Good Roads Lecture Delivers Road Care Ideals
Assistant State Engineer T R Agg and Parke Fireark visited Henry to present a stereopticon lecture on rural road maintenance. They advocated ditch drainage, center-dragged roads, and water removal including tiling, with state support for gravel or hard materials and equipment loans. They showed cement bridges and roads as durable, urging local pride and investment to extend road lifespans and taxpayer value.
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Illinois Valley Good Roads Association of
Henry
T. R. Agg
Springfield
Parke
United States
Agg
Joliet
Illinois
State Engineer
A. N. Johnson
Messrs
Age and Fireark
Caution on Road Rules in Henry City By Mayor Pace
The mayor urges drivers in the Henry business district to observe traffic rules and keep to the right side of the street when turning corners to prevent accidents. He warns that growing automobile congestion requires caution and adherence to safety measures.
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Henry
G. E. Pace
Paxson Leaves City for Outdoor Work Amid Health Concerns
Edwin G. Paxson, six years with the Hennepin Record, reports deteriorating health and plans a break from indoor duties. He traveled to Henry to visit his brother in law Horatio Hartley and may pursue farming in Whitefield township for a while. He once visited The Republican office during his city stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin G. Paxson
Hennepin
Henry
Horatio Hartley
Whitefield
Republican
An Object Lesson on Illinois Earth Roads
A Chicago Tribune style argument urges Marshall County and Illinois to fix earth roads by regular dragging to keep them smooth in all seasons. It compares rough ruts to impassable sections and promotes a state road fund, equal to the school fund, to repair miles and relieve traffic disruption. The author condemns costly brick or stone roads and calls for community and city aid under proper controls.
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Marshall County
St Josephs Church Lecture Promotes May Devotions
Rev M J Brennan spoke at St Josephs church last Sunday on first gospel themes and the glory of eternal life. He urged followers of the apostles to endure earthly suffering for Christ and Christian ideals, with May devotions and benediction each Sunday at 7 30 p m and Thursday sermons likewise at 7 30 p m.
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St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
Christ
Rev H C Reichel to Lead Church Service and Mission Offering
Rev H C Reichel will fill the pulpit next Sunday morning at the Christian Church. A collection for Home missions will be taken, with May 1 set as the offering day. A union temperance meeting will follow in the evening under the W C T U. Rev Reichel is expected to deliver the address. This is the second meeting in the monthly series, the first having been at the M E church.
School Chimes and Visitors At Local High School
Lloyd Hunter headlines as pianist this week. Edna Bell and four Mrs Downey Mrs Jenness and Mrs Frommel visit domestic science classes Tuesday. Physics reviews magnetism and electricity. Domestic science makes devil's food cake with white mountain icing. Calculus and geometry study cones of revolution. Visiting student Trying Stevens stops by Monday. Thomas Brown of Pecan Point Ark visits relatives Mrs Malone Mrs Carroll and children near Whitefield. he plans a six week stay. Dr. Fiedler of Atlanta heads Provident Trust & Security Co and may return to Chicago. trip to Los Angeles planned. Edna Clark visits Granville sister Mary a Mark school teacher two years running.
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Lloyd Hunter
Edna Bell
Downey
Jenness
Frommel
Tuesay
Stevens
Thomas Brown
Pecan Point
Ark
Malone
Carroll
Our City
Charles Ziegler
Whitefield
Henry
South
George Fiedler
Dr. Fiedler
Atlanta
Provident Trust & Security Co
Chicago
Los Angeles
McMahon Case Reversed Again by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the McMahon murder verdict for the second time and remanded for a new trial citing insufficient evidence. The court questioned the credibility of key witnesses and noted circumstantial evidence and potential self defense by McMahon, while criticizing the state's main witnesses. The ruling implies further possible prosecution is unlikely given costs and weak evidence.
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Supreme Court of the State of Illinois
McMahon
Everett
Sapp
John Dailey
Mary Hetrick
Frank Quinn
Tis Kilwa
Supreme Court
Miss Okey
Miss Hamrick
H. L. Whiting
James Currens
Currens
Princeton Tribune
Obituary for Mrs Anne Bouton of Magnolia Township
Mrs Anne Bell Bouton of Oxbow Magnolia township died Sunday April 27 1912 after apoplexy. Born June 2 1850 at Florid Illinois she was 61 years 10 months and 26 days old. She was wife of James Bouton and mother of five children including Mrs M M Kelly of Chicago and Mrs Bessie Lester of Oklahoma. Funeral held April 29 at 1 p m in Magnolia M E B church with Rev M P Lackland officiating and Florid burial. Undertaker A B Smith of Henry directed the service.
