Local items in Henry Iowa July 1913 notes harvests and town life
Local notes report Henry residents visiting relatives in Clifton and Chicago, hunting for restaurant deals, Gettysburg trip highlights, and a Bradford death. Harvest prospects in Marshall county look favorable with timely rains expected. A Bradford death, a Henry burglary arrest, and road funding veto are also covered.
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B. A. Kuhn
Clifton
Henry
T. C. Lueech
Oxbow
Caledonia
J. N. Conger
S. D. Conger
Wyoming
Herman Hofer
Chicago
Herman
Mil. Manski
Will Steele
Oregon
Polo
Rock River
Ogle County
Illinois
Colorado
Indiana
Webb
Rosgeau
Sandy Boyle
Bradford
Bessie Jones
Will N. Graham
Marshall County
Sulphur Industry Rise and Local Church Bequests Highlight Osceola News
The Osceola column notes a booming U S sulphur industry with Louisiana deposits lifting the US to a leading producer status, while a Will of Winthrop B Lyford funds a new Tyfords Methodist Episcopal Church and real estate bequests support church aims. It also discusses the value of churches to public life and civic order in Henry.
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Illinois College of Agriculture
la Salle County
Streator
la Salle
Salvation Army
Mischke
John Modrow
la Rose
Peoria
Modrow
Hedding College
Aina Goldstone
EB. E. Shult
F E. Shult
Middle Grove
Fred H Blood
Homer N. Duffey
California
Fred Blood
James Blood
Daniel Blood
G M Locke
Benjamin
Pekin
Hupmobile
Dunne
General Fund
Illinois
Jack Alien
Henry
United States
Sicily
Louisiana
Osceola
Winthrop B. Lyford
Estate bequeaths majority to church with village land transfer
The will leaves most of the estate to the church while relatives receive portions. It also bequeaths a 25 by 48 foot parcel to Osceola for relocating the courthouse and the village gains the Lyford scales. A lengthy Chautauqua reflection follows with praise for speakers and offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyford
Osceola
Jayford
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Hartley Music
Alta Vogelsang
Jessie Swein
Iowa City
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N. I Matson
Bureau County
Matson Public Library
Princeton
M. W. Cook
Toledo
Fred Cook
Putnam
Ilinois
Pana
Herman Smith
Owaneco
John Dunlap
Harry Williams
Emerson Cotton Bossom
Lena Rivers
Allstar
Emerson Theater
Emerson
Lucey
Harlan P Devalon
Omaha
Mary E. Gridley
B W. Chriskies
Devalon
Joseph E Devalon
Glen Oak Park
James Junk
Leota Carson
Hennepin
Rio
St Mary’s Hospital
Galesburg
Wm. Junk
Sarah Leech
Vt Eh
Plendid
Angels
Thade
Geospatial
Aiida
Maite
Sepe
Duke Bros
Renry, Ill
Daniel’ Blood Farm
Thirten
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Prame
Crow Meadow
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Fred. H. Blood, Homer N. Duffey
the Angelus
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