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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
5
Advertisement listing baby chicks including Barred Rocks South Carolina Reds White Rocks Rose Reds Orpingtons Wyandottes Leghorns with prices from $9 to $13 and a catalog from D T Farrow Chickeries Peoria Illinois.
Old leather portfolio containing company papers among the Blue Ridge and La Prairie road items. Reward offered for return to Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company at 415 Indiana Ave Peoria Illinois. Advert.
To settle Emma Strawn Brown estate the executrix Fannie Hanley offers 110 acres of flat black corn land near Held Illinois for sale. Also advertisement for rent of a seven room house in good condition with cistern cellar and garden space from Miss Grawburg.
8 burner Detroit Vapor Stove burns kerosene or gasoline, used three seasons, $12. Call 216-Advertisement. Enarco cup grease 12½ cents per pound. Janitor wanted at John Swaney Consolidated School, twelve months, two buildings, house furnished, meet directors June 14. Cor respondents wanted for Henry News-Republican in La Prairie Crow Meadow north of Putnam and South Whitefield. contact Carlson.
Magnolia Hatchery in Magnolia Illinois advertises pure bred laying strains. Mixed chicks eight cents each, Leghorns ten cents, Rox Reds Wyandottes twelve cents, Orpingtons fourteen cents, Brahmas eighteen cents. Call or write to order catalog.
Alonzo Lewis received an indeterminate sentence of one to twenty years in Joliet penitentiary after pleading guilty to robbery in the shooting of Night Watchman Charles Fay of the Lacon Woolen Mills. The murder charge was continued to October. parole requests for alleged accomplices Lottie Telfer and Henry Banke were filed, while Frank Wagner remains at large. Lewis was recaptured in Duluth several weeks ago.
Mrs. Myrtle Bowman and children visited Frank Doty in Tampico. Margaret Allen celebrated her tenth birthday with a surprise party for about twenty friends, with games and activities planned for the afternoon.
Tonica residents hosted callers from Swaney and Franks Koehler visited Peoria. The alumni banquet was held at the schoolhouse and commencement exercises occurred Friday at 10:30. Swaney defeated Monica 14 to 11 in a high school baseball game at Starved Rock with several students camping nearby.
The Swaney community gathered for a three college alumni banquet in the high school auditorium with guests from Varna Granville Hennepin Champaign and Low Point. The eighth grade class graduated with eight students, led by a stirring address from Samuel Crabtree of Peoria.
Local entries report visits and small gatherings at Whitefield and nearby areas. Activities include meals and ice cream socials, school changes, farm work, church services, and upcoming meetings for the I O O F and Rebekahs.
A neighbor Mrs Kaffer Morena St reports relief from back pain and nervous tension after taking Doan's Kidney Pills. The note urges readers to keep a box on hand, citing prior good results and recommending the product at local druggists.
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