Local News Briefs From Henry Area and Surrounding Towns
Hid Schurr sold his motor boat to Horace Kern. Mrs. T. F. Lash is better after a long illness. A. G. Humphrey visited Watseka last week. Mrs. George Mercian of Peoria was in Henry with friends. Mrs. Emily Horner returned home from Lacon after weeks away. Mrs. Joseph Klein remains poorly after hemorrhages. Samuel Smith family returned from Chicago wintering there. Ed Haddon and Mrs. Hank welcomed relatives from Peoria and a new grandson. Richard Deisher hunted with Ed Haddon in recent days. Mrs. Ed Heath and daughter visited Judson Ong. Misses Schubert visited Kate Yaeger and Frances Seichter in Putnam and Whitefield. John Schurr enjoyed Chicago trip and is home. Eastern Stars plan a pay social in April for dining-hall equipment. C. F. Snyder left his store in charge of F. A. Yanochowski while visiting Freeport and Wisconsin. Mrs. A. L. Weber of Princeville joyful over 25th birthday postal card shower. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coe hosted guests including Allen Coe, Kate Dowdell, and Mrs. Webber. Tra Hancock, Will Dorsey, George Cowen and S. Allen visited Henry in Dorsey’s auto. Lacon Masons plan building in county capital. local interest noted. Township election set for first Tuesday in April with three offices. vacancies in justice and road, plus school trustee. Washington friends of Rep Graff honored them at Hotel Dewey with a farewell service. Peorians received silver tea set as testimonial. Graff family long associated with Hotel Dewey remembered by many in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hid Schurr
Horace Kern
T. F. Lash
A. G. Humphrey
Watseka
George Mercian
Peoria
Henry
Emily Horner
Lacon
Joseph Klein
Samuel Smith
Chicago
Ed Haddon
Fred Hank
Richard Deisher
Bradford
Ed Heath
Seltzer
Judson Ong
Ida
Mary Schubert
Kate Yaeger
Frances Seichter
Putnam
Vincent Schubert
Whitefield
John Schurr
Otto Schurr
Masons
C.F. Snyder
Freeport
Wisconsin
F. A. Yanochowski
A. L. Weber
Princeville
Frank Coe
Allen Coe
Magnolia
J. D. Webber
Venona
Kate Dowdell
Isabelle
Kas
Tra Hancock
Will Dorsey
George Cowen
S. Allen
Dorsey
Masonic Lodge
Henry Brothers
George Moore
Henry Bell
Washington
Representative
Presbyterian Ladies Plan Supper at Church Friday
The Presbyterian church ladies offer a supper tomorrow starting at 5 o clock. Menu includes Escalloped Oysters Cabbage Salad Sliced Tongue Jelly Lyonnaise Potatoes Boston Baked Beans Pickles Cheese White Bread Brown Bread Fruit Salad with Whipped Cream Tea Coffee Cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Matrimonial Lofgren Kraus Ties the Knot in Blue Island
Emil A. Lofgren and May Kraus wed at the Universalist parsonage Blue Island with only Mr. and Mrs. D. McGoogan as witnesses. Bride daughter of shoe dealer John Kraus and groom a respected local businessman. Congratulations and best wishes from friends. Chillicothe Ready to Play Ball. Chillicothe forms 1911 season with directors H F Mehl J Rediger W Brenner and others. finances show 10 000 paid admissions and $2 500 receipts. season to open late April with Three I League team as attraction. Moved It For a Joke. William Starliper’s carpentry bench vanished then reappeared. found blocked lawn area and returned with neighbors help. City moves chemical fire extinguisher tanks to Henry Auto Co garage for faster fire response. service offered free. Fire alarm connection promised but not yet installed. citizens urge immediate alarm service for auto fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kraus
Chillicothe
Chillicothe Ball Park
H. F. Mehl
T. J. Clark
John Rediger
W. F. Kreig
W. J. Brenner
H. C. Camp
R. Finn
H. V.,.thomas
H. A. Bates
H. V. Thomas
W. F. Krelg
Association
George Harvey
Joliet Standard
Claude
Bartonville
Melody
Venona
Corcoran
University of Nebraska
Cole
Williamsfield
Lidle
Schoch
Willard
Hussey
Peoria
G. Edminster
Powers
William Starliper
Western Avenue
Starliper
Henry Auto Co
Auto Company
Republican Caucus for Henry Township Officials Nominations
