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of this column, The reporter newsy while blush) was given last week considerable publicity of our esteemed some about Juddie article we wrote over an his lost check. The purport Ong and article was misleading, was that We have and what not. all wrong, articles and for and re-read both read find where the life of us cant unless of course made mistake, while the news did in getting wrong this the fresh. However, was have been misjudged third week be joke. Our and its getting to Lacon Tuesday letter must leave don't think now morning, and office force, the Lacon post knocking can't help the poor because they Toluca, but Lacon and vice between the Lacon pen pushers gives the no wonder of by two days best outwit them. mad when they get writer in MarshIf every newspaper few mistakes all makes as county attends to their own we do and do, we ready ness well as we to them. And, take off our hats to if want dear reader, you the way, better the while news, news for the Toluca subscribe editor afford to The the of one for price papers willing like that, but we are thing commission if to throw our Single copies subscribe through us. be secured from can always remember each and please cents Its not mad at anyone. that while just our nature to get until is fresh and pass in our column. first appears interested Lacon people are over the appointment highly pleased of Peoria of Richard Kavanaugh District of for the Peoria attorney Owners Land Corporation, the Home John E. Cassidy, Attorney State Director of National now Council. Mr. Kavanaugh gency and first vice World War Veteran Peoria Bar Associatpresident the best of all, his ion. And the Charles Mcthe of the late daughter born and raised Entee and was Lacon. The family reside at side Drive. A. Robertson is quite Mrs. James Henry suffering sick at her home in breakdown. Mrs. with nervous Miss Blanche Robertson was formerly and has host Hancock of Lacon friends here. of Charles D. Thomas, The death of Dr. and the year son Thomas of 464 Moss interest to Marshall Peoria, of Thomas was born and as Dr. county of the late Dr. raised here, son Thomas, people prominent in the early of Lacon and Marshall county life died quite suddenly The night last week, on Wednesday his after having the home parents, time at St. Luke's spent some Chicago receiving treatment pital brain trouble. The funeral for held Friday with interment on Springdale cematery in Peoria. William Winters left Saturday for La Grange to attend the wedding his Miss Mary Yanochowski to Fred Nielson of Cleveland, Ohio, the ceremony taking place 8:30 the Saturday evening at Episcopal church La Grange. Winters joined by Henry, Mr. Yanochowski's sister, Mrs. Anna Wherry and Fr. Cooper, Episcopalian minister, who were also going to the wedding. Mr. Winters had been in Lacon for five weeks guest the home Mr. and Mrs. James Hayden. Lou, little daughter of Mr. Mary and Mrs. Walter Smith celebrated her sixth Tuesday of last birthday week with party. County Superintendent ler announces that the high schools of Marshall county will again compete in music and declamation, which have been dropped for several years past. This is good news as every body takes interest this part of the county an contest. The final contest will be held in Varna in June. "Paddy, The Next Best Thing" the attraction at the Lyric Theatre next Sunday, February 18 matinee at P. M. These matinees bringing lots of people to town are and they being repaid with the best shows that can be secured. George Smith spent last in Decatur assisting in the care Joan Adams who her granddaughter has quite sick, The child much better and Mrs. Smith has returned home. Sammie Insull is having heck of time floating around from Greece to Denmark and from there some else, but his maneuvering not place the Lacon who have helping people dollar they own tied up every buy bread and butter sull Utilities, shoes. Why not let the old and in the one Maybe his stay place? conscious would hurt him after and would donate few million the be States. sure of that. to have blessed voter is going The the April primaries lot of fun at and down their pencil up running to decide of yards of paper couple The democrats where to their put Earl Huston have our committee of inteligence with district in the senatorial ing every candidates endeavorng to mor state with an effort to get in the field are ready democrats elected. And World our last years to wager do this if the democrats that pass be! the and glory will republicans the ballot well! Every name on Oh metal for the pot of will mean have no kick. printer we of Lacon Ketchum formerly Mrs. in Peoria for who has been living but her friends several suprised years received mail from when they California. couple from Glendale, she disposed of of months Peoria and in hold goods in house Allie Lane, with her son, company Her other son, drove California. and family have Dr. Wilbur Lane for several years Glendale with their location. pleased she going Ketchum not sure the floods California but let will and earthquakes climate certainly ferent ideal climate than Show more right here please. having Winters and son Bobby James from six weeks returned and Omaha, They have taken located Chicago. Ashland small apartment at month of February