Local Notes and Notices From Metamora and Surroundings
A jumble of local updates includes village notices on postal routes closing for illness, funerals for Henry Leech of Hennepin, and details on Metamora meetings and club rooms. Reports mention residents Grantville to McNabb telephone outages and a Granville link risk, plus an aluminum hot water bottle explosion injuring Nick Fandel Sr. and daughter Susie in Metamora.
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Metamora
C. H. Hindson
Messrs.Conrard and
Irving
John Sharick
Bipmese
Nisa
Metamora Herald
Leading Brooklyn critic spots Dowling claim at opera
A Brooklyn dramatic critic recognizes a Grand Opera House advertisement claiming Robert Downing will play Joe Morgan in Ten Nights in a Bar Room. The piece traces Downing's past roles and notes he had shifted to evangelistic prohibition preaching. The notice also lists a public 4 PM Friday appearance and talks of county extension work.
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Brooklyn
Grand Opera House
Robert Downing
Joe Morgan
Ardea
Mary Anderson
Downing
Avenue
Joe
Jefferson
Captain Absolute
Perrybingle
New York
Siold Star
Ignomar
Brutus
Samson
Arthur C. Alston
Henry Opera House
Opera House
Heller Death Noted by Iowa Correspondent
Mrs J G Faris in Mt Ayr Iowa sends a biographical sketch and notice of Elizabeth Faris Holler death in Denver on September 18 at her daughter's home. She left two children Rev E W Faris Holler Ottumwa Iowa and Lena Long Denver with brothers and a sister surviving. The note recalls family ties, burial in Manhattan Kansas, and sorrow in Whitefield Presbyterian circles with Christmas wishes and a final endorsement of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
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Alexander Smith
Norwood Park
Chicago
St. Joseph
A. B. Smith
Ilinois
Board of Agriculture
Henry
James McAleer
Camp Biles
John Peterson
Hennepin
Jng
Granville
Echo
Henry Lodge
A. M
J. A. Wile
Mame Tyler
L. M
Bell
Tid Rivell
St. Francis Hospital
Poorth
Nestate
Holt Tractor
Fulks Brothers
Granburg
Father Schauer
St. Mary’s Church
Samuel TB. Holler
Mt. Ayr
Iowa
George Burt & Son
Minnie Merritt
Lizzie Farig Holler
Elizabeth Faris
Ohio
Saratogs Township
W. H. H. Faris
Tip
Winfleid
Faris
Samuel B. Holler
Manhattan
Kan
Holler
Denver
Colo
Henry V
Anzie
Winfield
Farrs
Elsworth County
Kansas
Mire
Maggie Routh
Pomona
Cal
Old Presbyterian Church of
Whitefield
Tom
Oklahoma
E. L., Faris
Muskogee
Okla
New Yea
J. G. Faris
Weather Summary and Local Happenings in Henry Area
The notes cover a December through New Year period with daily temperature tallies and community items. Reports mention business trips, hog shipments to Chicago, family visits, W. O. T. U. meeting, school holidays, apple shipments, insurance audits, Christmas travel, and local bond election plans for a new township high school.
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O. P. Mills
Henry
J. Turner Mills
Chicago
Alfred Wilson
Milford
Ind
Emma Mills
Harry Mills
Ladd
Oscar Bumgarner
Mattie Anderson
W.W. G. Griffith
New York
Magnolia Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
F. E. Smith
Mary Griffith Jr
Pontiac
Ruth Mills
Knox College
Cassie Swaney
Bickerman
Jerfel Smith
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Swaney
Granville Independents
Independent defeat cited in rough Saturday game score
Magnolia Grange held an interesting meeting last Saturday with a 10 o clock start for officer elections. A midday dinner followed and attendees recalled one Deeana with fines. Married Christmas Eve at the bride's home, the couple plans to live in Edison Minnesota while Ira resumes veterinary practice after army service.
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Weitiag
Magnolia Grange
Deeana
Gasgman
Mrodhd
L.H. Lassman
Brokaw Hospital
Bloomington
Ford
Advertisement notices and sale notices appear in a mixed column
A compilation of small notices includes trespass warnings from Jerifel Ketchum and H J Blackburn, a sale offer for ten young oxen, a private household job ad in Chicago seeking a German-speaking helper, a stray spotted steer claimed by Charles Reinbeck, and a six room cottage for sale with inquiry details.
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Ge Madly
The
Clarence M. Johnson
Clarence M Johnson
342Nd Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces
Fama Pa
War Department
Homie of
Nellie G. Hartley
Department-audubon-and Forestry
Josephine L. Townsend
Charlotte ~ Sparling
George
Kewanee
Hartley
Townsend
America
Abawad
Bella-Evans
Mor
H. J. Moore
Oval
Fulks Bros
Ing
Ironmongers
Arnold’s Grocery and Bakery
Henry, Tll
Porter
Dee
Aneer
Senvese
Siwneerver
Orning
Bradley
Bradley Institute
Peoria
Bradley Vni
Nettle Jarman
Chillicothe, Ill
Jerifel Ketchum
H. L. Brown
Henry, Ill
H. J. Blackburn
Peary
Charles Reinbeck
Earth
First National Bank OF
Henry, Illinois
M. Jones
Jones
Harrison
H. Scholes
Cashier Dimnectors, Co
BE. G. Cromwell
Harrison George McGillick William Duke J. L, Jones JT
J. Segraves
Arthur Alston
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