An 81st Birthday Honor for Joseph N. Krenz
Joseph N. Krenz reaches 81 and remains active in business and public service. He directed the harness trade and helped secure Henry City artesian well benefits. Father of eleven, he served as mayor, alderman, bridge director, and lock tender, earning respect for longevity and steadfast civic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph N. Krenz
Henry City Bridge Company
Krenz
Leo Krenz
Colorado
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Western Catholic Union
My Soldier Girl at Henry Opera House Promises Patriotism
The Henry opera house presents My Soldier Girl on Thursday September 12 promising patriotic wartime cheer. Produced by LeCongte and Flesher the show features a large company including many soldierettes and lavish musical comedy spectacle direct from Peoria’s Majestic theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Opera House
Huns
Messrs
Majestic Theater
Peoria
Country Woman's Club Meeting Invited at Mrs G R Williams
Members of the Country Woman's Club are invited to meet at the home of Mrs. G. R. Williams on a Saturday afternoon September 14. Are you paid in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Woman's Club
G. R. Williams
Coan Mae wedding joins Nellie Mae Coan and Henry W May
Miss Nellie Mae Coan and Henry W May were married at the Coan home by Rev H G Dusenberry on Wednesday at 4 pm. The ceremony featured singing by Miss Jessie Swein and a piano solo by Miss Velma Rowe. Guests dined in the home and the Kantalkenui club attended. The bride, a 1911 graduate, has helped in the family grocery. The groom, an auctioneer and livestock buyer, will live on School Street after a Chicago trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Coan
H. G. Dusenberry
Nellie Mae Coan
Henry W. May
Jessie Swein
Velma Rowe
Inez Anderson
Elizabeth Weaver
Kantalkenui Club
M. L. Coan
Clas
Kantalksnus Club
Manlius
May
Chicago
McManus
School Street
Wallace Landers wed in St Joseph's Church
A simple but impressive wedding took place at St Joseph's Catholic Church on Wednesday morning at 7 30. Miss Nora Wallace and Dennis Landers were joined in marriage by Rev Father M J Brennan. After the ceremony the party gathered for breakfast at the bride's aunt's home. The newlyweds departed for Chicago for a sightseeing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Nora Wallace
Mary Wallace
Dennis Landers
Thomas Landers
M. J. Brennan
Margaret McManus
Henry Wallace
Imelda Hartley
William Monahan
Chicago
Landers
Concrete Motorboat Returns as Navy Recruiting Office
The United States naval reserve motorboat Concrete is returning to Chicago after serving since 1917 as a training boat. Built in 1914 by Walter N. Dowsey, it gained fame as the first concrete vessel in official U.S. service and the first concrete self-propelled boat. Curtis Quincy Smith, a veteran navigator, heads the recruiting mission aboard, with Thomas F. Hogan as engineer, as the craft travels via midwestern rivers to boost naval enlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Naval Reserve
Chicago
New York
Middle West
Navy
Walter N. Dowsey
Iron River
Mich
Dowsey
United States
Great Lakes
Lakes
Buffalo
Duluth
Mackinac
Harry Stutz
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Smith
United States Naval Auxiliary Training School
Concrete
Culp
United States Navy
Thomas IF. Hogan
United States Naval Reserve Force
Mississippi River
Registration Rush for Henry County Men 18 to 45
Men aged 18 to 45 in Henry County must register on September 12 1918 at city hall and polling places from 7 to 9 am under threat of one year imprisonment for nonregistration. The Henry registration board lists Thomas C. Waterous chief registrar and others. Church notices follow with times for services at Bm Ben Pe Christian Church St Josephs St Marys churches and mass schedules. Henry chapter Womens committee raises 1000 for county quota via subscriptions and G R Williams sale lunch counter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Marshall County
Registration Board
Thomas C. Waterous
C. H. Scholes
D. S. M Hartley
Addie Brown
Lawrence Peterman
George A. Burt
Florence E. Klein
Schedule of Train Run From Peoria to Chicago Dates
Schedule shows a train leaving Peoria at 2:00 a.m. on September 10 and arriving Chillicothe at 5:00 p.m. It departs Chillicothe at 9:50 a.m. September 11, arrives Henry at 12:30 p.m., with operations from 9 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. for Spring Valley and 8 p.m. to 11:20 a.m. for Peru. The train reaches LaSalle at 3:00 p.m. September 12 and arrives at Municipal Pier Chicago on September 18 at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago
Henry
Peoria
Chillicothe
Henry Dam
Spring Valley
Peru
LaSalle
Municipal Pier
Red Cross Notes and Union Meeting Report
Red Cross ladies met daily including last week to complete emergency quotas by a specified deadline. Items shipped this weekend include eighteen morning jackets, thirteen convalescent robes, fifty pairs socks, three sweaters, three convalescent pajamas, plus ten hospital night shirts and three surgeon's gowns. Regular meeting set for Friday afternoon. Union meeting of churches and prohibition forces next Sunday at the opera house with J F Scureman speaking to back dry candidates in the September 11 primary. Also notes the steamer Beder burned at Lacon, likely spontaneous combustion, valued at 6000 and insured for 1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ra Fa Pe Presbyterian Church
H. G. Dusenberry
Christian Endeavor
Union Temperance
Opera House
Ben Pe
Henry Red Cross
M. L
Ra Fo Fa- Union
J. F. Scureman
Lacon Home Journal
Shureman
Beder
Chillicothe
Peoria
Lacon
F. Deneer
Mrs Amelia Brumsey Died At 69 After Illness in Chillicothe
Amelia Woodhouse Brumsey born August 22 1849 in North Carolina died September 2 1918 at 69 in Chillicothe at her daughter's home. She married James H Brumsey December 4 1877 and had Nancy and James H Brumsey both living in Henry. Funeral September 4 at 2 30 pm at her daughter's residence with Rev Johnson officiating. Interment Henry cemetery. Rumor of Anna Whetzel marrying J J Ryan of Toluca but not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Woodhouse Brumsey
North Carolina
G. E. Fenwick
James H. Brumsey
Nancy
G. 8. Fenwick
Henry
Brumsey
Marshall County
Illinois
Mr. Brumsey
Rev. Johnson
The
Baptist Church
Chillicothe
Public School Notes and Faculty Listings
Enrollment figures for grades one through high school are listed along with notes on donations from A. J. Ironmonger and Henry National Bank. Observations include attendance issues, a Monday session, and a teachers meeting for year planning. High school staff names and credentials are detailed, with origins and backgrounds for several faculty members. A rain delay prevented a Eureka church conference and Eureka College alumni reunion attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J
Marie Stevens
Charles Beesley
Mildred Brown
Carrie M. Carpenter
Gretchen Schiffbauer
Eula Matthews
Hampton
Normal
Normal University
Charleston
Charleston Normal School
Gretchen Schiffhauer
University of Illinois
Minoak High School
Richard Waughop
Clara
May Stickel
The
Christian Church
Eureka
Eureke College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mt. Ayr
Iowa
George Burt
Minnie Merritt
Nebraska
Walter
Noble County
Robert Faris
Mary Faris Gibb
Imperial
Ned
Oklahoma
Merritt
J. G. Faris
Are A
Wallace-Landers
Marshall County Board of Review
Board of Review
St. Joseph's Church
C. Q. Smith
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
T. PF. Hogan
U. S S
RED Cross
Amelia Brumsey
Anna Whetzel
J. J. Ryan
Toluca
C. & A. Railroad
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