Fifty Thousand Negros Leave Georgia for North
A compilation notes large migration from Georgia to northern states in ten months. It highlights stalwart efforts by Illinois registration volunteers on June 5 saving the government money, and cites bank resources reaching record highs. It also mentions a new Red Cross fund drive song, local weather events, and community notices across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Hal M. Stanley
Sentinneloner
Marquette
Bureau
Tipperary
National Red Cross
Cherokee
New Jerusalem Church of America
Philadelphia
Edwin Markham
With
Swedenborg
Mineral
L. G. Landenberger
Gus Demenge
Woodford County
Washburn
David Swain
Peoria
Narrows
Henry Red Cross Society
Santa Fe
la Rose
Toluca
Victoria
Knox County
United States
Miss Margaret Jones Home From Washington D C
Miss Margaret Jones returns from a year at a Washington university. A gale blew down two heavy fruit trees in the Helper sisters yard. Charles Doherty visited from Spring Valley and attended the Bradford Henry game. Local items note social visits, enlistment totals, and road bond plans pending in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jones
Washington, D. C
University
Helper
Charles Doherty
Spring Valley
Bradford-Henry
Victor Brasfield
Oscar Davis
Henry
R. K. McColl
Princeton Tribune
State Automobile Department
Emmerson
Henry Burkhart
Havana
L. D. Compton
Paul
Boston
Brownstine
A. F. Schaeffer
Lacon Democrat
Ida Grove
Auto Crash In Country Road Ends With Injuries
On Sunday around 9 30 Frank Clift and family returning home stopped at George Staab s to pick up a hired man. Elmer Harrison driving with Will Hennessey Mrs Lane and daughter collided with the Clift car causing the Harrison vehicle to overturn. Mrs Lane was bruised and taken to Patrick Hennessey s home. Both cars were damaged and towed to local hospitals. The collision caused a scene as neighbors rushed to help and assess injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Clift
George Staab
Harry Doty
Mr. Staab
Elmer Harrison
Ford
Will Hennessey
Lane
Clift
Harrison
Patrick Hennessey
Registered Voters in Henry County Alphabetical List
A long roster of registered voters names Henry area including Baker Barker Brown Campbell Clark Chapman Cook Case Duke Draper Dally Doughty DeWalt Dunn Ertle Ely Elgin Elgin Ford Gregory Green Garland Garland Hayward Harrison Hunter Henrich Jensen Joles Jones Jones Kern Kirby Klein Kaptain Knoll Kern Kern McBride Mead Murrell Mercian Mercian Mercian Nilson Nilson Otto Orr Price Phillips Poling Pople Pearson Ransom Riggs Revenaugh Rose Ries Reinbeck Seitz Scott Smith Sievers Shafts Stevens Sleater Schlosser Schick Smith Stoner Turney Talmage Thompson Travis Turner Williams Wendt Wright Wiedeman Wright Wonder Whitmer Whitmer Wurst Waber Whitmer Wood Lopeman Ernest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Bush
Ernest H. Baker Leonard F, Barker Albert N. Brown Herbert J. Bickerman
Bernard L. Battin
Paul H. Burkhart
Ralph Brown James A. Barry Ivan C. Barry Marold A. Ball
Ivan Clark
Fred L. Carrier Oscar J. Clark Ruby J. Chapman
Walter E. Cook
James K. Case Walter B. Duke Forrest D. Draper Roy Dally Harry G. Doughty
William H. DeWalt Hunter A. Dunn Albert E. Ertle
Fred J. Ely Ruby R. Elgin Will Elgin Bent
Jesse W. Hawkins
Lyman Horrom
John A, Hans Frank J. Hans Lawrence H .Hawse
Lewis E, Hofer
Charles Hall
Joseph EB. Herry
Edward C. Hall
Kenneth L. Helper
Alexander Hunter
Charles M. Henrich
Hans Jensen
Albert Joles
John L, Jones
Paul C, Jones
Roy A, Kern
James R. Kirby
Leon E, Klein
Conrad J, Kaptain
Henry W. Knoll
Grover S, Kern
Horace W. Kern
Henry J. Kuepper
Alfred Louisi
Everett C,mcbride
Albert P. Mead
Hans Otto John A. Orr
Harry C, Price
Clarence A. Phillips
Clarence H, Poling
Lawrence E. Pople
Will F. Pearson
Bent I. Ransom
Marcellus Riggs
Melvin Revenaugh
Carl Rose
John A, Ries
Arno S. Reinbeck
Harry W. Seitz
Glenn Scott Earl M. Smith
Henry A. Sievers Harman
Shafts Russell Y. Stevens
Evan G, Sleater
W. Schlosser
Aloysius B. Schick
Ralph G. Smith
Harry C. Stoner
Robert Turney
Harry H. Talmage
Leon Thompson
Dexter Travis Floyd W. Turner
Floyd D, Williams
Will Wendt
Francis L. Wright
Frank A. Wiedeman
Oscar E. Wright
Thomas P, Wonder
Floyd W. Whitmer
Homer Whitmer
Albert Wurst
Gerald C. Waber
Harold T. Whitmer
Harrison G, Wood
Elmer Lopeman
Earl Ernest
Miss Catherine Forbes Passes In Henry At 65
