Gift Day Delights City With Drawings And Jewelry Prize
Last Saturday crowds in drizzle gathered for two merchants holiday promotions. At 3 pm a drawing at F E Lovett’s novelty store awarded a leather rocking chair to J H W Parker. at 3 30 pm Hallforth Jewelry gave a Tiffany diamond ring to William Sleater as hundreds watched under umbrellas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Lovett
J. H W. Parker
Mr. Parker
Hallforth Jewelry
Tiffany
Hallfarth
L.R. Phillips
H. E. Jacobs
George A. Burt
Lloyd Hunter
Jacobs
William Sleater
Peoria Auto Show to Feature Wide Car Display
Central Illinois awaits the annual Automobile Show in Peoria at the Big Coliseum January 10 11 12 and 13. Dealers report space sold and promise cars from $400 runabouts to $5000 touring models plus electrics motorcycles and car accessories.
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Central
Illinois
Peoria
Central West
Rev W H Carter to preach at Arrangemouth church
Arrangements have been made for the evangelist Rev. W H Carter from Kansas City to preach at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday morning and evening in Peoria. Everyone is invited to attend the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Church
W. BH. Carter
Kansas City
Peoria
Methodist Episcopal Church
City Council Proceedings January 1 1912
Regular meeting in city hall with Mayor Pace and aldermen present. Bills approved including water works,$70. night watch,$50. city marshal,$40. coal and repairs. printing. gasoline. cleaning and maintenance. Adjourned to January 15, 1912.
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Pace
Dille
Yanochowski
Helgoth
Doelzer
Smith
Hutchins
F. Halbleib
W. Donovan
R. Randall
C. Bell
Teiter Ters
C. Greenlee
H. & BF. Hunter
Limber and Tile
Me Anes
H. Auto Co
Sheriff and Jury
Brisco
Ener Standard Oil Co
J. Hawkins
WENO
M. Noll
Gehring
G. Burt & Son
C. Ee
the Public Service Co
Ald
G. B. Pace
Elias B. Wright
Gasoline Explosion at Henry Sugar Bowl Candy Kitchen
George McMurray opened a candy kitchen in the Weis building naming it Henry Sugar Bowl. A gasoline lighting plant powered by two external fuses exploded near a galvanized pipe, tearing the pipe from the ceiling. McMurray shut off the gas pressure tank, avoiding fire. No building damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McMurray
Revria
Weis
Mr. McMurray
Concert Program At M. HB Church Delights Audience
Friday evening concert features Anna Custer Hall-Reader and Clara Waddell with violinist Carver Wolf and accompanist Ona Benjamin. Program includes Hexentanz Hungarian etude MacDowell and other solos duets readings and scenes featuring Miss Waddell Mrs Hall Mr Wolf Miss Benjamin and supporting performers in a lively sequence of songs poems and humorous pieces.
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M. HB. Church
Anna Custer Hall
Clara Waddell
Carver Wolf
Ona Benjamin
MacDowell
Benjamin
Woodman
Waddell
White Swan
Nevin
Newcomb
Pioneer German Woman Eva Wunder Dies at 88
Mrs Eva Wunder born 1823 in Michelsbach Alsanau Bavaria came to the U S in 1888 with family through a unsettled frontier era. She married twice first to B Kline then to Henry Wunder and settled on a Whitefield farm then a cottage in Henry Marshall County. She died December 31 1911 after a life of piety charity and community service with funeral at St Marys church Calvary Cemetery burial.
