Ten Inning Game Delights Henry Fans
Illinois Socials edged Henry 3 on 10th to decide a ten inning game. Haines led Henry with a two base hit while Foster scored the decisive Illinois run in the final frame. A crowd cheered Ov as the two teams showed strong fielding despite seven errors. The Henry hope a rematch before season end. A McLeish Wedding: Helen McLeish wed Roy W Dobbins in Fulton county Illinois. Ceremony at Rev David McLeish home featured rose bells, arch decorations, bridesmaids Reba McLeish Julia Goldsborough Louise Kinsman and best man W R Koplin. The bride, from Henry, will reside in Chicago.
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Illinois
Peoria
Henry
Horn
Haines
Kerns
Forrest
Thompson
Foster
David McLeish
Reba McLeish
Julia A. Goldsborough
Rochester
N. Y
Louise Kinsman
Chicago
M. BE
Rug Carpeting and Rug Making Services Offered
Miss Martha Henderson announces availability of rug carpet weaving and rug making services after occupying rooms above Warren's restaurant. She advertises experience and guarantees satisfactory work. Dated 7 12 1m.
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Warren
Margia Henderson
Board of Review in session at county treasurer's office
The Board of Review of Marshall county is now in session at the county treasurer's office in Lacon. Complaints must be filed on or before August 2. All communications are strictly confidential. James Murphy, Chairman. G W Hutchins, Clerk. The Henry Cornet band will give an open air concert in Central Park tomorrow at 8 o'clock, with a varied program. The Pekin lodge K of P are due to arrive at Henry on the steamer J S and will be met with baseball and dancing at Pavilion Park. the steamer was delayed two hours after running aground on a sandbar near Pekin.
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Board of Review
Marshall ‘County
Lacon
James Murphy
G. W. Hutchins
Henry Cornet
Central Park
Coppers On Parade
Clement
Selection
Laurendean
Flying Arrow
Abe Holzman
A. von Tilzer
Santelmann
Pekin
Pioneer Enoch Strawn Dies at 84 in Marshall County
Enoch Strawn, claimed as the first white child born in Marshall County, died on Sunday July 1 at age 84. He was one of the last survivors of a 13 child family, son of Colonel John Strawn who bought 6,000 acres in 1829. A pioneer resident for 85 years, Strawn rode a canoe to Peoria with Indians and spoke at Old Settlers gatherings. He married three times and fathered ten children.
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Enoch Strawn
Marshall County
Susan Owen
Peoria
Strawn
John Strawn
Enoch
Illinois
Wilber J. Fraser
University of Illinois
Rose
Queen
State Experiment Station
Tuesday Afternoon Club Hosts Lawn Party And Picnic Plan
The Tuesday Afternoon club met at president Mrs. Alice Coe's home for a warm lawn party with shaded seating. A basket emptied amid readings and a basket of cake and lemonade followed, as plans were made to end the year with a two week picnic supper on the water works lawn with guests Miss Watherton from Springfield and Mrs. Bigsby from California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Coe
Beyond Today Faith Poem Reflects Trust and Obedience
A dated poem reflects on seeing beyond today through faith in God. It speaks of clouds rolling away, grief fading, and life’s wrongs being righted in time. The speaker urges trust and obedience as guidance through present sorrow toward a brighter future.
Serious Auto Wreck Near Bureau Injures Ottawa Man
A party from Ottawa including John Sanders his wife and sister Lizzie Miss May Garland and Will Sanders were touring to Peoria when a loose car brace caused a wreck on the bluff road four miles south of Bureau. Sanders was thrown 20 feet into a creek and injured severely but others escaped with bruises. He was taken to Dr Stipp in Putnam and later to Rayburn hospital Ottawa where doctors fear a long recovery. The party continued home after repairs.
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Ottawa
John Sanders
Lizzie
May Garland
Will
Peoria
Bluff Road
Bureau
Princeton
Rayburn Hospital
Graff’s congressional record praised by papers
Congressman Graff and family return to Peoria after a productive Washington session. Illinois delegates, including Graff and McKinney, pushed canal completion and a government powder plant. The Fifty-ninth congress boosts his reputation and likely re election prospects. Also notes Rock Island Lines Colorado vacation booklet offer dated 5 31 4m.
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Graff
Joseph V. Graff
Washington, D. C
Peoria
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Hennepin Canal
Sterling
Ill
Colorado
Rock Island Lines
L. M. Allen
Chicago
Henry Rolls Past Bradford In Baseball Exhibition Duel
Henry strong group traveled to Bradford yesterday in three autos and defeated Bradford 6 to 2 in a lively baseball contest. Deisher and Haines powered two base hits with multiple RBIs as Bradford pitcher got little support, while Glatz worked on the mound for Bradford and proved the tougher foe. The piece also lauds Bradford as a friendly, pushy neighbor town and closes with a long quotation praising home life from Home editor W. C. Brann.
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Henry
Bradford
Uncle Glatz
Ponzer
Deisher
Haines
Ponzery
McManus
A. BE. Haines
Glatz
Kern
Gregory
Sievers
Panzer
Scholes
Graham
Forrest
Kerns
Os Ole
Seca
Frommel
R, H, PO
C. Deisher
Suspension to be Abolished in Rock Island Transport Service
Rock Island announces a new discipline system for transport service employees effective July 15. Suspensions will be abolished, records kept in the division superintendent's office, and each employee starts with a clean slate. Demerit marks replace suspensions, with dismissal for serious offenses or reaching 65 demerits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Transportation Service
Tubercular Tent Colony Planned by Homeopaths in Illinois
Dr A B H Smith of Freeport leads a Chicago meeting plan for a state tent colony with homeopathic backing. Three site options Lena Dixon Buffalo Rock Illinois river, 20 to 200 acre tracts, 100 acres ideal. By-laws and constitution drafted, Blackwood Blackman Downs Hood on allotting committee. Company capitalization eyed at 60000 with wealthy supporters ready to fund.
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Homeopathic
A. BH. Smith
Freeport
Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association
Chicago
Homeopathic Associations
Lena
Dixon
Buffalo Rock
Illinois River
Amputation of Leg at Hip Saves Young Coal Miner
A 20 year old coal miner near Granville sustained a severe leg injury with a fractured thigh, dislocated knee, and loss of blood supply. Doctors advised amputation above the knee, but he refused. Dr Burke performed a hip amputation to prevent gangrene, and the patient is expected to recover despite critical condition. Nearby cherry crops have failed and carpenters seek work in Depue where 40 zinc company houses are under construction for their employer. John Wood of Patterson, New Jersey, visits his sister Mrs Barbara Quinn for the summer, celebrating his upcoming birthday.
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Thomas Sinkus
Granville
Rock Island
Depue
Zinc Company
John Wood
Patterson
N. J
Barbara Quinn
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Tee
Etleee
Poster
Pickney
Pratt
Fuener
F. Horn
Tees
Shaw
Thteee
Brewers
Lofgren
Nee Veere Clark
Tllinois
Manus
C. Horn
Coe
Jerusalem
the Golden
T. H. Rollinson
F. Snyder
Putnam
Uncle Jerry
Henry Republican
W. C. Brann
The
Iconoclast
Humbug
Earth
May Massie
Normal
Lacey Burt
Earry
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