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Newspaper

Henry News Republican

Location

Henry, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1925

Page

8

Henry News Items of Local Illnesses and Visits

Sickness and recoveries fill the community notes with widespread flu and cold cases. Many residents plan Christmas greetings, travel to Peoria, and visits with relatives amid mumps and whooping cough reports and annual holiday gatherings.

G. M. Locke Martha Lewis Tilda Nilson Phillip Meier Johanna Talmadge Virginia Lindgreff Peoria Laverna Longman Elmer Deck Warren Prather LeRoy J. L. Jones W.L. Bayne Carl Meta Clare Schlosser H. G. Roberts Chillicothe Henry Nader Jos. Ziegler John Noll Jacob Noll George Popel William Hoff T. F. Monier Eleanor Chicago George McGillick Charles Greenlee E. G. Forrest Ben Forrest Isaac Gilpin Blanche Grieves Lacon James Hoeferlini Marjorie Marian Bickerman Peru George Bickerman Forrest Christian—church William Kngiht Florence Bobby Isabelle Bobby George Lutes Ivan Lutes James Latourette Sam Miller Arthur Keegan Kroger Galva Logan Barrett William McAtee McAtee Frank Dwyer Peter Craig Wesley Doyle Mary Heininger Tena Leavitt

Holiday Visits and Local Christmas Gatherings Reach Peak

Old-Crime- Christmas features extensive lists of visitors and hosts for Christmas in Varna and surrounding towns. Families from Bradford Putnam and Peoria plan gatherings with relatives, while church events and a local high school operetta mark seasonal celebrations.

John McAllister Baby A. B. Smith McAllister Carrie Weatherly Reichenbach Decatur Louise Hubbard G. M. Brown Andrew Brown Stewart Palatine Willis Brown Willis Jr Elgin John Orr Edgar H. G. Dusenberry George Travis James McAleer Paul R. S. Bayne F. E. Fuller J. E. Carlson Varna Valparaiso Ind McKenzie Morrison Jellison George Efferding Putnam Elmer Hunt and Sons Miss Bagley Annie Hutton Crs. Sparling W. S. Hannum Peoria Leon Ross Thompson Neilans Ft. Atkinson Wis Glenn Thompson Havanna Ralph Armstrong Babe Secor Daniel Vail Harold Bullington Florence Siewers New York City William Siewers Florence Columbia University New York Walter Moline Gram

Henry Band’s Second Annual Winter Concert

Henry Municipal Band led by George P Thompson staged a two part program at the Henry Theatre with ensemble pieces and solos including Bert Wimner on cornet George Harney on vocal selections and Wilford Wright on xylophone. The event added about 75 dollars to the band treasury and drew a large appreciative audience.

Henry Municipal Band George P. Thompson Henry Theatre Bert Wimner George Harney Wilford Wright

Santa Claus Origins A Saintly Giver and Stocking Legend

The text recounts St Nicholas a 4th century bishop famed for kindness to children. A tale of a poor nobleman’s daughter prompts him to drop a gold piece down a chimney but it lands in a stocking. this tale seeds the Santa tradition of stockings and chimney visits.

Santa Claus St Nicholas Santa

If the shoe pinches buy a larger size

Fragmentary historical remark discusses religion and human behavior with unclear references. It suggests comparing discomfort to moral or social problem solving but provides no definite event, persons, or place to anchor facts.

Interference helps to make gains in football

A brief note explains how interference can enable successful gains in football, contrasting the game with matrimony and noting strategic advantages from such penalties or infractions.

Speak little, do much Frank Ben says it’s easy to reverse the order.

A terse quotation suggests ease in reversing a sequence. The line credits Benjamin Franklin style wisdom about action over talk and hints at practical mindset shifting.

Ben Frank

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