Fosbenner Hosts Poultry Show and Local Sales Next Week
Attend Fosbenner's Sparland Coal Camp Poultry Show next week as residents, agents, and visitors anticipate a busy weekend. Local sales include cheese at Fosbenner, oysters at Melick & Son, and a horse and auction day on Saturday. Meanwhile taxes urge payment and new correspondents report on La Prairie races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fosbenner
Sparland Coal
Melick & Son
Tiskilwa
la Prairie
John Adler
Chicago
Henry
Julius Meiser
Peoria
George Sleatorie
Paskell
Alcantara
Abbie Becker
Decatur
Mra Jeffries
Gfrank A. Fiedler
Aurora
Joliet
Homer Sparling
Omaha
New ‘Opera Hall
Hreley-Davis
Princeton
Te Henry Live Bird Club
Perry’s Hardware
Local Items and Notices from Marshall County
Clerical and social notes from Bureau and Marshall counties include W B Kirkpatrick of Rockford Fire Insurance Co visiting Bureau on business, birthdays and health updates for residents, sales of livestock and equipment to Chicago buyers, theater and costume news, and minor local commerce including a poultry and pork shipment to Chicago. Also mentioned are sleighing, a sanity hearing in County Court, and a stray animal find in a grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.B. Kirkpatrick
Rockford Fire Insurance Co
Q. W. Longman
Grafton
Neb
John Barry
Ppgman
Putnam
Republican
George F. Paskell
Charles Vogelsang
Chillicothe
Nellie
W.J. Davis
Chicago
G. G. Guyer
Lee
Henry
Florida
Mr Guyer
Mra Kooh
Milo
Mary
Carl
Capt. Ebaugh
Pekin
J. W. Camery
Richard Vorhees
Toluca
Richmond
A. B. Seelye
Abilene
Kansas
Marshall County
Boston
Abe Forbes
Kate
Anns Hindmarsh
James McCune
Heinz
Fosbenner
Loton Frisbey
Minewell
Enisbey
Igga
Conant
Iowa
Frisbey
H. J. Gregory’s
Orrin Beckwith
Texas
Colorado
Arkansas
Beckwith
Oklahoma
Henry Balenseifen
Rabbit industry and county notes in Henry area
A quirky blend of local interests and woes. The item recalls rabbit farming, a Henry county death, courtly recovery of Judge Bangs, a failed lecture by J. B. Remsburg, church notes from multiple congregations, and a snowy week with rail disruptions and a large horse sale ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
G. G. Guyer
Henry
Chicago
J. BE
Remsburg
Atchison, Kan
New Opera Hall
Mark Gregory
W RO
Walter Scott
Eureka
Eugene
Prain
M-B
Rev-Cumminge
H Paso
Thomas Aukland
Peter Schmidt
John Horbach
Peoria
Horbach
St Francie Hospital
Miss Olara Sleater’s home hosts Henry’s young society
The social event last Friday evening gathered Henry’s young people and many familiar faces. Guests included Messia, Downey, Hutchins, Ironmonger, Potter, Nicholson, Custer, Adler and others from Chicago. Games and songs filled the night as the group relived good times and looked forward to a bright social year in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. ‘Landenberger
Henry
Ladies “Union
L. A. Jones
M. B
Congregational
Home Baking Association
Ladies. Ard Society
Martin Coan
Lebru
Christian Church
Hilder Hayden
John
M.E. Church
Zinser
Rogers
Olara Sleater
Messia
Narshall Downey
Olara Hutchins
Arthur
Gertrude-Potter
Horace Hutchins
Fannie Nicholson
Bent
Anna Custer Gee
Burt Blaie
Joseph Ironmonger
Carrie Nicholson
John Nolr
Jennie Hutebina
John Adler
Chicago
Property transfers and notices from Lacon Toluca and Steuben
A sequence of property deeds and transfers listed for Lacon Toluca and Steuben areas includes Andrew R Hancock and others to William Simpson. J J Hildebrand to Ruth A and John W Foster. WW K Gillett to Catherine McCormick. William Muschik to Minnie Clark. John L Foster to Peter J Lindstrom. W McClanahan to George O Jarman. Also license to wed Lewis R Owen and Dora L Johnston in Rutland and Lacon respectively. Notices reference local real estate actions and a Congregational church comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew R_Hancock
William Simpson
Lacon
Marshall
John L Foster
Peter J Lindstrom
Roberts
John
McClanahan
George—O. Jarman
Lewis R Owen
Rutland
Dora Ls Johnston
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Hutchins& Lincoln’s
Salem-Henry
Lincoln
Henry, Ill
The
Reury Republican
W. H. Williams
G. P. Deyoe
George Hildebrandt
O. Wendlendt
Forrest Bros
Campbell
Rock Island
Frank Fairchild
Syracuse
N. Y
H.W. Ruggles
Mra Crary
Gibson City
Cannab Jones
John Jackson
Whitefield
Dunlap
Aler
Townsend & Smith
Y. A. Glenn
Peterson & Biers
J Patercott
CL Henry
ICL
Edith
York
Capt
Hot Springs
Rambo
Jacobs
Foster Bros
la Rose
Henry OC. Lytton
Hub” Clothing House
Union Central Life Ins Co
J. C. Ford
Robert McDonough
Warrell
Bean
Nard
Grady
Williams
Cannah Jones
Rock Island R
Oliver ‘Wilson
E.q
Illinois-State Grange
National Grange
Harrisburg
Wilson
Illinois State Grange
Hennepin
John Kline
Nansen
Eyo
Patrick Harney
Mr. Harney
Church Notes
RK. B, Robey
Olney, Mo
Chamberlain
Powell
Messrs Morse and
Ransom
Over the River
Sugar Grove
John Blackburh
Qallie Clawson
W. G. Dorsey
Dorsey
O.E. Bart
Leslie Wilson
John Diverbliss
Floyd Monier
Charles Stout
Clawson
Robert Hatcher
Ed Bart
John Blackburn
Ray Garretoo
Will.Blackburn
Dorsey Phalanx
Mollie Murdock
Mary Slayen
Walter Juke
Murray
Regina
Herry
Ellen Ann
Martin King
Ox Bow
Ephram Smith
Magnolia Township
Ubbers
Cedt
A Fiedler & Son
Congregational Church
Joseph H. Perry
Castoria
New New Orleans
H. Campbell
Mana Chie
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