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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
2
The El Paso fair earned about 1500 dollars from the exhibition this fall and applied nearly 6000 dollars from new stock sales to the association debt.
The Door county board of supervisors asks the state to assume control of the Sturgeon Bay toll bridge and make it free for all travelers, ending its long standing obstruction to both residents and outsiders.
The Kiwanis club, formed three months ago, organized a trust to raise $20,000 for land purchase and a dredged public dock channel. The group seeks to fund a Kiwanis Home and improve harbor access through a community effort.
Letters argue Putnam county pays far more for few townships than Marshall county for twelve townships. The writer cites newspaper rate disparities and costs including typesetting, printing, mailing, and postage, urging a fairer publication fee for public board proceedings.
Daily reflections present verses from James Proverbs Romans and Psalms tied to topics Pure Religion Road to Want Not Meat and Drink Giving Gets All Needs Supplied Furnish No Fuel and In Him We Live. Each entry offers a succinct moral or spiritual reminder with quoted scripture.
A humorous remark likens the accelerator to a pedal used after the second drink. It critiques impaired driving behavior by implying the pedal is pressed more when intoxicated. The line uses everyday car parts to illustrate risky actions and social commentary.
Reverend W H Witter argues freedom is living within moral and legal bounds. He warns against using freedom to harm others, noting personal choice affects the rights and happiness of neighbors and that true liberty requires self control and compliance with higher law.
In 1925 the state enjoyed record harvests and high yields yet a militarist governor taxed prosperity. He expanded taxes and mobilized troops disrupting farming and transport while prices for food rose. The piece argues militarism undermines abundance by draining resources.
Mrs J Bare broke up housekeeping to be with her children and stays with Wilmer Robison in Camp Grove. Ella Bauer and son, Laura Wright, two daughters, and Willmina Applen visited Bradford Saturday. Dorothy Hufnagel returned to school after illness. Mr and Mrs John Johnson and son Harold visited relatives in Peoria. Elmer Wier and son Charles from Putnam spent the weekend with kin. Charles and Margaret Johnson spent Thanksgiving in Kewanee. Thomas Toune hosted relatives for Thanksgiving dinner.
A quip notes an agnostic as a man so full of knowledge he cannot see truth. The remark comments on skepticism and scientific test tubes as metaphors for certainty versus doubt.
A compact aphorism notes that moderation in statutes yields compliance while extreme penalties fail to be enforced. The saying reflects on legislative and administrative practicality rather than referencing a specific event or policy.
Henry resident Hank from Monroe Street reports relief from kidney pain and backache after using Doan's Pills bought at Ironmonger's Drug Store. He claims one box cured his kidney trouble and cites renewed energy and ability to work. Doan's Pills priced 60 cents and marketed by Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York.
Marriage licenses listed for Harrison and Chapman Reese with others. deeds transferring property in Lacon and Steuben. new circuit court cases include a divorce bill Mamie Abbott vs John Abbott. numerous criminal liquor and gaming charges. bail and admin actions. court grants and dismisses counts with a $100 fine in Heininger case and administrator petition in Carrie Rickey estate with $500 claim allowance.
Broadmoor resident John Poff and family visited relatives near Buda Saturday. Francis Quinn and wife visited several relatives near Putnam on Sunday. Mrs John Driscoll and Ada shopped in Peoria Saturday. Louise Thomas visited with her brother near Williamsfield last week. Charles McDonald and children spent the weekend with her parents near Tonica. Anice Wherry visited grandparents near Putnam last week. D P Driscoll and Eleanor were visitors early this week. John X Brown and wife of Lombard visited with children Sidney Brown and Mrs John Charlton recently.
Fred W Potter BE Cromwell E S Sterrett and Clifford Haws left for Chicago to witness the Michigan vs Chicago game. George Warren attended the Grand Lodge meeting in the capital city. William Mapes and Ernest Wilde on leave from Fort Meade SD visited in uniform. Marshall Downey invented a patent curtain display cabinet. Henry Ertle injured his foot dropping a demijohn. U S Express office to move December first to J J Herry building on Third street. Bauter Bros. caught 60000 pounds of carp in one haul. Nellie Clara born November 21 to Chauncey Peters and Mrs B F Ransom and Mrs Susan T Peters. J Karl Fasbender of Wenona died after ten days illness at 29 years 5 months 20 days.
Charles D. McGee of Sparland files suit for divorce in Marshall County Circuit Court against Martha McGee alleging desertion in 1913. The couple wed in Steuben on December 30, 1879 and raised a family of married children. defendant now resides in Peoria. Attorney Henry E. Jacobs represents plaintiff.
A Washington doctor proposes weighing the brains of every congressman to study intelligence after election. The plan raises questions about practicality and ethics and has sparked debate on medical profiling of public officials.
A 90 year old Oklahoma woman appears five years younger after getting a modern bob haircut. Neighbors say the transformation surprised many and brightened her daily routine.
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