This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Henry city notes and regional updates from wartime era
Local items include visits from Mark Sawyer of Lacon and Chris Sawyer, Pred Neuhalsen at the tacon Woolen mill, and Charles Harney of Chicago visiting Henry. Public sale of Adolph Klein’s household goods, changes in residents, and an upcoming Peoria auto show for Red Cross funds are reported. Oregon, aviation, and railroad notes, plus farm moves and local obituaries, fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meter Bros
Advt
Mark Sawyer
Lacon
Chris Sawyer
Henry
Pred Neuhalsen
Tacon Woolen Mill
Williams
Franklin
Frank Kramer
Tiskilwa
George Lippert
Magnolia
J. C. Hill
John Newsam
Peoria
Charles Dille
Charles Harney
Chicago
Daniel Harney
F. W. Potter
Adolph“ S Lein
Adot
C. E. Smith
Whitefield
Thomas Bobby
Jessica Farr
JL. Jones
Urbana
Gladys Glenn
Thomas Finnegan
Hugh Finnegan
Putnam
Camp Pike
Ark
Magoon Barnes
P. Hoare
Alaska
Saunders
Parker
Washington
Tazewell County
A. T. Hunter
Everett McBrid
U.S. Army
Portland
Marshall County
Government
Vancouver
Wash
The
Signal
G E. Fenwick
Meier Bros
Esther Hunter
P. O. Keeling
Chillicothe
E. Fenwick
Mary B. Orr
Puttnam
Morgan Williams
Rhode Island
Jersey
O. K
Jesse Anderson
Big Springs
Tex
Walter Jig
Signal Corps
Aero Squadron
Waco
France
Calvin Stickel
Springfield
Pawnee
Lll
Rock Island
Preacher Sorrells
Henry Republican
Sorrelg
Republican Board of Supervisors
Sorrells
Washburn
C. Elsie Smith
Dunlap Place
Smith
R E. Hills
Hills
Second Ward
Henry Township
Henigh
Eva J. Sweet
William Elgin
Camp Dodge
William Cregg
Campus
Frank Dwyer
Adolph Klein
Frank Barker
Swein
Western Catholic Union
Central Union Life Insurance Company
O. H. Davis
J. H. Magoon
Marshall and
Putnam Counties
Henry A. Ford
Charles Harding
George Frey
Wenona
Ford
Central
Tilinois
Everett McBride
Ore
G. E. Fenwick
Miss Perry
Iva J. Sweet
Ralph Wilson
McNabb
Bert Smith
Arthur Rehn
Putnam County
Miss Bean
Andrew Stebgen
Emadaniel Lucas
Near McNabb
Miss Braden
Presbyterian Church
Lone Tree
R. B. Warner
Hines
William Klein
Meier Brus
William Darling
Iowa
Charles Cox
Wurst
Morton
Albert Wurst
Wurst & Knoll
Herman Shatt
Blue
Yims Pea
Camp Grove
Jimmie Wison
Public Service Company of Northern Illlnois
Public Utilities Commission of Illinois
Livingston County
Carrie M. VanHorne
Donald W. King
Spokane
Packing House of Armour& Co
Henry Lakemper
Toluca
LaHarpe
L. Lake
William G. Duston
Dwight Star-Herald
Dwight
Ilinois
Sons of Veterans
Powellton
Hancock County
Red Cross
Bunny