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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
2
Magnolia Illinois items cover visits from Peoria Granville and Chicago residents. church plans include Dr Edward Steiner lecture May 28 and a Red Cross drive. school events feature Varna pageant for Illinois centennial and a banquet setup. traffic and accident notes, farewells, funerals, and community club reports fill the page.
G Webb McNabb returned from Blooming Visit. Anna Holliday spent the weekend in Streator. Some farmers have begun planting corn. Attended a play in LaSalle Thursday evening. George Wolf and family with Peter Howard Wolf visited Wesley Iowa. The Greathouse baby died Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Gordon King are the Braids parents of a 12 pound baby boy. G Hoyle was on the sick list.
Wayne Hummer chaired a dinner for Putnam county bankers at the Manufacturers' club on May 9 to organize Putnam county banks. Elected officers include Granville chair Wilson Hopkins, McNabb vice chair John Ward, Magnolia secretary treasurer R A Ward, Granville and W C Patterson advisory members A F Childs Granville and W Benson LaSalle attended with guests G A Morphew John G Pletsch G A Wilson Stuart Duncan.
Community bulletin listing shoppers Bealer Winchester and Smith at Streator, W.C.T.U. meeting at McNabb, visitors from Aurora Esther Smith, stock shipments to Chicago, senior class play May 18, Magnolia Eastern Star visit, Mills returns from Peoria hospital, plant sale and ice cream social at Friends meeting house, PTA meeting, Emma Mills hosted, Russell’s tonsils removed, Dr. Ralph Mills and family back from Korea, Henry Wayne buys junk yard lot, Foster and Stanton in Camp Grant, Emma Benz ill, Matthew Jennett critically ill, Arthur Marland back from Odell, Camp Dodge trip, St. Mary’s card party and auction nets $105 for Liberty bonds, total $1200 subscribed, old ad for edgedrop wire planter.
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