Miss Catherine Forbes known as Miss Katie died May 30 1917 in Henry after a long life spent largely there She was born in Ottawa Illinois September 6 1851 and lived with her father as homemaker after her mother’s death She left two brothers William and Frank and was a Presbyterian church member active with Rebekahs and Royal Neighbors The funeral at Main Street residence was private with Rev R W Martin and a church quartet Interment in Henry cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our City
Catherine Forbes
Katie
Henry
Miss Forbes
Ottawa
Ill
Kansas
Alexander Forbes
Presbyterian Church
Rebekahs
William
Nebraska City
Neb
Frank
Peoria
Main Street
R. W. Martin
Country Woman's Club Luncheon Moves Work For Red Cross
Mrs W A Boyle hosted last Thursday's Country Woman's Club luncheon at a home praised for its artistic decor and national emblems on place cards. Six courses were served as games and a brief business session discussed Red Cross plans and a Mothers Day meeting slated for June 14 with Mrs George Reismeyer. Separately F A Raymond learned of his brother Henry Riley Raymond's death in Chicago at 66. Swan Lake club house is being painted in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Woman's Club
W. A. Boyle
Country Woman’s Club
Red Cross
W. A. Klein
George Reismeyer
C. BE
Ash
Clara E. Ash
Sec’y
F. A. Raymond
Henry Riley Raymond
Chicago
Presbyterian Church Week Services Notice
The Presbyterian Church schedules a Sunday school at 9 45 a m with A B Smith superintendent. Children's Day exercises at 11 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m. Union meeting at 7 30 p m with the pastor and congregation at the M E church to hear reports from delegates to the State Sunday School convention in Kewanee. Prayer meeting Thursdays at 7 30 p m followed by choir rehearsal. Read, Martin, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Lucy Mateer
Marguerite Kraus
Gladys Bayne
Garden of the King
Ralph Martin
Harold Morse
Richard Downey
Harold Kaiser
Haddon Perdew
M. E. Church
Wheeler
Epworth League
Kewanee
J. E. Mercer
C. M. Worthington
Malasia
M. B
Martin
Sunday Church Services and Children's Day Exercises
A large audience attended Children's Day exercises led by Mrs Effie Rowley with a strong foreign missions offering. Next Sunday Dr Murphy will speak on The Relation of Christianity to the Civil Government. St John Episcopal notes and Mass times at St Mary and St Joseph churches listed with priests in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Quinn
Soldiers of Peace
Rodney Brown
James H., Kirby
Lawrence Horrom
Lawrence Donahue
Hilda Blankenship
Frances Segraves
Newell
Mary Dow
Christian Church
Effie Rowley
Murphy
St. John's Episcopal Church
F. W. Haist
City Council Adjourns To Wednesday Evening
Regular meeting in City Hall on Monday night June 4 1917 with Mayor Pace and Aldermen Baer Wombacher Harrison Travis Seitz Brown present. Motion to adjourn was approved to Wednesday evening at 7 50. Attest City Clerk Dennis L Hartley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace
Alds
Baer
Wombacher
Harrison
Travis
Seitz
Brown
Ald
George E. Pace
Dennis L. Hartley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marshall County
Gustave Otto
Semnitz
Prussia
Germany
Lacon
Magnolia
Otto
Emma Haws
George
Gussie
James A
Independence
Kas
Dawson Glenn
Joel W
Lawrence Dugan
C.’T. Oscar Schacht
Bloomington
Ind
George Borgstede
Daniel McKirgain
Michael Otto
Melvin
Magnolia Lodge
Eastern Star
Magnolia Grange
Varna
Harry W. Bell
Bradford
Bell
Joliet Penitentiary
Joliet
Henry Kuepper
East First Street
W. H. Dewey
W. W. Dewey
Chas, Dewey
Quartermaster’s Reserve Corps
Syracuse
N. Y
Pekin
North Dakota
Sally Haws
Latha Bauter
Maxine Sterrett
Margaret Merian
Ney
Rosalind Hall
Shepherd
Steuben
Sane
Hopewell
Richland
Wee
Bennington
Teres Vee
la Prairie
Roberts
Evans
Hone
Bell Plain
Saratoga
Whitefield
Wave Asses
Navy
O. W. Krueger
P. M. Block
M. J. Perman
Wenona
Leslie A. Beach
J. M. Piper
H. H. Budde
Chillicothe
W. E
Arthur
Mabee
Deer Creek
Meryle McGonagle
Lawn Ridge
Emma Cornell
Cincinnati
Comstock
Miss Morgan
Venona
Atlas
Starved Rock State Park
Springfield
Depue
la Salle
Mesdames Smith
Camp
Andrews and
Jenness
J. A. Williams
George Travis
L. R. Phillips
Elmer Haines
C. L. Clawson
Henry Cemetery
A. B. Smith
Swan Lake Club House
St. Mary’s Church
Andrew Schauer
St. Joseph Church
M. J. Brennan
Council Proceedings
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