Local notes from Henry area and neighbors
The column records numerous social visits and everyday events: Flora Trompeter in Henry. Mrs. Marshall and Miss Fowler visiting. Bert Duncan from Camp Grove visiting. Mrs. McLaughlin in Chillicothe. Tom and Curt Tanquary hosting guests. Wallace Headley in Toulon. shoppers in Peoria. fishing good with daily catches. Elsie Cumming visiting Henry. townspeople at a ball game in Henry and Toluca interscholastic contest. Baptist ladies’ bakery sale with plan for next week. Fannie Ray at home with sister Vanda at county house. Willie McGee and wife moving. Lewis Elk visiting. Dan Jones from Pittsburgh visiting. heavy rains speeding weed growth. Fred Gehr selling his house to Leroy Bolender. Mrs. Brooks home from county house for summer. young ladies' Bible class social raises funds for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Trompeter
Henry
Harry Marshall
Lelia Fowler
Lacon
J. B. Jones
Bert Duncan
Camp Grove
Oscar McLaughlin
Chillicothe
Tom McAleer
Curt Tanquary
Simpson
Lilly
Lizzie
Peoria
Elsie Cumming
Toluca
Fannie Ray
Vanda
Willie McGee
Vincent
Lewis Elk
Fred Gehr
Leroy Bolender
Fred
Brooks
Sparland and Camp Grove Community Notes and Weddings
Residents report Billy Berwick moving his family to the Haskins house and enjoying business. Memorial services drew Sparland and Lacon Woodmen to Chillicothe. Walter Luft and Elsie Gehr visited Normal for summer school. Mrs. Timmons sick. Ora White visiting Essie Hoadley. Bertha Newman to Delavan for funeral. Royal Neighbors held first social with supper and programs at the town hall. Wedding: Maude Bocock and Harry Gleason wed at the bride’s home with a $500 check from the groom’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Berwick
Haskins
Sparland
Lacon
Chillicothe
Walter Luft
Elsie Gehr
Timmons
Olson
Belle Schuyler
Chicago
George Simpson
Scott Osborne
Vincent
St. Louis
Maxwell
Jennie Stouffer
Peoria
Frank van Antwerp
David Stouffer
Stouffer
Harrison Thomas
Ina van Antwerp
Edna
Dorothy
Thomas
Dakota
Oklahoma
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement From Henry Resident
Henry Illinois resident John Hanley testifies Doan's Kidney Pills safely relieve kidney and bladder troubles. He bought them at A J Segraves Drug Store and reports steady improvement. Price 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sale agents for US. Remember the name Dean's and take no other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
John Hanley
Ill
Doan
A. J. Segraves
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean’s
Young Castleton Couple Plans Monroe Wisconsin Home
Jonathan Gleason of Castleton and Miss Rose Barnes announce their upcoming wedding and departure to Monroe Wisconsin where the groom will work in a railway office. Best wishes for a long, happy life accompany the couple as they begin their new chapter together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Gleason
Castleton
Monroe
Wis
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Sentinel Editor
E. W. Tardy editor of the Sentinel Gainsboro Tennessee endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best on the market. He notes it gave his baby quick relief from several winter colds and cured them promptly. Sold by A. J. Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
E. W. Tardy
the Sentinel
Gainsboro, Tenn
A. J. Ironmonger
Local Social Notes Highlight Graduations Weddings and Visits
