Weekly News Notes and Local Updates
The week’s scattered items include new rail and land developments as Burlington buys land near Eola to expand a tracking yard. Mrs. Ursula Phelps dies near 99, and John M Phillips’ mother suffers paralysis. A baby girl Laura Elvira is welcomed in Ada Jim. The Mississippi Valley conference on women’s suffrage meets in St. Louis April 2 3 and 4. Local routes may be abolished or combined affecting farmers. A lecture series at the ME church features a reader and a crayon artist with favorable reception.
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Syuker
Hunt Bros
Syna Ie
Wenona
Rutland
Fis
Long Point
Toluca
Lostant
Alfred Haal
Wyoming
Missienippi Valley
Buckingham Hotel
St. Louis
Ee ‘cWé
Burlington Rail
Oad
Wuré-Town
Eola
Nburh
Aurora
Nels Ek‘eg
John Harlin
Ursula Phelps
Fairplar Vt
John. Stark
Phelps
Oscar
Pegasus
Railroad Promoter Seeks Survey For Interurban Plan To Peoria
News notes a Princeton promoter visiting Henry to confirm reports of a Peoria and St Louis railroad interurban line. The plan envisions a Henry to Bradford to Kewanee route connecting with Peoria lines, enabling swift access to Santa Fe and Milwaukee St Paul networks. The piece also covers local events and election results with mixed society items.
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F OW Cherry
Princeton
Henry
Republican
Paris
Peoria
Santa Fe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Rockford
Peoria & St Louis
Henry-Hr
Sunday Weather at Henry MM Mareh
The sun is very warm today as the people return from Mass. Birds sing their joyful songs and all seems well with them. The writer thanks God for these blessings and daily life in the community.
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Henry
Mareh
Card of Thanks from Ekberg Family
The Ekberg family thanks friends in Henry Illinois for kindness during illness and after the death of their wife and mother. Daniels' Studio in Henry offers enlarged pictures with guaranteed satisfaction and low price frames including oval gold frames with convex glass.
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Henry
Nels Ekberg
Daniels
Widow Duffield Dies after long illness in Henry
Mrs WILLIAM DUFFIELD Mary Luella Wilson Duffield daughter of James and Amanda Wilson born May 9 1870 in the city married William Duffield Feb 18 1890 They had nine children and she died March 7 after pneumonia long strain on the family Her funeral was at the Henry Christian church with Rev Reichel and interment in Henry cemetery J W Duffield and Campbell Shields deceased nearby details follow in next notices
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Mary Luella Wilson Duffield
James
Amanda Wilson
William Duffield
Whitefield Township
Rev Reichel
Henry Christian Church
Henry Cemetery
L Loomis
Clyde Gregory
John Oliverbiss
Harry Blackburn
R M Tremain
Charles McAllister
A B Smith
J. W. Duffield
J W Duffield
Duffield
Republican
Campbell Shields
Morgan County
Indiana
James Shields
Oxbow
Jane Harris
Schuyler County
Hennepin
B F Ransom
Shields
Rebecca L. Smith
Loland
Okla
Mr Shields
Missouri
Oklahoma
Masonic
Elijah Henkins
Lancaster
Putnam
Lone Tree
Almira Wheeler
Miles B.wheeler
e+hem
Melville
Alice Dodd
Charles Dodd
Fay
Curtis Charles
Retta
Mc ET
Seible
G.W. Lawsong
william_Murphy
W. Etrosnide
Morgan ‘Williams
George Dally
George Wheeler
A. B. Smith
St Patrick Sermon by Rev P C Culleton at St Josephs
Special services announce Rev P C Culleton of St Marys Peru will speak at St Josephs on Sunday March 17 titled St Patrick the Apostle of Ireland. The speaker is praised for insight and delivery with a choirs planned musical tribute inviting the public to attend.
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St.Patrick's Day
P. C.culleton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Peru
S T. Joseph’s Church
St Patrick
Apostle of
Ireland
Fr Culleton
St Joseph's Church
Erin
Island of Saints
Palm Sunday and Holy Week Services Across Churches
Local churches announce Holy Week and Easter services including Palm Sunday sermons and Eucharist. Whitefield Township and Henry township caucuses set for March 14 1913 to nominate township officers. Magnolia revival meetings feature Love and Lovers Fortune Telling and The Man Without a Dress Suit with Evangelist Ludgate and concertina music.
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Magnolia
Evangelist Ludgate
Main Street
Local Society Notes and Upcoming Events
The W C T U meets March 19 with Mrs. George Helper. Voters League holds Friday evening in the Presbyterian Sunday school room. C L Loomis visited his son Alden near Lacona as his crop of 90 hogs sold for 2371.96. Rev O C Cullerton of Peru lectures on St Patrick at St Joseph's church March 16. Eva Schroeter and Will Schroeter celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in Warrensburg with over a hundred guests and photos as souvenirs.
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George Helper
M. T. Davis
Cor Secor
R. G. Clemens
Near Milo
C. M. Lucas
Voters’ League
Presbyterian Church
C. L. Loomis
Alden
Lacon
O. C Cullerton
Peru
St. Patrick
St. Joseph's Church
Ilinois
Fred Raymond
Eva
Will R. Schroeter
Warrensburg
Mar Taci
Raymond
Tales From Marshall County High School News
Walter Bayne serves as pianist this week as the high school adopts new pins for seniors in maroon and gold and juniors receive signet rings bearing H H S S 14. J O Hill donated a piano placed in Miss Hunter s room, while Mr Anderson is absent ill. Kenneth Helper fills a key role in the physics class dynamo project and Wenona hosts the county teachers meeting April 4.
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Walter Bayne
J. O. Hill
Magdeline Phillips
Hall
Marjorie Duke
Steele
Toom
Barbara Haws
Florence Ball
Liliaa Ekberg
Orvil Ball
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Order of the Eastern Star
Spencer Ketchumworthy
Pauline Willams
Wood
Shauser
Kenneth King
Myrtle Hex
H W Adams
Earl Smith
Jesa
Lucinda Edson
Alice Gilpin
Leam Hannum
Carrie Carpenter
Hannums
Bella Evans
Elsie Carpenter
I Cromwell
Elmer Quinn
Commercial Club
George E Vare
Addie Brown
Charles K Anderson
Frank Morgan
Fred W Potter
George Daniels
John Klein
George Tb Puree
Charles J Anderson
PF and Morgan
Gill Clark
Charles Smith
Fred W . Potter
George F Pace
Charles F. Anderson
Fred Morgan
Alex Brown
Lester Brown
John R Faskell
Elias S Wright
James Hattles
Wo Forrest
John R Paskell
Elias H Wright
James Hartley
Wm Forrest
George Fo Johnson
SG Wilde
Conrad Helgoth
T Eteen
Theodore Bickerman
Third Ward
San Francisco
Oakland
Middle West
George H McCutcheon
Claude McGee
Pine Canyon
McGee
McCutcheon
St. Joseph's
Methodist Church
Solo
Mercer
Jerusalem
Epworth League
J I Mercer
J J
G C Kirby
G. C Kirby
Carroll and
Richard Streets
George T Griscel
Church of the
St. Mary’s Church
Genster
Sfr. Brennan
Henry Township
Inf
Nrepublican
Towycuss
Whitefield
Republican Committee
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