Taken From the Henry Republican
January 16, 1879
The Ottawa Republican says 42 wolves scalps were brought to the LaSalle county office during the year 1878 and over $300 in county orders issued to the slayers.
Taken From the Henry Republican
May 22, 1879
From at item in the Ottawa Free Trader, we learn that members of the new grain firm here (Henry) are men of means and are extensive operators. They formed a new firm at Ottawa the past week, under the name of H. S. Gilbert & Co., leasing elevator, etc., purchasing also the propeller Peerless and the barges Tempest and Sunshine. They expect to do a large business at Ottawa, their elevator having the capacity of about 100,000 bushels.
Taken From the Henry Republican
June 5, 1879
Dellenbaugh Bros. Of Ottawa have made arrangements with J. F. Gates of this city (Henry) to sell their brands of flour exclusively. Parties wanting flour at wholesale or by the single sack, may reply on getting the best quality and lowest price. Their brands of wheat, rye and graham flour are ground by water power, unequalled for milling purposes, and they do no slip grinding. Buy a sack from Gates and you will find it A. No. 1.
Taken From the Henry Republican
August 14, 1879 - State News
The Ottawa Republican is now 40 years old, and claims to have more subscribers than any other newpaper printed in LaSalle county.
Taken From the Henry Republican
January 1, 1880 - State News
The Ottawa Cutlery works will remove to Moline.
The starch factory at Ottawa is buying corn in Iowa, because Ottawa business men do not handle their starch. They now propose to run a branch store to feed their employees
Taken From the Henry Republican
February 5, 1880 - State news
The Ottawa starch works makes 10 tons of starch daily, and the glass factory turns out 60,000 fifty-feet boxes of window glass annually.
Taken From the Henry Republican
June 10, 1880
The Ottawa Baptist association held its 32nd annual meeting at Tonica, commencing May 25, and lasting two days. The attendance was good. The officers elected consisted of N. A. Reed, D. D., of Ottawa moderator, Rev. J. B. Murch of Seneca clerk, and S. A. Hall of Tonica treasurer. Thre were the usual church reports presented, and the interests of education, temperance, home and foreign missions, publication society, woman's missionary work, etc., were not forgotten. The papers read was one by Rev. Murch on "Sunday school literature," one by Charles G. Elliott of Tonica relative to sunday school work, and one by H. R. Clissold of Chicago, state sunday school missionary, on the "Evidences of Inspiration of the Scripture." The sermons were by Rev. D. P. McPherson of Ottawa, on "Social, moral and religious status of the present and the coming generation;" by Rev. E. P. Bartlett of LaMoille, and Rev. H. H. Hicks of Paw Paw missionary sermons; Rev. I. C. Tallis on "Christian Experience," and Rev. M. H. Worrall of Princeton, Phases of society adverse to Christainity," It was a very enjoyable meeting.
Taken From the Ava Advertiser, Ava, Jackson County,
IL
December 26, 1890
At Ottawa the trial of Charles FORD, the second of the four defendants for the murder of David MOORE, resulted in a verdict of guilty, the jury fixing the penalty at hanging. David MOORE, a traveling man, was enticed to his death by Kate FORD, the wife of the defendant. On June 23 last, at the appointed place, Kate was met by FORD, William O'BRIEN and Minnie WINTERLING, and FORD and O'BRIEN, after being refused blackmail, beat MOORE's brains out with a coupling pin. - Courtesy Susan Cook
Taken from the Henry News Republican, Henry,
IL
Thursday, January 17, 1918
The city of Ottawa will not burn their cluster lights in their business section in an endeavor to save fuel. Commissioner Campbell was in favor of discontinuing the use of cluster lights for all time to come, as the gas light on the top of the pole furnishes more light than the old arc lights did.
From the Ironwood Daily Globe, Ironwood Mich.
September 10, 1932
Donated by Christine Walters
MISSING PRIEST AND GIRL SEEN ON ROAD
Ottawa IL Sept. 10, 1932 (AP)
Officials seeking Miss Collette Haley, 22 year old rural school teacher and the Rev. William Courtney, pastor of St. Thereas's Catholic Church at Alexis IL who have been missing since Tuesday had a multitude of clues but no word as to their whereabouts today. The priest was charged in a warrant, issued at the request of the girls brother, with having kidnapped her.
Yesterday a suitcase containing clothes belonging to Miss Haley was found in a clump of woods near Lenore not far from the Vermilion river. Earlier in the day an abandoned automobile, said to have been one borrowed by the priest, was found on a lonely road not far from where the suitcase was discovered. The sheriff found a number of farmers south of Lenore who reported seeing a man and a girl walking on the highway Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The sheriff was told both had informed the farmers they were hitchhiking to Texas.