September wedding at St. Joseph's Church details real union
John Francis Real of Milo and Margaret Dorothy Galvin of Putnam wed at St. Joseph's with Rev. M A Dooling officiating. The ceremony included a Nuptial Mass, exchanged rings, and a breakfast at the bride's home. Guests from Brad, Ottawa, Marseilles and Henry attended.
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St.Joseph's Catholic Church
John Francis Real
Milo
Margaret Dorothy Galvin
Putnam
Lohengrin
Ella Meier
M A Dooling
Dorothy Galvin
John Francis
Hfe
Michael Real
Milo Township
Philip Tae
Wren
Bradford
John Galvins
Thames Real
James Real
Philip Real
Brad
Wis
William Howes
Nnawan
Thomas Real
Henry
Dolan
Peoria
Jula Walsh
Mias Alice McCabe
Lucy Burke
Ottawa
John Halligan
Marseilles
Thomas Murphy
Hennepin
Married at Laconthe Eloping Couple Face Legal Teaser
In Lacon a young bride Bertha Schlumpf and Charles Edwards Arsdale wed after a license from F A Connell. Peoria parents objected to the match and deputy sheriff chased them, but the couple married and were jailed briefly in Marshall county. The case raises questions of age and perjury over the license.
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Lacan
Connell
Lacon
Squire Monahan
Gottlieb Schlumpf
Peoria
Bertha
Charles Edwards Arsdale
Prem Bertha
Thomason
Arnsdale
Marshall County
Peoria County
Kaeppler
Politicians Tour Illinois Education and Drainage Works
A party of Illinois lawmakers including Senators Rainey Hull Houser Hamilton Billings Brown Bartley Juul Lundberg and Representatives Templeton Link Smith Covey and others visited Chicago to tour drainage canal locks dams and the Illinois water route aboard the Irene. Robert Randolph engineer’s son rode ahead by canoe from Chicago to Memphis before the launch towed him to Peoria. Editors from Nois Valley will join the Irene as the voyage from Chicago to Peoria proceeds along the water route.
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Ilinois
E J Rainey
Chicago
E Hull
Salem
J L. Houser
Olney
R S Hamilton
Morrison
C L Billings
W M. Brown
J. D . Bartley
Shawneetown
Neils Juul
Carl Lundberg
J. W. Templeton
Fairfield
Link
Mitchell
GF Smith
Depue-lake
Peoria
Nois Valley
Sanitary District
Walter Scott Announces Public Sale of Household Goods
Walter Scott sells his residence and will hold a public sale of household goods at the house this afternoon. Notices have been circulated to that effect.
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Walter Scott
Farewell Services for Rev D. H. McCown in Henry
Rev. D H McCown closes a five year pastorate at the M E church in Henry with morning and evening services. A union farewell at the Presbyterian church drew a large crowd with Miss Mary Keller on the organ and Rev H W Burger leading prayer. McCown urged unity and thanked the press, praising his successor Rev A Beall and inviting all to a farewell reception Tuesday evening with refreshments.
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H. W. Burger
Presbyterian Church
McCown
Henry
A. Beall
Burger
J H Crickenberger
Boy Hurt in Street Collision Then Run Over by Automobile
Daniel Klein son of Charles Klein of South Whitefield broke his right leg last Friday evening in a street accident. He was hurrying to the Swain steamer at Lacon to visit Al Fresco park when J I Thompson’s auto, in darkness, struck him. Klein was taken home by Thompson after medical aid, in a purely accidental, sad incident.
