Personal Notices and Local Social Roundup
BE A. Ertle visited Peoria on business while J F Divelbiss and wife from Salina Kansas are visiting relatives. George O Hall was granted a divorce in Lacon circuit court. Various families attended dinners, visits, and trips. W C U officers installed in LaSalle. Masons initiated two candidates Charles Dewey and Horatio Hartley. Elmer and Clifford enlisted in the Marines. several residents planned wintering in Florida and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ertle
Peoria
J. F. Divelbiss
Salina
Kans
Divelbiss
Charles Meier
Chicago
George O. Hall
Irene Hall
Lacon
Eugene Bacon
Mary
Helen
Arthur Smith
Peter Toemmes
LaSalle
W. C U. Post
Martha Miller
Charles Rogers
Mabel
Dunlap
Peter Rogers
Rantoul
Holdie Thorn
Ed’ Rowe
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
H. H. Hutchins
W. G. Dorsey
John Blackburn
Horatio Hartley
Albert Arnold
California
Senecaville
Elizabeth Reed
Clara Snyder
France
Marshall Lodge
R. J. Sivell
N. G
A. C. Haines
V. G
B. F. Haines
A. J. Ironmonger
A. B. Smith
M. A. Adams
Galva
Riverside Ave
Jacksonville
Fla
Edward Merdian
Clifford
Elmer
U. S
Ethel
Magnolia
George Halbleib
Tiskilwa
Henry Hedrick
Halbleib
Duke Jones wedding in Peoria marks Henry social event
Clarence Ormond Duke and Miss Margaret Virginia Jones wed at St Pauls Episcopal Church in Peoria with bridesmaid Miss Marjorie Duke and groomsman Kenneth King. After a Chicago honeymoon, they will reside at the Jones home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ormond Duke
Thomas Duke
Margaret Virginia Jones
Charles R. Jones
Peoria
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Harold Linwood Bowen
Marjorie ,Duke
Kenneth King
Chicago
Jones
Henry
The
Henry High School
Leo F. Ziegler
Stereopticon Views on Persia at Presbyterian Church
Next Sabbath evening at the Presbyterian church a series of stereopticon views on Persia will be shown with explanatory remarks. Persia’s fate is linked to Christian progress. without it the nation could lapse as Syria and Babylon did. All are invited. The Woman's club meets Monday afternoon January 26 at the school house, department Household Economics, Mrs. Halbleib, chairman. Stella Wood, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Persia
Assyria
Babylon
Woman's Club
Halbleib
Ervin Stringer
Ladies’ Guild
St. John's Episcopal Church
Mary Duke
Will Barker
Bureau
George Barker
Lee Wright
Henry Township
G. M. Brown
Peoria
Eugene Zeimer
Ladies’ Aid Society
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Allen Smith
C. M. Lucas
Front Street
Henry Auto Co
J.J. Gresser
Kenneth Helper
Eunice Elliott
Princeton
Shadow Lawn Farm
Josiah Tomlinson
Russell
Cassie Swaney
Henry
Miss Swaney
C. E. Griffin
E. R. Gobrecht
Waukegan
H. G.dusenberry
Henry Aukland
Harry Blackburn
Lukens
Cisco
Ind
Prairie Giant
Prairie Grant
Chillicothe Enquirer
J. A. Titus
Indiana
Hobert
W. B. Null
Titus
Gary
John Tarter
Joseph Kraus
George Bickerman, Jr
James Wilkinson
Richard Waughop
William Street
Our Town
Marengo
Clara
National constitutional prohibition celebrated in opera house
A Sunday evening gathering on Jan 18 marked the adoption of national constitutional prohibition with remarks from J A Williams and Rev Van Leer. Choirs and a W C T U speaker highlighted historic milestones from 1620 to 1920 and urged continued enforcement and global action.
