Local Happenings and Elated Notes From October
A condensed roundup highlights Mrs. B N Dodge’s death near Dallas on October 3 and Walter Morgan’s readiness for military service after registering in Moline. Granville’s Jos Barkus is acquitted of his wife’s murder. Tonica bankers Hartenhower and Hillabrand receive bail for review. Oregon poems and club news cap a busy week with local social events and Liberty bond talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. N. Dodge
Dallas
Tex
Florence McCann
Lawn Ridge
Walter Morgan
St. Paul
Minn
Moline
Jos Barkus
Granville
Putnam County
Commercial Club of
Michael A. Quirk
St. Patrick’s Church
Ottawa
St. Francis’ Hospital
Peoria
John E. Hartenhower
George D. Hillabrand
Tonica
Tonica Exchange Bank
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
James Leslie
Medford
Ore
Uncle Sam
Times
Leslie
Henrietta Hunter
Oregon
Magnolia
Eva Sweet
Front
Market Streets
John, H. McKirgan
William Steele
George Bickerman
Gertrude Ramsey
Jane Sutherland
F. B. Smith
Dan McKirgan
W. Allen
George Murphen
al H. Hunt
Mary Hunt
Salem
Mr. Hunt
Wenona
Nebraska
Eleanor and
Henry
Oklahoma
California
Hunt
Marshall County
Eleanor
Pacific Coast
Mary
T. 8. Hunt
Lyman Hunt
Octobers Seelye-Wyman nuptials in Chicago parsonage
Miss Ora Ethel Seelye of Henry married William Wy man Reese of Peoria in a quiet Chicago ceremony on October 25. After a return dinner with her parents, the couple planned a home in Peoria after November 15 at 101 Francis Court. The groom works for Holt company of Peoria. The bride was educated at Henry high school class of 1910 and served as a telephone operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Mrs. Smith
Seegle
Marie Aukland
Paxton
Peoria
Miss Seelye
T. A. Seelye
Henry High School
Reese
Isaiah Reese
Buffalo
Holt Company
Francis Court
A. J. Tronmonger
Charles Green
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Carl Doyle
Alden Hunter
Frances
Marie Smith
Chicago
Esther Hunter
Emma Ponzer
Little Rock
Ark
Rosea
Charles Onyan
National Electric Light Association
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Lacon
Ethel Gibbs
Hammond
Ind
Charles Ramp
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Blanche Gibbs
Beesley
Allendale
Wabash County
Thomas Harrington
Mary Allen Sullivan
Champaign
Harrington
Peter Harrington
Joseph Harrington
Whitefield
J. W. Thornton
Lincoln
John W
John H. Widmer
Ottawa
LaSalle County
W. T
Law
Walter Duke
Oregonian
Portland
Ore
Thornton
State Council of Defense
Illinois
H. A. Winters
Wenona
Marshall County
W. B. Mills
Puttnam
Patriotism Meeting in Henry Opera House Hears Liberty Loan Talk
A patriotic meeting at the Henry opera house featured Clifford Ireland, congressman, describing wartime progress and the push to equip America with up to 100000 planes by spring. The event urged support for the Liberty loan and included musical performances by the Great Lakes naval band, a Liberty Loan Quartet, and a school chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Opera House
Henry Band
Ze Rey
Martin
Clifford Ireland
America
Washington
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
R. H. Coit
Chicago
Lacon
Liberty Loan Quartet
John S. Thompson
Liberty Loan Committee
Putnam
Marshall Counties
Henry Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coggshall
Lewis Kraus
Grover Kirby
Margaret Glenn
Mae
Dave McAllister
Miss Stevens
Harney
Miss Young
Holt
Edward Street
Red Cross
Army
Edith Wescott
Chillicothe
Lyman Loomis
Mary Stickel
H. W. Adams
Clara B. Waughop
Josephine L Townsend
Stickel
Vera Vail
Women’s Clubs
R. F. Burt
S. L. Clift
May Stickel
Bella Evans
C. V. Crossland
Christopher Broaddus
Nathan Brumsey
Livingston Roberts
Enoch Sawyer
Thomas Judd
Leland Broaddus
Broaddus
Farr
Crossland
Dean Clark
Polly
Eya
Toluca
Ma . A. R. Shaw of
Streator
G. M. Brown
Auxiliary OF
Messrs
E. L. Buchanan
BH. H. Hall
Thomas Cain
Venona
BH. L. Buchanan
State Council
Aan
Enn Harper
LaRose
Plain Township
William W. Twist
Bennington
D. A. Gregg
Evans Township
William G. Dorsey
Lacon Township
John Davidson
Sparland
Laxteilie Sennend
Walter A. Duke
Hi Township
Ona
Itchell Miller
Hope
Well
John Iliff
Richland
Ralph McCullough
Varna
Roberts Township
John Riddell
Steuben Township
John Hickey
Camp Grove
Saratoga Township
Lawrence W. Hunt
State Council For Defense
Councils of Defense
Marshall County Auxiliary
Thhe
S. C
D. H. L. Buchanan
Imelda Hartley
Hal Jone
Fan Allen Hunter
Leonard Hunter
Charlotte Allen
U. S. 19Th Cavalry
France
F. H. Gehry
Runnells
M. E
Ladies’ Aid Society
Harry D. Runnels
Georgia
Biscopal
Bhath School
Epworth League
Miss Raraback
New York
Glenn_. Tilton
Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Putnam M. E
Glenn B. Tilton
George Ziemer
Nora Brown
John Orr
Ziemer
Marshall
Putnam Counties
MBE
Church
Fred Raymond
Amanda Camery
Fred Dawson
Davis
Mes Woodbine Camp
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