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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
9
La Prairie residents share visits with family in Peoria Springfield and Bradford. Rev Ward’s family will stay another year. Reading Circle met. fourth session set for October 2. Box social at Blue Ridge church boosts Busy Bee fund. The community notes include illnesses trips and farm chores.
West Evans residents travel for fairs and family visits in Illinois and Iowa. R W French aided a sick sister in Iowa and returned from Springfield with the State Fair. Marshall Putnam Girls' Club teams earned second and third in demonstrations at the club camp, with Dorothy Whitten Edna Schmacher Kathryn Melody and Bessie Aukland noted for success.
The B and B Girls' Club held its second annual Achievement event on Saturday September 26 at 2 30 p m in the Presbyterian church social rooms basement. About sixty guests attended the program featuring President Kathryn Melody piano duet by Edna and Mabel Sharp secretary's report by Bessie Aukland a club play Which Girl Are You Prologue Lucy Bentlin Scene I Careless Girl Dorothy Forrest Mother Grace Dunlap and more performances.
Vocal duets and solos opened the program as Miss Scott was absent due to illness. The girls completed their second year of club work earning pins and a club seal. They displayed four garments including a princess slip and dresses, all in silver and old rose. Secretary notes nine garment prizes at Marshall Putnam Beal can and state fair events.
Federal prohibition agents raided the Pinter farm near Ladd and seized a complete brewing operation valued at 40000 dollars. Three Peruvians and three workers were arrested and held on 38000 bail. About three hundred barrels of beer were confiscated as agents say the plant produced liquor shipped to Illinois towns.
Fred Forbeck of eastern Tiskilwa declares his farm a refuge for pheasants and quail this fall. No hunting on his land during the season, with signs posted and newspaper notice. He received pheasant eggs from the state game department and hatched them under a bantam hen.
Robert George McDowell age four percent year old son of Mr and Mrs Dell McDowell of Long Point died Tuesday after two weeks illness with cholera infantum. He is survived by his parents and one sister Maxine. Funeral services were held at Long Point Friday.
Hennepin Township High and grade schools opened for the new year with ten new pupils, boosting total enrollment to 33. A near complete faculty change includes Vernon L. Plummer as principal, Virginia Verry as assistant, Mary L. Caldwell returning, Doris Wonser in the intermediate department, and Armanda Ray directing the primary grades.
In a humorous vignette a weary Diogenes roams Athens streets with a battered Ford headlight. A passerby asks what he seeks and the philosopher quips he seeks an honest man but laments he has lost a prescription.
A fragmented dialogue hints at a debate over a watering place and a supposed stock manipulator. The readable lines suggest a punning exchange on character and motive within a localized discussion.
Letters from John Phillip Cromwell aboard the Maryland describe arrival in Sydney Harbor with battleships, cheers from Australians, free city amenities for sailors, a Wentworth ball, meetings with Australian officials, and observations on local scenery and culture. He notes cordial reception and hopes for further sightseeing.
A writer describes his travels and feelings of inferiority about speech compared with Americans and Brits. He mentions dancing at Sydney's Palais Royale, an upcoming Royal Australian Naval Ball, and eagerly anticipates tomorrow's mail after a month without letters. He urges defending Australia against critics.
A fragmentary exchange hints at a character planning a trip to Chicago while secretly arranging ransom terms in case of brigand capture, signaling a curious blend of travel talk and crime concern in a historical clipping.
A Sunday school teacher Miss Scolditt asks the class to explain the Jonah and the whale story. A boy replies he wasn’t the teller, prompting a playful back and forth over responsibility and truth.
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