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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
6
Incomplete text references Ore Clunfigch and Who ifericd as well as a man to join infantry. Mentions Mrs newler Dear and AMys with Blunderby indicating future service or movement. Readable names and details are too fragmented to confirm events or outcomes.
Arthur Allington, 38, drowned after falling from a skiff while fishing near Spring Valley. Boots filled with water and current carried him downstream. body recovered days later at Hennepin. In a separate incident, 16 year old Joseph Kinkin drowned in a pond near No 1 mine while swimming with a friend. a can boat led to him going under and dying despite efforts. inquest condemned the pond as a public health hazard.
The Princeton city council votes to have the clerk prepare a list of customers with old unpaid water and light bills and to publish the amounts. Delinquencies since July 1, 1914, are to be used to decide service connections, with cutoffs already in effect for nonpayment.
A 70 plus Dwight resident, Mrs John Kettinger, stands on the Chicago and Alton platform daily, hoping her missing son will return. For twelve years she has searched every arriving train, weathering rain, snow, and cold while trainmen offer kind words, all while she clings to the belief her son is alive and will one day come back.
A lengthy review details Havard Page Gaston born in Henry on November 19 1868 and active as an explorer writer and reformer. It notes his service for British prisoners of war in Germany his exposure in Who s Who his medal and Turkish Order of Merit and his leadership in relief work and prohibition efforts.
The Illinois state fish and game conservation commission plans heavy stocking in northern streams. C J Dittmar of Freeport chairs. 300,000 small mouth bass will be shipped to Freeport for Yellow Creek and more fish are due from Spring Grove hatchery. The federal fish commission will place hundreds of thousands more in northern Illinois streams within two months, with half sent to local streams. A new distribution car will be ready by Sept 1.
Public notice states a trustee sale under a Mary L. Locke will decree in the Marshall County Circuit Court Henry Illinois. On August 14 1912 at 2 PM the property described as lots 149 and 168 in the original town now City of Henry will be sold at public auction with 20 percent cash and 80 percent on court confirmation. Fredrick A. Powell trustee Barnes & Magoon Fred W Potter solicitors.
The estate of William L Foster deceased requests all creditors to present claims to the County Court of Marshall County Illinois at the Marshall County Courthouse in Lacon for adjustment on the first Monday of October 1916. Debtors to the estate should make immediate payment. Dated this 26th day of duty A. D. 1916. Clinton B Smite administrator and attorney Fred W Ee are named.
A new bill limits personal property to 2000 dollars for reduced clerk fees in the county court and waives clerk and officer costs when estates are under 1000 dollars. The change benefits small estates by lowering or remitting costs previously exceeding estate value.
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