Lorimer Deep Waterway Talk Draws Peoria Crowd
Congressman Lorimer spoke to more than 200 Peoria business leaders and politicians at the Creve Coeur club on a deep waterway from the lakes to the Gulf. He outlined funding, engineering plans, and a statewide drive to pass a constitutional amendment authorizing a 20 million bond issue and construction steps through Illinois river channels.
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Congressman Lorimer
Peoria
Creve Coeur Club
Lindley
Col
Frederick H. Smith
Lorimer
Charles Burdick
Stein
Congress of
Col. Smith
Linois
Gulf of Mexico
Cislnoig
Des Plaines Deelivity
Ste
Burton
Rivers and Arbors Committee
St Ols
Cairo
St. Louis
Lockport
la Salle
Chicago
Congress
t‘eLorimer
Kannon
Ito
Mr. Lorimer
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Tie
Indley
Greenville
Memphis
Iilinois
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Des Plaines
Economy Power Company
Dresden Heights
Kan- Rakes
Great Lakes
Lake Shippers’ R Association
St. Lawrence
Niagara River
Lake-Siperior
the-Ste
Sainte-Marteduri
Bea
Pra Ul
Tovin
Péttit
Chillicothe
de Sider
Déestrick Skule Benefit Play and Local Social Notices
A long rural notice list covers a benefit masque for the Woman's Club library at the opera house, a 6 o'clock dinner for fourteen at the Downeys, and social events from the Henry Camp MWA concert to Foresters’ drills. It also notes Loomis fund contributions, Endsley and Camp hotel arrangements, Smith move to Arkansas farming prices, skating dangers at Mud Lake, a Christian Endeavor social with a grand march, and Brown’s legal suit over a billiard hall robbery reward dispute.
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Déestrick Skule
Woman’s Club
Iime
Marshall Downey
Marshall
Clover Oil and Paint Co
Cleveland
Frances Rist
Benjamin Rist
Princeton
Rev Rist
Parland
Henry Camp
Opera House
Wright-Meier
Foresters
Friends of
Alton Loomis
Richland Township
R. M. Tremain
C. L. Clawson
Loomis
Thomas Endsley
Peoria
C.A. Camp
Endsley
Arkansas
Mud Lake
Christian Endeavor Society
F T Brown
Clinton
Brown
Peters
Joliet
Back Pain Relief: Henry Woodward Recounts Kidney Cure
Henry Woodward of Henry, Ill. describes chronic back ache and kidney troubles lasting five years. After trying various remedies, he found relief with Dean's Kidney Pills from J.S. Niece’s drug store, reporting substantial improvement over two months.
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Henry
Woodward
Carpenter
Dean
Obituaries and funeral notices for Stevens Smith Clinton
The article records funeral rites for Clinton Stevens and Percy Smith in Henry, Ill. Clinton, born 1895, joined the Presbyterian church with classmates earlier that month and is remembered as cheerful and loyal. Percy Smith, born 1895, died aged 12 after a water accident, praised for bravery as he bade his mother goodbye. The piece notes tributes, pallbearers, and school condolences, plus a card of thanks from Arthur Smith and family.
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Miss Meier
H. W. Burger
Henry Cemetery
Percy Smith
St. John’s Miscopal Church
Arthur Gorter J
LaPorte
Ind
Richard Reed
Will Tomasson
Lanning Vogelsang
Samuel Bacon
Eugene Bacon
Albert D
Harriet Mr. Stevens
Clinton
Presbyterian Church
Percy Arthur Smith
A. E. Smith
Henry
Ill
Reed
Episcopal Church
G E. Young
Bishop Fawcett
Blaine Slavin
Percy
Arthur Smith
Hilkiven
Matthew Steele
Clinton Stevens
May You Young
Stevens
Doran
Stevend Froma
Joséph Bloo
Jouet i
Carr
Chillicothes
Libbie Reed
Bartonville
Cousing
Billie ‘Tomasson
Chillicothe
Chicago
Améig
Stévens
Millow
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Fair Exchange
George Washington
W. Ed Conat
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Galesburg
Hallberg
Henry Studio
Henry, Il
A. A. Hallberg
Rock Island
California
el Paso
Tyre Island
VALE
Rock Island ‘Lines
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J. M Hannum
Lostant
Tarbolton Lodge
Hannum
Fairbury Blade
Henry Republican
Denver
J. A. Ironmonger
Foley
A. J. Trontlonger’s
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School Street
Meier Bros
Frank
Glover
Magnolia
Ilione
Lincoln
Hicks & Valley Pumnar
Glsho
Gayie
Rosea Furs
Peterman
Adam
Henry Township
C. B. Smith's
Franks Dennis
Batusday
Bradford
Neyrin
Peter
Neuhalsen
Collecor
Palmer
Edgewood Farms
Princetony
Dibadrofe
Ib Angus
Bree Agus
Rand
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