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Eva Wunder
Michelsbach
Alsanau
Bavaria
Germany
Margaret Heininger
Katherine Seinworth
Mary A. Troendley
Peter Herr
B. Kline
Lacon
Henry
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Church
Fr. Gensler
Calvary Cemetery
George Troendley
Arcola
Ind
David Hatzenbuhler
Loda
Joseph Fontron
Hutchison, Kas
Charles
Emma Weis
Henry Wunder
Ottawa
Albert Evans
Hobart
Lewis Smith
Peoria
Lawrence Heintzmann
H. Konblauch
Henry Heininger
Metamora
George Wunder
Ohio
CG. C. Doran
Mary Weis
School Chimes Seeks Fresh Start After Holiday Break
The Xmas vacation ends with renewed energy as Miss Shayer begins the domestic sciences and music program. Ione Forrester conducts piano exercises this week while students take up algebra, Latin, and German studies. Citizens note slippery sidewalks and good sleighing potential as light snow could help.
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Shayver
Shayer
Detroit
Ione Forrester
Augusta Stever
Mae Coe
Magnolia
New Yearnuptials in Peoria Tie Lucian Fosdick and Alice Brown
Lucian W. Fosdick marries Alice Brown on January 1 at the residence of District Superintendent Rev. O T Dwinnell in Peoria at two o clock in the afternoon. Stella Dorff is bridesmaid and John Janovetz best man. They plan a Springfield honeymoon and later establish a farm home in Whitefield township with hopeful wishes from friends.
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Peoria
O. T. Dwinnell
Lucian W. Fosdick
Alice Brown
Henry Brown
Stella Dorff
John Janovetz
Cary Fosdick
Whitefield Corners
Springfield
Whitefield Township
Leing
Presbyterian Sermons and Sunday School Officers Listed
Rev. W. H. Pumphrey of Peoria will preach at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and evening. He will install two ruling elders, Hiram Hunter and Clarence E. Burt, at the morning service. The Sunday school elected officers for the ensuing year with A. B. Smith as Superintendent and Miss Margaret Riddle as Secretary and Treasurer. Also noted are church activities, home department leadership, and staff roles. Captain Percy Swain reported two boats in good condition and a Florida contract to build a $70,000 boat with Stillwater engines and Florida hull work. Subscription renewals urged.
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Presbyterian Church
W. H. Pumphrey
Peoria
Hiram Hunter
Clarence E. Burt
Presbyterian Church Sunday School
A. B. Smith
J. A. Williams
Margaret Riddle
H. F. Andrews
Lloyd Hunter
Home Department
C. ©. Burt
Dora Granbury
C. Worley
W. Doyle
Ella Wood
L. Gregory
Carrie Carpenter
Percy Swain
Henry
Swains
Florida
Florida Land Company
Stillwater
Florida land sale party heads south from Streator
During last fall Fred Powers son of J M Powers sold several five and ten acre tracts of Florida land to locals with a plan to pick one buyer to visit Florida and report back. Will Steimle was selected and left Tuesday with a party for Detroit Florida to inspect the property. J M Powers will lead the group on arrival in Detroit. About 40 from Streator joined the trip south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Powers
J. M. Powers
Florida
Will Steimle
Detroit
South
Miss Kathryn Curry Plans Florida Sales Career
Miss Kathryn Curry spent New Year’s with her sister Miss Margaret Curry. Miss Curry, a traveling saleslady for a book company, was en route to Florida where she will continue her work and is greatly enamored with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Curry
Margaret Curry
Miss Curry
Florida
Epiphany sermon at St John’s Church invitation
St John’s Episcopal Church invites friends to Sunday worship with a morning sermon on The Feast of the Epiphany and an evening address The Beginning of the New Year. The Republican editor’s Christmas account is acknowledged. church decor is praised and open invitation extended. A mine accident near Sparland prompts potential damages for the Evans family.
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St. John’s Church
Episcopal
the Republican
John Evans
Illinois Valley Coal Company
Sparland
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Watson
Granville
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Fannie Winterscheidt
Kansas
M. Be, Ford
McNabb
Perry
Mendota
Howard
Washington
Thomas Martin
Stetson
Union Grooge
Granville Echo
Hallfarth’s
Ch. Hallearth
Council Proceedings
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Dancla
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Richardson
F. A. Powell
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