Lacon Births Deaths and Local Notices Highlight Week
Senator Fortie visits Lacon as new baby Arcene Pichereau is born. Mrs Danhoff recovers from pneumonia. Mire Louis Duchesne and Mrs Vern Brown visit Hoopes ten. Mr Drake hosts guests from Ashland. Jay Magoon moves to Prairie Street. A dinner honors Ottawa guests. Mrs Ramp remains critically injured from a fall. Waldo Held welcomes a son. Ruby, the daughter of Mr and Mrs, faces serious illness. Henry Sargent improves. Quarret ill. snow season peaks. I O O F initiations planned. many local visits and purchases noted. Mrs Valletto dies. Nichswanger improves. Maken family visits from Assumption. Florence Buckley aids revival meeting. Sparland chapter buys chairs. Aunt Becky Haselton dies in Ghilllee aged about 90.
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Frank ‘Martin
Prairie Street
Arr
Ottawa
Mra Ts
Vw. Bayne
Samuel Ramp Fa
Waldo Held
Pee
Alfred Thomas
Alah
Hocker
Dillinger
Everett ‘Culp
Watertown
Henry Sargent
C. Maiiland
Quarret
Henry
Addison
Tanquary
Faltlo O'Leary
Peorin
Will, Harney
Harry Crapipten
Harper
Nebraak
Qiblette
Valletto
Lacon
Guella Nichswanger
Hersolf
Maken
Assumption
N. W. Maken
Florence Buckley
Peoria
E E. K. Reynolds
Zimmerman
Gapen
Mise Sparr
Sparland
Bouton
Mr. Bouton
Mra Dunlap
Hensley
Will
Clifton
Becky Lhaeeelton
Samuel Haselton
Ghilllee
George Ancelson
Joss
Whistfield Corners Indicate Busy Week in Henry Area
Indies attended the cooking school in Henry last week while Harry Snell and Cora Reynolds spent Monday nights at her Go Prairie home. Meetings continue all week with Bro Moles assisted by Alva Lotes of Tiskilwa. Snowdrifts kept people indoors and many shoveled paths Sunday. The Dramatic Club will perform Down in Dixie on February 8 in Putnam. E. P. Calef, visiting his daughter, Theo Clark, has reconnected with neighbors, appearing hearty despite years.
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Whistefield
Henry
Harry’ ‘Snell
Cora Reynolds
Go Prairie
Alva Lotes
Tiskilwa
Dixie
Putnam J
E. P. Calef
Theo Clarks
Local Residents Visit and Community Notes
Delber Marshall and wife recently visited and were seen in Windsor Cuff and Collar Co of Chicago. Mrs Smith owns a fine organ gifted by her husband and W. J. Nelson of Henry. Grandma Jacobs and daughter Mrs J. W. Waughop visited William Jacobs’s family at Henry. William was sick but now recovering under Dr Cromwell. Mrs Ed Kiefer and Mrs Becker were guests for a coneoy afternoon. Becker and three children visiting from her Kansas home. friends lament her imminent return and value the old school-day friendships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delber Marshall
H.marshall
Shroeder
Alise Petiit
Wr “Osborne
Windsor Cuff and Collar Co
Chicago
Smith
Local notes mix town visits and health updates in Lostant
Earl Kiddwan rests in Lostant on Saturday. Cora Dent returned from Henry last Wednesday. John Brenn called in Lostant on Wednesday. Several residents and visitors from Henry Toluca Granville and Whitefield are noted. Funeral of Auntie Bowers and Mr Spencer held, Raymond Lash to Champaign for university enrollment.
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Earl Kiddwan
Cora Dent
Henry
John Brenn
Hughes
Harris
James Ramage
Dr Barbour
Clifford Haws
Mr Thompson
Toluca
Jensa Miller
Princula
Uhureday
Elzy Downey
Attorney Taylor
Hennepin
Ucred
Thos Wable
Whitefield
Mra
Tullis
Spencer
Ransom
Engarland
Childs
Edward
Granville
J. H McKirgan
Beatrice Massie
T. E. Staith
Clear Creek
Varna
Magnolia
Willis Mills
McNabb Lumber Yard
J. H. McKirgan
Obas McAllister
Frank Lama
Barbour
Auntie Bowers
Raymond Lash
Champaign
University
Infant McNabb Dies in Local News Brief
Four month old infant McNabb of Frank Wallin died Monday. Jake Mauffair and Ed Putnam were passengers to Lostant Saturday. Mrs Oliver Regenold visited Redick Tuesday to see her daughter. Hog buyers active, Fred Wolf Jr and Fred Kinney shipped two carloads Monday. The Griffith stock sale near here postponed due to cholera among swine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith Homestead
Message of manhood and hope from Dr Vance Powell
A vintage style notice urges weak men to act today for future happiness. It claims thousands suffer but many are cured by Dr Vance Powell of various indiscretions and ailments, offering promise and vigor.
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Vance Powell
Free Consultation Offer for Various Chronic Ailments
An advertisement promises free consultation and advice for numerous chronic diseases and male and female disorders. It guarantees a cure, claims secret confidentiality, and urges readers to contact the provider for scientific treatment, claiming removal of invasive methods.
Dr Vance M Powell Specialist at Powell Hanas Clinic
Dr Vance M Powell sole owner operates Powell Hanas clinic offering free consultation and x ray imaging with Mica Plate X Ray Machine. Office in Masonic Temple rooms 218 14 15 16 Adams pi a over A Schradz elevator hours daily 9 am to 5 pm evenings 7 to 830 pm Saturdays 7 to 830 pm Sundays 10 to 12 noon.
