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Two Great Ball Games At Henry Weekends Henry
Reading from local pages recounts a week of events in Henry and surrounding areas. Notable pieces include injuries from a harness knife accident, peach crop samples from George Shorts, wind damage to corn, a fatal shooting at Aledo over race earnings, school admin changes, and a Peru vs La Salle baseball dispute. The piece also covers Starved Rock Park plans, smallpox quarantine updates, obituaries for Oliver P. Carroll and others, plus community notices on weddings and local society.
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Robert Revenaugh
George Shorts
Whitefield
Henry
Clarence David
Kewanee
Aledo
Mercer County
William Meyers
Knoxville
Matthew Steele
Peru Maroons
la Salle Eagles
la Salle
Peru
Katie,Ioerger
George Ziegler
McNabb
J. E. Ioerger
Ralls
Texas
Elias Herr
Starved Rock State Park
Starved Rock
Carroll
Board of Supervisors
Putnam County
Senachwine Township
First National Bank
Henry Lodge
A. F
A. M
Henry Chapter
O. BE. S
Lacan
Mohammed Temple
Great Order
Lottie P. Kelso
Tiskilwa
Laura E. Sparling
Enid M. Case
New Hampton
Elsie B. Carroll
Lawrence
Marjorie
Genevieve
Harold
Hazel
Doris’ Sparling
George Sparling
Audrey
Helen
Dorothy Case
Case
Martha Rockefeller
Bunker Hill
Ellen Rockefeller
Somers
C. W. Carroll
Los Angeles
Cal
West Division Street
W. F. Shaw
Chicago
Charles Greenlee
Wilmer Rollins
Bert R. Kays
H W, Trask
A. W. Fleming
Lacon
Putnam
Galva
Oliver P. Carroll
Wimner Quinn
O. H. Davis
C. B E. Smith
Frank Johnson
Tred W. Potter
J. A. Williams
J. Howard Williams
Edson Lutes
Wm. Donovan
H. J. Gregory
John Apbleh
L. E. Simpson