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Newspaper
Henry Current News
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
2
La Prairie notes show visitors from Eureka Champaign Princeville and Chicago engaging in local events. Memorial ceremonies Decoration Day church services and a Sparland high school graduation with local students Emily McCullough Esther Weyeneth Leatha Kimble Harold Rootz and Alfred Webber are mentioned amid community gatherings and a first La Prairie Farm Bureau meeting led by Z N Holmes.
A government report laments the aging farmer's wife at eighty lost in social duties and idle, contrasting past hard work with modern leisure. It recalls how she once rose before dawn to milk, bake, churn, and raise a large family while financing the farm, now deemed less productive.
A nostalgic poem lauds the Academy bell calling pupils to study as families watch children head to class. A separate note criticizes a Fair grounds track meet crowd, describing heat, lack of water, and poor organization with a traveler’s tale from a witness. Henry Current News editor.
Milo J. El Johnson spent two days in Peoria last week. Thomas Toune visited with home folks over Sunday. Mrs. Pearl Stoner visited relatives in Putnam last week. Ada Applen spent Thursday night with Margaret Johnson. John Mercer and family visited over Sunday with home folks. Mary Johnson assists with housework at Elmer Anderson's in Oscela. Mrs. Ernest Dee and daughter called at Robert Mallett's Thursday afternoon. W F Applen works in Bradford boiling oil for the streets. Mrs. Wm. Hopkins and children visited from Forrest Ill with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Hufnagel.
Harold Morine served as a Peoria caller on Saturday while Miss Bessie Dawson visited home folks on Sunday. Dr McBroom and family are visiting in Chicago this week. Ada May Nellinger is ill with whooping cough and bronchitis. William Gill died Tuesday at 4 20 pm after a long illness. Grandchildren Mary and Cecelia Fenner of Rock Island attended his funeral with many distant friends. Memorial service by Rev J W Kennedy drew a large crowd and urged Christians for a peaceful country.
Lacon Illinois May 28 1921 notice from County Clerk Lawrence D Gregory that the Marshall County Board of Supervisors will meet at the Court House in Lacon on June 13 1921 at 1 30 PM. Each bill must be itemized certified by the town supervisor sworn and filed in the County Clerk's office by 12 noon the Saturday before the meeting. Unfiled bills will be carried over to the next meeting.
A discussion on the saying beauty is only skin deep questions superficial judgments. It notes cork tree byproducts and apple skins valued in jelly and canning industries, arguing beauty and usefulness intertwine in civilization and life philosophy.
A speaker at the Opera House notes eighth grade graduation marks not final achievement but ongoing mental training. Each daily task is a new graduation, urging faithful effort and readiness for greater opportunities in life and the endless school of eternity.
The President has ordered a Bureau of Information on the ground floor of the Post Office Building to help visitors and others locate each government department. It will provide exact locations and ways to reach the appropriate bureau and questions will be answered by competent staff. Postmaster General urges use of the facility.
Quote from Grover Cleveland cited as part of a 1891 Brooklyn speech on democracy and public education. The text emphasizes universal education and the duty to sustain true Americanism across generations through shared learning. It reflects historical views on civic education and national identity.
From Selling Your Town by L. N. Flint this item lists questions about a towns atmosphere beauty streets water supply health education libraries and entertainment. It asks about neighborliness factions religious and social groups and the towns overall livability and prospects for work and capital.
A fragmentary verse note contrasts a powerful leader with a secret that would harm a reputation and joy. It ends referencing Theodore Roosevelt's message at the opening of the 17th Congress, railing against wealth and calls for opportunity for working men.
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