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James Bouton
Magnolia Township
Anne Bell Bouton
Samuel B. Wharton
Long
Putnam County
Florid
Lacon
M. M. Kelly
Chicago
Bessie Lester
Oklahoma
M. EB
Magnolia
M. P
Hay crop fears as cold injures clover and crops
Farmers report potential hay shortages due to a cold spell that damaged and killed clover, raising concerns about feed supplies for cattle and livestock this season.
La Salle Bridge Hears Navigability Action Looms
The new state rivers and lakes commission won a June hearing via the War Department to decide removal of the fixed La Salle Burlington bridge. If river navigation extends from La Salle to Starved Rock and Ottawa, the bridge will come out after decades of dispute led by D. M. Swain & Son and George B. Sucher.
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Illinois
Ottawa
State Rivers and Lakes Commission
War Department
la Salle
Illinois River
Chicago
Starved Rock
D. M. Swain & Son
Burlington Road
George B. Sucher
Peoria
Commission
Randolph
Zinn
Sunday School Services and General Conference Talk
The notes outline Methodist activities including Sunday school at 9 45 a m with a lesson on Poverty and Riches from Luke 6 20 26 16 19 81 and the golden text A Man's Life Consisteth Not in the Things Which He Possesseth The event reports total Methodist Episcopal Sunday schools enrollment 3 629 758 and notes attendance despite rain Sermons Epworth League and prayers follow with leadership by Mrs Louis Kraus A pastor Rev Reichel delivers a May Minneapolis general conference update with Mothers Day plans May 12 and thanks to the Loomis family for hosting socials
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Jesus Christ
All Methodist Episcopal Sunday Schools
Epworth League
Tople
Louis Kraus
Christian Church
Reichel
General Conference
Minneapolis
Death of 18-year-old Thomas F Boyce in city home
Thomas F Boyce aged 18 died Sunday evening April 28 at the home of David Dwyer after measles illness and complications. Adopted by Mrs. Sieminski he had been under her care since infancy. Remains sent to St Louis for funeral, with Mrs Sieminski accompanying. Clifford Doran oversaw embalming and shipment. Also noted is the Marshall County Literary and Athletic association annual meet at Lacon May 10–11 with contests May 10 at 8 p.m. and games at Stock's park May 10 and field events May 11 at 10 a.m.
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Thomas F. Boyce
David Dwyer
Sieminski
Dwyer
St. Louis
Marshall County Literary and Athletic Association
Lacon
Stock’s Ball Park
Federation to Convene Next Week in Our City
The District Federation of Woman's Clubs meets next Tuesday and Wednesday with three then two sessions. Six counties participate Bureau Kutnam Stark Marshall Peoria and Tazewell. Hon. Hugh Magill of Princeton will speak Tuesday evening on an educational topic. Our club extends warm welcome with readings and music for visitors.
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District Federation of Woman's Clubs
Bureau
Kutnam
Stark
Marshall
Peoria
Tazewell
Clift
Hugh
Magill
Princeton
Edmond couple wed at Logan county court Guthrie
A letter from Mrs Treendley of Edmond Oklahoma says their son Urban married Miss Mary Cox of Waterloo at the Logan county courthouse in Guthrie on April 24. Relatives offer congratulations and report good health, fine weather, rain, and crops thriving with wheat oats alfalfa corn and fruit trees flourishing.
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Treendley
Edmond
Okla
Urban
Logan County Court House
Guthrie
Mary Cox
Waterloo
Sparks II Returns Up River From Ottawa Voyage
An Alton cruiser named Sparks II, commanded by Harley Petit, superintendent of the Ottawa Tent colony, sailed up the river toward Ottawa. The craft set a speed record as a fast cruiser, following a second place in last July’s M V P B A free-for-all. Petit recently purchased Sparks II and plans to bring her home to Ottawa with a party of friends aboard. Also noted, R N Bailey of the Star theater has rented Robert Doran’s house, vacated by Will Flynn, and plans to move his family from Peoria to reside here.
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Sparks II
Harley Petit
Ottawa
Pettit
R. N Bailey
Star Theater
Robert Doran
Will Flynn
Bailey
Peoria
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Mark
LA Salle Bridge
Seelig
Charles Murphy
School Street
Bemis
Hutchins & Downey's
O. T. Dwinell
W. W. Wyatt
Central Illinois Conference
M. 5
M. EB. Church
Schultz
L. H. Pinnell
Putnam
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pinnell
Cummings & Hmerson
Galesburg
Republican Register
Columbia
Chillicothe
Clyde Worley
Green
Deacon Hill
Mr. Worley
Alexander Brown
Green House
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Woman's Club
Almeda Clift
District Federation
Elizabeth Burt
Department of Home
Nellie Hoyle
Anna Hall
Mesdames Stickel
Halbleib
Disosway
Paskell
Clara Ashe
Stella Broaddus
J. M. Davis
M. L. Coan
BE. A. Hall
Benj Hoyle
Charlotte Sparling
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