Republican voters in Henry township are asked to meet at City Hall Friday evening March 17 at 8 o clock to nominate a justice of the peace to fill a vacancy one commissioner of highways and a school trustee. A town central committee will also be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Township
Primary Election Notes At Several City Voting Places
Nellie Coan plays piano this week as students hear about college entrance requirements from the University of Illinois. Teachers will be off Friday March 17 for an institute in Peoria. Miss Pfaff mourns an aunt. classes reassigned. Eighth grade crafts include bench hooks and shelves. Graduation program plans proceed in April. Funeral notices honor Mrs. Maria Griswold Pettegrew who died February 28 1911 after 50 years on the Pettegrew homestead. Services announced for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Coan
Peoria
I. N. Wade
Chicago
American Book Co
Miss Pfaff
Whipple
Harry Seitz
Rose Dauber
Belle Doyle
Mabel Huffman
Evelyn Hartley
King
Chancer
Washington Irving
Frank Ganzer
Mr. Steele
Ceron Ertle
Max Siewers
H. Wombacher
Miss Young
Edna Shimmel
Mildred Stever
Thumma Brothers Return via Henry After Chicago Stock Run
Charles Thumma of Saratoga and Samuel Thumma of La Prairie townships visit the city today returning from a stock shipment to Chicago via the Northwestern route. They reroute through Henry due to better connections, accompanied by their sister Mrs. Wesley Doyle who also influences the return path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Samuel Thumma
Saratoga
Samuel
la Prairie
Chicago
Northwestern
Henry
Wesley Doyle
Colfax Welcomes and Sees Off Irish American Resident
J W Boyle of southwestern Iowa ends a month in Colfax with plans to move to Henry Illinois and later South Dakota to farm. He sold fruit and shrubs from his nursery business here and his wife’s Shimel home at Richard and Carroll streets was sold to Grover C Kirby. Colfax friends bid him farewell with best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Shimel
Richard and
Carroll Streets
Grover C. Kirby
Mrs. Boyle
Lenten Sermons to Be Delivered at Church of the New Jerusalem
Rev. L G Landenberger will deliver two Lenten sermons next Sunday at Church of the New Jerusalem. The theme is The Ark and the Flood or The Spiritual Man His Temptations and Their Uses. At 11 a m the Ark and its contents will symbolize man proof against natural loves. Evening service explains the flood raven dove and Ark on the mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Landenberger
Church of the New Jerusalem
Morning church service and social at local church
The Christian Church held Sunday school at 9 45 with two sermons by Bro Reichel last Sunday. A farewell social honored Mr and Mrs Price and Jennie, followed by refreshments and luncheon served by Mrs James McCune. The Aid meets with Mrs Bauter in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Bro. Reichel
Price
Jennie
James McCune
Aid
Bauter
Incidents and Changes in the Town This Week
Dr Cromwell and family visited Ef fingham while Henry Morse and family moved to Worthington Minnesota from Dawn Missouri. New phones installed at William Fountain and Frank Dietz homes. Shime homestead sold to Grover C Kirby. Dr J A Swem returns from Chicago sanitarium. A small parcel found at the post office. owner to claim from money order division. Seed oats exchanged among farmers. Roy Benjamin rents Case house on Robert Street with mother. James Case moving to Morris Minnesota to manage his father's farm. Conrad Schwarz plans to return to Henry. Otto Hoscheit to occupy Niece cottage. various household moves. Primary election largely quiet with two minor Dem contest in wards. Proposals to amend fish and game laws include longer prairie chicken season and reduced bobwhite season. open season for quail. rifle shooting prohibited. feeding grounds allowed. Fish law changes include requiring written permit to fish on submerged land. Henry City Bridge Co widens dike toward Henry bridge and plans to extend to Lacon road. dike uplift aims to keep high water out. J H Price and family leave for Maxbass North Dakota to operate a livery business. wish prosperity.