for the avenue that have made and further than who with the Winters Co., found Switchboard Supply Kellog forth Lacon the drive back and the cold weather. pretty tough in has returned from Mrs. Chester Fay visit Washburn two weeks Taylor and family. brother Archie Thomas Mr. Mrs. visited friends and Chillicothe business in Lacon Friday acted Mrs. ThoBefore her marriage Miss Emma Kanive. Chillicothe last The marriage in Mabel Zilm and Frank week of Mrs. of more than passing Shephard bride being the daughter terest the of city and William Kamp our Hahn of of Mrs. Herman life the They have taken up miles from Chillihard farm few daughter Adah Ssephard's the public school Zilm teacher in the death of Mr. Chillicothe. Before of the Zilm number years neighborhood of ily resided in the Toluca. relatives and few Lacon very friends received invitations chosen the wedding Mr. and Zeon Held ration of Ottawa, Kansas. Until few the resided in Washburn family visited Lacon quite often. and Held, who before marriage Isadora Rose was sister of the and Rose and an aunt Elliot Rose. The townsman married in Lacon February Both 83 of 1874. years have four children, Prof. They Held and Mrs. Sheldon Held. Mrs. Bott of of Ottawa and Enid, Oklahoma. They have their hearts for Illinois and in Marshall county and went west only be near their children in their We them clining years. their long married life. Last week briefly mentioned the at R. M. Barnes' place and museum know well worth visit have been there. But our item brings forth news of another collection which knew existed in Lacon. We refer the collection of antiques and oddities that Shaffer has at his home on John South Washington Street, many of his articles being over 100 years looking glasses, furniture, Dishes, 100 pictures, quilts and clocks, over such like, make up his collection and the whole worth thousands of We to see the lars. hope some day collection and able to talk intelligently about And we hope that in the meantime John, who busy not pestered to pretty man, death with collectors of antiques, unless of course he desirous having them Mr. Shaffer ton at the Lacon cemetery and widely known. Saturday was dollar day in Lacon and people were here from far and near to take advantage the ains offered by our merchants. nice bright day if little cold and this helped to make the affair However our merchants treat the people right whenever they Lacon, don't wait for another dollar day. Your dollar will get value received any old day in Lacon. Roy Swanson and Cecil Hunt drove to Rockford Sunday to attend sales and service meeting held that city. sales and service are for Mark Belsly and good ones and family who live Ora Moreland Batram farm in Richland are the and of the farm impliments disposing will to Lacon. Willard stock and move will the Vandeveer and family occupy vacating. The Moreplace they lands are giving up farming ount of ill health. The Deneen work shops, at the foot of Ninth street have been undergoing extensive repairs, being in spick for the return of Mr. and span shape Deneen from He will start operations as soon as spring opens up Mr. Deneen employs about 25 his driving and boat building pile business. He is enjoying life in ida, Last week he sent to Lacon branch from fruit tree with grape number of the fruit attached, which weighed 2Β½ pounds. The flavor was delicious. Charles Bishop, more familiarly known as "Mud" had the misfortune break his leg last Friday while in the Wilks blacksmith shop. sisting is in the Proctor hospital in Peoria and doing nicely as the break clean just above the ankle. Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Pettit, Mrs. Charles Lake and Bert Pettett drove Evanston Friday evening to spend with Pettett and friends Sunday the city. Emil Guede is having new floor in the Green Lantern and other about the place. He will be in shape next Saturday for his regular Saturday night dance. These dances are commanding larger crowd each week. Border Henry and family are ing from the Ramp farm in Richland the farm owned by Maud Uschold and her sister near Washburn. One night last week their neighbors and friends dropped in on them and joyed several hours of fun and frolic sort of farewell. Master Harold Staab lives with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Staab Richland. The young chap eleven of and dandy worker but years age times has just little much ambition. They butchered at the Staab farm last week and getting their stuffed and sausage ready it was hung in the smoke house until time was had to smoke urday morning Harold did have to to school he went to the go smoke house and built fire and course threw something over smother the and cause smoke. He then went to the house and told grandmother was caring for the sausage. She rushed out just when the sweater he had covered the started to burn and the smell of wool was offensive. However, the sausage was saved and Harold found another Coach Curtin and his basketball went to Henry last Thursday and defeated the Henry hard fought battle and Friday night Washburn came to Lacon and themselves bunch of defeat of both the and teams. Deal West, captain of the first unable play nursing of boils, having group He was confined to his room for week. After the Friday game night the coach and his boys invited to