Local Chatter Highlights Visits and Plans Across Henry
The O E S meets at the Masonic temple while Mrs Henry Vogelsang visits Frank Vogelsang in Streator. Excursions, fairs, and sports loom with Magnolia Grange Fair Oct 7 8 9 and a Henry baseball club trip to Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Henry Vogelsang
Frank
Streator
D. W. Gehring
Nellie
Hardin
Missouri
Granville Brass Band
Peoria
Fred Swain
Hennepin
Lacon
Chillicothe
Death of John S Thompson Prominent Lacon Businessman
John Strawn Thompson, a leading Lacon merchant, banker, and community benefactor born 1840 in Hopewell township Illinois, died September 27 1903 after long illness. He built a fortune in loan banking and land, served as mayor and school board president, supported many churches and the poor, and left a substantial Central Illinois estate.
Harvest Home supper and church notes
Church notices report Harvest Home supper at St John s on Friday with services at 7 80 p m Choir practice follows. St Cecelias Guild to meet at Miss Tessa Bakers Friday afternoon. Janitor applications invited by Ladies Aid. Mother Goose Market set for Saturday Oct 17 by Ubrigtian church ladies. Wheatland Township Sunday School convention at Whitefield on Oct 11. Early communion at 7 a m and second at 11 a m Evening service at 7 80. Ladies Aid Tea at Mrs Charles Wood s Putnam road next Wednesday. Rev D S McCown named secretary at 48th M I conference in Monmouth and Rev Vincent Aten secretary of statistics. Rev and Mrs Mason announce weekly at home days at Presbyterian parsonage. H Fr Andrews and wife sang Beautiful Isle of Somewhere at Presbyterian church. Services at Presbyterian church discussed with Rev Mason s remarks on what Christians obtain in this life. Burtha Burt solo There s a Light in the Valley praised by all. Rally Day at Presbyterian with music, Cradle Roll, and Chautauqua references. Mrs Jones told of crossing Ashtabula bridge and Mr Bliss death. Woman s Home and Foreign Missionary society hosted a large gathering with singing, Scripture, papers, duets, and social time. Refreshments cocoa and cake, mites for treasury.
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St Cecelia’s Guild
Tessa Baker
Christian Church
Ladies Aid Society
Ubrigtian Church
Wheatland Township
Whitefield
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Charles Wood
Putnam Road
M. I
Monmouth
McCown
Vincent Aten
Mason
Presbyterian
H. Fr. Andrews
Isle of Somewhere
Presbyterian Church
McKinley
Burtha Burt
Miss Burt
Clara Williams
Chautauqua
T. L. Jones
J. A. Williams
Nina
Eva Mooberry
A. D. Stevens
Cannah Jones
Marie
Lottie Ferrix
To Home Seekers by Chicago and Northwestern R R
Advertises trips to Minnesota and South Dakota for one fare plus 2.00 with cash payment and refund option. Claims best bargains in the middle north, warranties deeds to buyers, fertile soil, and rent omission. Signed W. H. Fornesr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Northwestern R. R
Minnesota
South Dakota
Middle North
W. H. Fornesr
Dieting and Dyspepsia Cure Promoted by Kodol
An advertisement asserts dieting poisons the body while starvation weakens the system. It claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure helps the stomach digest all wholesome food, relieves indigestion, and guards against dyspepsia, sold by Dr Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
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Michael Murray
Gould
Henry Station
Magnolia Grange Fair
Venona
Varna
Edmund Harney Jr
Colorado
California
William Seitz
Opera Hall
Eli Wright
Marshall County Farmers Institute
Henry
Elmer Quinn
M. 8
Miller
Hunter's
Illinois
Samuel Parker
Chicago
Charles Perdue
Belgium
Perdue
Philip Thomas
Piegvant
Norwood-Colorado Mining Co
Sterrett
A. J. Tronmonger
John Nader
Magnolia
Oklahoma
Ocompany
Anton
Peter Gresser
D. Forrestal
W. Matern
Louise Hopper
Nader
Henry Balensiefen
Fountain
L. J. Simpson
Wheaton
Willis
Josephine
Henry Baseball Club
Peru
Spring Valley
Webster Park
Central
Ilinois
Magnolia Grange
M. L. Locke
Locke
Clover & Jacobs
T.F. Clover
Jacobses
Clover
Jacobs
Ottawa
Camp House
W. H. Knowles
E. C. Walters
P. G. Schrock
C. G. Woodward
Fred H. Sanders
T. H. Barrett
Frank Trumbo
W. W. Nash
D. BE
King
Woman's Club
B. F. Forrest
Holland
Sparling
Evelyn E. Jones
G. M. Locke
J. M. Powers
Marshall County
Ill
Robinson & Powers
Lawton
Powers
Sulphur Springs
Okla
John S. Thompson
John Strawn Thompson
John Strawn ‘Thompson
Hopewell Township
James Thompson
Eliza Norris
Piper & Reeves
Wm Wright
Thompson Boys
Thompson
Rutland
Geo O. Barnes
J. S. Thompson & Son
United States
Methodist Church
Lacon M, EB. Church
Central Illinois
Macomb
Methodist Church of the World
Lacon M. E
London
Denver
Col
State Bankers’ Association
First National Bank of Lacau
Odd Fellows and
Masonic Lodges
Knights Templar, Shrine and Consistory
Chicago & Alton R. R
U.S
Kansas
Nebraska
Mr Thompson
Europe
America
Orient
Deede
Board of Trade
Jennie T
E. Vernay
John L
Emma Mai
Charles N
Church Notes
St John’s Church
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