Local Notes From Henry and Nearby Towns
Marshall county supervisors meet in Lacon next Monday. Numerous residents visit Henry, Lacon, and nearby towns, with trips to Chicago, Peoria, and Knoxville noted. A James Barry farm barn dance is planned, while the Henry literary and athletic contests prepare for Friday and Saturday events with a motor boat race finish at the Henry bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McNutt
Lacon
Henry
Rollin Swindler
Magnolia
Corbly Wright
Lone Tree
Marshall County
Asa Gregory
Chicago
E. G. Cromwell
Effingham
Elizabeth Massie
Leam Hannum
Lila Clark
Latha Stever
Mollie Glatz
Peoria
Board of Review of
Marshal County
Gregg
Board of Supervisors
Ald
Frank Yanochowski
J E Hamilton
Wenona
W T Law
Nellie
Robert
Knoxville
Knoxville College
John Hodge
Venona
David Swain
Kelley
John Kelley
Sdut
Hunter
William Seitz
Josie Seitz
Lloyd Hunter
E H Hutchins
Josie
Timmy
Jessie Mallory
Edna Bell
Rose Dauber
Leota Hunt
Paul Jones
Lterary
Toluca
Sparland
Washburn
Pavilion Park
Peoriale-Henry
Henry Bridge
Special Tailoring Prices Offer Deep Discounts
Theodore Bartwig offers made to measure suits trousers and coats at 25 percent below rivals due to a large purchase of piece goods. Drs Mauffair Hanson of McNabb placed orders for suites and extra trousers. The line emphasizes high quality fabrics and ready made priced duits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Bartwig
Drs. Mauffair & Hanson
McNabb
Theodore Hartwig
Henry
Memorial Windows Honor St Josephs Parish Families
Eight memorial windows decorate the church and five more brighten the chapel at St Josephs Church in memory of parishioners parents and loved ones. Donated by sons daughters and families through Mr Flanagan of Chicago the thirteen panes cost about 600 dollars. Next Sunday Trinity Sunday will close the Easter season with all children receiving communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Joseph's Church
St Joseph's
Flanagan
Chicago
Thomas
Alice Dwyer
Ellen Murnane
David Dwyer
Johanna Harney
Edmond Harney
James
Margaret Harrington
Joseph Harrington
Virginie Halligan
Thomas Finnegan
John
Bridget Dwyer
David
William Harney J
William Harney
John Galvin
Sam Lame
City Circulating Library Catalogue Entrants Listed
A historical notice lists catalog numbers and titles published by the City Circulating Library from 1742 to 1759 including works by Clara E. Laughlin Amy Blanchard Nixon Waterman Winifred Kirkland Marjorie Benton Tilda Jane Saunders and others. It notes many titles such as The Four Corners at School The Girl Wanted and The History of the Telephone among others with author names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara EB. Laughlin
Amy E. Blanchard
Amy
Blanchard
Sunshine Annie
Josephine Scribner Gates
Nixon Waterman
Nixon Wateran
Charles W Hallot
Felicia
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould
Winifred Kirkland
Providence
Maria Thompson Daviess
Insurance agent M E Loomis pleads guilty in forgery case
M E Loomis the Venona area insurance agent was indicted by a Lacon grand jury after two weeks. He pleaded guilty before Judge Green and was sentenced to Joliet penitentiary for one to fourteen years. Friends attempted to secure his release but the fight ended as Loomis begins his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EH. Loomis
Venona
Lacon
Jollet
Cottage and neighbors mingle in Princeton visit and local events
Cottage Mr and Mrs Samuel Chesney in Princeton Saturday as Samuel delivered a horse to Princeton buyers Oto West and family visited Gus Tolenas in Arispie Sunday. Several locals sustained injuries and illnesses while many visitors called at friends and neighbors including the Chesneys, Donovans, Lundeens, and Barry households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Chesney
Princeton
Samuel
Oto West
Gus Tolenas
Arispie
Lloyd
Oscar Wright
Ida Liebeck
Tiskilwa
Eunice Schertz
Ilsundeen
Arleene
Lawrence Lundeen
Rude Millers
Merritt
Elmer
Chesney
Patsey Donovan
Daniel Donovan
Condon
Edith
Margaret
Sheffield
Daniel
Nantel Donovan
Willie Chesney
Esther Chesney
Doty
Mary Hunter
Wm Smith
Henry Smith
Frank Lidgard
Farley
Wm Piper’s
Alfred Johnson
Otto West
Claus Swanson
Funeral Held for Mrs Sadie Cross at Putnam Christian Church
Mrs Sadie Cross wife of Wesley Cross died after long illness aged 60 5 months and 27 days Funeral services were conducted at the Christian Church in Putnam with Rev Wm Brooks officiating and interment at Toulon Survived by her husband five daughters Mrs Lou O Kane Mrs Pearl Fagiesang Mrs Madge Staley Mrs Zora Shoren and Mrs Cora Gray The funeral was arranged by undertaker Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Cross
Sadie
Christian Church
Putnam
Wm Brooks
Toulon
Cross
Derby
Walnut Grove
The
Lou O’kane
Kewanee
Pearl Fagiesang
Durant
Madge Staley
Shipley
Zora Shoren
Chicago
Cora Gray
Smith
Parker Visited School With John Hartley
Mn Samuel Parker visited the school with John Hartley president of the school board. Superintendent King welcomed him and showed the building from basement to attic and introduced him to the teachers. He addressed advanced classes urging use of current opportunities for better citizenship and education as in past decades. Market quotes followed for corn oats and wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hartley
Samuel Parker
Twain
King
Pasement
Parker
Illinois News Roundup on Rates Bees Drowning and Pensions
Notes on planned express rate reductions in Illinois as a new regulatory act takes effect. Bee raisers report a plentiful honey year with healthy bees and many blossoms. A Princeton incident recounts Dorothy Bailey saving her brother from drowning in a fountain. Pension payments may move to direct home delivery starting next August with neighbor attestations. Undertakers from Henry County prepare for a Peoria meeting June 12 to 15 with papers and tours. A canal fishing regulation warns against fishing near fishways and nets within canal grounds. A horse deal at Griswold Code sale features Henry and La Prairie buyers. Public notices mention the Orion Fourth of July oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinn Bros
