St Patrick Day Observed in Henry at Rectory
Catholic Woman's League and friends held an Irish themed evening at St Joseph's rectory in Henry with about 80 attendees. The event featured shamrocks, euchre, storytelling of Irish pasts, a card prize won by Miss Johanna Harney, and a variety of cakes and coffee as guests recalled the days of old Erin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ireland
Christ
Downpatrick
St Patrick
Henry
Catholic Woman’s League of
St Joseph’s Church
League
Emma Harrington
St Mary’s Church
N. Zumbuehl
Patrick Hennessey
Edmond Harvey
Thomas Real
Tipperary
Friends of
Emery
Macy
Father Emery
Johanna Harney
William McAleer
Kate Sutton
McAleer
Killarney
America
Moore
Erin
The Shamrock in the Garden of Life Poem Passage
The excerpt paints a lush garden of daisies pansies and lilies where love wanders seeking brightness. In a secluded nook hidden from sunbeams the Shamrock of Erin appears a timid green emblem amid flowers, casting a subtle spell over the garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin
Secrete of flowerets seen in shaded nook
A lyric fragment describes a secret of flowerets found in an unfrequented nook where sunbeams and shadows fall alternately, mentioning love’s pauses and roses unscented as imagery for a hidden scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin
Mortuary Notes From Putnam and Nearby Towns
The notice reports the sudden death of Mrs Isabella A Bracken at age 61 near Putnam after measles and complications, with grieving husband Captain Bracken and eight children, funeral at the Christian Church in Putnam. It also records deaths of infant Carl P Anderson at two months, Ellenor Cox of Lincoln aged about 65, and Fred Engle of Evans township who died near Clarion Town age 47 with eight thousand dollar Modern Woodmen life insurance, survivors listed.
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Isabella A. Bracken
Captain Bracken
Putnam Village
Walter Harrison
Join
Illinois and
Michigan
Bracken
Effie
Margaret
Hiram
California
Samuel
Chicago
William and
Roy
Christian Church
Putnam
John P. Anderson
Carl P. Anderson
Earth
Lewis I. Beck
Magnolia Township
Friends
Ellenor Cox
Lincoln
Jesus
J. M. Kirkpatrick
Fred Engle
Evans Township
Clarion
Wenona
Woodman of America
Incredible Brutality and a Father’s Quick Wound Care
Chase Lemberger of Syracuse New York tended his suffering son after a severe eye gash. He applied Bucklin's Arnica Salve from Dr Powell's city drug store, claiming quick healing and eye preservation. The product is advertised for burns and ulcers at 25 cents.
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Chase Lemberger
Syracuse
Bucklin
Dr Powell
City Drug Store
Petition to elect street official read and granted
Voters petitioned to elect the street commissioner and nightwatch man rather than appoint them. The city council granted the petition, adopted an ordinance relative to it, and instructed the clerk to insert the two offices in the regular city election call.
Basketball Double Header at Princeville Hall
Princeville hosted Henry in a Friday night doubleheader at the village hall. Princeville boys won 17 to 14 aided by Weaver’s speed and solid team play. Henry girls defeated Princeville girls 82 to 12, led by a tall star with auburn hair who repeatedly scored. About 845 spectators attended the event.
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Princeville
Henry
McMillen
Walkington and Wear
Christian
Weaver
Big Henry
al Tho
Princéville
Nell
Princevile
Illinois and Michigan Canal and Drainage Measures Slide Forward
The legislature will consider three major canal related bills led by Lyman Cooley from Chicago. A merger of the Chicago Drainage canal with the Illinois and Michigan canal would place governance under five elected trustees and two governor appointees. The canal board also seeks $30,000 to aid Illinois river navigation and authorization to sell riparian rights near Joliet. The aim is to complete the canal to Joliet in three years, create powered flow, and fund work to remove the summit level. George Wagner of LaSalle, Yeoman organizer, has been seen active in Varna and LaSalle lodges.
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Illnois and Michigan Canal
Illinois River
Lyman Cooley
Chicago
Chicago Drainage Canal
Ilinois and
Michigan Canal
Cooley
Canal Board
Board of Canal Commissioners
Joliet
Cajnal Board
Destruction of Niagara Falls Warned in Cassier's March
Alton D. Adams argues in Cassier's Magazine March issue that Niagara Falls faces destruction as hydro power diversions drain the river. Experts note current flow around 165000 to 220000 cubic feet per second, with nearly 50 000 diverted by plants and canal intakes, threatening the falls and landscape.
