Drainage canal case before the Supreme Court challenged pollution claims
The Illinois River drainage dispute at the Supreme Court features James Todd for Chicago and H. J. Hamlin for Missouri arguing water clarity improved since the canal opened. They present tests showing purification by the upper Illinois River, discuss typhoid sources, and recount experiments with bacillus prodigiosus, weighing pollution risks to St Louis from Chicago versus Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
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ST. Louis-Chicago
Supreme Court
Fuller
St. Louis
Chicago
James Todd
Sanitary District
Illinois River
Peoria
Kish
Mr. Todd
Illinois
Bridgeport
Todd
Lake Michigan
Minolis
Morris
Ilinois
Grafton
Mississippi
Missouri River
Missouri
H. J. Hamin
Charles W. Bates
Hamlin
South Branch
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Ilinois Valley
State of Illinois
Peoria Lake
Kansas City
Lemont
Missouri Laboratories
Illi
Edith Dennis Rites Reflect Small-Town Life in Henry
Miss Edith Dennis born June 13 1880 in Henry Illinois died January 6 1906 aged 25 years 6 months 24 days after a brief illness. She taught in Sparland Henry Hennepin Bureau and Bureau NL schools and was a Presbyterian Church and Christian Endeavor member. Funeral held January 8 at the Presbyterian church with Rev M E Todd officiating. She leaves a father two brothers Ralph and Walter two sisters Agnes and Ella and many friends. mother and two brothers preceded her. Pallbearers listed. Mrs Lyle Humble hosted a Dutch luncheon with Holland china and German baked goods. Mr and Mrs Humble praised as agreeable hosts as Henry welcomes them back. Wm Monahan and Miss Emma Weis attended the Grand Opera Peoria show Kentucky yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Dennis
Mary Edith Dennis
Henry
Withcly
Sparland
Hennepin
Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor Society
M. E. Todd
Ralph
Walter
Agnes
Ella
Lawrence Gregory
Eddie Brown
E. Edminster
Wayne Hupp
Matthew Steele
George Durflinger
Death Roll of Henry County Citizens for 1905
The Henry Republican lists the 1905 death roll by month, naming numerous residents aged mainly 60 and older. January through December entries include individuals such as Ethel Tanquary, Mrs. David Shorts, Mrs. John Bell, ex-Mayor Kleveset of Lacon, Christiana Burnett, and Memory B. Allen. The notice notes many pioneers and seniors, with a brief editorial reflection on time’s passage.
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Henry Republican
Ethel Tanquary
William Sievers
Alexander Hoagland
Fred 'S. Beers
Rose Colgan
Emiline C. Tozier
R. D. Butcher
W. W. Champ
W. Mortimer Smith
Robert Hunter
David Shorts
Sarah Fyffe Thornton
Emma Kaatz
Thomas Haws
A. Lk. Warner
Henry Foster
Samuel Holmes
James Wescott
B. W. Simmons
George W. Thomas
Frank Fairchild
Hiram M. Bailey
Paul Ketchum
Isabella Scott
Beatrice Turnbull
Mary J. Iisher
William Hastings
Ethel Dorff
Alfred Clift
Anna Gross
Thomas Gray
Eugene H. Swindler
Stocking
Barbara Waller
Lake
Neal’ Patterson
Margaret Edwards
Walter Harris
Wm. Bracken
Rebecca Luke
Mike Dailey
R. C. Newell
Prestine
Sumner Crary
E. B. Freeborn
de Cannon
Elizabeth Keler
W. M. Price
John Garrett
William Newburn
Ethel Be, Veach
J. W. Gray
Harvey O. Barber
George Longman, Jr
Charles H. Madeley
Robin B. O'Leary
T. D. McAllister
Robert A. Greene
Jane Wright
H. G. Breese
R. M. Weaver
Margaret Dore
Mary A. Smith
May—Crispen Wood
Edward Canery
John Kapraun
James P. Austin
Fréd H. Ambrose
John Pettitt
Ora Frazee
Adam Pringle
Callie P, Jenkins
Leander S. Newport
Kate Wilson
M. Adah Bush
Henry Trendt
William Drake
J. H. Andrews
Aaron Bower
William Smith
James Andrews, Jr
Peter Lenardo
Preston R. Garside
James B. Hinman
John N. Fawcett
Benjamin Turner
Peter Schmitz
Bertha Pierson
H. J. Adams
William Noret
Jefferson McLaughlin
Amer Smith
James Dever
jKleveset of
Lacon
John M. Strawn
J. W. Heinrich
James Masten
John M. Stouffer
Henry Hawkins
Peter G. Fraleigh
