Toluca coal boom prompts Santa Fe land purchase
The Santa Fe Railway bought 10 000 acres of coal land around its Toluca station and will sink shafts and install machinery to supply fuel for Illinois Iowa and Missouri lines. The report notes Toluca miners produced 257 473 tons in 1912 with 653 men employed and Wenona yielded 121 496 tons with 250 workers.
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Missouri
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Texas
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Varna
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Long Point
J. J. Barnes
Commercial Club
Jose
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Wyoming
Bradford
Canton
Fulton County
Peoria
Averyville
Bell Plain Township
Ruth’ Litchfield
Matilda Knapp
Emma Qlbright
Vernon Calhoun
Navins
Normal
Chicago
Whitepealde Sentinel
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Watercott Store June Sale Opens Central Illinois
The Watercott Store in Henry announces a stupendous June sale starting Monday June 1 and running all month with the greatest bargain spread in central Illinois. Men boys and youth apparel plus accessories will be offered including suits trousers shirts hats caps underwear hosiery and more at prices stated as regardless of cost or value.
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Watercott Mammoth Shoe Department
Henry Henry market quotes and local notices from Whitefield
Market quotations for corn and oats appear alongside local civic items from Henry Wisconsin. Memorial services are set for Saratoga township MLE church on June 1. Social notes recount a teachers gathering at Miss Young’s home with music, photos, and a gift presentation. An ad from F Hallfarth promotes quality jewelry and optics with assurances of value and money back.
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Saratoga Township
Alberta
Our City
Lohengrin
Malinda
Miss Shawver
Gstore
F. Hallfarth
Opjlician
Henry, Wi
Decoration Day Reflections and Memorial Tribute Note
A 1913 note from Henry Illinois dated May 29 acknowledges Saturday as Decoration Day. It honors the glorious achievements of the illustrious dead whose resting place will be strewn with flowers. The writer urges respect and attendance on the occasion.
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Henry County News Briefs and Social Notices
Mrs W H Ryan suffers facial poisoning likely from poison ivy. Curtis Lucas sells another auto to a Putnam county party. Mrs Theodore Kaiser visits Delavan for commencements. attends Delavan school exercises with a graduate niece. Ground broken for a new Lynn Downey residence. other homes under way. Decoration Day events planned in Chillicothe with Hon. P G Rennick speaking. parade to cemetery. Baby Virgil Médearis dies at 4 months. funeral at Masonville cemetery. Local clubs and residents referenced with visits, engagements, and trips. Bryan killed by soda fountain explosion. no injuries to onlookers. New baby born to Mr and Mrs Ziegler of Chillicothe. Coroner Grable inquests held. administration duties discussed. Henry Grey baseball trip to Peru for a game. round trip 50 cents. School notes and local humor reflect small-town life and social ties.
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Harry Niece
Elmwood
Ed Ware
M. BE. Home Department
M. Coyle
J K. Grable
Republican
P . Sawoeney
Mary Clark
W E. Clark
Mark
Henry Thomas L. Jones
Chicago
C.r.jones
Kewanee Water Works Company
Howard Edminster
la Prairie
Townsend
Sparland
Jonas Magnus
A. B Smith
Tim Wood
Oklahoma
Muscogee
Old Lake Senachwine
W H. Francis
Helen Wilson
McNabb
Francis
Swashington
C Schiesser
Edward Klein
Edward Neubalfen
Young Ladies’ Sodality
St. Mary's Church
Nora Wunder
Clara Bickerman
Pauline Merdian
Caroline Leichter
Nora Bogner
Clara Roth
la Salle
Doyle
Theodore Kaiser
Delavan
Delavan School
D. L. Dean
Lacon
Lynn Downey
Benjamin Gallup
Laura Harrison
Lewis Kraus
Thomas Waterous
Dr. Adams
J L. Downey
Chillicothe
Majestic Theater
P G
Rennick
Peoria
G. A. R. Order
Town Hall
E. F. Hunter
John Suggett
J. M. Médearis
Masonville
Iowa
Bradford
Medearis
Virgil
Undertaker Smith
Hopewell Township
John Mason
South Indiantown
Samuel Lorimer
A. Seelye
Ethel
Ed Ketchum
Shickley
Neb
Maud Taber
Henry
Chester Bidwell
Will M¢eAteé
York
Wiliam Bryan
Son
Porn
Jacob Staab
Chillicothes
Catherine -Ziegler-olsthigzeltys
Grable
Whitefield
Hopewell
Hagsz
Job. Wilson
Duffield
Henry Greys
Peru
Percy Swain
Swain
Will Ponzer
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