Workaday world at the moving picture show noted
The piece mentions Pathe pictures at the weekly show and praises entertainment values. It also cites incomes tax opinions, typhoid vaccination, and local business updates. Additional items cover Meier Bros enhancing storefront glass, and remarks on advertising costs and regional industry trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathe
Moving Picture Show
Henry
Meier Bros
Mr. O'Neil
Wilson
Jos Farrow
McFarlan
Illinois
Mississippi River
Firat
National ‘Bank
Walter Harrison
Inithe
Harrison
la ‘Galle
Duke ‘Bros
Businose
Grant Wright Letter Examines City Life And Small Town Ethics
Grant Wright discusses the contrast between New York City and Henry, praising small town merchants for courage and trust. He warns that cosmopolitan cities foster mercenary traits and warns against overvaluing city wealth, citing political figures and public life while urging mutual respect and prudence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Wright
New York
Burt
West
Henry
New York City
Joe Hall
J. H
J. Logan Jones
Peoria
J. L. Jones
Duke Bros
United States
Nazareth
Grant Wright
John Murray Mitchell
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured With Patient Testimony
A testimonial from Henry Wartman of Water St. Lacon Illinois praises Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and disturbed sleep. The ad notes the product's 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York as sole US agents. Other items include Roosevelt hunting trip notes and various anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Henry Wartman
Water St
Lacon
Ill
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Roosevelt
Sam
Lincoln
Ixion
Lillian Whiting
Lulu
Temperance Convention Details and Prohibition Speeches
The report covers the Illinois temperance gathering with Miss Helen Wood elected state president and officers chosen. Speakers condemned white slavery and Mormon influence, urged suffrage and a national prohibition law, and highlighted law enforcement, including policewomen. A banquet, a franchise speech by Catherine McCullough, and a noted prize oratory contest followed, ending with services in Galesburg churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Webb
Catherine Waugh McCullough
Helen Wood
Etta Root Edwards
Epha Marshall
Rosetta Trabue
Union
Williams
Ottawa
Galesburg
Ella Root Edwards
Pinkneyville
Christians Church
Morality talk and liquor foe featured in Galesburg meeting
The report recalls women delegates discussing anti liquor efforts, moral reform, and civic education at a W C T U gathering in Galesburg. It notes candid incidents from election day and a mix of local hospitality and humor, plus a Rock Island locomotive milestone and Illinois mineral stats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Felt
Frances Arnold
Wallace
Frances Arnold Wood
Galesburg
Henry
A. G. Hillabrand
J. A. Williiams
George Helper
Middle West
Rock Island Railroad
Illinois
Parker
United
Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West
Virginia
Ilinois
Various Henry and Peoria area farm and service ads
Classified notices list several properties for sale including 110 acres near Henry and 112 acres in Whitefield township with contact H J Gregory Henry Ill. A five room cottage with barn and two 60 foot lots is offered near the German Catholic church via Frank Bush. Other ads promote a Pure Bred Stallion Gardais imported from France and Cider making at Peter Hank’s farm near Henry. Cleaning and dyeing services are advertised by Columbian Dye Works in Peoria with delivery options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffield
Whitefield Township
H. J. Gregory
Henry, Ill
Frank Bush
Gardais
France
Robert Burgess & Son
Venona
Marshall County
J. N. Betts
Sparland, T
Advt
Peoria
Columbian Dye Works
Main St
Iil
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Camp House Hotel
DR. Fruth
Bright
South Side State Bank of Chicago
Fruth
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Randolph. Hearst
Ewilling
Socha
Ebeenz
London
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Kinley
Hearst
Ree Wee
America
Maxwell Cars
Ransmis
Sion
Slett
Gemt
Folie Saat
Henry, Tll
Henry National. ‘Bank
Henry, Lil
Capital” Surplus
Ty “Watercott
Leo Phillips
Gauhier
A.hillips
Cashier
Confidence and Credit
H. H. Bradley
Woolner
A. R. Fairbanks
Varna
Harl Wherry
Ed Merdian
B. R. Fairbanks
Putnam
Peter Hank
Charles Dietch
AD. Stevens
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