Henry Cassell
Rose B. Fay
William Gallaver
Charles Willey
Thomas Swann
BE. B. Erskine
Abraham Phillips
August—Eli Albertson
Lydia Bell
Martin Daly
William Neuhalsen
Edith E. Mussof
Conrad Schwarz
Father Gerhardy
Peter Defenbaugh
Mary A. Henry
Nancy Gunn
George Tarbell
Luther Stowell
J. K.henderson
Hiram Colby
Christianna Burnett
E. K. Mercer
A. Carlson
Margaret Cain
Philip Steimle
Margaret Riddell
Susan Driver
A. J. Carlson
Margaret Monroe
Cassie Griffins
John McLennen
Thomas J. Higgins
Ray T. Disosway
John M. Hamilton
John Watt
Hanna Peinter
Malinda Stephens
Thomas Real
Joseph Thiedohr
James Brown
Andrew Renz
Margaret BE
Mills
John Morse
R. W. Goddard
Memory B. Allen
John G. Defenbaugh
J. G. Kalb
J.N. Fuller
Floyd Betz
E. K. Turbitt
Peter Feltes, Sr
Gertrude I. Forrest
James Curran
Guy W. Pool
John Whitney
Milton Webber
W. H. Mann
Church Notes and Meetings Highlight Local Faith Life
The Presbyterian church plans evangelist meetings with song books by Wilber Chapman led by Rev. Alexander of Himira next week. The Presbyterian Missionary Society meets Friday Jan 12 at 2:30 p.m. to elect officers and hear mission reports. New church officers are named for the Presbyterian Sunday school and the Christian church Ladies Society. Rev Clyde L. Lyon may preach at the Christian church next Sunday. The M E church heard a missionary from Ethiopia describe his people and work, and an Ethiopian visitor prayed at service end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber Chapman
Presbyterian Church
Alexander of
Himira
The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
R. S. Bayne
Presbyterian Sunday School
C. E. Burt
Garpenter
Margaret Riddell
Thomas Andrews
Ione Todd
L. B. Burt
Irene ‘Todd
Society of the Christian Church
J. H. Price
Belle Hunt
Clara Davis
Eva Hupp
Clara Waughop
P. O. Broline
Geary Stibgen
Pearl Smith
May Wabel
Winnie Anderson
Leila Justice
Leota Hunt
Howsie Otto
Guy Taylor
Walter Anderson
M. E
Ethiopia
America
Transvaal
Hold Up Ends Brightly When Skunks Are Shot
J O Hill and F MeVicker escaping a road setback near Whitefield township retreated toward T A Seelye's home after encountering five highwaymen at a culvert. Seelye fired into the culvert with a repeating rifle, killing the group described as a tribe of skunks, clearing the path for Hill and McVicker to continue their journey.
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J. O. Hill
F. MeVicker
Elsworth Foster
T. A. Seelye
Whitefield Township
Hill
McVicker
T. A
Mc Vicker
Dainty Luncheon Hosted by Mrs Divelbiss on Front Street
Mrs L J Divelbiss served a dainty luncheon at her Front Street home last Thursday at 1 o clock to a few intimate friends. In the evening Mr and Mrs Divelbiss hosted supper for the same circle.
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L. J. Divelbiss
Front Street
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Lookout Mountain Post No. 91
Comrada
Howard Young
William Stamper
Young
Starliper
Mr. Young
T. A. Runnells
W. R.C
State Department
Sixteenth Congressional
Minnie H. S Smith
Ss. V. C
V. C. Smith
J. Vv. C
G. M. Locke
James I. Smith
Q. M
J. A. Melick
D. D
Henry Hoagland
William German
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Burt
S. M
William Starliper
McKendree McNeal
Minnie H. Smith
Lizzie Young
Fanny Brown
Emily Sparling
Alice Ketchum
Margaret Smith
Mary Newman
Lucy McBride
Ada ,German
Agnes ‘Thomas
Ida Ketchum
Viola Runnells
Mary Keenan
Della Merritt
Dora’ Halbleib
Harriet Starliper
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Henry Lodge
Dr. Bayne
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Caleb Condit
Fred Bickerman
R. S
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Benjamin Hoyle
Frank Krenz
Josh Perkins
Opera
Josh
Fannie Siewers
Ella Dille
Lacon Democrat
Marshall County Medical Society
Sorrels
Democrat
Court House
Sorrells
Printing Committee
Marshall County
Franky
Wm. Monahan
Emma Weis
Kentucky
Grand Opera House
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