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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
2
Magnolia community items cover visits by Allen Coe and Newland Evans, church sermons, club meetings, temperance activity, a mock election for women voters, quilting party, and a Dramatic Club repeat. Local notices include juror lists, business calls, theater plans, and a La Rose bank opening with wedding news March 16 and planet.
Miss Mary Seibert secured a position in the bank for the season. Miss Mamie Anderson secured a position in the hardware store of Fred Wolf for the season. The Putnam County W C T U held an institute with Miss Florence Given presiding and Mrs McClary as county secretary, featuring talks on temperance work and organizational development. A silver medal contest is planned at John Swaney school auditorium with seven contenders and music by Miss Whitten and Ruth Travis.
An old advertisement warns coughs and colds can lead to pneumonia and consumption and promotes Dr King's New Discovery as the cure. It cites testimonials from Effie Morton and "Win, Dogger" praising the remedy's power and affordability, with A. J. Tronmonger as seller.
The readable text notes reference to The First State Bank with a possible location or designation in Washington Illinois and Minnesota, though OCR artifacts leave uncertainty about the exact city state or nature of the notice. No clear event date or action is specified in the fragment.
Seventh grade map drawing and physics magnetism experiments are noted alongside regular Friday tests and a Tuesday boys' athletic association meeting. Senior class selects commencement speaker while plans for baseball season advance. Elmer Christensen and Raymond Keegan plan mercantile toy shop venture. a forthcoming sales list is hinted. Freshmen express frustration at senior behavior and classroom dynamics.
Nominations occurred at the courthouse for Democratic Republican and Progressive parties. The records name several officers and roles including supervisor town clerk collector and highway commissioner with multiple districts and named individuals such as Boyle Read Durley Brenneman Averilit and Bishop among others. The document lists district designations and party affiliations for the nominated officials.
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