A September Wedding at St Josephs Church
John Francis Real of Milo and Margaret Dorothy Galvin of Putnam wed at St. Josephs Catholic Church in a simple ceremony at 9 30 AM. Rev M A Dooling officiated as Ella Meier played the Lohengrin march. The couple and families hosted a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home near Putnam. Attendants included relatives from Bradford Ottawa Henry and others. The couple will reside in Milo after Oct 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
John Francis Real
Milo
Margaret Dorothy Galvin
Putnam
Ella Meier
M. A. Dooling
Ilie
Cana
Dooling
Apostle
Christ
Michael Real
Milo Township
Philip
Bradford
City
John Galvin
Thomas Real
James Real
Philip Real
William Howes
Annawan
Groom
Henry
Dolan
Peoria
Julia Walsh
Alice McCabe
Lucy Burke
Ottawa
John Halligan
Mariseilles
Thomas Murphy
Hennepin
Thieves Remove 40 Chickens From Hen Roost
Thomas Landers reports 40 chickens stolen from his hen roost Friday evening. No feathers left in the hen house, suggesting the thieves took the birds for meat or the soft feathers for featherbeds this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Landers
Elopement in Lacon Sparks Legal Pursuit and Farewell Sermon
A Peoria couple elopes to Lacon securing a marriage license then wed. The girl’s parents pursue a missing, underage charge but the state attorney moves to perjury charges in Marshall county. A farewell from Rev. McCown marks Henry events with church harmony and a crash injures Daniel Klein in Lacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Arnsdale
Marshall County
Bertha
Peoria County
Kaeppler
Illinois lawmakers tour drainage canal works by boat
A distinguished Illinois party including Senators EB J Rainey Hull Houser Hamilton Billings Brown Bartley Juul Lundberg and Representatives Templeton Link Smith Covey toured Chicago to Peoria via the drainage canal and the Irene launch. They viewed the Lockport Joliet works and the state lock and dam in their city. Robert Randolph son of the drainage district engineer began a paddle journey from Chicago to Memphis but was aided when he lost his way in Depue lake and towed to Peoria. The Illiois valley editors will join the sanitary district aboard the Irene for the route from Chicago to Peoria to study the proposed deep waterway.
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State of
Illinois
J. Rainey
Chicago
B. Hull
Salem
J. AL. Houser
Olney
R. S. Hamilton
Morrison
Link
Mitchell
G. F .Smith
East St. Louis
Frank Covey
Kankakee
Lockport
Joliet
Irene
Ottawa
Our City
Peoria
Robert Randolph
Memphis
Depue Lake
Illinois Valley
Sanitary District
Walter Scott to Sell Household Goods at Public Auction
Walter Scott, after selling his residence, will hold a public sale of household goods at the house this afternoon. Notices have been circulated announcing the sale to the public.
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Walter Scott
Heilbron to equip Trandequoit with powerful engine for Illinois relay
E H Heilbron division engineer for the sanitary district at Henry orders a special 11 horsepower Farro engine weighing 200 pounds for the speed boat Trandequoit. The hull 20 by 4 will weigh about 800 pounds with engines and reach 18 miles per hour. Heilbron spares neither time nor money for the Illinois relay race next week. Congressman Graff speaks today at Walnut Bureau County before the Soldiers and Sailors reunion accompanied by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Heilbron
Sanitary District
Henry
Trandequoit
Ottawa
Peru
Busse- Roosevelt
Farro
Heilbron
Illinois
Congressman Graff
Walnut
Bureau County
Death of Mrs Mary D Miles Found Dead in Ill Health
Coroner's jury finds Mrs Mary D Miles died of chronic heart disease after years of illness. She lived in Henry Illinois and died at age 72. Funeral held at home with Rev McCown. Also notes W C T U convention reports and local tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary D. Miles
Harry Sleater
Miles
Andrew Hunter
E. Cannery
Swein
Henry
J. S. Burt
Foreman
D. L. Hartley
C. W. Woodward
George A. Burt
G.A. Motter
J. C. Paskell
Mary Deborah Huffman
Clyde
N. Y
Ill
O. H. Towle
Frank
Charles
Morris Huffman
Lizzie Spellman
Onarga
Cornelius Huffman
Bradford
Peter Huffman
Girard
Kas
Towle
Shiroh
National Soldiers
J. G. Miles
Sam
McCown
Henry Cemetery
Gypsy horse traders cause brawl in town center
A band of Gypsies and horse traders clashed in front of Russ Bros shop on Monday. Booze and rough language sparked a fight that shattered a tile walk and filled the air with brick dust for minutes. Citizens intervened to prevent killings and the group hurried out of the city.
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Russ Bros
Peoria Presbytery Elects Moderator at Dunlap Meeting
The Peoria Presbytery met at Dunlap with Rev. Hugh Jack preaching the opening sermon in the absence of retiring moderator Rev. T. D. Acheson. Rev. R. O. Elliott was elected moderator, with Rev. A. A. Randall and Elder J. A. Williams serving as temporary clerks. Three new churches joined the roll through union with Cumberland Presbyterians. A midday dinner followed by toasts welcomed the new brethren. The body focuses on Home Missions and Evangelism as part of a national Protestant movement. Randall stressed the nation’s unchurched rural population and the choice between Americanization as infidel or Christian.
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D. S. McCown
M. E. Church
Henry
Presbyterian Church
Mary Keller
H. W. Burger
McCown
T. A. Beall
Burger
J. H. Crickenberger
Peoria
Presbytery
Dunlap
T. D. Acheson
Hugh Jack
R. O. Elliott
Canton
A. A. Randall
Princeville
J. A. Williams
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Dunlap Presbyterian
United States
Jack
Randall
Illinois
Unique plan surfaces drowned boy from river bed
The body of Herald McKinley of Moline, drowned after trying to swim from Campbell's Island to the Ili nois shore Sunday, was recovered by running the sandboat Dewey over the spot to churn the water. The method displaced the body and it surfaced, then towed ashore. The water depth was about 12 feet. Also noted is an update on Mr. John Herr of Whitefield Carpers, reported better but still critical.
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Herald McKinley
Moline
Campbell's Island
Ilinois
Dewey
McEnley
Dixon Sun
John Herr
Whitefield Carpers
Also Mentioned on This Page
John F. Real
Margaret D. Galvin
Cemetery Association
George Nicholson
Dr. Powell
S. S. Merritt
Locke
Hoyt
Lacan
Trent
T. A. Connell
Squire Monahan
Thomason
Daniel Klein
Charles Klein
South Whitefield
Swain
al Fresco Park
J. I. Thompson
Thompson
Mr. Klein
Mr. Thompson
Charles Towle
Christian Church
Toluca
Tueday
Mary Hoge
Venona
Morgan
Tolsco
Wenona
Fay Ball
Mary Dunham
Lou Turner
Emily Litchfield
Edna Gants
Mary Hodge
Edna Brown
S. W. McCulloch
Varna
Allen Ball
Hannah Gants
Wemona
Nashville
Tenn
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