Local notes list friends, marriages, theft and travels
Louisa Roth returns from North Saratoga to join household duties. James Colligan hurried to Harriet Beughe and Miss Edna Taylor marries Harry Bush of Peoria. Mrs Kwartz visits Iowa as Barnes plans a Ke Mee interurban vote. George Bell loses and regains ten dollars after a robbery. J Johnson returns from a hasty Princeton marriage scandal. Farm notes discuss corn yields and Jerry Moore’s famed crop tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Roth
Ph. Reismeyer
North Saratoga
James Colligan
Harriet Beughe
Siaput
George Bell
Dover Sistip
Bureau County
Edna’ Rylor
Henry
Marne
Harry Bush
Peoria
James Ourette
Bush
s2William Bush
Chicago
Commodore Perry
Jorge Burt
Pred L. Shures
Whitefield Corners
Mdchere
First Street
Johnson
Princeton
T “E
Seuceton
Oae
Waites
Jerry—Moore
Mir Talsing
Sajacre
Jerry
Moore
Women’s column outlines civic duties and club meeting
The Civic Committee notes bicycle etiquette on pavements and urges voting responsibility. The Nov 4 Woman’s Club meeting featured papers on music in the home and the crowded tenement problem, with calls to donate to local charities and a delegate chosen for the State Federation in Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Mary A. Shorts
Gladys Hannum
Charlotte Sparling
Josephine S. Townsend
Freece Burt
al- Nettie Morgan
Bella Evans
Sisters of Charity
Miss Evans
Chicago
Hull House
Abraham Lincoln Center
Salvation Army and
Volunteers of America
Olive Wood
Gertrude Bickerman
Clara Ash
State Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Aurora
Dora Halbleib
Henry Township Vote Totals and County Results
The official Henry township ballot count shows Democratic 157 Republican 59 Progressive 16 Prohibition 4 Socialist 0 Scratched 369 total 604. Republican state tickets range 126–141. Democratic 310–319. Progressive 130–136. Marshall county presidential and gubernatorial tallies listed. county ticket pluralities favor Democrats, Republicans, and Prohibitionists with ongoing contest between Democrats and Republicans on a rainy day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Township
Saeean
Demeratic
Claude A. Stone
Christian Haase
M Fahy
H A Foster
W M Wescott
H B. Jacobs
J K. Grable
N Ong
Congress
F H Smith
J Kerrick
H T Ireland
W H Wilson
I H Magoone
E S Gillespie
Surveyor
J F Simpson
E Cadmus
S J White
W Tate
Marshall County
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Edwa Dunne
Charles S. Deneen
H Funk
W. L. Wescott
H E. Jacobs
J K Grable
C. N Ong
After the Battle the Paper Turns to Local Interests
The paper declares campaign coverage ended and shifts to business social and moral topics. It endorses the Republican party and its candidates while pledging fairness to opponents and support for the incoming administration and Woodrow Wilson. It notes past legislature and honors and mentions a market report and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Rommmins
Woodrow Wilson
Union Temperance Meeting At Presbyterian Church In City
The annual union temperance meeting of the W C T U was held at the Presbyterian Church with all city Protestant pastors present. Rev T O Leech spoke on Christian duty and ending legalized liquor, urging daily union meetings for uplift and a purge of the saloon influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
T. O. Leech
Union Temperance Meeting
Ladies’ Temperance Organization
J. A. Williams
Vivian
Leech
Mercer
Reichel
II. Corinthians
Friends and rivals exchange cordial 1912 county race notes
Letter from Jay H. Magoon to Henry Jacobs dated November 6 1912 in Lacon Illinois congratulates Jacobs on a Democratic landslide and Magoon vows friendship and future good fortune. The missive mirrors the courteous tone common in contested local elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay H. Magoon
Henry EE. Jacobs
Lacon, Ill
Henry
Jacobs
Jay
H. Magoon
A . Henry
Ill
Election day activities and Epworth League plans
Primary pupils vote downtown with a question about the president. Miss Pfaff jokes about age and jumping. School classes study physics, zoology, domestic science and crafts. An Epworth League convention with delegates from Chilli cothe Sparland Lacon and Henry will be held at Lacon next Saturday November 9 with a full program of devotions addresses music and social work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
yYes
King
Lloyd Hunter
Eastern Star
Steele
Wilson
Marshall
Epworth League
Chillicothe
Sparland
Lacon
Henry
E. &. Busby
Prodi
Frank Perry
W. D. Benjamin
Della Taylor
Grace Williams
Emma MacGuede
O. T. Dwinell
D. D
Peoria Dist
M. P. Lackland
J. McComas
Sadie Seelye
Sadie Marland
Leah Wier
Prof
Smith
Mabel Hauger
J. B. Mercer
M E Church Sabbath Services Announced
The M E Church outlines next Sunday's schedule with 9 45 a m Sunday school led by M L Dean 11 a m public worship sermon on How to be me Epworth League at 6 30 p m and evening prayers with choir rehearsal led by Pastor EB Mercer The Presbyterian Church also lists morning Sunday school at 9 a m and 7 30 p m Christian Endeavor with temperance program and a note of gratitude for a prior temperance address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
M. L
Epworth League
Ethel ‘Seelye
EB. Mercer
Presbyterian “Church
A. mi
Christian Endeavor
Local Notices and Incidents Reported in Brief
A jumble of incidents appears including a $10,600 suit against Consolidated Electric by Charles H. Ireland over wiring faults blamed for a fire. A tragic death occurs when James Humes is struck by a live wire while felling a tree. Other items note a not guilty verdict in a federal obscene literature case, a dram shop lawsuit in Yeorta, libel actions in Michigan, and various community updates on schools, prisons, and river damage to fish habitats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry- Republican
Chicago
Charles H. Ireland
Washburh
Consolidated Electric
Ley Manufacturing
Ma Yeny
Des Stroyed
Hans.Otto
Whitefield Garnérs
Henry
Owill
James
Humes
St. Louis
Peoria
Myron Jordan
Rock Island
Jordan
Sehpiever
Chillicothe
Yeorta
Butt
Marquette
Mich
Detroit
Theodore Roosevelt
George A. Newett
Ishpeming
Col—Roosevelt
Supreme Court of
Seaust
UE Pana
Joliet
Menard
Maud Ballington Booth
Shang
Tendsley
Shane
Badslein
Savas
Weller
Greaver
Also Mentioned on This Page
Qhtant
the Woman's Column
the Order OF Eastern Star
Ila
Masonic Fraternity
Order of Astern Star
Magnolia
Mos Trenijoy
Tn Oh
Henry ‘Township
G. Norris
Alvin
Princton
Wonder Tethé
Union Temperance-Meeting
Henry- B
Jacobse - Vem Jay
Elrewit
Enis
Nowedelands
Nian
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