Incidents and Events of the Past Week Hereabouts
A week of cold and whooping cough affects locals while card parties at People's Hall draw crowds. Judson Ong, Rev. Leech and Coles host revival meetings. Halbleib, Bauter and Woods report catches of carp. a New York divorce suits a wife who has not spoken in seven years.
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Henry
Rox O
People’s Hall
Judson Ong
Leech
Samuel Coles
Ottawa
Nash School
Morants
Lawrence Hunt
Capt
Meihl
Chillico
Halbleib’s
Halbleib
Bauter Bros
Woods
Anderson
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Charles Holt
Public Service Company
Sparland
Chicago
Lacon
Henry Commercial Club Meets at City Hall and Plans
Henry Commercial Club held a Thursday meeting at City Hall to hear director reports. A secretary’s report noted a potential home for the club at C R Jones Schuster building with water and new interior fitting at 75 dollars per year. A membership initiatory fee of five dollars would apply to applicants after February 15, alongside six dollar annual dues.
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City Hall
Commercial Club
C. R. Jones
Schuster
Jones
Special Service at St Joseph s Blesses New Stations
A solemn service at St Joseph s Church blessed the fourteen new Way of the Cross stations newly installed during church remodeling. Fr Brennan led the rites with Fr McGreevey of Tiskilwa and others. Fr McGreevey spoke on Christ s sacrifice and devotion to the cross. A benediction of the blessed sacrament concluded the ceremony.
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the. Joseph’s Church
Brennan
Calvary
Fr. McGreevey
Tis- Kilwa
McGreevey
Christ
Bethlehem
Pilate
Jerusalem
Tiskilwa
Dollard
Princeton
Cullerton
Peru
Gensler
St. Mary’s
Women’s club elects new Henry leader after tense vote
The Henry Woman’s club held its January meeting at Mrs. Josephine Townsend’s home. Mrs. Charlotte Sparling declined another term as president after reelection, with Mrs. Mary H. Paskell elected for next year. Brief notes praise women’s clubs’ civic work and warn of the social costs of drink.
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Woman's Club
Josephine. L. Townsend
Charlotte Sparling
Bellavans
Mary H. Paskell
Clara Belle Waughop
Belle Adams
Henry
Townsend
John Cross
Henry Woman’s Club
Woman’s Club
Paducah
Breaks an Ankle in West Bridge Street Incident
The Kear family of West Bridge street in Streator suffers misfortune after Mrs. Isaac Kear slips on ice and fractures her ankle while calling neighbors. The family, longtime War of the Rebellion veterans, also faces health and job losses as Isaac Kear has to quit his janitorial post at the West Side school.
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Boyd's Grove
Stephen Gudgel
John
Elizabeth
Peter Dougherty
Peter
West Side
Walter Scholes
J. F. Buchanan
Winterset
Whitefield
Saratoga
H. L. Buchanan
Laura
Post Office Department
Congress
Hitchcock
Brown
George W. Brown
Peoria
Decatur
Springfield
Bloomington
Voters League Meeting Held at City Hall This Week
The Voters League met Wednesday evening January 22 at City Hall. J A Williams was named temporary chairman and Rev George T Griscel temporary secretary. Rev J A Mercer elected permanent chairman and secretary treasurer Griscel. A seven member executive committee was discussed along with a seven member finance committee and two poll book consultants. A press committee was named with Blaisdell Hyans and Griscel. Adjournment set for Monday January 27.
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City Hall
Voters’ League
J. A. Williams
George T. Griscel
J. C. Blaisdell
J. A. Mercer
Horrom
A. G. Hillabrand
Woman’s Club
Bella Hyans
Merritt
Wm. Merritt
Henry Commercial Club urged to favor local printers
Peoria Typographical Union asked the executive committee of the Association of Commercial at Peoria to promote patronage of local printing plants. Printers claim Peoria firms send large contracts outside the city despite local capacity. The executive council plans immediate action. Local newspapers have long boosted public interests while much commercial printing is done by outsiders. The item also notes church services and Ladies' Aid officers, with details of a Wood home visit and Sunday schedules.
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Commercial Club
Henry
Peoria Typographical Union
Association of Commercial At
Peoria
Wood
George Halbleib
St Marys Church Mass Schedule Preserved
St Marys Church led by Rev Fr Gensler lists Sunday services with 8 am low mass, 10 am high mass and 2 30 pm German sermon, plus vespers and benediction. Weekday mass at 8 am daily except Saturday when it is 7 am.
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St. Mary's Church
Gensler
St Josephs Church Mass Times Public Invitation
St Josephs Church invites parishioners to Sunday Mass at 8 30 and 10 30 a m and weekday services at 8 a m pastor Rev Fr Brennan asks the public to join.
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St. Joseph's Church
Fr. Brennan
Saratoga Town Hall Meeting for Farmer's Telephone Co
A notice from the committee orders a meeting at Saratoga Town Hall on Friday January 24 1913 at 1 p m to organize a Farmer's Telephone company. Any interested residents are urged to attend. A classroom joke on leisure ends with a quip about a place where married people repent.
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Saratoga Town Hall
Inventor of a motor sled highlighted in local notes
Paxton resident Fred Olson is named as the inventor of a motor sled powered by an engine capable of 30 mph or more safely. The item also covers library staff changes, a tramp printer story, poultry show winnings, a fire that destroyed a Wenona farm residence, and various local anecdotes including travel notes and letters praising a hometown newspaper.
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Fred Olson
Paxton
Mattie Vans
Clift
Home Journal
Lacon
Hacker
Will C. Does
S. C. B. Leghorns
Lostant
Charles Kline
Wenona
George Lawrence
Galesburg
Henry Wombacher
Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Coast
Niles
Joel D. Fosdick
Chenoa
The
Republican
Florida
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Browne
Sullivan
Illinois
la Salle County
Dunne
Independent Times of Streator
Henry Commercial Club
Caroline Ophelia Harr
Caroline Ophelia
Robert
Mary Herr
Main Street
Callie
Cincinnati
Ill
Episcopal Church
Emma
John Freeman
Mason City
Alvin Anderson
DeWitt R. Gooch
Bellflower
Iti
Clyde C. Colwell
Harriet
Chauncey R
Spirit Land
Mercer
Methodist Church
William Duke
C. E. Smith
William Meier
Henry Burkhart
George Pace
C. L. Loomis
A. B. Smith
Robert Horr
California
Oliver Smith
McNabb
Miss Plutus
ST. Joseph’s
McAtee
McAfees
Ela Kermeen McAfee
Printing Co
Isaac Kear
Voters' League
J. B. Mercer
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