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Powell & Hanassultation
Masonic Temple
Adams Pina
A. Schradz
McNabb Items and Local Happenings This Week
Last week Hetrick visited Florida relatives. E W Lee of Tiskilwa is now clerking at Shinns grocery. Judge McNabb returned from Chicago. Putnams daughter who is a teacher on British Lane visited last Sunday. Henderson brothers led a merry crowd in a bob sled ride Monday evening. Lulu Beck of Arkansas visited in town with uncle H E Beck Monday. Joshua Mills Jr responded to a telegram about a sick son in Springfield. Jake Solbert bought a lot for a new build, reported price fifty dollars.
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Frank Hetrick
E. W. Lee
Tiskilwa
Shinn's
Judge McNabb
Chicago
Putnam
British Lane
Henderson Brothers
Lulu Beck
Arkansas
H. E. Beck
Joshua Mills Jr
Springfield
Jake Solbert
School life notes and visitors in Peoria and Lacon
Florence Williams and Mise Mallary visited local schools while Grace Lee left for Austin with her parents. The physics class ran experiments including a volcanic eruption and teachers praised exam results. Gertrude Vail hosted Senior class entertainment with Coley Worley and others noted as royal entertainers.
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Florence Wiliams
Peoria
Bery Bacon
Mise Mallary
Lacon
Grace Lee
Austin
Ray Wood
Carpenter
Miss Nicholson
Gertrude
Coley
Worley
Emma Brenneman
Mattie Bickerman
Emily Fawcette
Minnie Stephens
Gertrude Vail
Walter Runnells
Roy Hill
Oscar Davis
Fred Nicholson
Clyde Vail
Cecil Davis
American views on Boer fighters after South Africa trip
An American returning from South Africa reports Boer fighters stay calm after battles. He notes American soldiers celebrate and discuss combat, while Boers resume routine tasks, read their Bibles, or mend clothes, showing a quick dismissal of fighting. Source: St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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South Africa
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Real Estate Transfers Listed for Lacon and Hopewell Areas
Real estate transfers include Chas Buuger to Johan Antrin in Bellé Plain, Gallup to Wm Riddell quit claims on several lots, Mary L Boice to John Hartley 88-100 in Jordan's subdivision, Henry L C McMurtrie to Huldah Bunke lot 18 Fleming's subdivision, Gertrude Lytle to Nancy Adama quit claims on multiple Jordan’s and Lot 267 areas, Julia Roth to Peter Schmidt in section 10, John Fisher to Paul Wunder tracts in Hopewell, and Joseph Fiedohr to Alfred Strawn Lot 5 in Lacon, with several ad notices and subdivision references.
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Chas Buuger
Johan Antrin
Bellé Plain
Chas Gallup
Wm Riddell
Bik
Howe
Cotton
Sparland
Hanorah McEntee
LeRoy
Charlotte Strawn
Alnster
Chancery
Lacon
Mary L. Boice
John Hartley
Jordon
Henry
L. C. McMurtrie
Huldah
Flemming
Gertrude Lytle
Nancy Adama
Julia. Roth
Peter Schmidt
Hopewell
John Fisher
Paul Wu
City Council Proceedings February 4 1901
Regular meeting at city hall with Mayor Forrest and aldermen present. Bills read, payments scheduled for street work, fire watches, tree work, and licenses. several motions approve payment and rebates. pension fund contribution authorized. telecommunication franchise deferred. treasurer report accepted and funds authorized to cover monthly bills.
Free heart disease treatment offer from Dr Miles
Dr Miles offers two jars and two and a half dollars worth of his complete heart treatment free to any reader. He claims 25 years of care and extensive research back his methods for heart disease, stomach and nerve ailments. He cites cured patients and urges sending for free trial material and testimonies, mentioning Chicago and bishops, bankers, and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Wil Peat
Frank Smith
Chicago
Furmey
Franklin Miles
Ill
Goodrich property sale and city council actions noted
The Henry city council discussed selling one acre of ground known as the Goodrich property to the city at five dollars. A committee consisting of Haws Smith and Humphrey was appointed for investigation. Resolutions praised the Peoria Fire Department for services during the January 21, 1901 fire and thanked the C R I & P RR for transporting the fire crew. Mayor Forrest’s resignation was read and accepted, with thanks expressed for his services. Alderman Jones named mayor pro tem for the rest of the fiscal year. The meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haws
Smith
Forrest
Ham
R. Jones
Doelzer
B. I. Forrest
Frep S. Scnaurer
Hallroom resident faces boarding house tension over actions
In a crowded exchange a Philadelphia Press note describes the boarding house at tension as Hallroom faces scrutiny not for paying his board but for other unspecified acts that worry landlady and residents alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McJigger
Hallroom
Philadelphia Press
Why She Said It Cartoon Quote
The Baltimore American cites a quip where a wife asserts her husband is the smartest on earth and the punchline shows she was speaking through her hat. The joke plays on a misunderstanding about the hat speaking.
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Bobbs
Dobbs
Baltimore American
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Yaeger
Déelzer
Humphrey
Alderman Jones
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Chas Sleator
L Gilpin
H. J. Gregory
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Duke Bros
I. Gilpin
Arthur Smith
Perry Hardware Co
Vogelsang Bros
Geo
Hildebrand
Smith and
Humpbrey
Frank Baer
Mr. Baer
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Son
Tin Miles
M.D
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Mascot Steel Gaek Stave
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