Hopewell and surrounding towns feature weddings visits and events
Hopewell residents visit Magnolia for a wedding and return home with well wishes. A party greets newlyweds with music and games. Lightning knocks Andrew Linderer to the ground, killing a nearby chicken. Barnum & Bailey guests attend in Peoria. Various residents attend games, visits, and church events across Henry, Toluca, Putnam, and Minonk as insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
George Halstead
Cleo Brown
Magnolia
Miss Brown
Morants
Halstead
Wimner Schlosser
Mr. Allen
Princeton
Andrew Linderer
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Peoria
Win “Lantz
David Weaver
Henry
Joseph Schiesser
Thursdavier
Lizzie
Frieda Linderer
Charles German
German
Germer
Amery
M S&s. German
Pem Weaver
Weaver
Ed Carlson
R C Forbes
M v. W
Tow Hall
John Stemnley
Mystic
Ed Krantz
Streator
Pontiac
Odell
John Gluntz
Marton Head
John Schlosser
Fred Cline
Whipfeld
Grace Maubach
Benson Mercian's
Babe
Charlies Kincaid Pend
Marion Head
Crow Meadow Community Notices and Local Losses
Crow Meadow reports James Burt delivering a load of hogs to Henry buyers on Wednesday. Sorrow visits, and Goldie Spencer, 12, child of A L Spencer, dies after heart leakage. death eases her long illness. George Harnsby plans a new barn. Burlington railroad disinfecting costs reach $200,000 for stock cars and yards along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow Meadow
James Burt
Henry Buyers
Alice Williams
Ed Quinn
C. EB. Burt
Auppati Ag Sennhard
Burlington Railroad
Aurora
Whitefield Center notes and community happenings
Mrs. C Swift is very low with family members online. The story mentions visits for Paul Warner ill with tonsillitis, upcoming Sunday school and church services, and various local activities including a bakery sale. The piece notes travel to Aledo for Epworth convention and a surprise visit from Frank Fountain of Keota. It reports farming delays near Shickley, Nebraska and ongoing grape harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
C Swift
Mrs .Clark
Mrs. Bell
Loewenstein
Thelma
Henry
Pekin
Vandervort
Paul Warner
Herr
Miriam Herr
Mattie Phelps
Aledo
Epworth
Neal
W Fountain
Keota
Frank
Shickley
Neb
Epworth League Social At Clyde Gregorys This Week
Whitefield Center notes Mrs Adair and girls visit Mr Cox Tuesday afternoon. Miss Martha McAllister assists with sewing. Miss Alice Bhis from Henry helps Mrs Ketchum with housework. Funeral for Goldie Spencer held Monday with interment at Lacon. Paul Vandergort recuperating from tonsillitis. Frank Spangler aiding Thomas Seelye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
Adair
Cox
Joseph Bogner
Martha McAllister
Draper
Alice Bhis
Henry
Ketchum
Epworth League
Clyde Gregorys
Jemel Ketchum
Goldie Spencer
Lacon
Wei
Paul Vandergort
Frank Spangler
Thomas Seelye
Prairie Community Notices and Social Gatherings
Dr and Mrs Bradford Mrs Shores and mother of Lacon attended the convention Thursday Lawrence Turnbull returns from Evanston for summer Miss Dorothy Scott visits Peoria with Mrs George Muchmore Sixty delegates attend U P missionary convention Ladies serve supper to ninety L L C picnic held at Edminsters grave Esther Slowell visiting from Peoria Sadie Mitchell visiting Wyoming Inna social by M B missionary Thursday evening Death of Mrs James Patterson of Chicago Dr Patterson formerly lived in Tuaprairie and sympathy sent French Canadians campaign to keep French in provincial schools English language emphasized Keep French in the majority provinces but English should be protected in the dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Sadie Mitchell
Wyoming
M. B
James Patterson
Chicago
Patterson
Tua Praitie
Vongnan
Lato
Pueaday
Ttia
Outro
Reminiscence Links Lincoln Davis And 1832 Indian War
A clipped reminiscence traces Abraham Lincoln and two companions from 1832 during Blackhawk era border raids on Rock River. The tale blends fate and history as Lincoln becomes future president while Jefferson Davis leads the Confederacy and Major Anderson defends the flag amid later predictions. The piece closes with a social vignette on women's expected duties and initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Parker
Blackhawk
Rock River
Abraham Lincoln
DeKalb County
Illinois
Lincoln
Detroit
Chicago
Jefferson Davis
Mator Ardersony
Tadiananterss
Wally Lieyr
J.M
Farmer's Letter to Son Celebrates Harvest Passion
A father explains to his son why farming matters beyond money. He recalls marriage and family on the farm, the pride of a good crop, and a personal, almost devotional view of farming as creation. He notes divine approval in harvests and the deep satisfaction of land stewardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sime
David
Lfe
Pardoned Escaped Convict Prince Reunites With Family
George Prince, who escaped Pontiac reformatory as a youth and lived eight years free, has been pardoned by Governor Dunne after leading a respectable life in Carbondale as a cleaning and dyeing business owner. His wife and two ill daughters urged the clemency, and a pardon board endorsed the decision. The governor noted restoring him to his family and business serves justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Prince
Carbondale
Pontiac Reformatory
Dunne
Prince
Earnhardt
Pontiac
Princd
Princt
Board of Pardons
Reformatory
Paty Doned
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Putnam
Ida Elliotts
Daisy Stewar
Ohio
Kansas
Louis Cook
Curt Henkins
George Heminghouse
Hennepin
C O Klontz
Mr Klontz
Wenona
Ethel
Ruth Stovers
Kewanee
Millie Stevens
Mildred Hosg
Princeville
W. L. Williamson
Williamson
Spencer
Christian Cchurch
New Barn
Charles
M. E Church
Minonk
Sendwine
Adam Smith
Smith
Uriah Humphrey
Eureka
U Ho Humphrey
Deer Creek
Lindsay Humphrey
Henry Hawksworth
Sorrow
A L. Spencer
Goldie
Juana
Lallian McMinna
Quinns
Little Palis
N. J
George Harnsy
Tart Schallner & Mane
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Varsity
Illinos
Major Anderson
Ben
Ibn Evelyn
Soares
Williamson's
Sean
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