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Newspaper
Henry Current News
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
3
Varna updates include visitors from Magnolia Peoria and Galesburg, a new car and motor trips, a big week with church services May Day activities and a spring play at the town hall. The week features classes, picnics, and a May Queen ceremony with decorations and a May pole.
A reflective verse urges readers to refrain from spreading rumors and to examine their own conduct first. It cautions that those who gossip harm others while neglecting their own faults and reminds that divine judgment mirrors one’s own actions.
The Swaney area on Quaker Lane reports visitors and events. Mrs E K Henderson of Chicago and sister Miss Helen Beck of Denver stop for relatives before heading to New Taber to settle in. Samuel Massie and friends attend Memorial Day activities. Rebecca Mills and others host gatherings amid local measles cases.
Hopewell residents and relatives kept busy with church attendance visits to Varna and gatherings with family. The article lists several households visiting, sending flowers, or traveling to Metamora Rutland Flanagan and Oklahoma, plus updates on local students and a veterinary call.
The subject resists critique due to an exalted self view, remaining blind to faults. He clings stubbornly to chosen paths even after errors are shown to be costly and foolish.
The Swaney seniors faced a week of activities with visits to school by McNabb students and a weekend with a sister in Normal. An Alumni banquet is planned at the Grange hall Saturday night. A literary contest in Hennepin produced close scores, with Katherine Dana Smith winning declamation and Lyle Munson taking solo. Swaney won the Friday track meet with 40 points, Magnolia 39, Granville 28, and 16.
For sale is a 2% inch flue expander offered by the Current News Office. Steel or metal tool in good condition. Inquiries directed to the newspaper office for purchase terms.
Henry residents endorse Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney troubles. A. W. Kern of Edward Street describes relief after using the product, noting reduced pain and quieter nights. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N Y manufactures.
A reflective poem notes the weight and power of words to heal, comfort, and bind a nation. It likens words to dew on a grain field and to light for the bereaved, urging that a comforting word should not be left unsaid.
The fragment references America the Beautiful and a call to mend flaws with liberty in law, plus mentions Congressional Records volumes and current office matters. It reads as a poetic patriotic insert amid legislative records with unclear full context or events.
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