Local Notice Highlights Community News And Events
A compilation of Marshall County items reports church matters in Wyoming and local births marriages and illnesses. It notes a husband and wife from Sparland and a pension quest for a long teaching career, plus hospital care for Mrs Hunt and illness for Mrs Bickerman. It also records Camp Dodge visit by Congressman Ireland, and community socials at St Edward’s Chillicothe Wenatchee Camp Fire girls meeting notes, local advertisements, a tribute to Leslie Rolley and a note on the Arlington railroad appointment for Thomas Lawless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
James Newman
Gemerger
Wyoming
Marshall County
Yi Fenlty
LaRoche Ayenuary
Lacon Woolen
Charles C. Smith
Peaks and Whitefield
Los Angeles
Casa Verdugo
Peora
Jacob Clearwater
Addie Wright
Sparland
Ayers
Ars
Stella Motter Wabel
Hearing
Hunt
Henry Bickerman
Peoria
Barry
Dean
United States
Henry
Toluca
Wenona
Lacon
Frank Bush
Conert
Mich
Gilman
Mutual’ Pathe
Leslie Rolley
Leslie
Clifford
Bt. Edward
Chillicothe
Kelly's Hall
Father Burke
Wenatchee Camp
Kokahanna
Mildred Ransom
Olive Eliz
Tbéth Smith
Irene ‘Kuss
Jenna Sivell
Wawa Taysee
Will
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
T. J. Segraves
Edward Street
Willam Steele
Burial for Frances Janice Green at Henry Cemetery
The three year old Frances Janice Green of Tacoma Wash died from accidental drowning at American Lake on September 18 1917. Her remains were shipped to Henry for burial and a funeral was held November 17 at 2 pm conducted by Rev G E Tilton. The family and many friends attended as the child was laid to rest. Her father is a second lieutenant at American Lake training camp and the mother plans to move to Henry after his departure for France. The article notes the family’s service in prior wars and mentions a forthcoming Junior Red Cross initiative with meetings and donations from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Janice Green
Frank “Green
Tacoma
Wash
American Lake
Vanice
Cal
Henry
G. E. Tilton
France
Cake Tee Hgey
Frank Green
A. H. Green
Camp Lewis
Washington
Camp Niagara
New York
Frank
Uncle Sam
United Allied
Corn price woes and war scare shake farmers
Local reports describe extreme corn prices and risky shipments. Farmers like Warry Uphoft and McNamara Bros. faced losses selling at low per bushel prices while demand remains for cold and sweet corn, highlighting ongoing farm stress amid wartime logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warry Uphoft
McNamara Bros
Spires
Toluca
H. N. Carmon
Minoak Newa-Dispatch
Sunday Evening Mass Meeting at the Opera House
A large audience attended the Sunday evening union meeting at the opera house with a strong choir led by H. Andrews and Miss Lucy Mateer. Rev. Rea W. Martin offered an eloquent prayer followed by "America" as Rev. G. E. Tilton introduced Horace Clark who spoke on YMCA work and home environments. Seward Price of the Peoria Chamber of Commerce outlined YMCA aims. A quartet performed and Sergeant McGraw shared a personal account of army life and the need for YMCA support. County Superintendent Edgar Nichols praised the war effort and pledges reached $400 with total receipts of $1,017.40 by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy Fa
Opera House
H. ¥. Andrews
Lucy Mateer
Rea W. Martin
America
G. E. Tilton
Horace Clark
Peoria
Seward Price
Peoria Chamber of Commerce
Messrs
L. R. Phillips
H. F. Andrews
Louis Kraus
Gardner Williams
Sergeant McGraw
Y. M. C. Acasa
Edgar Nichols
Charles Beesley
Illinois Day Observance Urges Statewide Celebration
Chicago Illinois, Oct 27 1917 The Illinois committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce seeks county and town observances on December 3 1917 as Illinois Day to promote the centennial of statehood in 1918. The governor is to issue a proclamation and communities large and small are urged to participate with local or joint observances. The Illinois Centennial commission will coordinate efforts with the state, and the Chicago association offers assistance for widespread turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. J. Barnes
Commercial Club
Henry
Barnes
Illinois
Chicago Association of Commerce
Trinoig
The
W. M. Ellis
Illinois Committee
Farewell Surprise Party At Mrs Grover Home
Members of the Helping Hand class of the Presbyterian Sunday school surprised Mrs. Martin at the parsonage after gathering at Mrs. Grover in Kirby. The class presented a souvenir spoon with a church image to mark her departure to a new home in Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Personal notes from Henry area residents and visitors
Local briefs list visits and travels of G. L. Schultz and family to Streator, Louis Ziegler and wife in Peoria, Mary Martin to Peoria, Father Shaff and Sophia Lang in Henry, and others. Reports include illness, weddings, births, and community events with multiple trips to Peoria, Chicago, and Champaign. A Dohrty birth is noted along with an accident to Mrs. Lindgren and a wood-sawing party on the S. L. Case farm for winter fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Schultz
Streator
Louis Ziegler
Peoria
Y . Mary Martin
Father Shaff
Sophia Lang
Hennepin
Henry
David Dwyer
Dwight
G. F. “Padkell
John Monier
Champaign
Tees
Alden Hunter
Griggsville
Harold Hunter
Elizabeth “Haynes
Rock Island
Lyman. Loomis
Brennan
Father Lentz
Merna
Ill
Emerson Trim
H.R. Trim
Chicago
Martha McAllister
Henry Schlosser
John Hofer
Walter’ Dittman
B. G. Cromwell
Packard
Jefferson
Orpheum
E. G. Cromwell
Sterrett
Bayne
A. B. Smith
Frances Smith
Marie Gregory
Magnolia
Charles Doherty
Spring Valley
Doherty
Hag
A. J. Lindgren
Ed Kalifer
Peter,Green
Charles Perdew
S. L. Case
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FS A
Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Mra
Floyd Monier
Red Cross Rooms
M. LS
Theodore Bogner
Fred Ely
Clara Snyder
Elizabeth Reed
Mary Paskell
Reed
Paskell
Wilde
Bella Evans
John Bly
George Pace
A. Camp
W. 8
Harrison
R. F. Burt
George A. Burt
BE. B. Wright
A. J. Ironmonger
O. H. Davis
C. ©. Vogelsang
Thiome
Ercott
Will Peterman
Henry Knoll
G. E. Fenwick
F. W.W. Potter
J. K. O'Neil
B. F. Ransom
Charles Greenlee
A. C. Henkins
Henry Wombacher
J. J. Gresser
Kays
Supreme Court
Mary Kays
Amos Wilson
Wilson
Commissioners of Highways
Henry Jacobs
Lacon Home Journal
B. M. Stoddard
Theovernment
I. F. Douglass
Iowa
Mills Seed Company
Douglass
Burgess Stock Farm
Venona Telephone Company
Evans Township
Marshall County Board of Exemption
Ssss
medical_reserve corps
E. E. Barbour
Brade
Frances
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Fay Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
Glenn E. Tilton
All
Christian Church
Alva Richey
Eureka
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St. Mary's Church
Father Andrew Schauer
Episcopal Church
St_John’s church
Saunders
Tomy
Henry Republican
Republican
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