Meeting on Illinois river dam removal at Peoria
A July 8 meeting called by the drainage board and canal commissioners gathers landowners shippers and steamboat representatives in Peoria to decide whether to remove the dams on the Illinois river. Proponents cite flood overflow and deep waterway goals while opponents warn of loss of navigation and river character.
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Peoria
Illinois River
Bord
Drainage Board
Illinoisland Michigan Canal Commissioners
Lake Michigan
Supreme Court of Illinois
Canal Commissioners
War Department
Ilinois
Illinois
Hudson
Middle West
Gulf
Lakes
Chicago
Henry County seeks homes for Chicago children outing
A Henry city meeting at M E church, addressed by William McKibbons, urged Henry and area farmers to host one or more needy Chicago Stock Yard district children for a two week country stay in August. Committee includes Rev A K Tullis and Elise Helper. volunteers welcome at the Episcopal church July 7 to arrange entertainment and host duties.
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Chicago
M. E
William McKibbons
Bureau of Charities
Henry
Stock Yard
Mesdames Messrs
Samuel Clift
Alex Brown
David McDonough
Joseph Sehick
Geo Paskell
Frank Krenz
Geo Nicholson
Wm Newhalfen
Howard Young
Joseph Bogner
Frank Baer
Allen Hildebrant
M D Sutton
Theo Bickerman
Robt McDonough
Chester Bidwell
Lizzie Smith
J A
Williams Lew V. Smith
C E Burt Sr
Frank Wood
Bernard Yaeger
Williams Joseph Gresser
L Hildebrant
Wu Davis
Mellie Johnson
Mary Merdlan
Ehtscheidt
FS Potter
Sidney Ray
Sidney Ketchum
Svc
Ascity
Jas Hartley
R Waughop
Thomas Monier
James Powers
Maria Davis
CR Jones
Emily Bonham Anna Barry
Episcopal Church
Elise L. Helper
Walter V. Wilson
Cora Bayne
Charles C. Bayne
Lincoln Street
Joliet
Ill
Vera Josephine Bayne
A. H. Laing
St John’s Universalist Church
James Grady
Walter Bayne
Marjorie Sadler
Lillian Bayne
George Erb
James G. Grady
Backus
Wilson
Denver
Ingleside Avenue
Chicago Junction Railroad
Bayne
K. I. McPartlin
Chas
John Strawn
Marshall County
W.L. Wilson
Joliet, Elgin & Eastern
Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Railways
Chicago Junction Railway
Stock Yards
R. S. Bayne
Raymond Bayne
H. D. Bayne
O. Bayne
Howard Bayne
Ottawa
J.S. Bayne
Menden
Bell
Benjamin Wagner
Joliet News
Elizabeth Vail
William Ball
Putnam
Elizabeth Downey
Troy
N. Y
Peoria
Putnam County
Alexander Vail
Daniel
Jennie
Mra
Wm Ball
Methodist Episcopal Church
Putnam M. E
C. C. McCown
B. L. Wray
Christian Church
A. Ix. Tullis
Marshall and Putnam
Henry Republican
Marshall
Sefennal m. Marshall and
Ounties
Phi
Republic
Obituary Notes From Putnam County Neighbors
Mortuary notices honor Rachel E Worley Elizabeth Vail and Hulda Boyle describing births deaths and family ties. The writeups cover service arrangements church affiliations and interment details with mentions of survivors and pallbearers.
Fr Brennan to Speak at St Mary's Parish Election Next Sunday
Rev Fr Brennan of Quincy visits Rev Fr Kmery as St Marys parish announces a high mass followed by an important election. The New Church house undergoes repairs after 30 years of service with old bricks replaced.
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Fr Brennan
Quincy
Kmery
St Mary’s
R. L. Campbell
Henry
Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal Church
F. W. Merre
Cii
Edward Baech
Arcol County
Gregation
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Wana Win
Charbastrr Manor
Soria
Henry State Lock and Dam
Wwalen
A.K. Tullis
Louise Helper
Johnd Nol August Leichter
Peter Klein
Henry Louis Ludwig Boguer St John Barry
Tao Warner
Lois Cragg
Dorchester
Mass
McClure
Sampson
the Navy
John D. Long
Alfred T. Mahan
C. A. Camp
Humphrey
Geo A. Burt
Teodore Bickerman
E. Hutchins
B. Yaeger
Cannah Jones
J.P. Sparling
C. A. Frommel
Green
Camp
Yaeger
Bickerman
Smith
Broadus
City of
City Council
Full Gore
A. G. Humphrey
Schaefer
J. Rogodo A
Powe
Onic
J Rand
Great Northern Railway
Jacob A
Inaefer’s
Mortuary Record
Rachel E. Worley
W. H. Worley
Rachel
Rachel Elizabeth Worley
Stark County
Toulon
South
Altho
William
Old Christian Church
Methodist Church
Tullis
Campbell
Presbyterian Church
Mamie Lock
Clara Williams
Sylvester Sparling
Eva Harrison
Latha Nesbit
John
Joshua
Clifton
Kansas
George
A. Worley
Harry Blackburn
May Worley
Edna McClenahan
Lafayette
Huldah Boyle
Bennas Boyle
Hennepin
Fred Swain
J. B. Fiel
Xair
Church Notes
Jiae
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