Henry County News Briefs From January 1912
Edna Motter of Chicago visits Henry friends. various locals and visitors noted including Walter Miller and Robert Williams of Indiana. Mrs. Dewey of Peoria plans California visit. Dr. Davis breaks wrist auto accident. Mercer merchants push mail order challenge with 700 page catalogs. Charity efforts in Neponset place headstones for poor graves. Local entertainers perform at Presbyterian church. Funeral held for Henry aunt. George Winder recalls Ohio land profits. Illinois Supreme Court upholds medical school appropriation. Bank director elections, Carver Wolf violin concert at M H church. Mustering out rolls and new laws for railroad safety. Marriages and transfers of local residents announced. Farmers institute in Geneseo highlights Henry county agriculture and household science programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Motter
Chicago
Henry
William Steele
Walter Miller
Robert Williams
Indiana
Catherine Sutton
W . Dewey
Peoria
California
Theodore Krenz
Omaha
Roger Lovett
Hyde Park
Daniel Murnane
Nebraska
Marshall, Minn
Blakeslee
Marshall
Anna Luft
Helen
Sparland
Rand
Charles Wabel
Wabel
Fr Davis
Mercer County
Aledo Times
Mark Twain
Missouri
Twain
Robert Prince
Neponset
George Winder
Paulding
Ohio
Mary Hein
John Heim
Ford —County
Miami Valley
William Russ
Illinois Supreme Court
Louis Hutt
Streator
L. Gertrude Higgs
Henry Central
Alexander Forbes
Kansas City
Austin P Clark
Silman Clark
Bertha Lela Foster
Nottnagel
Heininger
Harry G. Clark
G. M. Clark
Swift & Co
Packers
St. Paul
Geneseo
Pauline
Williams
Miss Pencomb
W. B. Mills
W. G.crittith
McNabb
Henry.county
School of Agriculture and Household Science
D R. Clemens
Abraham Lincoln
Fred Green
Earlville
Roy Randall
George Pople
Clyde Vail
Walter H. F. Wombacher
Dust-All Manufacturing Company
J. I. Thompson
Lacon
Ed B. Smith
Springfield
Ill
J. D. Stubbles
Henry Illinois notes and local scenes of 1912 plans
Local column from Henry Illinois covers New Year resolutions urging support for Henry in 1912, plus tales of residents. It notes visits by Miss Nellie Moran, Hartley Music Store piano sale, Public Service company banquet, road improvements for farmers, and community notices from Dec 1911 to Jan 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Moran
Varna Lewis
Henry
Curtis ‘ Lucas
Hartley Music Store
Charles Dietsch
Kurtzman
Deitsch
Illinois
H. T. Ireland
Washburn
Republican
J HE. Quinn
Grover
Litttle
Cora Mae Forrest
B. F Forrest
Minooka
Joliet
Guy Forrest
Belle Doyle
Northwestern
Public Service Company of Illinois
Public Service Company
Northern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Entounce
Ooloc Fonday
Carver Wolf
M. H. Church
William Peterman
Clara Waddell
J. Watercott & Co
Henry, Illinois
Woman's Club
Belle Adams
Mabel Smith
Tda Ketchum
Mong
Lottie Allen
Pontiac
Phebe Allen
Harold Huntington
Key
Wheatland
Leonard Hunter
James Case
Morris
Minn
S. L. Case
W B Kirkpatrick
Sterrett
J .E Quinn
O. F. Taylor
Henry Republican
Henry Euchre
Lester Brown
Lester
Hutchins & Downey
Safetus Edward Mathis
Magnolia
N. J. Mathis
George W. Hillabrand
Leff
Florida
W. A. Wherry
Arlingrton
R L. Vivian
D. CG. Blowes
Woadford
East Main Street Club
Adam Glats
C. Helgoth
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