Local Notes From Peoria and Nearby
C A Camp and wife visiting in Peoria. A D Hillabrand reported sick with heart difficulty. Mrs Roy W Miller and children traveled to Washington for a funeral. Judson Ong and wife went to Peoria. Jud serving on a federal petit jury, excused until next Monday. Mrs James Hartley and Grace to spend Thanksgiving in Chicago. Women’s club meets December 2 at Mrs S L Clift’s home. Stella Wood secretary and Mrs Disosway chair literature. Nora Brown, visiting from Peoria, ill under doctor care. Profs Beesley Hampton and teachers attended Urbana meeting. no school then. Henry Chapter No 477 O B S to elect officers December 2. Public health note on forbidding spitting on walks. Wyman J Lovejoy of Chicago offered H J Blackburn a seat on advisory board. Blackburn declined. Ira Brown receives clipping about Ira Brown in France, died Oct 13 aged 27. Discussion of prohibition and future saloon laws. Clark Swift of Whitefield Corners visits. R M Tremain received photo of brother John Tremain of Lynden, Washington, at Armistice parade. Raymond Thomas visiting Putnam. lately returned from Canada with 7000 bushels wheat and similar oats. quips about wealth. Captain Solomon York near Mossville, Illinois river figure, runs truck poultry farm and keeps a lively crow.
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C. A. Camp
Peoria
A. D. Hillabrand
Roy W. Miller
Washington
James Hartley
Miss Grace
Chicago
Women’s Club
S. L. Clift
Disosway
Stella Wood
George Ziemer
Nora Brown
G. M. Brown
Beesley
Hampton
Urbana
Henry Chapter
Wyman J. Lovejoy
NS Live Stock Insurance Company
Ilinois
H. J. Blackburn
Blackburn
Ira Brown
Adin
Lenox
Iowa
Ira
France
Nevada
Kaiser
Rum
Clark Swift
Whitefield Corners
Merton
R. M. Tremain
John
Lynden
Wash
Oth
Annual Convention of the Illinois W C T U in Aurora
The forty fourth annual sessions of the Illinois W C T U were held November 21 and 22 in Aurora at the First Presbyterian church. Led by Miss Helen Hood the event emphasized dry nations and women’s suffrage, with speeches by Mayor Harley and others, a large program, and a Friday business session re electing officers including Hood for an eighth year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Organization
Aurora
Aurora First Presbyterian Church
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Ladies’ Aid Society
Miss Hood
Harley
Fred Shearer
Horace Cady
First Presbyterian Church
D. Moffitt
Kane County
D. W. Cromer
Harriet Darling Hall
St. Cecilia Ladies Quartet
Arthur Lay
America
Illinois
Red Cross
Illinois Wayman’s Christian Temperance Union
Sitterly Survives War Fame in France and Armistice
Glenn Sitterly of Spring Valley, a seasoned French aviator, survived near fatal dogfights above the Marne with gunners wounded and engines damaged. His Paris furlough confirms he did not return before armistice, while praise for his wartime exploits rises amid national Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Glenn Sitterly
Spring Valley
Alan Ash
France
Paris
Sitterly
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Putnam County Cashier W A Patterson Resigns Health
Putnam County bank cashier W A Patterson resigns after 32 years of service to seek recovery and return to public life as a community helper. County Superintendent W A Paxson becomes new cashier. Obituary notes for Mrs Earl Shaw of Charleston aged 35 follow with service details. Hopewell township reports fundraising over its war bond quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Putnam County Bank
W. C. Patterson
Hennepin
Patterson
W.A. Paxson
Echo
A. M. Stoner
United War Campaign
Hopewell
Sawyer
Marshall
Brown
Thanksgiving week notices and local arrivals in Henry area
Local items report union services at Presbyterian church at 10 AM and a new janitor at the M E church. Meeting plans for the Ladies Aid, a teachers examination at the Lacon courthouse December 5 and 6, and regional visits by families from Canton Galva Florida and Lacon.
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Raymond Thomas
Putnam
Tom Canada
Nada
Rockefeller
Solomon York
Mossville
Caprn York
Sol
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Illinois W., C. T. U
Peace Commission
Montana
Jeanette Rankin
Utah
Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Frances Willard
East Aurora High School
Maude Carman Cathcart
H. P. Wilson
Mirth Carmen
Joan of Arc
St. Clair County
Banner County
Marshall County
C. H. Shipplett
Toluca
Bella Evans
Irene Kuss
Josephine Green
Irving Deitsch
Gardner Williams
Miss Mathews
Miss Schiffbauer
Europe
Bushman
Bayne
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Metro
Mr. Bushman
Annandale College
Maryland
Essanay Forces
Essanay
Henry Opera House
W. A. Patterson
Earl Shaw
Inez Leola Ransom Shaw
Charleston
South Carolina
C. H. Ransom
Henry and
Magnolia
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Shaw
Ox Bow
Putnam J County
William Ransom
Jacksonville
Lewis Martin
John Boman
Baptist Church
S. C
M. E
Goliath
M. B. van Leer
Christiaan Church
H. H. Hungerford
Presbyterian Church
Rey
M. E. Church
Ray Pain
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
Norville Downey
M.eh
A. B. Smith
Court House
Lacon
Edgar Nichols
David Beeson
Maggie Armstrong
Canton
Long Beach
Cal
Los Angeles
M. A. Adams
Galva
Anna
Rose
Florida
John Adams
Henry Cemetery
Helper
Charles Greenlee
Adams
David D. Owens
Owens
George A. Burt
Dick Steele
Springfield
Steele
Ila Herron
Princeton
Harry Scott
Charles Collins
LaPrairie Township
Henry
LaPrairie Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Collins
Fern Latourette
Bessie Marshall
Miss Latourette
A. M. Barnes
Piper
Tam
Sunday Tribune
U. S
Wilson
Democratic Party
Tom
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Mattoon
Rebekahs
Lincoln
Lawrence ‘Hunt
Henry Lodge
William
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