Local news and notices from Lacon and Marshall county
Mrs. John Maple and daughter Miss Fulks visit Mrs. Sue Culver. Joan C. Laible and Carrie B. Holland obtain a marriage license in Peoria. Ella Jenkins settles in at Miss Sella Camp home. George A Johnson and avid Wright reported. A bill consolidation clears to Senate. awaits signature. Obituaries note John Broaddus and Robert Bell. Pinehurst area events touch farms and breeders.
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Nery
John Maple
Rg Fulks
En Ketchum
Yes- Seany
Miss Sella
Second Street
B. Kirby
Seelye
Western Prenie
Noll
B F. Nichols
Harry W. Drake
West Fa
George A. Johnson
Jac
Steuben
Stauben
Mastern Chancery Hamer Ramvey A
Wilcox
la Prairie
Arkansas
City
John Anell
Sas
Marshall Maty Old Settlers’ Reunion Associa i
John G Faris
Obert Bell
Denver
t-Trullinger
Iowa
Mt. Ayr
Barry
Gales-Tecentis
Wyer
Kentucky
Laos
Surveyors finish work here on railroad project
Chief Engineer Wardle forecasts construction to begin soon after surveying in Henry Tuesday. Assistants Painton and Gould of Iowa State University and Cedar Rapids draftsman Yaeger accompany him. Wardle, Cornell College graduate, expects road work to start within months with 173000 raised locally and more funds planned along the line.
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Henry
Our
Little City
J.D. Wardle
Cedar Rapids
E L. Painton
Vernon Gould
Iowa State University
William. “Yaeger
Enigneer Wardle
Middle West
Villa
Co A.towa State National Guard
Wilson
Uncle Sam
Corps of Engineers
Wardle
Kewanee
Man Tops State Agents In Insurance Bulletin
Henry Man leads all state agents outside Chicago in insurance written last week per Union Central Insurance Bulletin. His closest rival approached within 9500 of his total as Mr Davis of Forbes Brasfield Davis firm dominates the region. Patrons attended the Peorta Life Underwriters association meeting held in Peorta Saturday.
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Henry
Ceutral Insurance Bulletin
Oo Hl Davi
Divi City
Forbes Brasfield & Davis
Chicago
France
Davis
Devin
Peorta Life Underwriters Association
Peorta
Townspeople Thank Donors in Memorial Note
In Lonor and memory of our art Jerome Titer ase Fe Townsend Mrs J Ss TownsendFoot Townsend and Famils yy WW. Townsend and Femils It is said that a number of land owners in Hopewell township will renew the fight in the courts on the Henry town ship high school. The A B Soth antbuance wan TO Magnolia ant oeening and brought patien te the Yapitar.
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Lonor
Jerome
Townsend Foot Townsend
Townsend
Hopewell Township
Henry Township
City Hails Plan for Free Street Oiling and Composting
The City Council at last night’s meeting proposed buying an up-to-date oiling wagon funded by subscriptions from businesses and residents over 30 days. If funded, streets would be oiled in spring and fall at no extra cost to property owners. A garbage collection initiative was also suggested to curb flies and improve sanitation.
School visitors fill rooms and discuss projects and sports
The article notes many parents visiting the school to view rooms one through four, praising a doll house by a 10 year old Albert Rowett, and mentions new pupils Joseph Williams and Willard Odell. It covers class experiments with electricity, a botany club on bacteria, a bird society, and student officers. It also reports on basketball, agriculture tests, and plans for a new excursion boat by Captain Swain to boost Ottawa tourism.
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Walter Mrs Forrest
Theodore Keifer
Pratt
Edith Helen
Storn
Young
Albert Rowett
Wilbur Hawkins
William Taylor
Joseph Wiliams
Willard Odell
Coc Welle
Allyn & Bacon
Phivates
Botany Club
Althea Allinson
Mildred Stewers
Mra Carpenter
Pn&oddys
Marshall County
Lacon
Henry to Have a Baseball Team This Year
Citizens of Henry question whether Harry will field a home based baseball club this season. Promoters Vogelsang and Wright, with local business support, aim to cover costs by playing mainly at Henry venues and seek Red Harms to lead the squad, while Brasfield withholds active involvement.