the home of Mr. and Childs where toothsome luncheon served to them by Mrs. social hour spent talking things Coach Curtin has great fluence over his boys and can do with them about what he pleases. The young Lacon friends of Frank Kenward of Gary, Indiana, who bed with an affiction of the kidneys, very much in sympathy with him and are taking turns writing him He visited his uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. Kenward on different occasions in Lacon and made lots of friends. He about years of Dr. Kenward in Gary visit to the man. young The covered dish club, of which Mr. and Mrs. L. Hallowell of Toluca members, went to Webb's Inn at Chillicothe for their regular Sunday night party, having dinner and then enjoying cards. little diversion from the usual routine and much enjoyed. Mrs. Bob Johnson entertained the Neighborhood Club at her home Thursday nigth. Cards, crowned with delicious luncheon constituted the entertainment and the evening very pleasantly spent. Carl Nichel, the ice man again able to be about only by the aid of crutches. Mr. Nickel submitted to operation for an infected knee the at hospital in Chicago month ago and consideres himself fortunate able to about this Mrs. Bradford, wife of Dr. Bradford returned home from the hospital Peoria after weeks treatment for anemia. Miss Mabel Ebright staying with her and she quite fortable at home. Chris Autsen, driver of the Larkin delivery truck and Mrs. Carl Knobfarmers wife living north town came together the Nye last Saturday with plenty of noise bet slight The cars had few dents and Chris attributed loss to dozen all cause both drivers were going slow. Miss Louise Holler spent the end in Henry with relatives. Miss Elizabeth Calhoun has about completed her work business enumerator. She has very personality and it pleasure to have her call. Donald Craig, who has the outlying district of Marshall county, will finish up this week. Mayor and Mrs. Paul Grieves and Miss Jessie Ramsey went to LaGrange Saturday to attend the Nielson wedding. Regrets were sent by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riel, Misses Leila Hacker and Grace Sponenberg and and Mr. and Mrs. James Hayden. Announcement made of the gagement of Miss Lucille Meyer of Peoria and Dale Kanive of our city. The wedding, which will be quite affair is scheduled for the first in April as an interesting event of post Easter week. They will reside in Lacon. Wednesday February is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Just why all our friends butcher and make such delicious sausage at this time of the is more than can year understand. A number of Lacon people went Lawn Ridge Sunday attend the funeral of Nelson Pritchard who killed Wednesday last week Princeton. He was riding in driven by Thomas Megan when gan failed to make the turn at the Rock Island tracks crossing and med into the railroad signpost. The coroner's jury exonerated Megan the car slid. It was very sad case. Donald Breen is the latest addition Uncle Sam's force in Lacon. He has the position of taking the checks to each workman in the county and getting his signature when he delivers them. Miss Kathryn Piper has again covered from her illness, set back putting her in bed for several days. Last Thursday evening jolly crowd of fun makers went over Steuben to charivari the newly Mr. and Mrs. Louis Staab. They had jolly time but Mr. and Mrs. Staab are beginning to wonder when one else will get married and attract the attention of the fun makers. This their fourth charivari. And now have kick coming the office force. Last week write our up of the basketball game we said Edie Craig was compelled drop out to assist his father in the And some son of in the office, who must be trying to in bad, get said Craig compelled drop out of school." Not by long shot. Edie is senior and one of the best students in the class. is bad enough drop out of the ball team without taking heavier drop. The mistake had to happen in the office because didn't impress you in our first article that are infallible. William Liable of Richland fell from manure spreader Tuesday morning of last week, while at work on farm in Hopewell Township causing bad injury to his right shoulder. taken the hospital for rays but returned to Lacon that evening. He is all strapped and getting around with difficulty but thankful to be able to at least look after farm work. Attorney Robert Barns went to Peolast Friday to attend the funeral of his cousin Charles Thomas, of Dr. Charles Thomas and wife. Mr. Thomas' picture was in the ria paper Friday night and the strikresemblance to his aunt Mrs. Flo Thomas Anthony was very noticable to the Lacon people, where the Thofamily were pioneer settlers. Fred Roth, who lives neat apartment over the pop factory, was awakened by noise last Friday night in the factory below. He crept down stairs and faund stranger wandering around the building. He turned him to the night marshall John Grieve who examined and questioned him and then turned him loose. He said he was awful cold and seeing good fire in the factory could not refrain from going in. The youngsters are having pecks of fun in Barnes pasture, where he makes skating pond for them each winter. R. M. has government thermometer and knows just when the time is ripe to flood his grounds. Mrs. Charles