Henry News Briefs and Local Events Highlight Duck Hunting
Household helper Louisa Roth returns home. Miss Harriet Baugh near Milwaukee. Gypsy theft nets most of Dover township farmer George Bell's money back. Edna Taylor and Harry S. Bush wed at Henry. Notables pass through Henry from Champaign to Chicago. Kewane interurban line discussed. Kewane line could boost Corners trade. Gastritis illness for George Burt, Sr yields to treatment. Fred Shorts resumes blacksmith trade in Henry. Bva Johnson’s return exposes a dangerous husband. bigamy trials planned. Farm and Wireside arithmetic on corn yields prompts reader reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Roth
Joseph Reismeyer
Saratoga
James Colligan
Harriet Baugh
Milwaukee
Wis
George Bell
Dover Township
Sureau County
Edna Taylor
Henry
Harry S. Bush
Peoria
Whitefield
J. J. Barnes
Commodore Perry
In-Bay Islands
Mr. Barnes
Clark Swift
Mr. Swift
Kewanee, Bradford & Henry
Corners
George Burt
Fred L. Shorts
Whitefield Corners
Ward
Camp House
Bergantz
First Street
Bva Johnson
Princeton
Ana Wireside
Jerry Moore
Woman's Club discussing votes and city welfare
The Women’s Club meeting on November 4 covered public duties including voting, charity efforts for tenement children, and music at home. Mrs. Shorts presided, papers by Mrs. Townsend and Miss Evans sparked discussion, and funds were considered for local charities and settlement houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Womens Club
Mary A. Shorts
Gladys Hannum
Charlotte Sparling
Josephine S. Townsend
Freece Burt
Nettie Morgan
Bella Evans
Sisters of Charity
Evans
Chicago
Hull House
Abraham Lincoln Center
Salvation Army and
Volunteers of America
Olive Wood
Gertrude Bickerman
Clara Ash
Federation of
Aurora
Dora Halbleib
Order of Eastern Star Gala Degree Night
Henry chapter Vv. B. S. No. 477 hosted three candidates for degrees inviting Lacon and Magnolia chapters. The event included a supper of oysters ice cream cake and coffee and featured a series of toasts and socialized fellowship concluding one of the best functions of the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity
Order of Eastern Star
Lacon and Magnolia
Henry Chapter
Vv. B. S
Henry Township Ballot Totals and Local Races
Official Henry township vote tallies show 604 ballots cast with 369 scratched. Republican state ticket led 141 to 126, Democratic 819, Progressive 136, Prohibition 4. local contests list candidates for Circuit Clerk Wesco t Jacobs, State's Attorney Jacobs, Coroner Grable, Surveyor Ong, and Congressmen Smith Kerrick Cadmus White. Marshall county results show county ticket pluralities for Clerk, State's Attorney, and Coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Township
W. H. Wilson
Ath
Weesto
Claude A. Stone
Christian Haase
M. Fahy
H. A. Fos
Gillespie
J. F. Simpson
Congress
W. B. Cadmus
J. White
B. W. Tate
Marshall County
Woodrow Wilson
W. H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Incosa
After the Campaign Ends Our Paper Seeks Local Focus
The paper discusses shifting from political coverage to local business social and moral topics. It insists on fair treatment of all parties, confirms Republican endorsement of the ticket, and expresses faith in Woodrow Wilson as president while urging unity and support for the incoming administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Woodrow Wilson
Norris shipment boosts Chicago beef with 80 steers sale
W. C. Norris sent 80 steers to the Chicago market north of Princeton and earned $11,539.84, averaging about $144 per head. The hefty return underscores the high price of beefsteak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Norris
Princton
Chicago
Union Temperance Meeting At Presbyterian Church
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. C. Neech urged moral responsibility at the polls and in private life to curb liquor, calling for daily meetings in a rented city room to uplift those under liquor’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
T. C. Neech
Union Temperance Meeting
Ladies’ Temperance Organization
J. A. Williams
Vivian
Leech
Mercer
Reichel
II. Corinthians
Politic rivals exchange amicable 1912 letters in Lacon
