Tonica sells 300 Chautauqua tickets for July gathering
A Tonica item notes 300 Chautauqua tickets sold for July events. Frosts occurred since the last issue and Sunday was rainy. Various local residents and visitors are mentioned, including Rev. Van Leer performing marriage rites, Henry chapter D A R guests at Polly of the Circus, a haymow accident injuring Harry Winter, and a large dance at the Henry opera house with Webster's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonica
van Leer
State Board of Equalization
Calvin Starliper
Henry
Polly
Henry Opera House
Newport
Harry Winter
Jay Winter
Opera House
Webster's Orchestra
Peo-r Ma
Chillicothe
Lacon
Bradford
Johnson
Webster
Charles Klein
Naper, Neb
South Dakota
Illinois
William Barth
John Merdian
Chauncey Barnes
Ed Merdian
Barth
Ivy Way highway bids eyed for rapid work to Henry
County superintendent L H Eldridge says the state highway department will open bids soon for grading leveling bridging and culverts on the federal highway from the Peoria county line north through Marshall county to the Crow Creek bridge below Henry. Contractors with modern road equipment seek the contract and work may start at once. If funded cement hard road may extend from Crow Creek bridge to the Putnam county line. The plan includes Pekin to Springfield and Peoria to Bureau routes. The upcoming bond issue and federal funds bring the total available to 84 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Eldridge
State Highway Department
Peoria
Marshall County
Crow Creek
Henry
State Department
Illinois Valley
Putnam County
Illinois
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Clifford Older
Tazewell County
Springfield-Peoria
Congress
Pekin
Springfield
Bureau
la Salle
Chica- Bo
Supreme Court
Older
Eastern Star Meeting Draws Guests and Initiations
A special Lacon chapter meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star was held at the Masonic hall with about thirty five Henry chapter members as guests. Four candidates were initiated in the afternoon and six more after supper. Leslie Barr entertained the crowd at Lyric theater before social time and late train transportation back to Henry. Mrs Josephine L Townsend, who spent winter in Lincoln Nebraska with her son Wilfred and family, returned home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Henry
Leslie Barr
Lyric Theater
Lacon Journal
Josephine L. Townsend
Lincoln
Neb
Wilfred
Edward Halensiefen
Henry Hospital
Francesca Haun
Bradford
John Haun
Edward Balensiefen
Mildred
Saratoga Township
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father Schauer
Calgary
Allen B. Smith
Community Chautauqua Officers Chosen At Fenwick Store
At a Fenwick store meeting, Rev M B Van Leer is president and L M Bell secretary with G E Fenwick treasurer. Tickets sell for 1.50 adults 0.75 children for ten entertainments June 25 to 29. Also notes the upcoming marriage of Charles P Green to Miss Ruby Thirza Martin with details of ceremony and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.E. Fenwick
M. B. van Leer
L. M. Bell
G. E. Fenwick
H. G. Dusenberry
Charles Meier
J. M. Arnold
Lenora M. Lake
Henry
The Price of Folly opens with Ruth Roland and Frank Mayo
Eight two reel dramas titled The Price of Folly presented weekly in Henry featuring Ruth Roland and Frank Mayo. Phobos Phantom Fame and Counterfeit Clues announce a lineup of strong, everyday life crisis stories designed to attract audiences. Easter services and church notices fill out a community page with local religious events and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil
People of
Henry
Ruth Roland
Frank Mayo
Mr. Quimbly
Personal notes and travels fill the Henry pages
The Henery Republican column records Mrs. Louis Selden's New York trip with her mother Mrs. A G Humphrey, visits by Mr and Mrs Fred Shaefer and family, and several Henry residents with health updates. It notes Theo's attendance at a dance, nurse Clara Brown's resignation and Ozark vacation plans, a Civil War veteran William Locke's death in Danville, and Ensign Eugene Jenness ordered to Archangel Russia while aboard sub chaser 262.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Louis Selden
New York
A. G. Humphrey
Fred Shaefer
L. Turner
Charles Balloweg
Pekin
la Salle
National Casualty Co
Detroit
Mich
Illinois
Thomas Landers
Spencer Ketchum
John Lawshae
Roberta
Helen Dorothy
Seneta
Henry
Grandpa
Grandma Bickerman
Theo
Clara Brown
G. M. Brown
Ozark Mountain
Southland
William Locke
Lacon
Danville
Eliza Jane Way
I. W. Cannery
Harry Camery
Worthington
Minn
Traer
Iowa
Margaret
Harry
W. R. Brokaw
Proctor Endowment
Peoria
I. P. Bush
Henry Republican
Frances Cozier
Central Community Chautauqua Association
Bernie Coss
Mendota
Morris Reds
Bernie
Ivan Clark
Morris
Eugene Jenness
United States
Archangel
Russia
Mediterranean Sea
Brest
Red Cross
Divina River
U.S. A
U. S
N. Y. Care
Rivas
Schmitt and Wherry Enter Local Grocery Partnership
Schmitt and Wherry form a new grocery firm to serve the city with a broad stock of groceries vegetables fruits flour meal butter eggs and more. The partners promise fair prices courteous service and central location while inviting patronage with a trial order. The W R C will hold a meeting next Saturday at 3 PM at the K P hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmitt & Wherry
W. J. Schmitt
J. W. Wherry
James Wherry
Schmitt
Wherry
K. P. Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ivy Way
NEW School Board
George H. Daniels
Charles A. Onyan
J. B. Barry
Matthew Steele
A. G. Hillabrand
Barnard Merdian
B. B. Wright
Daniels
Onyun
Merdian
Wright
Barry, Wright and
Barry and
Steele
Hiltabrand
Barry
Gertrude Bickerman
Mary Broline
Alice Gilpin
Margaret Wallace
May Young
Hans Otto
Frances HE
Forbes
Fern Latourette
Mary Coggshall
Frances Segraves
Blanche van Leer
Roberta Haws
Lola Kaiser
Mazella Haines
Grace Griffin
Margaret Glenn
Sallie Haws
Catherine Royer
Otto
Swaney
Henry Boys
Beesley
Bone Gap
Ill
Imelda Hartley
Josephine ‘Green
Mae Vail
Viola Rowe
G. E. Pace
Haws
Henry Slewers
Charles P. Green
Walter Duke
Charles Dille
Walter Harrison
Martin
Ruby Thirza Martin
Emma H. Martin
Patrick Green
James Rickey
Mary Trim
Lila Clark
Mildred Wabel
Henry Telephone Office
H. E. Jacobs
Henry High School
McManug
Upper School Street
ST. John's Episcopal Church
Dew Brittain
Tiskilwa
Ruth Kirkpatrick
Onea
Fa Presbyterian Church
B. van Leer
Fu Pan — Christian Church
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Ward BE. Hall
Galesburg
Hall
ST. Mary's Church
A. Schauer
Pea Pa Pee - St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
A Fang
Fenwick
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