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Daniel Klein
Charles Klein
South Whitefield
Lacon
Swain
al Fresco Park
J. I. Thompson
Thompson
Klein
Illoins Night Relay Plans Hinted With Fast Boat Upgrade
Heilbron division engineer for the sanitary district Joe Henry owner of the speed boat Trandequoit expects tomorrow a special 1 horse airginet cylinder two cycle boat weighing about 200 pounds The new bull 20x4 with engines weighs about 800 pounds and will run at 18 miles an hour The enterprise on the Illinois next week features a congressman talk at Walnut Burdett county before the Soldiers and Sailors reunion Hiss wife accompanies him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. Heilbron
Sanitary District
Joe Henry
Trandequoit
Ottawa
Peru
L Roosevelt
Hellbrow
Illnois
Death in Henry area recalls wartime history in obituary
A 72 year old Mary D Miles died in Henry on September 23 1907 from chronic heart disease. An inquest found the cause and the coroner’s jury returned the verdict. An obituary for Mary Deborah Huffman Towle recounts her life from Clyde New York to Henry and her service as a widow pensioner. The services were held at the family home with Rev. McCown officiating and interment at Henry Cemetery.
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Mary D. Miles
Harry Sleater
Miles
Andrew Hunter
E Camery
Swem
W J Thomas
Harry Steater
KE Camery
Mary D Miles
Henry
Mary P. Miles
J S Burt
Foreman
D I. Hartley
C W Woodward
George A Burt
G A Motter
J R Paskell
Mary Deborah Huffman
Clyde
O H. Towle
Frank
Charles
Morris Huffman
Lizzie Spellman
Onarga
Cornelius Huffman
Bradford
Peter Huffman
Girard
Towle
Shiloh
National Soldiers
J G Miles
Sam
Thal
Ana Gle Weo
McCown
Desperate brawl erupts in front of Kués Bras shop
A mixed group including Gypsies and horse traders clashed Monday in front of Kués Bras shop. Booze and rough language sparked a street fight that lasted minutes, tearing out walls and filling the air with bricks. The crowd feared deaths as participants fled the city.
W C T U Convention Progresses in Toluca
The third annual W C T U convention in Marshall county met at the Toluca Christian church on September 17. Mrs. Mary Hoge of Wenona presided, with Rev. Morgan leading devotionals. Reports praised growth, two new unions formed, Wenona reported 21 boys and 30 girls in a union, and Mary Hodge of Wenona was re-elected president.
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Marshall County
Christian Church
Toluca
Tueday
Mary Hoge
Wenona
Morgan
Tolica
Fay Ball
Mary Dunham
W. C. TU
Lou Turner
Emily Litchfield
Hona Gants
Mary Hodge
Wee Nona
Edna Brown
S. W. McCulloch
Varna
Ellen Ball
Hannah Gaots
Nashville
Tenn
Peoria Presbytery Adds Three Churches In Union Move
The Presbytery of Peoria met at Dunlap. In Rev T D Acheson’s absence Rev Hugh Jack preached the opening sermon. Rev O Eliott was elected moderator, Rev A Randall and J A Williams named temporary clerk. Three new churches and ministers joined as a Cumberland Presbyterian union effect. Home Missions and Evangelism receive focus. Dr Jack and Rev Randall spoke on Education and Country Evangelism urging Christian Americanization amid unchurched Illinois populations.
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Peoria
Presbytery
Dunlap
T D Acheson
Hugh Jack
O. Eliott
Canton
A. A. Randall
Princeville
Bilder J. A. Williams
Henry
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Dunlap Presbyterian
United States
Jack
Rev Randall
Randall
Illinois
Drowning Victim Recovered After Unusual Boat Maneuver
The body of a boy swept from Campbell's Island to the Tilli Nois shore was recovered by an unorthodox method. The Dewey captain paused to disturb the water over the spot, then repeatedly steamed the area to churn and surface the drowned lad.
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Wwe Seegery Eetennece
Campbell’s Island
Tllinois
Cay—Tain
Dewey
McEnley
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Joseph's Catholic Church
John F. Real
Miss Marfat Garet D. Galvin
Dooling
Christ
Cemetery Association
George Nicholson
Dr Powell
S Merritt
Locke
Hoyt
Thomas ‘Landers
Orate
Walnut
Buredtt County
Hiss
Charles Towle
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