LA PRAIRIE MISS Winnie Edminster is home for vacation. Mrs Lola Scholes and daughter visit Mrs H N Wilmot. Miss Ambro Wilmot visited friends in Wyoming. Mrs J R Davidson in Onarga for commencement and visits daughter Miss Blanche Davidson. Rev Barnes officiated a Bartonville wedding. Mrs Ganzer of Chicago guest of Mrs Daisy Wilson. Miss Edith Leigh Slough of Peoria visits mother Mrs McCartney. Ralph Greene and Misses Ruth Greene Mabel Stowell and Margaret Webber attend wedding of Miss Billa Watt and Captain Ward Krafft of Bridgeburg Canada. The Misses Stowell and Webber stay until Monday. Miss Dorothy Scott attends Marshall county meet in Toluca. Mr and Mrs L G Calder Peoria visitors. H I DeVault in Peoria. Miss Violet and Anna Burnette in Peoria visiting mother Mrs James Burnette in hospital. Cantata for Children’s Day at M E church with 40 children. Mrs Barnes training the children. Mr and Mrs Herman Webber welcome a baby boy, fifth son, plus two daughters. Ralph Green travels to Onarga for commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
W. W. Dewey
Peoria
Will King
Hawkins
Adolph Renzi
James P. Hickey
Wm. King
James McMullen
Mesdames
Ed’ Carroll
Charles Owens
Bradford
Anna McKeegan
Morse
Peter Herberger
Camp Grove
Worth Dixon
Michael Harper
Nebraska
James Herberger
Burnette
Ena Jurgensen
Mabel Sutton
Herbert Doyle
Onarga
John Dewey
Annawan
Harry
J. E. Fites
Ivan
Wm. Coulter
Iowa
Dakota
John King
Wyoming
James Burnette
James Gill
Birmingham
Aileen Margaret
London
England
Samuel King
Dr.Blough
John Philip Blough
Miss Maude
Marion Bocock
Harry Gleason
Rev. Lee
L. G. Calder
H. I. DeVault
Violet
Anna Burnette
M. E. Church
Barnes
Herman Webber
Ralph Green
Memorial Day Observed at Speer With Dress Parade
Memorial Day was observed on Saturday the 29th in Lawn Ridge. John Grove led a procession from the hall to the church with 25 girls in white decorating the resting place of 25 Civil War comrades while Rev. Frank Nurss delivered a memorial address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Perkins
Bert Wilcox
Richard Wiles
Speer
D. J. Newell
Chanute
Kansas
Myrtle Wilmot
Fiatt
Charles Perkins
Tower Hill
Flora
Springfield
Mrs. Walters
J. B
Sheridan Grove
Frank Nurss
Ashton
la Prairie
Storking
Milo
Community Roundup of Local Visits and Small Tales
SPEER Miss Bessie Willard spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs Tom Rogers returned to Chicago Saturday. Miss Mabel Stowell went to Chicago to attend a wedding. Mrs Owens of Logansport Ind has been visiting locally. Mr Ansel Crouch of West Halleck visited Mrs Arthur Merrill. Mrs McCraw and Miss Merrill attended a surprise party at Mrs Josie Owens home. Miss Edna Hagan is injured, visited by her grandmother. Dr. Smith could not help a mare broken leg. it was shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Edna Hagan
John Grove
Dixon
Fred Dewey
Forrest
Frank
Robert Greene
Eyen
Sumner Perkins
George Sims
Joseph Stowell
Robert Turnbull
Plano
Fred Nurss
Rodgers
Chicago
A. W. Hurd
Fred Rapp
Shane
Otto Hurd
Even
Hillebrand
Probate Court Rewards Rowe Claim in Thiel Estate
In the probate matter William A. Rowe versus the estate of Henretta Thiel the court ordered a six person jury. The jury found for the claimant and assessed damages at about 711.66 with judgment on verdict for 711.66 and costs. Seventh class to be paid in due course of administration. Defendant objects and appeals to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House News
William A. Rowe
Henretta Thiel
Bert A. Rowe
Fred Potter
Circuit Court
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Royal Mineral
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Chicago Veterinary
Henry, III
Sparland Departant
Sparland Fersonals
Esther Hoadley
Republican
Hattie Bulleyment
James Winne
Rose Barnes
Wm. Flynn
Flynn
Mr. Flynn
Mrs. Winne
Myrtle
Ella Hastings
Maud
Edna Hunter
Misses Hastings
Lawn Ridge
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