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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1919
Page
6
A long Varna column covers social visits illness and recovery, local moves, a Dorcas society meeting, theater outings, a women’s club “dames parade” and charity notes. It lists residents near and far including the Boggs and Brigham families, Chattanooga-bound events, and a Roosevelt pension bill mention.
Emil Edward Christenson born January 4 1872 near Putnam Millonoiss died January 18 1919 at his home aged 46 years 11 months and 21 days. Survived by wife son daughter father sister Mrs Theodore Bangston and two brothers. mother preceded him eight years ago. He was a lifelong farmer and thresher club manager and church treasurer for eleven years. Funeral January 22 at Swedish Lutheran church Putnam with interment at Oakwood Princeton.
Miss Olive Hull will teach the remainder of the term in the La Rose intermediate room replacing Miss Roberta Gardner who resigned to take a government position in Washington D C Walter Scott temporarily fills a third track engineer role at the Sinclair Cudahy oil plant Leslie Wright returns from army service to his Santa Fe position then moves to Williamsfield Miss Mary Montgomery resumes the La Rose post Mrs Loveless ill taken to Peoria hospital for operation Miss Lulu Loveless visits her daughter Glenn McCully undergoes hernia operation successfully and recovers Charles McCully visits. A gray wolf trapped at the Petri farm is shot with a ten dollar bounty and fifteen dollar hide value. An advertisement for a used plane from G and Fenwick Funeral Director.
A Bill of letters and notices records a soldier in Germany writing to his mother in Putnam describing his health and experiences in late 1918 and early 1919. The second item notes the marriage of Leona Bishawn and Charles Lindley at Sacred Heart church Peoria with attendants and a wedding breakfast at William Hiwthorne’s home in Camp Grove. The couple plans a honeymoon and a future residence in Camp Grove.
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