Rebekahs
Lucy Crossley
Princeton
Abe Hunt
Chillicothe
Anna O'Bryne
Edelstein
T S Hunt
Nora Brown
Swaney School
Hazel Bowman
H W Burger
Idaho
Washington
Presbyterian Church
Venona
Armitage
Pardoning Board
Richard Kelley
Rev Love
Presbyterian Church In
la Prairie
Harry Scott
John Turnbull
J M Powers
Lawton
Okla
Henry
Frank Wood
Wood
Powers
St Louis
Jinois National Guards
Henry Graff
Peoria
Central Illinois
Northwestern Railroad Co
Nelle M. Donnel
McDonnell
Akron
Northwestern
Circuit
Illinois
Hennepin Canal
United States
Dorothy Bailey
H V Bailey
Princeton Republican
Dorothy
Charles Motter
Amerika
John Collins
Collins
Matt Biers
Griswold
Amerigo
Bradford Republican
Commissioner of Pensions
Cummins Alarmist Letter Cited by Chicago Reader
A Chicago Record-Herald letter from R. L. Vivian questions Senator Cummins for warning of a revolution and a war with Japan, urging restraint and discreet Senate action rather than public alarm. The writer commends sincere patriotism and calls for addressing Senate issues quietly if wrongs exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins
Henry
Ill
Washington
Senator Cummins
Hobson
Japan
United States
Senate
Senate Chamber
R. L. Vivian
Chicago Record-Herald
Stone urges agricultural and domestic science clubs in schools
Congressman Clauae J. Stone of the sixteenth district mails a circular urging boys to form Agricultural clubs and girls Domestic Science clubs in every school. He promises Department of Agriculture literature as clubs form, arguing such programs fit students for chosen vocations and curb rural to urban drift while emphasizing practical home skills for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Stone
Clauae J. Stone
Sixteenth
Stone
The Bluff Bridge and Railroad Outrage Critique
The Herald Transcript critiques the fixed Bluff Bridge at La Salle connecting to the C B Q and Burlington lines. It argues the bridge caused delays and traffic issues, harmed Starved Rock access, and praises condemnation while accusing railroads of undue influence and government complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starved Rock
la Salle
Illnois
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
United States
Utica
Ottawa
Washington
Herald-Transcript
Board of Health notes cleanup urged for alleys and yards
The Board of Health, appointed by the mayor, inspected alleys and yards this week for refuse disposal. In about twenty instances damaging waste was found. the board urges residents to clean up before summer worsens health risks and says individual notices will be issued as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Board of ‘Health
County Board Meeting Notice Requires Itemized Bills
The board of supervisors of Marshall County will meet at the courthouse in Lacon on June 12 at 1 30 pm. Each person's bill must be itemized and certified by the town supervisor, sworn to separately, and filed in the county clerk's office by noon the preceding Saturday. Bills not filed will be carried to the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Lacon
Thomas
Conneil
Township Bridges Cement Work Sealed Bid Call
Waaitefield township commissioners invite sealed bids for cement work on several bridges. For full information contact the board. Bids to be opened Thursday June 15. Joseph Bogner Roy Hill Frank Farling Commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waaitefield Township
Board of Commissioners
Joseph Bogner
Roy Hill
Frank Farling
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds for sale 1100 hens
1100 Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds hens plus 1% roosters for sale. Last year's pullets and cockerels used as breeders in 1911. Must be sold quickly to make room for growing chicks. Great stock for next year. Come early and pick of the flock. Philip Steimle Henry Ill. 5-25-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Philip Steimle
Henry, Ill
Warning Against Littering on Henry Township Highways
All persons are warned not to throw trash on the highways of Henry township or to plow or dig thereon under penalty of prosecution. Signed by J. HE Berry Taylor Smith William Moore Commissioners of Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Township
J. HE
Berry
Taylor Smith
William Moore
Commissioners of Highway
Tailor A R Joyce Promises Quick Cleaning Service
Advertisement states Mr Mealm of Decatur is a first class tailor and cleaner, able to handle ladies and gentlemen garments. All kinds of repairing and altering offered on short notice with emphasis on superior care and speed.
Platform Dance at Ziegler Farm House in Sara toga
Notice details a platform dance at Joseph Ziegler's house in Saratoga township on Thursday evening June 16 at 8 o'clock. The ad warns of possible fires and urges attendance for a 5000 time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ziegler
Saratoga
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C. E. Burt
J. B. Quinn
University of Physicians and Surgeons
James Collins
Mra Quinn
Mra Burt
Ed ‘Metcalf
Dwight
Hennepin High School
Opera House
Hennepin
J B Speaker
W A Paxson
Florence van Sickle
Cc, R & P Railroad Co
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Illinois
Joliet
John ®. Gilman
Charles A. Deneen
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island
Moline
Geneseo
Bureau
Milan
G. A. RB
C. G. Vale
H. (. Ballew
H C Ballew
Zerby
C. Ballew
St. Joseph's Church
City Circulating Library
Longman
Mainstreet
John/Anderson
Whitefield Centralr
Mutton
Wil
Pate
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