Two Brothers Confess to Wrecking Train Near Sparland
In a dramatic hearing at Lacon last Friday the two younger Crew brothers Samuel 22 and Joseph 14 confessed to placing rocks and ties on the Peoria Branch track near Sparland to wreck a Rock Island train. Robert 24 fled free as the oldest, while the youths await circuit court action and potential commitment to state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Grand Jury
Peoria
Rock Island
Bureau
Barr Mine
Sparland
Robert
Samuel
Joseph Crew
Joseph
Ian
Jacobs
State Board of Charities
Joliet
Gladys Sivell Birthday Party Honors Eleventh Year
A Saturday afternoon celebration on November 13 honored Gladys Sivell’s eleventh birthday. Miss Nellie Law entertained as guests arrived, played piano, sung, and enjoyed games with refreshments provided by older girls. The cake, inscribed with Gladys’s name and decorated with candy strawberries and lanterns, was a standout gift from Aunt Mrs. Benj Sivell. A long guest list included Nellie Law, Gertrude Potter, Gertrude Bickerman, Leame Hannum, Goldie Simonton, and many Sivell family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Sivell
Gladys
Nellie Law
Benj. Sivell
Gertrude Potter
Gertrude Bickerman
Leam Hannum
Goldie Simonton
Helene Hannum
Clara Brown
Margaret
Roberta Shields
Edna McManus
Marie Rowe
Grace Hartley
Barbara Haws
Ida Brown
Dorothy Gromwell
Marjorie Duke
Jeanette Frommel
Bessie Haddon
Mildren
Helen Slowers
Mildred Forrest
Layene Clemens
Eva Blankenship
Marden Melick
Anna Bergantz
Ida Durflinger
Eva
Charlie
George
Harry Sivell
Anna Longman
Althea Allison
Esther Hunter
Hickman Kincaid
Francis Segraves
Anna Sivell
Mae
Glenna Si
Robberts cabin boat case and Grange officer elected
George Roberts and wife lived on a cabin boat near Swain boat landing for two months. James A Roberts of Chillicothe seized the boat and cabin while Roberts was away. A warrant led to his arrest in Chillicothe and return to Henry for hearing before Squire Woodward with bond set at 500 dollars signed by Joseph Fisher. The cabin boat was ordered returned to Henry. Oliver Wilson was elected grand lecturer of the National Grange at Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Roberts
Swain
Roberts
Banter Bros
Red Wing
Minn
Chillicothe
Henry
James A. Roberts
Oliver Wilson
National Grange
Des Moines
Milian Krenz Dies in Peoria at 65 Heart Disease Claim
Maxi milian Michael Krenz born Sept 19 1844 in Colmer Prussia died Nov 15 1909 at St Francis hospital Peoria from leakage of the heart. He came to Henry Illinois in 1854 and built a long harness business career in Tolono Peoria Kickapoo and Henry. Survived by four brothers and wife Kathryn Diebolden who died 1895. funeral at Sacred Heart Peoria with interment at St Josephs Peoria.
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Frank L. Klein
Whitefield
Peter Klein
Emma Darby
Solomon Darby
Saratoga Township
Henry
Mr. Klein
St. Mary's Church
Gensler
Messrs
Worth Dixon
Lewis
Valentine Bogner
Peter Neuhalsen
Lawrence
William Peterman
Clifford C. Doran
Calvary Cemetery
Maximilian Michael Krenz
Colmer
Prussia
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Henry, Ill
Joseph Krenz
Hmself
Tolono
Champaign County
Krenz
Max
Peoriz
Julius
Kickapoo
Mr. Krenz
Torano
Kathryn Diebolden
Danville
Joseph N
Edward B
Fort Morgan
Col
Julius N
Frank
Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Public Sales Notice near Putnam and Whitefield dates
Public sales announced for Irven S Williams near Putnam on Wednesday November 24. L Clawson Whitefield on Wednesday December 1. Charles B Anderson west of Sparland on Tuesday December 7. Charles L Klein Whitefield on Tuesday December 14. Mrs John Sparling near Putnam on Monday December 20. Benj L Ransom north of Henry on Wednesday December 22. Michael Ziegler Saratoga on Monday January 2. Mr Schlosser Magnolia on Tuesday January 4. Charles Griffin Whitefield on Wednesday January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irven S. Williams
Putnam
L. Clawson
Whitefield
Charles B. Anderson
Sparland
Charles L. Klein
John Sparling
Benj. L. Ransom
Henry
Michael Ziegler
Saratoga
Mr. Schl
High School Notes and Thanksgiving Program
The high school plans an entertainment on Wednesday evening November 24 featuring orchestra and octette performances, readings by students Helene Hannum Kenneth King Margaret Meyers Bonnie Anderson and others, a piano duet, a debate on excluding Chinese laborers, and a farce The Mouse Trap. Edna Bell Nellie Coan pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Helene Hannum
Kenneth King
Margaret Meyers
Nellie Coan
Velma ; Rowe
Leam Hannum
Meta Lassman
Bonnie Anderson
Eugene Jenness
United States
Allan Williams
Robert Vivian
Leroy King
Mawsie Otto
Viano
Ormond Andrews
Mr. Campbell
Campbell
Paul Jones
Hazel Clift
Miller
Curwen
Violet Balleweg
Benius
Lila Clark Jane
Bertha Klein
Roberts
Jene Ripibieraets
Loti
Edna Bell
Herman Ketchum
Loretta Merdian
Jack Frost
Grover Kern
Gilpin
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Frank J. Klein
Ther ID
Lottie E. Terrell
Sugar Grove Cemetery
Whitefield Township
Smith
Peoria Journal
Lottie Terrell
North Street
Glenn
Thomas
William
Bert Stout
Gertrude Stout
Ruth Stout
Harriet Holmes
Holmes
Canada
Ill
Cherry
Bureau County
Illinois
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Spring Valley
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Company
St. Paul Coal Company
James Steele
Steele
Mr. MacDonald
Nicholson-Babbin
Fred J. Nicholson
Henry Republican
George Nicholson
Walworth
Wis
New York City
Frederick John Nicholson
Jean Babbin
Henry School
Cromwell
Hahnneman College
Peoria State Hospital
Hahnneman
Metropolitan Hospital
Wisconsin
Nicholson
New York
Tillie Ziegler
David BE
Boddie
Tonlea
Vallsy
Jacob Staab
Kathryn Ziegler
Averyville
Mother Harth
Rock Island Road
Peoria Press
McKinley Syndicate
Princeton
Ottawa
Chicago
A. A. Phelps
Illinois Traction System
Peoria Railway
St. Louis
Santa Fe
Burlington
H. B. Chabbuck
Morris
Bloomington
Streator
Finnegan
Larry Vinnegan
Matthew Sipele Patrick
Jennie McBride Rafferty
Adams Dutch Jake
James Chambers Count de Morney
Floyd Williams
Ann Culter Hall
Katy
Jake
Sallie Paxon
Hannah Lovejoy
Ida Dwyer
St. ‘Mary’ S Hall
St. Joseph’s Church
Smith and Duke
Prof. Kopf
Kopf
la Salle
Marshall
Max M. Krenz
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