Traver who lives on the Ben Shafer farm east of town, called to Washburn Saturday by the death of her mother, Mrs. William Jones, who had passed away at the Methodist hospital in Peoria Friday night after short illness caused by ear infection. The funeral was held Monday at the Christian church in Washburn with burial in Mount Vernon cemetery. Mrs. Al DiGuisto has decided to remain with her three little girls, Toluca for time as she has considerbusiness to look after. Mark Belsly will have another of his big auction sales sometime this month. These sales bring crowds to Lacon from far and near and are tainly good thing for the Mrs. Millie Donahue and daughter Jessie were down from Chicago over Sunday, making the trip with William Shaw. They visited the home of Ansel Hexter. and Mrs. Jonas Larsen of Pekin dinner guests Sunday of and Mark Belsly. Justin Reed and Mrs. Effie Harper quietly married on Sunday by Rev. Belyea of the Methodist church. Mrs. Fiester and her grandson who have been keeping house for Mr. Reed left Saturday. Louis Kemp, life long resident of Lacon township died at his home Sunday morning after short illness caused by flu. He was the son of the late John Kamp and wife, pioneer tlers of South Lacon. His wife was Katie Koch and beside her he leaves children Louis, and Clarabella, both home. one sister, Anna Packard of near Washburn. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon the Christian church at Washburn, with in Mt. Vernon cemetery Washburn.
Roy Lewis and family will move to the Horace Ramp farm vacated Border Henry and family. Married, the parsonage by Rev. Belyea on Saturday, February 10 five Miss Vivian Kunkle and Harold Blackburn. Immediately followthe ceremony the party repaired to the home the grooms parents where wedding dinner was the guests being the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kunkle, her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Link kle and the uncle and aunt, grooms Mr. and Mrs. Alden Loomis, besides the brothers and sisters and grooms their For the present staying with his parents but tend to housekeeping very The bride the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kunkle and rming and well versed in home The groom the and Mrs. Blackburn and the last leave the home nest. Their friends offer Monday night they went out to spend the night with the Kunkle's and about 100 of their friends advantage of their presence in neighborhood to treat them to an fashioned charivari. Tuesday shower given them Richland town hall and they received beautiful gifts. The state is now advertising for bids bridge over the at henry. This will be free bridge and the bids are to opened 20th. In the meantime the city of Henry have bargained to buy ferry boat the one in use only rented. They are asking for period three in which to for it years pay doubt that is the alloted time for the new bridge to be in operation. Mrs. Frank Barr and other members of the Barr family have been suffering with ptomain the past week, Mrs. Barr being the most seriously ill. She better Mrs. Sue Howard has not been well the past week and enjoying from her sister Chicago. City Marshall Murphy has been victim of the flu for several days and his place being filled by Alfred Strong. Mr. and Mrs. David Owens and Mr. and Mrs. James drove to Hayden Princeton Monday on business. Wayne Howard driving new Ford. Mr. Howard in the gasoline truck business and there is depresno sion there. Federal Judge Earl Major took jurisdiction Saturday for liquidation of the First Henry National Bank by receiver Albert to date Up the bank has been doing business only receiver of but now they money, will be able to liquidate certain to extent. Dick Rebholz is suffering with sipelas his face. Mrs. Charles Bishop and daughter Mrs. Ernest McCall were called to Peoria Monday by the serious condition of Mr. Bishop who in the hospital, mention of which was made
The latest project kindergarden school for Lacon. all arrangements can be made the school will open on Thursday of this week with McCusky and Miss Mace Hanley as teachers, and will be operated in the City Hall. County Supt., Stateler informs us there are in the neighborhcod of 60 children between the of and years who are elegible to attend. The parents will have to to taking the children and calling for them. The same project will be opened in every other city in the county Arrangements are being made now through Mr. Stateler. The Lacon Woolen Mill Co., have had much new machinery coming they have had to rent floor space George Groh on the corner of Main and streets. crowd of fans went to Peoria Monday night to see the boxing matches put on by the Golden Glove boys, Raymond Doll Hopewell being the attraction. County Clerk Broaddus has the books ready for the collector, rather they were near ready Tuesmorning we confident in makthe above statement. Mr. Miller of Peoria was the only extra one the office this week working on the Scout Master Fred Garrels informs that twelve of his eighteen scouts have reported to him listenas having to President Roosevelt's talk to the scouts last Saturday. Circuit Court will reconvene on February 24th. Fredrika Taylor returned last Saturday from Chicago where she has been for several months. She has again taken up her position (Continued On Page