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Cromwell
Effingham
Henry N. Morse
Worthington
Minn
Dawn
William Fountain
Frank Dietz
Shime
Richard and
Carroll Streets
Grover C. Kirby
Camp House
J. A. Swem
Chicago
Roy Benjamin
Henry Auto Co
James Case
Robert Street
Benjamin
Vinton
Thomas Soper
Cleveland, CO
Henry and
Putnam
Buckeye
Santa Fe Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Kelley’s Opera House
Chillicothe
Morris
James
Conrad Schwarz
Europe
Henry
Edward Street
Otto Miedler
Otto Hoscheit
Henry City Bridge Co
Henry Bridge
Lacon Road
J. H. Price
Maxbass
N. D
Bottineau County
Manitoba
British America
North Dakota
W. C. Price
Woman's Home Missionary Society Program in Henry
The eighth annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the M. E. church in Peoria district Illinois will be held at First M E church Henry on March 23 and 24. The program includes devotions, addresses by Carrie G. Davis and other speakers, reports from circles, district finances, discussions on enlisting workers, and plans for next year with a call for written reports and financial pledges. Pastors and spouses are invited. names for entertainment due by March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Peters
Princeville
Miss Peters
China
Peoria
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the
M. BE. Church
Central Illinois Conference
M. FE
Henry
Ora Belle Teachman
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Edna Bel
R. J. Vandervoort
Belle Doyle
Velma Rowe
Carrie G. Davis
C. L. Lutes
Kate Rodgers
Ruth Danner
Elmwood
Peoria First Church
Hale Memorial
Trivoli
Toulon
Edwards
Rena Culbertson
Ben O'Brien
Dist
W. H. Witter
Spava
Farmington
Wrigley
Boyu’s Grove
Peoria Hale Memorial
Lewistown
Henry Circle
O. T. Dwinell
McOmber
Eva Lyon
Carrie Fuller
Purcell
J. M. Elliott
R. L. Vivian
W. D. Benjamin
Adelaide White
Temperance
Annie L. Green
CG. L. Lutes
Henry Queen Esther
Hazel Doremus Miller
B. J. Smith
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Miss Davis
Mabel Huffman
Temperance Sunday program at Presbyterian church
A Temperance Sunday program is set for next Sabbath morning at 9 45 in the Sunday school room with Miss Mildred Granbury in charge. The pastor will deliver a temperance sermon at 11 and the Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30 and 7 50 for further remarks. The prayer meeting is Thursday at 7 20. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Granbury
H. W. Burger
Notice to Andrew Jacobson on deceased wife's estate share
Notice directs Andrew Jacobson to communicate with Mrs. Leah M Dun can Wabel in Bosworth Missouri or Fred W Potter in Henry Alabama to obtain information about his share in his wife Anna Jacobson’s estate. Dated 3-16-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jacobson
Anna Jacobson
Leah M
Duncan Wabel
Bosworth
Fred W. Potter
Henry, al
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Robert Grant Errickson
R. D. Errickson
Lewis Gates
Kearney
Neb
Mr. Gates
Nebraska
D. E. Pettegrew
Maria J
Samuel Griswold
Carthage
N. Y
Illinois
Dennis E. Petetegrew
S. C. Pettegrew
Menomonie
Wis
E. G. Pettegrew
Afton
T. R. Stevens
I. N. Pettegrew
Fox Lake
Wm. Wilson
Macksburg
Frank Barkman
Maria J., Jr
M. E. Church Notes
Ist
L G. Pace
J. R. Paskell
Oscar H. Davis
E. B. Wright
Addie Brown
F. L. Sievers
Oore F. W. Potter
Henry Jacobs
John Kline
C. Dille
Wm. Kuss
E. H. Hutchins
John Parker
F. A. Raymond
C. Helgoth
E. Burt
Democratic
B. B. Wright
R. F. Burt
D. L. Hartley
C. C. Smith
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Republican
Colfax Springs Health Resort
Presbyterian Church
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