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Newspaper
Henry Current News
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
3
The text urges thought over impulse, citing Belshazzar and human frailty. It argues for engraving a single, guiding word on every institution from homes to schools and penal establishments to promote right living through reflection.
U S Bureau of Crop Estimates releases figures for corn, winter wheat, spring wheat, oats, and tame hay. Data show per acre yields, harvested areas, and total production across 1914–1919, with comparisons to 1919 and ten year averages. Winter wheat area and condition notes include Illinois sowing and December 1 condition, 86 percent of normal.
A New Year's piece urges practical faith over anxiety. The speaker cites Christ’s admonition to not worry about tomorrow, urging humility before Providence, hard work, and cheerful perseverance for 1921. He cites James 4 13 15 to reinforce humility and faith.
Mrs Kate Murray of Edward Street Henry testifies in 1915 to backache and kidney symptoms relieved by three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Ironmonger’s Drug Store. She repeats in 1919 that the remedy remains effective, price 60 cents, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Ida Peiffer born February 6 1841 Sunderland Massachusetts daughter of Captain Lewis and Emily Peiffer. She taught in Illinois until 1869 married Theo E Gallaher moved to Mt Palatine with six children Charles Fred and Marie surviving. She engaged in church temperance and Red Cross work during World War I funeral at Mt Palatine on New Years Day at 2 PM with Rev Edgerton officiating burial Mt Palatine Cemetery.
Funeral held from Hon A W Hopkins home for Helen DeOrmond McCord born June 22 1843 in Granville Illinois died December 27 in Spencer Iowa She married Rev Robert L McCord in 1867 and leaves sons Joel James Bennet and Robert Leigh nine grandchildren two sisters and two brothers among relatives
National American Legion activity spans post employment bureaus to aid veterans in locating work. Posts in New Jersey Texas and Missouri report successful cases and efforts to curb fraud while mobilizing local talent for community needs.
A candidate at a recent bar examination defined law as the means by which we acquire legal possession of property belonging to another, a definition reported by the Boston Transcript.
A nostalgic pitch extols Youths Companion as a wholesome weekly for every family member. It argues good reading fosters growth and hunger for more reading, noting the magazine now serves the entire American household. Subscriptions are received at the 5 office for 1921 issues.
The circuit court will convene January 10 in Lacan. A baby boy was born December 28 to Mr and Mrs Guy Wilson of Wenong. La Salle county election costs totaled 11918 15 the highest for the county. Maxwell Salisbury principal of the Echoo school at Standard married Minnie Heart of La Salle on December 27. After a brief honeymoon in Indiana they will reside in Standard. Arthur Shipp and Harry Pierson, once hired hands, were bound over for grand jury on a murder charge after a three day inquiry found arsenic poisoning caused Harrys death.
In a near unanimous decision the state teachers association voted Friday to affiliate with the National Education Association for the year 1921. Illinois will be the 28th state to join the national body.
Cattle values are at their lowest since early 1916 as a slump ruins the industry. Chicago stock show prices run $4.00 to $7.00 per hundred lower than shipment time. Packers and commission men appeal to producers for credit and fair prices, but faces resistance. Liquidation will take sixty more days, says Amboy News.
Oregon American Legion leaders approved a measure giving World War veterans a choice between a $2000 farm or home loan or a cash benefit of $15 per month for service. The state executive committee also endorsed sponsoring a bill to mirror California's anti oriental land ownership law to curb Japanese settlement in Oregon.
K D Waldo principal of East Aurora high school was elected president of the Illinois State Teachers Association at the first business session. He is 35, the youngest president in the association’s history. Other officers named include W J Kobe first vice president Hattie Blair second vice president Alice Green third vice president J O Engleman chairman of the executive committee D L Manchester chairman of the resolutions committee and Charles McIntosh treasurer.
The United States Postal Savings System celebrates ten years today with a free new postal savings card replacing the 10 cent card. The card bears a multilingual pledge of U S deposits and can be redeemed for cash after ten stamps. Since 1911 the service has grown from 48 offices to broad deposits exceeding $500 million. Restrictions on rates and deposits have eased, with limits rising from $100 to $1 000 and then to $2 500. Burleson urges higher interest and action by Congress forthcoming.
A recipe for twenty small muffins uses dry bread crumbs milk and egg plus flour baking powder salt and shortening. Scald milk soak crumbs mash then mix with yolk beaten with melted shortening and sugar fold into half filled cups bake about twenty minutes in a moderately hot oven.
A playful exchange as a precise pedagogue from Farm and Fireside discusses how a housewife interprets a hen’s cackle. The wife insists the meaning matters less than the lesson learned from the sound itself.
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