News of a Week Highlights and Local Notices
A roundup of items includes rail travel notes on equipment upgrades, a box social at Quinn School led by Miss Lean Hannum, and social events involving Dr and Mrs Adams and ex-state's attorney Robert Scholes. It also covers a state W C T U appointment, estate sales and county highway superintendent exams, plus farming guidance and stray livestock procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily
Henry Republican
Lean Hannum
Quinn School
Adams
Peoria
Robert Scholes
L. Y. Sherman
Republican Party
Chicago-Peoria
W. 8. Wallace
Savanna
Galesburg
Elijah Henkins
Putnam
Melvin M. Henkins
Henry Downey
Lone Tree
L. H. Hidridge
Saratoga Township
George Miller
Venona
Edw McMahon
Peter Petri
EB. V. Lane
Lacon
Putnam County
H. C. Lewis
James A. McNabb
McNabb
Peter Morine
Hennepin
Stark County
W. T. Nicholson
Toulon
W. M. Slater
Wyoming
Bureau County
Frank R. Bryant
Princeton
D. C. Fletcher
Wyanet
Secretary of State
High School Notes Cover Classes and Weekly Activities
The high school reports parents’ meeting attendance affected by rain and notes on teacher and student activities. Juniors study Poe and prose, seniors explore meats and leftovers, with cooking using timbale iron and gratin. Teachers visited Ottawa for a similar meeting. Beatrice Kuss tops piano, and Mrs. Ash visited. Public hog sales in Henry area described with multiple breeders, lots of pigs, and sale dates October 29 to November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Kuss
Harry Harney
Mrs. Gabel
Lula Heininger
Mr. Steele
Daisy Kirby
Lucile Brady
Peoria
Miss Young
Henry
T. W. Stoner & Son
Duke Bros
Dukoc
C. R. Jones
Pilot Hill
Peter Mouw
Pilot Hill Farm
Walter W. Reed
Peter Moun
Glenn
Poland
Toluca Youth Killed by Freight Train Near Henry Station
A sixteen year old Toluca boy, Carl R. Maher, died after falling from a Lehigh Valley car while riding the rails of Rock Island local freight about 3:07 pm Tuesday near Henry. The inquest named No. 287 of the C R I & P line as the cause, with burial arranged in Toluca. Also notes on local W C T U meeting and bank employee Asa Gregory’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toluca
Carl R. Maher
Henry Station
Rock Island
Lehigh Valley
R. J. Knight
Charles Brown
Wisconsin
Viola G. Shepard
Charles Motter
Doran
Doran Undertaking Rooms
Grable
Ball
C. A. Frommel
Dennis Hartley
John Tomasson
R. Clemens
Frank D. Ball
Fred Morgan
Peter Hoerner
Will Marshall
L. Sherwood
W. E B. Rochnett
M. L. Lawson
John Ramey
Automobile Over Precipice in Ottawa Stuns Residents
A seven passenger car owned by Fred Scherer plunged 20 feet from Main street near Gridley place into C R Johanson's chicken yard, narrowly missing eight passengers. The vehicle landed upright after the steering gear failed. no one was injured and the party drove away after inspecting the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Scherer
Main Street
Gridley Place
C. R. Johanson
J. L. Bane
Riva
Teo
Ottawa
Bane
Sam Wellman
Edward
West Virginia
Alfonso Scherer
Banes
Scherer
Johanson
Commercial Fishermen Organize on Illinois River
Fishermen from Peoria to Beardstown held the first meeting in Havana to organize for protection and propagation of game and commercial fish along the Illinois River. They elected officers led by John Dixon and Herman Mehl and discussed bills in Congress aided by Rainey and Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Williams
Helper
George Helper
Alice Williams
Allan Hillabrand
T. C. Leech
Maria Davis
Peoria
Illinois River
Havana
Rainey
Claude A. Stone
National Congress
John Dixon
Herman Mehl
Chillicothe
Charles Rudolph, Sr
Bath
Out of Town
Clyde Banter
John McKenzie
Henry
R. Dickman
Pekin
Truman Whitehead
Frank Harris
George Warren
Liverpool
Miles Darling
William DeTissier
W. T. Boyd
Sharp's Landing
Frank Dodd
Browning
C. D. Wynne
J. 8. Bell
Beardstown
J. D. McLean
Meredosia
Profs. Richardson and
Forbes
Illinois Biological Station
United States
Local notes from La Prairie and nearby towns
