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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
5
Notice dated August 10 1925 announces ladies and children's hair bobbing all styles priced at 50 cents. Includes a for sale line for a farm named The Wilson Quarter in Saratoga S E quarter section 8 at $265 per acre with contact H B Wilson Hanlon town Iowa.
Mrs Nulan Evans hosted her Mendota sister visit while relatives from Peoria Streator and Wenona shopped in towns nearby. Family friends and guests from Denver and Monmouth shared meals and farewells as several local residents hosted visitors during the week.
Lewis W Kelly of Rutland died at his home in the village after reaching 81. He served as Rutland postmaster during Grover Cleveland's first administration and joined the Antioch Christian church in 1873 before transferring to the Rutland church where funeral services were held.
Local residents and visitors frequent Champaign and surrounding towns for calls and visits. Harvest yields report oats averaging 70 to 75 bushels per acre, with several families visiting relatives in Peoria Rock Island and Sterling. The piece lists numerous social calls, travels, and a few accidents including a shoulder blade fracture from haying.
Church notes for La Rose Evangelical Lutheran L H Winsman pastor announce English services next Sunday at 10 00 and a week later mission festival. La Rose Presbyterian reports regular Sunday school at 11 00 and delayed pictures to be shown next Sunday evening. Union service planned with Pattonsburg at Plattsburg August 16 inviting all to attend.
First Swedish Lutheran Church of Varna reports Bible class Wednesday in Luther Hall. Ladies Aid meeting moved to next Thursday. Sunday services include Sunday school and Holy Communion during the morning service.
St Pauls Church of Varna announces German services next Sunday with Rev. Flach to preach the sermon.
Attendance last Sunday was 46 with a 2.05 collection and 52 attendance and 2.45 last year. Evening devotionals were well attended. Rev Ward led an engaging meeting and Mrs Herbert Doyle sang. The Doyles will return to Florida around September 1. A September 1 fundraiser was approved to support the Sunday school treasury. A pledge of 25 toward the budget was made. Mrs A W Holmes was named program chairperson and appointed Rev Ward Lester Lewis Mrs J W Slement and another to assist.
A church social by two bible classes funded three months of Northwestern Christian Advocate subscriptions. Rev Ward promotes the paper and offers subscriptions anytime. The mice class holds its regular meeting next Tuesday evening August 11 at Rev and Mrs Ward home. Regular services are planned for next Sunday. Mrs Lester Lewis and Miss This Tangh of La Prairie attended a county Sundin school council meeting at the national church last Sunday.
The Sunday School had 10 in attendance. Rev Williams from Eureka College and Rev Hallock visited and preached. Mrs Hargrove from Missouri attended morning services. The Ladies Aid Society served dinners for threshing crews and plans to expand next year. Services Sunday Aug 9 include Sunday school at 10 and communion at 11.
Whitefield records show the W. W. family meeting with Mrs. Mary Roach on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe attended church at Cottage last Sunday. Mrs. Henry Gray’s brother stayed the past week and she visited her mother Mrs. Thomas Kizer on Wednesday. Katherine Kaufman left the John Bell home to accompany her mother to Indiana. Luc y Bean and Mildred enjoyed a pleasant visit after returning from Kewanee. Miriam Dunbar hosted Sunday dinner for her mother Mrs. Rozella Herr and daughters Viola and Marguerite. C L Clawson hosted callers including Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Chandler and John Brown and family. Mrs. William Humphrey, recovering from dental extraction, is improving at her mother’s house.
The Whitefield unit meets with Mrs. En glebrecht on Thursday August 20 instead of at Rebecca McAllister's as previously noted. Sunday school will be held next Sunday at the usual time. Mrs. William Wherler, from Henry, acted as superintendent last Sunday and was accompanied by Mrs. Ed Mattern and younger children who went to town Saturday morning and remained until Sunday. Mrs. Mattern and children plan moving to town around September first to allow the children to attend.
The Richland Home Bureau plans a meeting August 12 at Mrs Irene Bucks home. Community members including James Watkins of Toluca work with Otis McClary during threshing season. Numerous visits and social events unfold in Lacon Toluca Varna Peoria and Toluca band concert draws large crowd with local families assisting threshers.
Mary Michelson and friends visit McNabb while others travel between Spring Valley Clyde Allen and families gather at Clemens homes as Joe Edwards and Dean Allen attend. Threshing ends with wheat 20 30 bushels and oats 40 70. Rev Barstead and family visit. Ladies Aid meets with three new members joining.
Mrs. William Moulton aged sixty of Washburn fell through a cistern platform at her home last week. She escaped injury as rotten boards in the ten foot deep cistern broke her fall. Her husband did not know the cistern existed.
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