Magoon Promoted by Circuit Support in 1928 Race
J H Magoon pursues the Republican nomination for circuit judge to succeed Judge Clydes Jones. Support pours in from Stark Putnam and Marshall counties and Peoria peers join in a push for Magoon as the district seeks cross county representation. He welcomed backing, though his candidacy demands personal financial sacrifice.
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Lacon
J. H. Magoon
Circuit Court
Clydé Eb.s Jone
Supreme Court
Wmgery County
Peoria County
Shaw
Cone
Peoria
Stark
Putqmam
Marshall
Magoon
Jhef
Becme
Charles M. Turner
Noted Henry County Lawyer Nels F Anderson Dies in Oregon
Nels F Anderson a prominent Henry county attorney died in Portland Oregon after a pistol shot wound following a troubled period of overwork. He practiced law in Illinois Kansas and Iowa and served as Henry county states attorney from 1912 to 1916. He was born in Sweden in 1860 and emigrated with his family to the United States. He leaves four sons including Leland and Stanley.
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Kewanee Star-Courier
Nels F. Anderson
H. N. Helfin
T. J. Welch
Anderson
Andrew
Portland
Ore
Stanley
Kewaneé
Kewanee
Illinois
Nelson F. Anderson
Henty County
Sweden
Nels
Maria Anderson
Familly
Iowa
Ystad
United States
Greene
Butler County
Keokuk
Galesburg
Chicago
Knox College
Thomas T. Milchrist
Milchrist
Union College of Law
Supreme Court
Kansas
Cook & Lawrence
Salina
Kan
W. F. Musser
Galva
Bigelow
Henry County
Fischer
Kewan
Mary W. Williams
W. P. Williams
Henry
Leland H
Medical Reserve Corps
Camp Jackson
Columbia
D. C
Sumner B
Dean
Congregational Church
Henry County Bar Association
Elks’ Lodge
Eliott Street
Andrew W
Theodore
Everett
Otto
Stitcwater
Minn
Cornelius O
Williams City
Hannah M. Anderson
Christine Anderson
Detroit
Williams
Cambridge
Oregon
Kewanée Star-Courier
Pianist TQ Helps In Community Singing Event
Miss Freda Hiatt renowned pianist and pianoroguist assists R G McCutchan dean of DePauw University School of Music leading a community singing session at the Chautauqua.
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Freda Hiatt
R. G. McCutchan
DePauw University School of Music
Jeading
Chautauaua
Allen Family Reunion Spreads Through Prairie Town
The Allen family reunion gathers Frank and F H Allen of Winchester and Nevada with L H Allen in a Friday visit. Siblings join from Henry, Chillicothe, and Chapin as they dine at Hotel Clark and Peoria Automobile Club House in Chillicothe, with Russell Hunter back from Camp Dodge on furlough. Meier Bros sells New Perfection water heaters and offers awnings.
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Frank Vail
Nevada
F. H. Allen
Winchester
L. H. Allen
Allen
Hiram Hunter
Alden Fiunter
Henry
Princeton
Clark
Andrew Allen
Chapin
Meier Bros
Soldier Letter From France Reaches Home Front
Maynard Bell writes from somewhere in France on May 19 1918 describing the voyage, learning French, and wartime life. He notes weather seas subma rines, asks about family and friends including Florence Aunt Annie and Jack, mentions graduating class 1918 and his unit Co E 318th Engineers AEF. He asks for tobacco and a pipe and signs off with affection.
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France
Berlin
Jack
Florence
Annie
Maynard
National Service
Dad
Tacla Sam T
Maynard Bell
Co E
318Th Engineers
Ura Law Tuttle Dies in Oakland Cal
Mrs Ura Law Tuttle, youngest child of Mr and Mrs James Law, died in Oakland California after returning to Lacon for her youth years. She was a graduate of the class of 1900 and survived by two daughters though the elder Hope had died. The obituary notes her roots in Henry and the family move west years ago.
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Lacon
Ura Law Tuttle
Oakland
Cal
Hope
Ura
Olive Chessman
William Freeman
Hub Mee Manamy
Harry Grieves
Wirt Franklin
Lee Buchanan
Frank Pierce
Journal
Threshermen urged to register by Food Administrator
A.R. Wright Food Administrator for Marshall and Putnam Counties calls all threshing machine owners to send their names and addresses and the directing head if company owned. Mechanicians subject to draft before August 16 must also send their tele names and addresses at once.
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A.R. Wright
Marshall
Putnam Counties
Letter From Private Unger Salutes His Mother On Mothers Day
Private D S M Unger writes from France to Mrs Athalie Unger mother of the 149th field artillery praising family love and Christian duty. He notes his 24th birthday and the regiment’s overseas service, describes peaceful days, gratitude for mothers, and hopes to bury the foe in Berlin. He mentions seven fellow soldiers and a YMCA secretary named Stuntz.
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Unger
Athalie Unger
France
America
Athalie HH. _ Unger
149Th Field Artillery
David S. M. Unger
Mobile
Steve
Chicago
Stuntz
Gene Loomis
Jack Humble
Harry Tahl
Jim Spence
al Starrs
Herman Metschman
O. K
Berlin
Junior
D. S. M. Unger
Battery B
149Th
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J. A. Williams
Henry Ry County
the Allen
Red Fox
Marchall County
Edgar Nichols
Henry Jorwenstein
Whitefield
S MY
Boy
Nf Cela
L. R. Phillips
Charles Greenlee
J. Watercott
F. Y. Yanochowski
Lawrence Peterman
Vv. P. Turner
B. G. Hoyle
Public Service Co
Northern Illinois
Tampa
Oke
Ilinois
Sappho
U.s.marine Corps
Anec Morngars
U.S. Marines
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