Local notes and civic life from Hungerford area
A condensed roundup covers Hazel Schwarz visiting her parents, stamps for mail, a church baptismal service, tomato transplanting tips tied to oak leaf growth, Memorial Day reflections on Civil War heroes, a state building materials report urging immediate plans, new appointment of Guy Haines as local weatherman, Barnes of Lacon’s bird collection museum project, and Downey leaving Henry for an undertaker role in Prince Creek.
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Christchurch
Iydock
Hungerford
Illinois Cultural Bureau
Tha
Giza
Ker
Dalley
Peoria
Thea
Dot
Guy H. Haines
Theultural Department
Defa
Hainey
Barnes
Lacon
Ep Tentary
Huten
Downey
Henry
Grand Institution tour and community notes in Peoria
A report on a YWCA facility in Peoria describes its housing, dining, and recreational amenities for young men and the social uplift it provides. The piece also covers Sophia Heim Merdian's death in Henry, Illinois, with funeral details and family obituaries. A brief notice invites Modern Woodmen of America members to a May 16 meeting in Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
W W. King
Brown
Business College
Y Woca
Modern Woodmen of America
William Sievers
Woman's Club Meeting Highlights War Books Talk
The Woman's club met Monday afternoon with Mrs. Spencer Ketchum hosting and Mrs James Hartley presiding. Topics included reviews of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and What Does America Get Out of It, plus poetry and editorials on war books and cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Spencer Ketchum
James Hartley
Theodore Disos
William Green
Hartley
Ketchum
Gunsaulus
Chicago
America
Lfe
G. M Clark
Robert Burns
Riley's Hoosier Romance film with Colleen Moore
James Whitcomb Riley's poem A Hoosier Romance is adapted into a new motion picture directed by Colin Campbell starring Colleen Moore and Thomas Jefferson. The plot follows a Nogster farmer girl torn between love and a wealthy suitor, climaxing in a rainstorm wedding officiated by a squire. The cast includes Edward Jobson Eugenie Besserer and Frank Hayes.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Colleen Moore
Thomas Jefferson
Rip
van Winkle
Colin Campbell
Nogster
Patience Thompson
John
Frank Hayes
Tomington Picture
Keystone
Henry Opera House
Hia
John Borland
Surprise Jolly party greets Mr and Mrs Green
A rain soaked gathering of about thirty one guests held a surprise house warming for Mr. and Mrs Charles Green. The Gregory store group led the procession to their home as Victrola music and ice cream with cake capped a merry evening despite heavy showers.
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Charles Green
Gregory
Pg FP Presbyterian Churon
Rov
I. G. Dusenberry
Local notices and personals from Henry area
Mr and Mrs C A Camp return to Henry after four months in Texas. Laura Mills of Chicago visits sister Mrs Ira Brown. Difford Mercian plans Boston departure after two years at post office. Alvin Hofer new clerk. Mrs Adolph Wagner returns to Gary Ind. Mrs Harry Soper of Putnam visits Chicago. Mabel Hardie from Wisconsin stays to overhaul Herdor homestead. Hows and Burt visit Princeton and attend Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Farming hampered by rain and mud delaying planting. Tremain to attend funeral in Toulon for cousin’s husband. John Hockhart near death in Peoria. Mor dian funeral held. Memorial Sunday and day observances planned. meeting at A B R Smith’s office. Roosevelt road proposals include renaming Twelfth Street from city limits to St Louis corridor via Starved Rock and Peoria. Merchants urged to support local trade with cautious stocking and cash discipline.
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Sophia Heim
Readens
Charles Seedler
Henry
Stephen Joseph Merdian
Clara Brown
Robert Kelley
Tf E Boyer
Peru
John Ford
Fred
Edward Merdian
Gorge
Peoria
Harry
Jennie
Emma
Richard
John Heim
Lacon
John Eckhart
Lytle
Colorado
Sarah Snyder
Wyoming
George Wunder
Paulding
T E Gilkeson
Battle Creek
Mich
W Horrom
Fred Mercian
M B van Leer
MEB Church
van Leer
Jesus
C. A. Camp
Texas
Laura Mills
Chicago
Ira. Brown
Mills
Englewood Christian Church
Difford Mercian
Clyde Vail
Mabel Hardie
Henry, A. Herdor
Wisconsin
Clifford Hows
George A. Burt
Princeton
Apollo Theater
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
R. M. Tremain
Toulon
J Knox Hall
Hall
Tremain
John lHockhart
Joseph Mordian
A. BR
Smith
LaSalle and
Peoria Packet
Emmerson
Springfield
Verne L. Swain
Geo
Sucher
Geiger
Swain Packet Line
Lcense
Starved Rock
Roosevelt Road
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Twelfth Street
Wheaton
Aurora
Ottawa
St Louis
Bis Ween
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Portant
Hazel Schwarz
Sirin As & Stenographer
Barey Schwarz
Yally
Sophia Mercian
William Wheeler
Oklahoma
OLTE
Disosway
Nettle McLanahan
Mra Hartley
Mra Evelyn Jones
Virginia Hills
Jones
Charlotte Sparling
Fred Dawson
R G Tandy
James Case
Elmer Rollins
Charters
Mary Paskell
Paskell
Ung
Green
M C Doyle
Della Evans
No Man's Land
Louis Joseph Vance
Metro
Bert Lytell
aAe
Mr Lytel
Anna Q Nilsson
Pacific
Mr Vance
Lytell
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Clifford Haws
Haws
H G O Dusenberry
Riley
Exeter
Jane Elizabeth Devalon
Bloomingburg
Ohlio
John T Borland
Fillmere County
Illinoia
Mary Francis
Anne B Engburg
Lincoln
John H
William Gat Sutton
Florence G. Gates
Borland
Congregational Church
Pn Yea Ra
Opera House
Martha Mercer
Richard Phillips
Edna Vaines
Jack Henninger
Frank Chambers
Virgil Gritfin
Robert Forreat
C. B. Griffin
Tra Brown
Charles Mercian
Lees
Joseph Merdian
EB Boyer
George Mordian
John Eckard
W. Keith
W G Snyder
O. Albert Mardan
Washburn
2Enc O
International Harvester Company
Parlin & Orendorff
Canton
Wilbur Moon
W H Bell
Alvin
Vermilion County
Putnam Christian Church
Henry and Putnam
Ellen Joyce
Masaca
A Schauer
Fea
Joseph's Church
Mans
M. J. Brennan
Og Ry Ee ———— Road Oil
Lacon Journal
Standard Ol Company
L. Holdridge
Hegheh
OC. M. Jones
Council of National Defense
First National Bank
Erick
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