Memorial services planned for Grant in city
A city meeting set for Tuesday evening to arrange memorial services in August honoring the late Ulysses S. Grant. T. M. Shaw and wife departed for the Rocky Mountains Tuesday morning. Clinton Wright sold his residence to Winslow Evans and will move with his family to Harper, Kansas around September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negeam
Wenons
Uss
R. B. Edwards
T. M. Shaw
Wright
Zee
L Last
Thuradsy
Jim Watson
Berke
Atonal Quards
la Salle
Co/G.1
N.G
Court House Square
Honges
Tee
Fred
A. S Grant
Rocky Mountains
Clinton Wright
Winslow Evans
Harper, Kan
Junior
Sparland Narrowly Eyes Coal Shaft Purchase Prospects
Local note outlines Joseph Plache’s authority to buy 800 acres near Sparland for mineral rights with cash down and a guaranteed shaft by eight months. Community updates cover farm visits, grasshoppers harming crops, school board hires from Woodford and Iowa, a large Druid excursion, and local obituaries and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Joseph Placher
A. J. Athay
Paxton
Robert ‘Waugh
Bradford
Mrs Waugh
J.B Aspgers
la Prairie
Julius Adkinson
Henry
Tom Duke
Deering
Theodore Axline
Big Bend Veteran Association
G. W. Zimmerman
William Riddall
Q. Panatary
Pontiac
Arrows
Wooodford
Thompson
Iowa
Clara J. Robb
Sparlanders
Pekin
Lato
Crissy Monahan
Patrick Monahan
Henry Lanning’s
Dr Handback
Peoria
Zeph Winters
Livingston County
John Winters
Lacon
Thomas Robinson
Texas
Spariand
George Bedford
Mary Morarity
Grandma Cartwright
G. D. Riddal
Harry
Watseka
George Tarbill
Minneapolis
Sherman Gillette
Wyoming
W. A. Gallup
John McLaughlin
Denig Conly
Rock Island
G. E. Oner
Harvest notes and fruit shortages in Whitebird area
Harvest is underway with oats generally good and hay medium. Apples are very scarce while small fruit is fairly plentiful. The report mentions a young man in Whitebird observing these conditions.
Red Town Tales and Townsfolk Supposed Crank
A Saratoga fragment notes a roaming crank in Red Town on Sunday nights. It mentions a saddle ridden rider seeking a gun to “shoot the devils,” a merchant with a fine carriage, and local girls with smiles. It also references visitors, tramps, a letter from Beatrice, and a Normal student plan for vacation studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Red Town
Tanglefoot
Jane Stringer
Peoria
Charly
Arly
Torna
J. E., Cemond
Beatrice
Enema
Theo E. N. Spe
Tim
Mae
Thos
Aukland
James Kienith
Mineral Springs and local harvest reports ailing residents
The column notes Bernie Travis and Mrs John Travis under care and neuralgia, while harvests show fair wheat and fine spring crops. It reports hog losses from cholera, droughtish weather, steam thresher activity, and grasshopper damage to wheat and oats. Florences, Maud, and local social events add small community color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Travis
John Travis
Maud
Ox Bow
L. W. Farr
Florence Broaddus
John Grossman
Strawn
Coldwater
Michigan
B. M. Douglas
Branco
Skeeter
Bob
Anton Reevy
Jacob Maulfaire
Lawrence Lippert
Chicago
N. Ash
New York
Liverpool
England
Germany
France
Italy
Cottage Hill
Putnam Record
Halblibe
J. A. Kay
Sidney Pool
Otto Halblibe
Heatien
Hennepin Names Artist Visitor from Princeton
Masters of Princeton has rented Dr Cowen's gallery and will visit Hennepin monthly for a week. Leong George Treidt, who has been clerking in Dr McCormack's drug store, left Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
C. HU
Masters of
Princeton
Cowen
Leong _ George Treidt
Local notes from Hennepin and surroundings touch on visits and incidents
The column reports visitors including Mrs W D Ham and May Turner in Peoria, a dirt track mishap and a horse injury to a local driver David Deck, and school plans with W D Edmunds as principal and Emilada Fowler as assistant. It mentions a teachers institute starting August 17 with Barton Nor melon and Ella Young as instructors, plus community events at Congregational church and a local excursion to Lacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
W. D. Ham
May Turner
Peoria
Stanton
Lesh
Fairgrounds
David Deck
W. D. Edmunds
Gardiner