The issue mixes social news, weather notes, church events, and local development. It mentions Mrs. August Weis visiting La Salle, a Poodle’s hall card party, ferryboats wintering locally, hunting injuries, snow flurries in June and October, Sunday school collections, a pastor’s vacation to Oklahoma, horse thefts near Wheaton, and a rising cost of living linked to crop shortages. It also covers crops, travel, and a home-building project by George Helper and the La Vere family utilizing old structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Weis
la Salle
Walter Harrison
Katie Weis
Sodality
Starved Rock
Hiram Mutton
M. BE
la Prairie
Saratoga
Camp Grove
Friends of the
M .B. Church
B. Mercer
Oklahoma
Wheaton
Bureau of Animal Industry
Henry Frisbey
Pequot
Minn
Minnesota
J. J. Barnes
Put-in-Bay
Commander Perry
Barnes
Susan Peters
Manly Peters
Albion
Mich
Peters
George Helper
David la Vere
Wert Street
Public Service Company
la Vere’s
Mercer
Doyle
Peoria
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Elmwood
Epworth League
Oklahoma City
Southwest
J. E. Mercer
Methodist Church Sets Sabbath Services and Activities
The church outlines Sabbath events with 9 45 Sabbath school led by M L Coan, 11 am public worship with Miss Hutchinson from the Baby Fold at Normal, no evening service, Epworth League at 6 30, mid week prayer led by T W Whitmer, Ladies Aid meets Oct 29 at 2 30 with Mrs A G Hillabrand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Coan
Miss Hutchinson
the Baby Fold
Epworth League
T. W. Whitmer
Ladies’ Aid Society
A. G. Hillabrand
Presbyterian Sabbath Services At Local Church
The church invites all to Sabbath school at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m and 130 p m pastor George T Griscel leads. Christian Endeavor at 620 p m prayer meeting Thursday at 730 p m collection for church boards during morning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
George T. Griscel
St. Joseph’s Church Service Schedule
Service times announced by Rev. Fr. M. J. Brennan include daily low mass at 8 a.m. on weekdays and Sunday masses at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. with a sermon and benediction at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St Marys Church Mass Schedule and Sermons
Mass daily at 7 a.m. with a high mass and English sermon on Sundays at 7 a.m. A low mass with German sermon occurs at 10 a.m. Sunday afternoon service is at 2 30 o'clock. Fr. M. Gensler signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
M. Gensler
St John’s Episcopal Church Service Schedule
St Johns Episcopal Church reports Twenty third Sunday after Trinity activities with Sunday school at 9 45 a m Matins and sermon at 11 a m and evening service with sermon at 7 30 p m conducted by F W Haist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Church
F. Whaist
Hubert's Sanitary Bread and Farm News
Hubert's Big Sanitary Bread promotes its 5c and 10c loaves with wax paper wrapping. Sold at the Henry bakery and local groceries with daily doughnuts and baked goods including cream puffs and coffee cakes. The Ames Iowa bulletin reports turning hogs and cattle into corn fields yields better results than husking for feed. A Minnesota farmer near St Paul turns cattle and hogs into a corn field expected to yield 7000 bushels, claiming higher gains than husking and feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert
Henry
William Knight
Doan
Ames
St. Paul
Minnesota
Snyder moves into Ford house near depot. new building planned
Co I Snyder takes the concrete block dwelling once occupied by John Ford near the depot Oscar Clark and his wife join her father John Ford in the home a new building will be erected for their occupancy at the earliest opportunity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. I. Snyder
John Ford
Oscar Clark
Teengirl Granted Marriage License in County Courthouse
Lucy Blum of Depue age sixteen appeared with her father’s consent before the county clerk on Friday and a license was issued for her marriage to Martin Tiraboski twenty two of Toluca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Blum
Depue
Martin Tiraboski
Toluca
Also Mentioned on This Page
Camp House
W. C. T. U. Meeting
Asa Gregory
First National Bank
Richard Street
Charles Domhoff
John McGlothlin
McGlothlin
Henry Opera House
Domhoff
California
A. B. Tolson
America
Methodist Church
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