Memorial Sunday Observance At Henry Opera House
Memorial Sunday activities include 10 30 a m program at Henry Opera House with music and talks by Rev G E Tilton and Sergeant Major J Knight who recently returned from France. Sunday schools meet 10 15 am and march to join the G A R W R C Red Cross for a procession to the opera house. Volunteers urged to bring autos for transporting veterans and babies to the cemetery Memorial Day. Flowers for graves welcome at K P Hall or via A B Smith. Red Cross relief work noted with women outnumbering men.
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Henry Opera House
G. E. Tilton
J. Knight
France
Herry
Red Cross
Opera House
D. A. Ba
Alla P. m. Anmyons
K. P. Hall
A. B. Smith
Farm Help Drive for War Use Young Volunteers Sought
A wartime notice urges Illinois farmers to take on U S Boys Work in Reserve volunteers aged 16 to 21 to aid harvests. Volunteers promise to work for fair wages, with some trained on tractors and milking, while others learn. Enrollments are via the U S Department of Labor for fourteen weeks, aimed at producing the 1918 Victory crop.
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U. S
Illinois
U. S. Department of Labor
Tam
A. B. Smith
Judge Clyde B. Stone for supreme court election
A political notice endorses Judge Clyde B. Stone for the fifth supreme court district on Monday June 3. It praises his eight years on Peoria county and circuit benches and his philosophy of even handed justice guiding decisions.
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Clyde B. Stone
Supreme Court
Peoria
Stone
Fifth Supreme Court
Richard B Hills remembered as longtime Henry grocer
Obituary notes the death of Richard E. Hills born January 24 1825 in Waterloo New York died May 18 1918 at his Henry Iowa home after a stroke. He ran grocery stores in St Charles and Henry over decades of steady business and civic life. The piece details his marriage to Elizabeth Owens in 1849 and funeral rites at Monroe street with Rev R W Martin leading prayers and a Presbyterian choir performing Asleep in Jesus and Lead Kindly Light.
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Richard E. Hills
Elisha and
Elizabeth
Catlin) Hills
Waterloo
Henry
Hills
St Charles
C. E Smith
R E Hilg
Henry Mr Hills
Bughnell
Monroe Street
Atess
John
Presbyterian Choir
A. B. Smith
Camp
H. F. Andrews
Ella Jenness
Cornell
Jesus
Halbleib Brothers
George
Adam
Casper
Harry
Elias Wright
F. A. Powell
Spencer Ketchum
Memorial Day Observances and Local Notices
Memorial Day activities include G A R WRC D A R and Red Cross march to the river for a strawing ceremony with music and an address by Ray F. J. Giddings, Hed ding College acting president, followed by appropriate observances. Also notes move of a service station to opposite the depot for 24 hour fuel and oils, plus community tips on dandelion control and an obituary notice fragment for Peene G. E. Fenwick.
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A. R. Wrc
Red Cross
Ray
F. J. Giddings
Hedding College
W. R
W. H. Ryan
Oldest residents noted in Illinois history article
The piece lists nonagenarians and centenarians in Illinois with ages around 90 to 96, naming Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Hutchers, John Lock, James Giltner, Mrs. Cook, Loy Frisbey, and others. It mentions Charles Mound as the state's highest point at 1,241 feet, located in Jo Daviess County in the northwest.
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Henry
Asrael
Dr. Powell
Powell
H. L. Hutchers
John Lock
Meg. Mercy
Adolph Klein
James Giltner
Cook
Dwarg
Charles Mound
Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess
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M. B
G-Fo—_Paskell
Lucy Mateer
United States
Christ
Afrs
Cleja Spencer
Magnolia
Paskell
Wilde
C. B.griffin
Amanda Mills
McNabb
Mary Newman
Wichita
Kan
Lizzie Zenor
Greenfield
Iowa
Church of Boys and Men
M. C. Doyle
W. C. T. U. Conference of
Mar-sall
America
Charles M. Turner
Venona
The
Christ ‘Dan Church
Dininer
Charles Shipplett
General Pershing
Sheffield
Sheffield Times
ALL County
TAE
Fee
Adama
American
Wells Fargo
Sherwin-Williams Paint Co
Waill
Duke Bros
Sherwin Williams Company
Duke. Bros
Henry, Illinois
Clyde E, Stone
Richard B. Hills
Richard BD. Hills
M. V. Dunham
Belle Dunham
Lavanch Hawes
AIAN
Fatyi
Peene G
E. Fenwick
Henry ‘Opera “House
Mary
Pickford
RAGS
Rice & Hutchins
Columbia
E. C. Stoneberg, Shoeman
T C. E. Elliot
Hilinois
Russett Sweet Drinking
Hassett
Dunham
Jo Beth Co
Eagle Brand
Arnold's Grocery and Bakery
U. S. Food Administration
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