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Niagara Falls
New York State
Goat Island
Niagara River
Alton D. Adams
Cassier’s
Albany
Adams
Lake Erie
Welland Canal
Niagara Fallen
New York Assembly
N. Y. Sun
Spring Poem and Duck Hunt News From Peoria Press
Patterson Prouse presents his first spring poem urging caution as spring arrives and the hearse is not a lovely thing. A Walnut Grove Club shoot on the preserves yields 206 ducks in six boats, with dozens more credited to various hunters and a Republican editor receiving three ducks as thanks.
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Patterson Prouse
Peoria Press
Walnut Grove Club
J. J. Campbell
Peoria
A. G. Humphrey
A. B. Eaton
Chicago
Max Sievers
Rev. Law
Henry Peterman
How to Increase the Corn Crop by H A Winters
H A Winters of Wenona spoke at the Kankakee Farmers Institute on four essentials for corn success. He advocates soil condition and seed selection as crucial, details disking and rolling methods, mulching by surface cultivation, and seed corn selection stored warm to ensure germination. He favors two stalks per hill for best yields and disputes one stalk per hill.
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H. A. Winters
Wenona
Farmers Institute
Kankakee
Democrat
Farmers’ Institute
Winters
Mr Winters
Viall
Manteno
Reception for Clift and bride in Winfield Kansas
Mr and Mrs Thomas Clift hosted a Tuesday reception at their 1818 Fuller street home for son L H Clift and his bride Anna Deering of Sumner county after their March 8 wedding in Bracey Virginia. Guests included local residents and relatives from Beaver township and Sumner county as the Courier extends congratulations. A heavy afternoon shower brought needed rain, and town business notes mention Ingram Smith and Wm Heininger traveling for land and oil interests. Heavy Lodge No 119 conferred second degree on four. ex-Postmaster Kline hinted as a possible city treasurer candidate.
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Winfield
Kan
Thomas Clift
Fuller Street
L. H. Clift
Bracey, Va
Joe Linder
Anna Deering
John Deering
Sumner County
Sumner
Courier
Sam Grover
G. E. Fibbs
Wm Carter
Maude Jordan
Serepta Garver Caldwell
L. H. Garver
Renfro
O. T
Ed Crow
Blackwell
L. H. Guyer
Wellington
W. ©. Guyer
Ingram Smith
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Wm Heininger
Neodesha
Solomon York
Peoria
St Francis Hospital
Kline
Local notes on business trips and community detail
Eugene J Klein a traveling salesman for Herder Manufacturing Co reports large sales and satisfaction with Carroll Iowa town. Louis returns to Iowa and contemplates Illinois travels. a new east side railroad is debated for boosting Hennepin and Lacon. Also notes on lemon tree at T H Holler Sparland, Standard Oil 12 inch pipe through Illinois, election items, and marriages and civic news.
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Eugene J. Klein
Carroll
Iowa
Northwestern
Great Western
Hennepin and Lacon
Henry
Henry Republican
Herder Co
T. H. Holler
Sparland
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Indiana
Chillicothe
Illinois
Farma
Santa Fe
Commissioners of Highways
C. E. Griffin
Whitefield Township
Edward J. Riley
Eureka
Marshall County
Ethyl B. Hunter
W.H. Hunter
Riley
Lacon
People’s Caucus
D. Richmond
L. T. Wood
Andrew Bachelor
J. H. Franklin
Frank Wilson
E. Frank Perry
Willis Ford
Hancock
Theodore Disosway
Charles N. Disosway
Disosway & Fisher
New York City
Rose Langdon
Masonville
N. Y
Lewis C. Morgan
Fairbanks
John McKenzie
Washington
Morgan
South Dakota
Theodore Dikosway
Curtis Wright
Varta
Alfred
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Catholic Woman’s League
Rectory
St. Joseph’s
Trish
Mortuary Record
George Wagner
LaSalle
The
Yeoman of America
Oreen Oe
Varna
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