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Henry
O. KE. Vogelsang
Eli Right
Aa Ip
Harry
Brasfield
United States
C E Vogelsang
EM Wright
Tywan
Shota
Texan
Missionaries Charles Worthington and Pauline Stefanski Marry
Charles Worthington spent 14 years as a teacher in mission schools in Batavia Java and married Pauline Stefanski who has nine years as a missionary worker with the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions. They left Java January 6 and reached San Francisco March 1 with plans to return to Illinois around April 15 for a year and a half.
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Charles Worthington
Batavia
Java
Pauline Stefanski
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions
San Francisco
Ilinoia
Couple Wed at M E Parsonage in Chillicothe
John Aller of Chillicothe wed Miss Glady Hetts of Lacon at the M E parsonage on Wednesday evening March 7 by Rev J Mercer. They will start housekeeping in Chillicothe where the groom works for the Public Service Co. Friends extend best wishes.
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M. E. Parsonage
Rev. J. Mercer
John Aller
Chillicothe
Glady Hetts
Lacon
Frank McNutt
Lena Danboff
Public Service Co
M. E. Church Sunday Schedule and Services
The M. E. Church outlines Sunday school at 9 46 a m under superintendent Mrs Wm Wheeler with a men s Bible class during the hour. Public worship at 6 30 p m with Epworth League service. Prayer meeting Thursday evening followed by teachers meeting Pastor J E Mercer announces.
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Wm. Wheeler
Epworth League
J. E. Mercer
Sunday services at St John’s Church schedule
St John’s Church presents a Sunday timetable with Holy Eucharist at 7 30 a m Sunday school at 9 46 a m sermon at 11 a m and evening prayer with sermon at 7 30 p m. Wednesday litany and sermon at 7 30 p m and penitential office and sermon led by Fr W Hatst priest in charge.
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Ifr
W. Hatst
Christian Church Announces Sunday Sermon and Prayer Meeting
Dr Murphy will preach next Sunday at 11 o clock on Religious Filibusterism. He will speak at Putnam Sunday night. Tonight Thursday the pastor leads a prayer meeting with a brief Habakkuk's Prayer for Revival. Choir practice follows the mid week prayer meeting.
Weekly church services schedule with sessions led by Pastor
For the week the Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with A Smith superintendent. Morning worship is at 11 00 a m followed by Christian Endeavor at 6 40 p m. Regular service at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting every Thursday at 7 00 p m with choir rehearsal after. Pastor Rev. Ren Wo Martin delivers this notice.
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A. Smith
Christian Endeavor
Sunday Mass and Sermon Schedule Updated
The parish announces Sunday service times including an English sermon at 8 o clock and a high Mass with German service at 2 38 pm along with vaspera and benediction. Weekday masses are not at 8. Saturday service is 7 led by Rev Fr Edrew Schauer, Pastor.
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Permon
Fredrew Schauer
Manu
Ray M J Brennan
Local notes on city attorney race and church plans
WJ Binck again seeks the city attorney post in Lacon with no opposition, while Wallace rises as a leading local attorney. The ME church Sunday schools ask one million dollars for next year’s missions and report 4 704 members under the board. Weather mentions a severe winter with little rain and snow, followed by a change in temperature. A freight train carrying 2% tons of wiper paper supports Sunday edition printing in Chicago Tribune.
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WJ Binck
Lacon
Wallace
Board of Sunday Schools
The
Chicano Tribune
Spring Potatoes Frosted in Brownsville Freeze Estimates
Estimates place damage in the Brownsville Texas area from the Lower Rio Grande Valley freeze as high as 300090 dollars. Early spring crops especially potatoes were ruined. Growers report the freeze more severe than February. The Republican.
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Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Pay-in-advance turn for newspapers and local notes
The piece reports on the shift to paid-in-advance subscriptions, notes Wisconsin legislators’ salary vote, Illinois salary boosts, and a string of court divorce cases in Ottawa. It highlights savings in Galesburg schools, potato prep tips, lost article ad practice, Cherry mine hero Walter Waite, hedge fence laws, and praise for Floyd W Gibbons’s journalism.
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William Law
Als
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ottawa
Marlville
Galesburg
Walter Waite
Burean County
Covernor Jorden
Waite
Cherry Mine
Minora
Carnegie Hare Commission
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Southland
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Putnam
M. BE. Parsonage
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