Emilada Fowler
Rosa Fitzpatrick
Miramary
Ennepin
Barton of
Normel
Ella Young
Chicago
Os. Page
Stewardson
Edward Barmore
Gertrude
Congregational Church
Jeriah Bonham
National Baugrots
Henne
Hennepin
Lacon
Lone Tree Described as Quiet Busy River Town
A vintage overlook of Lone Tree near Crow Creek portrays a small quiet town with a single storefront run by Ed Murphy. residents recall dentists carpenters ditchers readers and travelers while noting a town hall a fine school building and a bustling sheep drive to Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Crow Creek
Ed. Murphy
Andrew Anderson
Lige Montgomery
Pierre Finnegan
Oliver Wright
de Witt
Bracken
Geo. Benton
Norton Moffitt
Corie
Sutphen
Enoch Hunter
Harry Soper
Billy McAleer
Veritas
Iowa
Clinton County
Nebraska
John Wright
McLane
Tiskilwa Tidings
Simon
Anderson
Murphy
Peoria
J. J. Swanzy
Kansas
Bro Cummings
Abingdon College
Brethren and Sisters
Condit Simon
Swede Boy Mash and Local Happenings
A collage of small town items includes a Swede boy involved in a mash. A young eastside man harvested for a week then vanished with a silk handkerchief and hat. Reneca Hunter plans Michigan marriage, Bloomington visitor leaves. Tommy McAleer survives a hay rake incident after frightened horses ran wild. Ed Murphy and Sewell relations chased the horses. Misa Mernan joins Andrew Anderson's kitchen crew in Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Reneca Hunter
Govg
Michigan
Mra Jones
Bloomington
Tommy McAleer
Tommy
Ed. Murphy
Sewell Couisons
Misa Mernan
Henry
Andrew Anderson
S. Simon
Surgeons Use Electric Battery in Tumor and Lip Surgeries
Reports detail Dr Toel employing galvano caustic battery and electric lamp during operations for vascular tumors cancer and fistula, with blood loss avoided and patients returning home promptly. Swine market notices urge breeders to buy now before prices rise. Ayer’s Ague Cure is praised for fever chills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geiken
Toel
Thomas Hamer
Vermont
Peoria
Toe
Hamer
Thomas Cooper
LaSalle
Chicago
General Grant
Cooper
la Salle
Pounder
Limestone
Tool
The Republican Ad Rates and Notices Preview
A fragment describes The Republican newspaper with topics on Agriculture Local News and good government ideals. It lists publication times subscription rates advertising rates bonuses and note that births marriages and deaths are published free of charge.
Masonic Lodges and Allied Groups Meet Weekly in Henry Area
The item lists several lodges and fraternal groups in Henry, detailing meeting nights and times. Socaleties A F and A M Henry Lodge 119 meets on the 3rd and 4th Tuesdays at 7 oclock, I Charshall Lodge 683 on Wednesdays at 734, Marshall Fincampment 85 on late holiday evenings at 71/2, Clayton Lodge 812 Sparland on Sundays at 734, Gr A A post meets first and third Saturdays at Moodeys ary foods, M R O No mentions regular meetings first and third Saturdays in At room G A R at 7 oclock p m, Our Lady of Perpetual Succor Henry branch 23 meets second Sundays after High Mass in German School Mouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socaleties
A. F
A. M.—Henry Lodge
Regulatorianay Story
I. Charshall Lodge
Evry
Lodgecom 2d
Story City Bakery
Marshall Fincampment
Clayton Lodge
Sparland
Gr. A. Ai Post
Henry
Moodey’s Ary Foods
Hdwerde Street
M.R. O
W.O0
Our Lady of Perpetual
Henry Branch
Kooh
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E. M. Vail
Kewanee
Swanzy
Jay
Ella Hunter
Tiskilwa
Ayer
Reo Star
TUE
Charles A. Yooelur Company
Sele
Mmanufacturere
Matlimere
Maryland
Tris
Plateo
Crete
Henry Republican
Steam Printing Office
Geo Bart, Jr
A.M. Pool
CAN and Insurance Agency
Repulican
Potter
Republican
Second Street
Public Square
Perley
Edward Street
E. J. Riely
al Gneeins
LAW and Notary Public
Ee Avenner'e
A. H. Kear
Gresser
Y W. H. Jones
FFICE
Regulator
C. B. Durfee
Ofhoe
Edwards
F. A. Hamilton
Auncornee
Honey
O. F. Taylor
Magnolia
Putnam County
Ill
Snyder
Urgeon
Henry, Il
W.H. Kister
Digeses
Henry, Lil
A. m
Clarine
Clara A. Stephens
Henry, III
Durfee
Clty
DE Ross
South Adams Street
R.M. Stevens
Aera
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