Henry Seeks Factories and Rail Access Boosts Growth
Henry Illinois advocates for local coal supply and vein expansion, water power, river navigation, and Rock Island railroad links to lure factories. City leaders urge business groups to push for investments, improve infrastructure, and attract labor, citing nearby towns and wartime recruitment as proof of need.
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Illinois
Henry
Sparland
Rock Island
Marshall County
East
Rock Island Company
Chillicothe
Illinois River
Henry High School Items Lyceum and contest plans
A summary of Henry High School notes. A Lyceum business meeting discussed programs for Friday, a Varna June contest plan, changes in the county contest including hurdles and all races, and remarks on life purpose. The Lyceum will hold a Friday program with piano solo, recitation, essay, oration, chorus, and other items.
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Chamberlain
James Prendergast
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West India Islands
Powell
Burt & Son
Henry Times
Cranston
Mattoon
Rockford
Henry
Martin Hulce
Danville
Messrs Hull and Hulce
Our City
James Hull
Hulce
Spring Valley
LaSalle
Sparland
Bluff
MBE
Jof
Mrs Snow
Mrs Thacker
Mayme Kirkpatrick
Edna Hillabrand
Mary Keller
Clara Broaddus
Hazel Clift
Edith Baguley
Mabel Smith
McCown
Lyceum
Varna
Reading
Leroy Elliston
Hesolved
Adl
Raymond Hunter
Jennie Steater
Jay Jones
Henry Bickerman
Mary Stephens
Austin Clark
M. G. H. Tére
Back Seats Reserved at St John’s Church Next Sunday
The rector of St John’s plans a bold move to end rear seating. After a gentle warning, all back pews will be reserved until five people sit in the front rows, addressing poor acoustics and aiding strangers in following the service. Subscribers urged to read The Republican.
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John Kraus
Henry Hardware Co
Campbell
Peorian
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Dr Weston
Henry
Oklahoma
Southwest
Rock Island
James Chambers
Lester Reed
Whitefield Corners
Wm Dorgan
Republican
Miriam Locke
Henry Allen
Wills
Tews
Hawkeye State
Uncle Sam
J. P. Killip
Saratoga
Saratoga Church
Isle of Man
W. J. Nelson
Katy
Texas
Lone Star
Linos
Horace Huron
Rock Island, Il
Huron
William Disosway
New York City
Peoria
Boliver Morgan
Senjachwine Township
Chicago
Inez M. H. Morgan
Putnam
Charles Singer
Flatwoods
Virginia
Morgan
Albion
Michigan
Valparaiso
Indiana
G. W. Emerick
Sunny South
el Paso
Pheenix
Arizona
Henry Griffith
Robert Green
Perleys
Emerick
M.E
H. R. Bulleyment
Bradford
Bulleyment
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Tiskilwa
Senachwine Lodge
No 147
Odd Fellowship
L. Gilmer
James Burt
Chas Perdew
Jesse Anderson
Benjamin Ransom
Will Donovan
Clement Ransom
Charles Knight
F. C. Quinn
Jay Chapman
Bureau Junction
Lacon
Sparlands
Whitefield
Wm Rowe
August Gresser
Jacobs and
Forrest
Gresser
Rowe
Howard
E. A. Bauter
Fred
F. E. Bonnie
Jacksonville
Fred Bauter
Bonnie
Bauter
Eva M. Beattie
Saginaw
Mich
Hiram Neill Bracken
Emma J. Millage
EB. Sk. Cowperthwaite
Genessee Avenue Church of Christ
Violet Millage
Franki
Rose
Detroit
Warren N. Wait
Bracken
The
Fr Gorter
Kilbourn
Delton
Wis
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
J. A. Williams
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Frank Woods
Deck
M. D. Sutton
Epworth League
Rey Campbell
Christian Endeavor
Mary Clark
Pat Cting Fui
China
Presbyterian Church
Roy Campbell
EB. L. Williams
Mr Williams
Scotland
England
Edgar R. Williams
W. H. Jones
Chester Bidwell
L. G. Landenberger
Landenberger
Ann Taber
A. Jones
Samuel Holmes
Taber
Jones
Holmes
H. Tyler
St John’s Church
St John's
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T. Murry Simpson
L. BE. ‘Simpson
Henry Electric Co
City Board of Examiners
Simpson
Church Notes
Illinois and Michigan Canal
la Salle
Ottawa
Rhotperany
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