The letters between Jay H. Magoon and Henry E. Jacobs reveal courteous respect after a hard fought county contest. Jacobs thanks Magoon for congratulations and wishes mutual success, while Magoon expresses goodwill and friendship. Judge Green opens a special circuit court session to hear overflow land damage cases against drainage commissioners. The Duke building opposite the Camp House is under repair and being refreshed under William Duke's direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay H. Magoon
Henry B. Jacobs
Lacon
Henry EB. Jacobs
Henry
Henry E. Jacobs
Ill
Henry BE. Jacobs
Lacon, Ill
Election day lessons and school activities in town
The piece notes pupils voting for president in the primary room with Mr King as current president. It highlights November Bull Moose changes, a pianist Lloyd Hunter, science experiments, seating updates, zoology crayfish studies, domestic science notes on potatoes cod fish balls and salmon loaf, manual training table book racks, landscape drawing, an Eastern Star organ gift, sand table deserts, reading lamps for a doll house, and October attendance led by Wilson and Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Lloyd Hunter
Eastern Star
Steele
Wilson and Marshall
Epworth League Convention Set for Lacon Next Saturday
Delegates from Chilli Cothe Sparland Lacon and Henry gather in Lacon for an Epworth League convention on November 9 with a full program of devotional services addresses music and study sessions. The Lacon Epworth League will entertain and invites all young people to attend with no gate on delegate numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Chillicothe
Sparland
Lacon
Henry
Busby
W. Frank Perry
W. D. Benjamin
Della Taylor
Grace Williams
Emma Mae Guede
O. T. Dwinell
D. D
Peoria Dist
M. P. Lackland
S. J. McComas
Sadie Seelye
Sadie Marland
Leah Wier
Prof
Smith
Mabel
Hanger
J. B. Mercer
Lacon Epworth League
M E Church Service Schedule For Next Sabbath
The M E Church announces a Sabbath schedule with 9 45 a m Sunday school led by M L Coan and a men’s Bible class. 11 a m public worship with a sermon on How to be or ag 6 30 p m Epworth League led by Ethel Seelye on The Ungathered Harvest 7 30 p m song and praise service with a sermon. Thursday evening prayer meeting followed by choir rehearsal all invited pastor J E Mercer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
M. L. Coan
Epworth League
Ethel Seelye
J. E. Mercer
Presbyterian Sabbath Services and Temperance Lesson
The article notes Sabbath school at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m by the pastor Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m Next Sabbath features a world Temperance lesson and a temperance program. Sheriff Motter assisted in placing Frank Vansyoc an insane man from Clinton Ill under hospital care at Bartonville after a restless incident and a struggle. He is related to Charles Winn of Broadmoor and the state hopes medical treatment will restore him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Henry Republican News of a Week in Henry Area
A roundup of incidents and events from the past week includes a $10,000 lawsuit against Consolidated Electric & Manufacturing for defective wiring that caused a house fire in Washburn. Other items note a Whitefield Corners teacher’s box social, a fatal tree felling accident near St. Louis, a not guilty verdict in a federal case against Myron Jordan, and saloon liability suits in Peoria. The piece covers legal actions, local misfortunes, and social news including Mrs. Grover Cleveland’s pending marriage to Thomas J. Preston and public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Republican
Chicago
Charles H. Ireland
Washburn
Consolidated Electric & Manufacturing Company
Hans Otto
Whitefield Corners
Henry
Poeyie
James Humes
St. Louis
Humes
Peoria
Myron Jordan
Rock Island
Jordan
Schriever
Chillicothe
Cynthia Sewards
Drum Shop
Illinois
Col. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sanitary District
Joliet
Menard
Maud Ballington Booth
Wm. Shane
Endsley Shane
Edelstein
William
Grover Cleveland
Thomas J. Preston
Wells College
Mrs. Cleveland
White House
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the Woman's Column
the Order OF Eastern Star
Republican
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