Temperance activity and local notes in Henry Illinois
Henry Republican notes awaken temperance efforts in Henry and Lacon with Hibben of Peoria organizing a Christian temperance society led by Mrs. J B Martino. A large court house lecture, school certificate exams, visits from Washington Il residents, sickened individuals, and town commerce updates follow. Community updates include educators, residents moving, prize winners in spelling, and local business changes.
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Lacon
Als
Hibben
Peoria
J. B. Martino
Henry
Venona
Sparland
Bartlett
Washington
Ill
Enoch Strawn
Tommy Jones
Chapman
Chicago
Ora Holland
New York City
George Ruth
Green
Whitefield
George Rulon
Elgin
Lecon
G. W. Kiine
Clara Stephens
Henry Palmer
J. 8
Court
T. Oye — Ee
Stire
Local notes from Sparland and vicinity blend fires, trades, and temperance
Sparland news reports Mrs Lovi Booth of Chillicothe dying in town after a millinery fire cost her sales. Town carpenters set a new bridge plank for the passenger train. Temperance meetings elect delegates to Henry and Bethel. Odd Fellows plan April 20 celebrations. Local trades from Baughman Tarbill provide goods, with St. Dennis Kearney criticism and a push for temperance leadership as government bonds attract local investment.
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Red Siebold
G. W. Zimmerman
Joseph Placher
Alliance
Henry
Union Temperance
Bethel
Hoslo
Ider Brown
Thenns Hollow
Murphy
Packenham
Samuel Haackon
Chillicothe
Kenner
Henry Titus
Chicago
Ella
Stephenson
Dhamond
Dr. Reader
Peter
Dennis Kearney
Vanderbilt
Temperance Society
Yvindicatr
Saratoga Hedge Planting and Farm Work Report
In Saratoga, hedge planting, pruning, and talks are underway. Some residents have started plowing this spring. Joe Hennesey begins house keeping. Repairs and painting were completed on several homes. A team of Adre Kinz's colts hitched to a buggy enjoyed a good ride with no damage. The note mentions a highly successful term of school.
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Stephenson
Green Castle
Ind
Orie Webber
Allie Webber
Ella Tien
Nossey
Wallace Frrois
Rosedy
Smith
Riley
Windy
X Roads
Dawson
Joe Hennesey
Hey
Billy
Keenan
Chas
Monitor
Tunaway
Adre Kinz
Dee
Magnolia Chronicle Notes Local Happenings and Tragedy
Three weeks pass with scant news from Magnolia as residents travel by horse. Obituary notes Benjamin T. Doe of Henry buried in Magnolia Cemetery. he leaves a wife and three children. Nearby, a man named John Baker shoots himself, death deemed instantaneous with no causes yet known.
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Benjamin T.doe
Henry
Johnson J. Coe
Coe
Plneger
Kays
A. Hannum
Park
Ireland
Hennepin
Oliver Balderston
Far West
Thomas Haws
Missouri
Bhell City
T. J. Stainbrook
Kansas
Methodist
A.D. G
E. B. Norris
Mexico
L. Pettit
Wm. Pratt
J. R. Holgate
Medical Association
Chicago
Moagies
Carrie Snider
JolHet
Joseph Exley
Dawson
B.d.dimfartia
Lawn Ridge
W.H. Martin
R. A. Adams
E. J. Griffin
Kankakeop
Cyrus Booook & Co
John ‘Baker
Rent and landlord pressure ripple across the country
The letter denounces landowners for raising rents and imposing costly duties on tenants, comparing them to Irish landlords. It recalls farm rents as a fraction of grain years ago, notes higher current burdens, and warns tenants may seek aid from old Ireland while recounting a wary episode with a book agent.
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Ould
Ireland
Ord
Kingdom of Heaven
Old Ireland
Marshall
Bureau
Henry
Anxious Farmers Watch Weather as Barry Dernin Leaves
The note records farmers awaiting rain and green pastures. Barry Dernin and his wife end marriage attempts after two months, Dernin plans two public sales on the 18th and will leave the area. Edward Hunter reports diphtheria in his family, while Noah Pettitt mourns a child death with funeral postponed due to illness in the household.
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Mray Dernin
Mr. Dernin
Edward Hunter
Noah Pettitt
Robert J. Culverwell
Culverwell Medical CO
New York
Boz
Peoria crowd greet Irish agitator Parnell in upbeat meeting
Irish relief speaker Parnell drew about 1500 people to Rouse's ball last Tuesday evening in Peoria. The crowd heard speeches by L W James and Thomas Cratty. About $800 was subscribed, led by Bishop Spaulding and Cratty with $100 each.
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Ireland
Dillon
Donot
Peoria House
Gallagher
L. W. James
Thomas Cratty
Peatla
Martha Dolan
Erin's
Bishop Spaulding
Circuit Court
Thomas Neill
Payson
Pontiac
McQulloch
Red Ribbon Hall
A. G. Tyng
McKinny
Frye
David Coan
Henry
Frank
Norman
Aichaln
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