Time's Sickle Death Roll 1908 Large List of Victims
Serial year end death tally compiled from Henry Republican columns lists numerous individuals aged from infancy to over eighty, monthly groupings from January to December, with many names including Dorothy Joyce Sammons, Josiah McCoy, Mrs Oscar Stoner, Hon John Holmes, Virginia Bell Smith, Miss Betsy Beaton, and Joseph Streitmatter among others, plus ages and occasional notes.
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Casper C- Wood
John Smth
Fred Swain
Dorothy Oyce Sammons
Josiah McCoy
Oscar Stoner
Mra
Lewis Younger
Mra. Nghe Colvin
Earl William Mutton
Jans Bartlett
Henry Gardner
I. M. Breen
John Holmes
Henry Dally
Andrew. Roth
Peter Balenseifen
Albert Io Stevens
Percy A. Smith
Adam Schmitt
Joseph J. Froeliger
Louis Henkell
H. B. Stockdale
Patrick Craig
Hiram Howard
Frank G. Barnard
M. M. Merritt
Mary Ul, Griffin
Archie Crompton
George Lyons
Betsy Beaton
John Oberer
DM. Dean
Mary Engelbrecht
Mary Powers Davenport
William H Feazel
Rollin C. Mallory
Jennie Bartlett
William Lenz
Nels P. Olson
J. W. Boyd
Miss Eyeline Niblock
John Otto
Thomas Bronn
Elizabeth King Hunter
William F. Spangler
Joseph F. Hartley
Anna Birkman
Henry M
Fred’ Vincent, Sr
George Ford
W. Fliugher
John N. Herder
C. B. Campbell
Barney Kramer
John Small
P. A. Cool
Austin G. Brasfield
Daniel H. Andrews
Miss Elizabeth Riley
William Stevenson
William Scoon
Edward Kermeen
George Whittington
Cora M. Morse
Benton Coppes
Fred Newburg
James
Hunt
Henry H. Weaver
John Ehresman
Richard Gill
Harrison Boyle
R. Morefield
Lawrence
Traver
William H. Robinson
Adam Petermin
Horace A. Stephens
Joseph M. Stetson
Johnard
James Shane
Jacob Wohtfort
Hmery Laub
Eddingfield
John Skeel
Edward Curtis
M. B. Williamson
Andrew Heinrich
Anton Haunk
John Riley Smith
Moses Hartley
Roy VanPatten
John Bohnen
John O. Kidd
M. M. Sherburne
Katie McKenna
Nannie Fallon
Bert Myers
A. L. Hillman
A. L. Gilpin
Luke Gregory
Byra Snyder
Nathaniel Marshall
Harvey Welsh
Lizzie Cramer
Sylvia A. Lincoln Baker
Clara Becker
James A. Blackburn
William H. Hulme
James McManus
Charles Fay
Lucy Butler
Princeton
Sheppard
Thomas Crawford
Tyler Scott
Kate Foley
Ant Taber
Kate Speers
August
Joseph Duke
Thomas B. Brown
James Fieldhouse
Samuel H. Condit
Bya Stowell
Kate Spens
Clark M. Dawson
Rose S. Kelley
Carl Pierson
O. H. Lincoln
Faith Stevens
A. H. Gaston
John Corcoran
Peter Belsen
Althea Hamilton
George Merritt
George , Worley
John H. Jackson
H. H. Kirchman
Granville Matthews
H. B. Leiper
Jesse W. Hurd
Katie Sweetman Hakes
Hliphalet Ketchum
J. H. Bridge
Minnie Miller
John Ironmonger
Rachel Jones
William T. Law
George Twitchell
Cora BH. Deininger
Margaret Curry
Ella Dawson
William Ackwright
Bert Robinson
Esther Lerette
William A
Stephen C. Brown
Thomas G. Haws
Babe
Hugh McKenna
Frederick S. Hazen
Isaac W. Eckshart
George Kline
Caroline Stisser
Luther D. Gunn
William Feazel
William Ball
J. N. Kendrick
Minnie Medearis
James F. Smith
Andrew Kelm
Edwin Hutchins
William Stoner
Reuben Broaddus
James A. Shields
Arthur W. Curran
Henry Miller, Jr
George Kear, Sr
Leland Broaddus
Edward S. Humphrey
Francis Tulle
Lois Cartwright
Solomon Medearis
John W. Henderson
Francis Thomas
Perry Dunn
George Freer
Solomon Stecker
Andrew Rogers
H. A. Boyle
Nathan F.holton
Calvin Still- Man
Joseph Jones
Anne Meinke
John A. Anderson
Sadie King
Lawrence EH. Pyle
Amos Peck
A. B. Deininger
Milton Webber
Albert Harris
A. J. Perry
Isaac Malone
Wesley Runnells
Emily Parrett
