor Society
Roy
Sam
Will
Henry School Notes Report Includes Awards and Visits
Emma Mai Schwarz visited the first room Tuesday morning. Florence Hubert and Wilford Wright earned Spelling certificates in the second room this week. Third grade students received perfect attendance certificates for January: Edith Brown, Frances Beardsley, Wilma Heininger, Ine Sterrett, Clarence Brown, Délbert Mercer and George Nichols. Robert Coggshall and Clyde Fowler got spelling certificates. The fifth room makes valentines this week. Mrs Paul Corbin of Tierra Cela Florida writes about entering two daughters in high school next year. The basketball team defeated Sparland 28 to 4. The French I class started the second book. Miss O'Brien of Putnam county visited seventh and eighth grades. The eighth grade will have a verb conjugation test Thursday. The Blackburn sale yielded $24 905 with average price $493. a Prairie Giant sow sold for $1900 despite an abscess. The flu epidemic cut attendance, affecting Swine World and George Hunt of Prairie Farmer. The Ladies Aid and D A R meetings plus funeral attendance and community notices follow, with local obituaries and condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Mai Schwarz
Florence Hubert
Wilford Wright
Edith Brown
Frances Beardsley
Wilma Heininger
Ine Sterrett
Clarence Brown
Délbert Mercer
George Nichols
Robert Coggshall
Clyde Fowler
Paul Corbin
Tierra Cela
Fla
Sparland
O'Brien
Putnam County
Blackburn
George Hunt
Prairie Farmer
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Judson Ong
J. A. Williams
J. Morse
Charles Dewey
Western Avenue
Dewey
John Campbell
East St.Louis
Margaret ‘Bracken
Stickel
Miss Campbell
Bryan
Henry Rowe
Elizabeth Bell
Peoria
Henry S. Rowe
R. M. Barnes
Lacon
California
Earl Merritt
William Merriitt
Putnam County Farmers Institute Set for Magnolia Program
The Putnam County Farmers Institute will hold sessions at Magnolia Illinois on February 10 and 11. The program lists Invocations by Rev. Howard and lectures on soil improvement, conservation of food, live stock, and soil fertility with speakers including Ralph Allen Mrs. Frank I Mann Prof. W A Allison and J C Mies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Farmers’ Institute
Magnolia
Ill
Howard
Ralph Wilson
Illinois
Ralph Allen
Frank I. Mann
Bess Davidson
Farm Bureau Organization
State Highway Commission
J. C. Mies
The Turn in the Road and Local School Meeting Notices
A crowded Chicago film on moral themes premieres at Henry opera house tomorrow night. Local school directors meet at the Lacon courthouse February 10 with W S Booth and W E King presenting programs on textbooks uniformity, school officers, miscellaneous questions, and high cost of living. Also reports of visiting Richard Shepard, an appendicitis operation on Will Duke, a Chicago bride and groom wedding reception, Nellie Helder Bender’s daughter dies of flu, and census work completed by Mrs. Lee Wright in Henry township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Alphonsus Church
Southport
Wellington Ave
Chicago
Anna Hilb
William Kuss
Henry
Plorence Hilb
William J. Kuss
Henry Opera House
Court House
Lacon
W. S. Booth
W. EB. King
W. E. King
Wee
Rapang
Richard Shepard
Hudson
Iowa
Rachel Gerrow
Stephen Smith
Joliet
Will Duke
Kuss
Will Kuss
Anna Helder Bender
Omaha
Neb
Nellie
Lee Wright
Henry Township
Sincere thanks for kindness after our loss
The note thanks Daniel Vail Harrison Charles and James Wherry Dr R 8 Bayne and Charles Knight for sympathy during the sickness and death of our sister and niece. Interment was in Putnam cemetery with many family members laid to rest. Bracken Brothers and aunts Mrs Stickel and Miss Campbell express appreciation for floral offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Rowe
Sampson
Ellen Rowe
Whitefield Township
Ora A. Bonham
Orman V
Viola May
Ellen Pauline
Henry Virgil
Martha Jane
Varna
Henry
Rowe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles
Frank
Eugene
Anna Kocher
William
H. G. Dusenberry
Ora A. Rowe
Harrison
Daniel Vail
James Wherry
Bayne
Charles Knight
Putnam
Bracken
Stickel
Miss Campbell
The Deceitfulness of Sin Sermon at Presbyterian Church
Rev H G Dusenberry leads the morning sermon at 11 oclock on The Deceitfulness of Sin. At 730 pm the evening program presents The Only Escape about relief from bondage of sin. Sunday school meets 945 am Christian Endeavor 630 pm. Everyone is welcome to all services.
Christian church services and parish notices
Sunday services listed for Pinng Fai Christian Church including Bible school at 10 and worship at 11 with pins awarded, 6:30 Christian Endeavor, 7:30 evening service. St Mary’s and St Joseph’s churches schedule masses and vespers. W R C meeting set for Feb 7. thanks extended to Putnam citizens for aiding fire response at M M Henkins & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Hans A. Otto
Christian Endeavor Society
Brown
W. J. Carpenter
A. Schauer
Ives
Joseph's Church
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Pavilion Park
Twentieth Century Orchestra
Anna
May
S. May Stickel
Jesus
Perry
Town
Margaret Campbell
L. R. Thomas
Marian
Canada
Walter Harrison
Christian Church
GC. C. Carpenter
Princeton
Earl Johnson
Walter Cook
Ladine
Carpenter
Walter
Board OF Health
State Board of Health
City of Henry
Pana — Kuss-Hilb
Lester Lewis
Emly Smith
Geneseo
Lester
Wesley Doyle
George Lippert
Hampshires
Henry Auto Company
Lippert
Samuel C. Snyder
Robert M. Parker
Portland
Ore
Elenia C. Parker
Robert S. Parker
Snyder
Manuel Snyder
Henry Snyder
Mr. Snyder
Parkside Inn
Scranton
Oregon
Henry School Notes
J. A. Blackburn
Emma Martin
G. M. Brown
J. O. Hill
Bruce Wilson
Alec Brown
Mary Trim
Anna Hindmarsh
Thomas Clark
Rachel Hunter
Sim Doyle
W. H. Worley
Putnam County Farmers' Institute
Mn Fy Py
Pinng Fai
M. J. Brennan
W. Rh. C
K. P. Hall
Henkins & Co
Putnam, M1
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