Personal notices from Henry area highlight visits and travels
Fifteen cars of livestock were shipped from Henry station to city markets. Ada Olsen visited her sister Mrs. James Keenan. Karene Spaulding visited Henry. Will Kuss’s wife has hospital treatment in Freeport and will join him home. Donors and earnings to the Red Cross card party netted 37.65. Father Brennan reported nephew Joseph Brennan in France is well. Morris Meade’s second birthday observed with family in Henry. Various social visits, meetings, and local business notes follow. The piece ends with rail improvements by the Nickel Island line and possible double tracking this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vestock
Henry Station
Ada Olsen
M. E. Hospital
Peoria
James Keenan
Karene Spaulding
McNabb
Henry
Misses Evans
Will Kuss
Freeport
Red Cross
Father Brennan
Aecard
Joseph Brennan
France
Morris Meade
Fred Meade
Florence
Bert Meade
F. D. Corey
J. J. Barnes
Chicago
St. Paul
Clara B. Waughop
Charlotte Sparling
Miss Waughop
Ocean Springs
Nicholson
Beulah
Williams
Henry Opera House
Clara Kimball Young
Sidney Drew
James Lackaye
Ned Finley
Undertakers’ School
Donnie Horrom
A. B. Smith
Illinois
William Darling
Dysert
Hawkeye State
Nock Island
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
The P T A met in the high school assembly room with Miss Clara Seitz performing piano solos and Miss Gloria Sleater delivering a humorous reading. Members discussed library services for soldiers, medical inspection needs in country schools, and a defense council welfare effort. The meeting approved paying for service flag materials before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Seitz
America
Clara Sleater
Margaret Glenn
Imelda Hartley
Josephine Green
Harold Daniels
Mothers’ Army and Navy
Miss Travis
Woman's National Council of Defense
Helper
Alice B. Gilpin
Letter From Mrs. Merritt Describes Spring, Moves, and Local Life
In a March 7 1918 note from Parsons Kansas Mrs Minnie D Merritt sends news of moving to Davenport and family updates. She mentions housing shortages due to growth and local industry the M K T shops and factories and expresses concern for relatives health and military call ups. The piece also promotes Clara Kimball Young in My Official Wife at Henry opera house with praise for her dance and acting talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Merritt
Belmont Ave
Parsons, Kan
Burt
Davenport
Brother
Boss
St. Louis
Vern
Colony
Kan
Earl
Kansas Gas and Electric Company
Cherryvale
Lloyd
Creston
Neb
Newton
Laurel
Sister
Willie
Deuning
N. M
Kaiser Bill
Minnie D. Merritt
Clara Kimball Young
Vitagraph
Henry Opera House
Miss Young
Primary Election In Our City Nominates Aldermen
The city held a Tuesday primary to nominate aldermen for three wards with low turnout. In the first ward Walter Duke and Will E B Green led the Republican and Democratic slates respectively. In the second ward Walter Harrison and J B Parker advanced, while in the third ward Fred Seitz and John Ford were the leading candidates. Marjorie Leech of Peoria dies at 21 after a poisoning incident. funeral arrangements pending. Several measles cases reported in town including Mary Flynn Dorothy Flynn and Dale May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Duke
Will EB. Green
Walter Harrison
J. BE. Parker
Fred Seitz
John Ford
Marjorie Leech
Peoria
Harvey Leech
Leech
C. A. Camp
Deck
Jackson
Our City
Tm Hen Tee
Mary
Dorothy Flynn
Dale May
Henry School Notes Highlight Busy Week Activities
Henry School notes recount visitors in the first and third grades, new fifth grade entrant Vera May, and total enrollment 47 in the fourth room. Attendance honors for February earned a senior picture, with a detailed program including talks by Mr. Nichols, musical duets, and a freshman debate on whether the war ends in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterrett
Gardner Williams
Ira Brown
Vera May
Sir Galahad
Marguerite Kraus
Nichols
Jackson, Mich
Miss Brown
Cornell
Josephine Green
Imelda Hartley
Harold Daniels
Milton Hayes
Barton Allinson
Edwin Daniels
May Sivell
Margaret Helper
Mildred Ransom
Mr. Nichols
Miss Young
Miss Bickerman
Graham Marguerites
Vera Vail
Vada Waughop
Rowena
Nancy Lowden
de- Bracy
Jesse Sleater
Front de Boeuf
Philip Cromwell
Ulrhca
Helen Siewers
Guy Ransom
Isaac
Bessie Haddon
Cedric
Althea Allinson
Athelstane
Edith Merdian
Local Happenings and Community Notices
F. T. Brown visits Tiskilwa this week and the Eastern Star meets at Magonic lodge room Monday night March 18. Mrs. Stephen Appel improves after illness. Ella Warner Scott of Chicago visits Henry after her mother's funeral. Richard Maxwell of Lacon dies at Proctor hospital aged 78. funeral at Lacon. Frank Reed of Lacon to buy walnut logs for war gun stocks. prices range 15 to 100 per thousand feet. Roy Dally leaves Illinois Oil to drive in Granville for R. H. Cody. Navigation on the Illinois river expected soon. Swain boat may start between March 11 and 31. Attorney General Brundage says county superintendents hold office until August 1, 1919. The article notes spring arrival and local social and civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Brown
Tiskilwa
Order of Eastern Star
Magonic Lodge
Frank Barker
Carroll Street
Richard Mercian
Stephen Appel
Ella Warner Scott
Chicago
8S. L. Clift
G. L. Shultz
Shultz
J. R. Belsly
Cleota
Lacon
Roscoe Belsly
Fargo
N. D
L. R. Phillips
Roscoe
North Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Sugar Grove Cemetery
First National Bank of
Henry
Frank Reed
George A. Burt
State Council of Defense
Sherman Hotel
J. A. Nowlan
Toulon News
R. E. Patterson
Washburn Leader
P. R. Goddard
Washington News
Roy Dally
Illinois Oil Company
Peter Hoerner
Granville
R. H. Cody
Roy
Nao Qaqubt
Illinois River
C. E. Rolley
Brundage
Blair
Boards of Supervisors
General Assembly
Richard Maxwell
Proctor Hospital
Peoria
William Maxwell
Marshall County
Maxwell
Masonic Order
Henry Lodge
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Parent-Teacher Association
John Riggs
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Menk, Co. F
Sth
A. R. Wright
Marshall
Putnam Counties
Fy Bay
County Superintendent of Schools
Ill
Court House
Edgar Nichols
Henry School Notes
Front Street
Third
Richard Streets
Edward Street
East Park Row
Main
School
Second
Joseph Clark
Thomas Clark
G. E. Fenwick
Philip Steimle
Charles Griffin
Kave A Gully
Minn
Henry Republican
Sirs
Gully
Mildred
Polk County
Crookston
Helen
Red Cross Society
Old Maids’ Association
Paul FI
Presbyterian Church
Gibbons
Charles Worthington
Bornéo
Java
Church of the New Jerusalem
L. G. Landenberger
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St. Mary's Church
Father Andrew Schauer
St. John's Church
Saunders
Bradford
Peter Harrington
Hot Springs
Ark
Harrington
Isaac Walker Hardware Company
Mayme Siewers
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