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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
4
A series of short notices list residents visiting relatives in nearby towns and attending events. Families from Hopewell Peoria Lacon Wenona and Bloomington are mentioned with several trips and gatherings noted.
Local families visit relatives in Galesburg Rockford Chicago and Peoria. News covers travel to bank group meetings visits to Knox College events and a Varna Township High School commencement held June 5 1925 with diplomas awarded and class day exercises.
Ralph J Powers son of J M Powers and brother of Mrs T Floyd rose from Pleasant Farm on the Putnam road to real estate prominence in Miami Florida. His firm Powers and Big just profited 1 060 000 in four months on 110 acres at Biscayne Bay, the highest price per acre in Miami development history, aiding a planned Federal Aid highway.
The Varna Woman's Literary Club held its final meeting of the year at Mrs. Ella Phillips home. Members and guests described costumes and answered questions on local history, sharing items from Marshall county and Varna, with Mrs. Phillips hosting a luncheon and violin selections by Mrs. Phillips. The gathering adjourned to September 12 at Mrs. Laura Wolcott's country home.
Margaret Allen spent days with Gladys Ruberg near Providence. Walter Rosenquist Tom Landes and Glen Reed shipped cattle to Chicago last week. A Ross Stingley and family visited with Charles Hunt near Henry. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday with Mrs John Aay. Born to Mr and Mrs Elmer Ness a six pound daughter. Mother and baby progressing well. Quote shows town humor about a cedar and ward girls.
Fragmentary verse laments bitter quarrel with Time and Death. The speaker questions humanity's harm to life and the world, noting leaves fall and summer dies as a witness to a universal crime against existence.
A reflective line on mental blockage and verbal overdrive, contrasting slow thinking with rapid talking. The aphorism hints at the struggle to communicate clearly amid excess speech.
Mrs A R Wright of Vaina met with an accident while traveling to the city on Henry dike last week. Her sedan struck a bad bump and the front wheels veered off the shoulder sinking into dirt before passing motorists could pull the car back onto the roadway.
A playful exchange between a physicist and a chemist imagines lighting a cigar without matches. The physicist jokes that removing one cigar from the box leaves the box itself as a lighter, a quip attributed to L. C. Cartwright, Reporter No. 9656.
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