Hiram Hunter Shows Packard Cars at State Fair
Hiram Hunter presented his family with two new Packard automobiles. Various locals like Marshall Downey and wife toured the state fair in Springfield this week while other community notices report visits, military assignments, and charity work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Hunter
aNrshall Downey
Springfield
G. ‘T. Callis
Russellville
Ark
Hunt
Fountain of’Keota
Iowa
Whitefield
Harvey Matthews
Joliet
American Can Company
Inter Russell
Deer Horns
Steve
Eugene Banter
Clarence A. Phillips
349Th
Dodge
Des Moines
Ad Schurr
LaSalle
John
M. E. Church
J. E. Mercer
R. W. Martin
Martin
Louis Cook
Fred Cook
Putnam
Camp Douglas
Ariz
24Th Infantry
Houston
Tex
Louis
Henry Murdock
Henry
Frisco
Memphis, Tenn
Illinois Children’s Home-and-Aid Society
Society
Henry Greys
Sheffield
Regilars
Hank
Wallace
Henry Kuepper
Joan
Frank
I Haas
Ohn
Wright
John McGraw
Tag
Tra
Nsst
Mra
Three Farms Sold at Henry Bank Front Door Auction
Master in Chancery Homer Barney oversaw three farm sales near Henry at the First National Bank. William E. Flynn’s 160 acre parcel near Camp Grove sold for 150 an acre to G. E. Schultz. Duffield farm 112 acres west of Henry brought 220 per acre to Henry Capryn. Helen M. Broaddig’s 320 acre estate west of Magnolia sold to George Phillips for 43 per acre.
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Homer Barney
Henry
National. Bank
William E. Flynn
Camp Grove
G. E. Schultz
Duffield
Henry Capryn
J. B. White
Helen M. Broaddig
Crossland
George Phillips
Magnolia
Condition of River to Be Improved at Henry
River dredging and channel work funded by a $5,000 appropriation aims to clear mud sand and gravel from locks gates and river approaches at Henry. Federal dredge J Pomerene will deepen and straighten the channel from above the Henry locks through Waterworks park boat landing and under the bridge. W L Sackett and engineers met Henry officials to supervise the work and a new canal superintendent O H Davis is appointed. Edmund Weis of Whitefield Township dies at 46 from chronic valvular heart disease. funeral at St Marys church.
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Illinois
Henry
Simon H. Lantz
J. Pomerena
Locke
W. L. Sackett
Charles Dimmick
J. H. Ghormley
J. Pomerene
Henry Locks
Waterworks Park
Simon E. Lantz
B Wright
Henry Lock
O. H. Davis
Edmund Weis
Whitefield Township
John Ely
B. Merdian
Peter Apfel
William Merdian
Ralph Elson
Mr. Wels
Michael
Ida Noll
Washburn
Alexander
Conrad
Emma
Whitefield
St. Mary’s Church
Father Schuer
Joseph Neuhalfen
William Neuhalfen
William Peterman
Ata
Bichermean
Galvary—cemetery
B- Smith
Edmund Wels
Golden Wedding of Manski Hofer Couple in Henry
Mr and Mrs Emil Manski celebrate fifty years of married life with family and friends at the Hofer home near Henry. The event featured a poem of congratulations, a wedding march by Miss Anna Werke, and refreshments. The couple, married Sept 10 1867 at St Marys church Henry, have four children seven grandchildren and years of residence in Henry and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil” Manski
Herman Hofer
Emil Manski
Henry
St. Mary’s Catholic
People’s' Hall
Koehie
Edward
Charles
Carrie
William
Anna Werke
Chicago Auditorium
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Hofer
Manski
Lewis Snyder
Chicago
Masdames
Joseph Schick
Theo Bickerman
Charles M
William H. Manaki
J. N. Krenz
Henry Bell
John Moras
Charles Hofer
Frank Wunder
Val Hofer
Bad Klein
Vincent Worke
Anna Worke
Della Olson
Charles Barry
Peoria
Julia Whittington
T. B. Weiskurch
John Zimmerman
Anne Bender
Omaha
Neb
Felix Kahn
Charles Wasmynd
Julius Werke
William Schafer
Fred F Risberg
A. Risberg
Anne Hilb
Marie Helder
Minonk
L. L. Lehman
Mattoon
Notable Local News and Snippets From Henry
Reports from Henry include Arba D. Law and family visiting in Chicago, Emerson Smith entering Bradley Polytechnic, and a new automatic garage door device. Also noted are rainfall impacts on threshing, wildlife protection notices, a real estate transfer in Tiskiwa, railroad revenue trends, and a Bloomington Pantagraph excursion. Marcellus Riggs enlists, with other local war-related notes and a humorous motorists anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arba D. Law
Chicago
Florence Merchin
Times
Florence
Knox
Galesburg
Ar TlHnois
Ralph Maynard
Tiskiwa
Wesley Horrom
Maynard
Morgan & May
Horrom
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bloomington
Marcellus Riggs
Nation
LaSalle
Jefferson’ Barracks
Riggs
Fred
Marines
Port Royal
9. C
Henry
Fulks Bros
Burington
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Grortant
Misa Maé Young
Fenwick
Board of Education
Sir Gallahad
Myers
Gardner Willams
Yallewegs
Maynard Bell
Margaret McManus
Dorothy Cromwell
Helen Zenor
Marguerite Herr
Iida Wood
Bernice Snyder
Lillian Kuss
Gladys Sivel
Ruth Law
Louis Disbrow
United States
lvira—Borland
Pavis
Roger Rowe
Sparland
Madeira
Minn
Lake Senachwine
Princeton
Albert Stevens
Ots
Irvin
Lake-Erie &Western
A. D. Stevens
Hunter
Oklahoma
Presbyterian Church
Diclock
Carl Eising
Ransom
Bernice Hoskins
Earl Ertle
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Elizabeth, Weaver
Florence Siewers
Christian Church
William Knight
C. I
Murphy
St. John's Church
F W. Haist
A. B. Smith
Christian
Ndeavor
Rea Martin
St. Joseph's Church
M. J. Brennan
St. Mary's Church
Andrew Schauer
Sisters and Brothers
William Ponzer
Crook
Rock Island
Robert Scholes
H. W. Adams
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