John Walker
Mary M. Helruk
Ransom
Gregory
William M. Warner
John Dimig
Judson Ong
Peter Schmitt
Matilda A. Dakin
M.D. Lopeman
J. T. Mason
J. C. Mountjoy
Joseph R. Wickersham
Thomas H. Downey
Robert Dakin
Social and Musical Lodge Evening Ends With Oyster Feast
C E 8 Henry No 477 held a Friday lodge social with a music program led by Miss Mary Quinn. Highlights included solos by Mrs L R Phillips and Mr L R Phillips, recitations by Miss Mildred Stever and Miss Enid Carroll, a cornet organ duet, and an auction of wonder boxes. Proceeds about 11 dollars plus a lodge fund of 50 dollars aimed at city water piping. about 100 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Mary Quinn
Adaline
Helen
Mildred Stever
Elsie Carroll
Putnam
Pauline Williams
Ellsworth Jones
L. R. Phillips
Lucky Jim
Elmer Quinn
Putnam County Nuptials Link Bessie Pearl Cassell to Bishop
Dec 30 at the Cassell home near McNabb Ill united Bessie Pearl Cassell and Charles H Bishop in marriage officiated by Rev Brink of Hennepin. The wedding featured a lace draped bower, tuxedoed groom, tan silk bride, and a 40-guest reception. The bride, a longtime Putnam County teacher, and groom, a respected farmer, were praised. Attendees came from Hennepin Henry Granville Princeton and Depue. Public sale of the James Russell farm planned for Jan 22 by Fay Adams 4% miles NW of Sparland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Cassell
H. B. Cassell
McNabb
Ill
Bessie Pearl
Charles H. Bishop
Harry Cassell
Putnam County
Hennepin
Henry
Granville
Princeton
Depue
Owen Allen
Our City
Fay & Adams
James Russell
Sparland
End Year Assault Sparks Curfew Call in City
Citizens recount a 14 year old girl's assault near the depot after a New Year dance at the New Garage. John Apple of Hopewell township was arrested, deemed insane, and sent to Bartonville insane hospital. The article urges a 9 pm curfew for youths under 15 to curb such incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our City
Sadie Travis
Edna
Amanda Blankenship
John Apple
Hopewell Township
J. A. Williams
Apple
Blankenship
Travis
Floyd Williams
W. Donovan
Night Watch
Squire Woodward
Grand Jury
Lacon
Jacobs
Cromwell
Bartonville
BUPA LADY CURED OF ILLS BY CHICAGO DOCTOR
Edith Carper of Buda Illinois reports illness of kidney and stomach trouble lasting over three years. After medical visits failed she sought Dr D O Fruth of Chicago who promised cure and delivered full recovery. She endorses his honest treatment and offers to share her case. Dr Fruth to consult at Camp House Wednesday January 1% from 8 to 11:30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Carper
D. O. Fruth
Chicago
Buda
Ill
Dr. Fruth
Whitefield Township Tax Collecting and Prayer Week Notice
F P Curry collector announces Saturday tax receipts at Duke Bros store Henry. He will attend 411 public sales in the township area to receive 1908 Whitefield taxes. Also notes week of prayer programs at M B church and Presbyterian church with sessions Monday to tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield
Duke Bros
Henry
Whitefield Township
F. P. Curry
M. B
Presbyterian Church
Foreman recalls coroner jury in prairie county murder
A. J. Ponzer writes from Tiskilwa about a coroner’s jury verdict finding murder in the McMahon case near Princeton. He details exhumation, organ tests, and a Chicago chemist report on strychnine poisoning of a pregnant young woman, with the suspect couple held without bail and new cases nearby.
