Engine helper killed in threshing accident
In Whitefield township on Tuesday 1912, Will Jacobs fell from a stationary engine while oiling a line shaft. A wheel passed over his head and crushed him. A jury ruled death accidental in the engine work for I. Wr Waughop & Son. Funeral arrangements filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs
L-Wghop
Tofield Township
Ighop
Waughop
Nod Baugh
Will
Wii
Ige Waughop
Nped
Uter
George Waughop
Aey
Leslie Waughop
Coggeshall
A. B. Smith
Henry
Squire C. W. Woodward
Enoch Baugh
Orge Waughop
Mest
Wilk Jacobs
Kineer
I. Wr Waughop & Son
Whitefield Township
Alex__Daniels
A. Hartley
W. M. Dono
L. B. Stetzer
Patricck Green
Fridgy
M. EK
Ternoon
al Wigians
Patattie
Henry Metery
Ald Hutchins Surprised By 71st Birthday Dinner
Mrs E H Hutchins and daughter honored Alderman Hutchins with a 6 pm Sept 5 1912 birthday dinner attended by intimate friends. Guests included George Nicholson F A Powell C L Loomis and Mrs Hayes of Rock Island with Hutchins wife daughter and grandson Edward Jenness. Hutchins long prominent merchant and public servant with 50 years in city business and multiple terms as mayor and alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hutchins
Hutching
George Nicholson
F. A. Powell
C. L. Loomis
Hayes
Rock Island
Burt
Edward Jenness
Jenness
Eugene
Hutchins
Edward Street
Farewell Avenue
Ife
Leona Fulks Passes After Short Illness
Leona Fulks youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry L Fulks died Sunday after a brief illness at age 1 year 10 months. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 o clock at the M E church in Min and burial followed in Mound cemetery. Survived by parents and brother Howard, with grandparents and other relatives attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona
Henry L. Fulks
M. Ebeburer
Howard
Mound Cemetery
Mito
Rév
Rowe
M. B. Ata
Bratiey
Fulks
Miss Lettie Marston Visits Wyoming Friends
The note mentions Miss Lettie Marston traveling to Wyoming for a brief visit with friends. It also lists various local society items including deaths, marriages, business updates, and upcoming community events in Putnam county. The tone is a condensed local chronicle of residents and happenings.
Freshman Class Expands As School Adapts To Heat
One week of school passes with progress and changes. Miss Pfaff proposes calm measures to beat the heat while Dom Canta favors a later closing at 3. Charles Senior offers a contrasting view. Helenahillips is this week’s pianist. Several students absent due to illness. Freshmen grow to nine boys and nine girls as domestic science moves to the basement for canning and dressmaking. Eighth graders acquire compasses and protractors for new measurements. Jayelyn Smith misses a day with sickness. Rose Stadel, Arthur Ryan, and Henry Ransom attend the Princeton fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss-Pfaff
Charles Senior
Miss Pfaff
Helenahillips
Marion Doyle
Lora Grigseel
Paul Surichart
Bertha
Florence Klein
Dorothy’ Wolf
McNabb
Seloyr Robinson
Moi Wing
Jayelyn Smith
Ory
Rose Stadel
Arthur Ryan
Henry Ransom
Princeton
John H Williams for Putnam County Judge on Republican ballot
John H Williams announces his candidacy for the Putnam County Judge vacancy under the Republican party. He is a Senachwine township native with long service in public affairs and Civil War veteran, pledging impartial fair and just governance if nominated and elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Williams
Putnam County
Illinois
Senachwine
Ihaya
Bean
Co. A
148Th III. Vas
Church notes and social events from the period
Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m at M B E Church. Epworth League 6 30 p m. Bible study rally. Union W C T U services at St Johns Episcopal in the evening. Prayer meeting tonight at 7 30. An appeal to visit Chicago for courses on hair dressing facial treatments and beauty. Orders to be placed before the date. AnnazD Adams advertises in person at West Park Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8 John's Church
Episcopal
Won'a
Christian
Temperance
Union
Epworth League
W.C. T.U
St. John's
Chicago
Annazd
Adams
Park
Wenona community calendar with concerts and gatherings
The notice lists events for Wenona including art shows on September 17 and 21, several concerts by Monk's orchestra, a wrestling show, and dance activities. It mentions a birthday dinner for Conrad Swartz with family and friends from Whitefield and Peru attending, plus a Magnolia Grange-Wait Fair urging early exhibits and auto parking arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monk
Anash Bast
Conrad Swartz
Damm
George
Trompeter
Peru
Bernard-Swartz
Familly
Joseph
John
Lewis
Bogner
Whitefield
N. Krénz
Michael
Yaeger
Adam’ ‘Staab
William
Neuhalsen
Peter
Schmitt
Adolph
Klein
Wood
Welde
Soi
Swem
Charles
Aaron Blanchard
Oconomowee
Wis
Swemives
Timothy
Ood, Jr
Miaskogee
Okla
Magnolia Grange
Fea
G. R. Curtis
Paso
Fleming
Central
Illinois
Peoria
Kansas
T Department: of Agriculture
Commission
Charles H
Ruggles -of
Chamberlain
T. J. Segraves
Ae J. Tron
Thomas —Pains
Springfield
Frank
Coe
Davis
Springfield Register
Reuben
Chicago
gson-Anton
Cunningham
Aurors
Bert “Rowe
Colorado
Roger_Rowe
Gince
Roger Rowe
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Shamo
Branich
Welme
Bancroft
Whipple
Cpesall
Presen
Grisce
Ald. Hutchins
Leona Fulks
Mutehins
BranksWood
Woodcliff
Lettie Marston
Wyoming
Simeon Doyle and
Car Leigh
la Prairie
Bemis
Hutetias & Downey
Hall
Orr
D. B. Chapman
Estella D. Wright
Putnam
Ralph Lindsey
St. Louis
Merritt
R. L. Vivian
Trivoli
Richard Fizzins
Central Ilnois
H. R. Loomis
Henry and Putnam
Loomis
Ruth Soper
Marseilles
Marshall Rebekah Lodge
Ida Merritt Letbeck
Daugter
Clara Blanche
Tiskilwa
Andrew Hunter
Wm. Merritt
John Adams
Lfe
Victor Ladies
Royal Ladies’ Tailoring Company
Ella Jenkins
Joseph L. Hayward
Quinn Bros
West
Santa Fe
Chillicothe
Humboldt
Kas
Ed B. Smith
Paul Corbin
Smith
Hilton
Gregory
M. BE. Church Notes
Sven
Cartie Dille
Friends
Floyd Monier
Layton, Oklahere
George M. Brown
Elgin
Eva “Witte
Nora Brown
Cain
Charles Wiermax
French
Mc-Nabb
Elia
Moeler Wood
Freeport
Carrie Dille
Lillian Grenfield
Jack Newsam
Charles Blundell
David Swain
Hennepin
Hyary
John Kraus
East Park Row
Emil Lofgren
Leroy King
King
Galesburg
Eva Wels
Margaret
Meyers
Messrs
Jack Applen
Harry Snell
Bureau
Ohio
la Salle
Deer Park
Toniez
Sanitay
Harry
Ilnois
John Park
Stark
Stark County
McKenzie
Edward .Bogner
Camp Grove
Theo Bi
Eral
Nes
Evercome
Sccomm
Wenona
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