Local notices from Henry and nearby towns recount moves and events
Kirk Booth waits for dryer roads to depart. Will Driscoll visits city. Pedagogues Curtis Coulter and others start spring terms. Henry Yaeger hosts a popular lunch. A back addition rises at George Hillabrand's. Matie Sharpe trims at LE. Various moves, visits, and shop openings noted with cemetery meeting set for April 8.
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Kirk Booth
Will Driscoll
Will
Lombardville
Trilby
Henry Yaeger
Snell Nursery
Charles Heininger
Main Street
Kaprann
G. R. Rowe
Eureka
George Hillabrand
Depot Hill
Goultra
Matie Sharpe
BK. E. Keith
Peoria
Henry
Curtis Coulter
Curt
Bell
Third Street
Henry Cemetery Association
City Hall
Robert Chark
Lec'y
Barney Cook
LaSalle
Ed Haddon
E. H. Mathis
D. H. Anderson
Frank Morgan
Clara Golden
L. Cook
Putnam
Lacon
Mra W. B Cook
Optician
Stever
J. H. Jones & Son
United States
Local notices and social items from a small town
B A Fiedler plans western trip returning about July 1 with visits to Illinois Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Several local moves promotions and events noted including church meetings Knights of Pythias attendance, new casket truck use, D H Anderson in door spring business, Miss Wescott recital, trim shop hires, residence building, nursery fruit trees sale, M E church services, school teachers at Venona institute, family illness updates, Dr Powell purchase, Justice Morgan sale, lunch specials at Yaeger, Sarsaparilla praised, Ladies Aid meeting, dry goods market trip, unusual white swan sighting, Sunday Evening Club, millinery opening, Aermotor windmills agent, Elsie Smith recovery, and a local price-promotion plea by J A Menrox & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.A. Fiedler
Henry
Lacon’ Lodge
Keller
Presbyterian Church
D. H. Anderson
Peoria
David
Deck
Will
Miss Schreck
Chicago
J. Watercott & Co
William Knight
Third Street
Snell's Nursery
M. E
Venona
Two Days Institute
Board of Education
Parker
Putre
Capt. Bracken
F A. Powell
Moodey Harness Shop
Central Park
Justice Morgan
Dr Powell
Henry Yaeger
Ayer
Ladies Aid of
M.eb
Minnie Hartley
Hitreprano
J. Watercott
New York
Anton Gasb
Weis
Antor
Congregational Church
Minnie Kline
J. Watercott’s & Co
William Kauss
The
Aermotor Co
Kass
Elsie Smith
Auctioneers report steady sale at J Watercott & Co near Cottage Hill
J Watercott & Co and John Schafer conducted a Saturday sale with a large crowd. items sold at fair prices. Schafer has purchased the Judge Cassell homestead for future farming and contemplates extensive chicken raising. John Morgan moved his justice and collection office to Campbell building opposite the post office. Lookout Mt Post G AR plans to move into rooms in Campbell building this week. Easter Monday April 16 features a grand Foster ball at New Opera Hall with floor committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schafer
Cottage Hill
Judge Cassell
John Morgan
Justice and Collection
Campbell
Messrs
Undercliff
Henry
Frank Leavitt
Albert Newman
Whitefeld
Arthur Motter
Third Street
Wiley Beasel
Eliphalet Ketchum
Henry County
Whitefield Township
Kewanee
Hannah Tabor
M. E. Church
New Opera Hall
Adelaide Wescott
New York
Fall and spring hats at clearance prices and local notes
A stray list of items including a hat sale at 256 and .500, farm notes on oat sowing and spring work, a school insurer's annual report, rail passenger trains to be added on the Rock Island, local visits and social events, and promotion of Conklin Handy Manual plus local printing and marble work recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jones & Son
Henry
Lulu Nelson
Whitefield
Rock Island
Sun Wy
Chicago
St Louis
Campbell
W. P. Hoyle
Mt Palatine
Tim Woods Jr
D. H. Anderson
Peoria
Wood
William
Walter Scholes
George Scholes
Greenfield
Iowa
Texas
Conklin
Laird and Lee
P.B. Jacobs
B. H. Bush
Bayes County
Neb
Rev
McLeish
Saratoga Township
North Hinderson
Mercer County
Devore & Fischer
Republican
Mammoth journal offer for new subscribers at two dollars
A large combination deal promotes four journals including Inter Ocean and Farm News. The offer targets new subscribers and renewals paying in advance, promising the largest amount of current news and literature for a low price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nois
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Inter Ocean
InterOcean
Farm News
No tobacco cure claims and shoe promotions in one ad
An advertisement collage promotes No-to-bac tobacco cure with claims of nerve relief and refunds, plus Selz Royal Blue and Selz Perfectol shoes by Selz Schwab Co. It also touts a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia with rapid results and local druggists as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selz
J. H
F. A. Powell
Henry
The Henry Republican Offer and Reed’s Cough Remedy
New subscribers and advancing paying members gain one year of The Henry Republican and The Business Guide by J. L. Nichols promised as an invaluable household counselor. Reed's German Cough and Kidney remedy advertised as pure no poison with 25 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Republican
J. L. Nichols
Groep
Reed
Webb's Ticket Office Awarded Gold Medal
An early 20th century notice notes recognition for Webb's Ticket Office at 100 South Adams St Peoria and mentions Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder receiving a gold medal at a midwinter Parr event in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Webb's
South Adams St
Peoria
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