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Gus
Tiskilwa
George’ Burt
James McMahon
United States
Haines
Chicago
Marshall County
Princeton
Sheffield
A. J. Ponzer
Mrs C C Broaddus Responds to Seattle Elopement Story
Mrs C C Broaddus of Chicago replies to The Republican editors claiming the Seattle trip was for business to buy three rooming houses and asserts the elopement tale is unfounded. She says her husband entrusted business to another and offers to return to Seattle to complete the deal, sending a photo of Bruce’s wife and noting her son’s business aptitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Broaddus
Wm. T. Bruce
Putnam
Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Republican
Henry Republican
Marion Street
Bruce
Marshall County
Death of Mr Hmmett Suit Revered Sparland Educator
The death of Mr Hmmett Suit at age 27 ends a brief illness after health failures that led him from Sparland's school to Colorado for treatment and back. He taught at Sparland, was highly regarded for character and accomplishments, and is survived by his wife a young daughter his parents Mr and Mrs H Luft and one brother. Funeral sympathy flows to the bereaved.
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Hmmett Suit
Sparland
Colorado
H. Luft
City Council Sets Audit of Bills for Municipality
City council met in city hall on Monday night January 4 1909 with Mayor Haws and Aldermen Yanochowski Pace Smith Cromwell McCune Leavitt present. Treasurer Charles B Vogel Lang read a balance and receipts to date and bills were reviewed and approved for payment. a committee was named to cost election notices printing ballots and stationery for next primaries and election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haws
Yanochowski
Pace
Smith
Cromwell
McCune
Leavitt
Wee
Charles B. Vogel- Lang
Wayne Hupp
J. Watercott & Co
Ald, Smith
Ald
Alds
Cromwell, McCune
George Halbleib
Donovan
Royal Randall
Fred Raymond
Tra Brown
Standard Oil Co
Duke Bros
Fred ‘Morgan
Beretta Gee, Burt & Son
Excorts
Henry Electric Co
H, & E. F. Hunter
Meier Bros
Yanoschowski
Guy Forrest
J. W. Niece Retires From Active Drug Store Work
J W Niece, long time Henry pharmacist and Civil War veteran, retires after 44 years in business. He sold stock and goodwill, leaving behind a vastly dedicated career and plans for rest with his wife in their declining years.
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J. W
Terre Haute
Ind
la Porte
Henry
Charles Everett
New Year resolutions for a better 1909 city
The piece urges businesses, families and institutions to set honest, practical resolutions for 1909 to improve the town’s reputation. It emphasizes real commitments over empty promises and collective action by citizens to attract better standards and people.
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Henry
Segraves Purchases J W Niece Drug Store in Henry
On New Year’s day the stock and goodwill of J W Niece’s drug store at Edward and Second streets were sold to T J Segraves of Fairbury. He took possession that day after visiting Henry weeks earlier with a friend to view stock and confer with local businessmen. Segraves, with seven years in the trade, is praised as a skilled druggist and reputable businessman. He and his wife and child arrived Monday and will reside in a Market street cottage, pleased with the city and its prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Niece
Edward and
Second Streets
T. J. Segraves
Fairbury
Segraves
Henry
Springfield
Pairbury
Market Street
Hunter
Week of Prayer Topics Across the United States
During the week of prayer the nation assigns topics for each evening. Sunday opens with The Law of the Harvest, Monday covers The Bible The Word of God, Tuesday The Divine and Human Responsibility, Wednesday Missions Home and Foreign, Thursday Intemperance and Gambling, Friday The Family and the School, Saturday The Signs of the Times, and Sunday Christ the Giver of Life. illiness and
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United States
Christ
Illness Brief on Ed B. Smith Supervisor
Ed B. Smith, the supervisor, is seriously ill with pneumonia. A professional nurse and Mrs. Smith assist in the house. Calls are barred from the sick room. Some hemorrhages have occurred. Dr. Hall reports he is as well as could be expected and hopeful for recovery.
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Ed B. Smith
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