Mrs T Frank McCoy Dies In Chicago Burial In Henry
The article notes the death of Mrs. T. Frank McCoy in Chicago after a sarcoma illness at age 57. Remains brought to Henry for interment beside her husband and first wife Jennie Poole. Includes details of her children, stepchildren, and a funeral at the home with burial at the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Frank McCoy
Chicago
Henry
Jennie Poole
Ida Stateler
S. A. Stateler
Varna
T. F. McCoy
C. L. McCoy
S. S. McCoy
Malta
Mont
Ethel
J. R. McCoy
Denver
Col
Helena
J. A. Jenkins
Johnson
McCoy
Hutchins & Guyer
Seneca
Eastern Star
Magnolia
Unyielding Prohibition Advocate Urges Law and Order
A speaker argues prohibition arose from education and morality, not war, and urges enforcement of laws against saloon forces. He calls for prosecutions, legal and moral appeals, and cash support for enforcement, praising figures who oppose liquor interests. The program includes a scripture reading, prayers, and a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Sons of Washington
Antii Saloon League
United States
Elihu Root
Charles Evans Hughes
William H. Taft
America
Landenberger
Dusenberry
van Leer
New Jerusalem dinner with Rev L G Landenberger guests
Mr and Mrs Judson Ong hosted Rev L G Landenberger of St Louis for a January preaching visit and a Sunday noon dinner with Miss Marie Davis, the Helper sisters, and Mr George Burt. The event featured hospitality, music, and long, sociable conversation in a seven room bungalow, with both enjoying a comfortable, well‑furnished home life amid rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Smith
J. Henry Smith
Bradford
Leo Francis Ziegler
Henry
A. A. Stapleton
St. John's Catholic Church
Harry Ziegler
Edith Mercian
Joseph Ziegler
Bradford School
Milo Township
J. L. Reid
Ahn Ra
Daisy Lee Kirby
Judson Ong
L. G. Landenberger
St. Louis
Landenberger
Ong
Opera House
Church Morning Services and Educational Day Program
Christian Church announces January 25 1920 educational day with Hans A Otto presiding and Rev W J Carpenter preaching at 11 am Progression sermon. Eureka College talks by Miss Clara Waughop and William Knight. offertory for Eureka College. no evening service due to revival. Presbyterian Church features sermon Some essentials of Religion at 11 am and Persia stereopticon views at 7:30 pm for Ladies Missionary Society praise meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans A. Otto
George Halbleib
W. J. Carpenter
Eureka College
Putnam
Presbyterian Church
H.G. Dusenberry
Persia
Ladies’ Missionary Society
The Rubbish Heap Sermon At Methodist Chimes
An ad for Methodist Chimes next Sunday night promises a sermon titled The Rubbish Heap. The speaker, M B Van Leer, urges listening for moral duty and self discipline to gain the crown, claiming the talk will deliver clear lessons of things that must be done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. van Leer
Opie Read to Speak on Lyceum Course Tonight
Opie Read the noted novelist and short story writer is secured to appear Thursday evening Jan 29 on the Lyceum course with a program of readings from his plays and books. Read is regarded as one of the most read American authors and is expected to attract a full house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opie Read
Lyceum
Opie
Read
Weekend Shoppers and Community Notices Across Henry County
Local residents from Peoria to Henry township are highlighted in a string of social notes. Shoppers, visitors, and family updates appear alongside church group meetings and a large upcoming sale. Civic events include a Toluca Legion indoor carnival and a garage purchase by C M Lucas.
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Duke-Jones
MecMinnville
Tennessee
Henry Illinois
John J
Grover
Roy
Ella Meade
Velma
Christian Endeavor
Matthew Steele
Leslia Downey
Harold Daniels
John McAllister
Orrimel Heininger
Raymond Schultz
Henry Cemetery
Opéra House
J. A. Williams
M. B. Choir
Rose Reinbeck
H. F. Andrews
Pilgrim Fathers
Abraham Lincoln
H. G. Dusenberry
Lincoln
Roman Empire
Greece
Maryland
Virginia
Maine
Prohibition
Ethel McCoy
Isaac Camery
Charles German
John Morse
Hopewell
Margaret Camery
Fy Faen
John Reinbeck
Clara B. Waughop
Elise L. Helper
Maude Kaifer
Edward Kaifer
New Jerusalem
Pa Fa A — Christian Church
ST. Mary's Church
A. Schauer
ST. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
Fa A Ea — Opie Read
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