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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1894
Page
6
The notice announces the arrival of a corset termed the best lifting article on the market and notes growing popularity since its introduction. It explains many Indies await its arrival and that individual notices are impractical.
Lacon Virginia notes report Johnston returning to Dixon school work and a TB discussion at a club meeting. Louisa Ehringer hosted a friend. Larry Campbell returned to Chicago for studies after Easter. A dental office site is prepared near J B Thompson’s lot for Dr Chas Vernay. An amateur benefit play at the opera house drew a full house. Local politics note a Republican township election result. City improvements include home renovations and a new floor at the post office. A boy suffered a severe hand injury at Charlie Roith’s wood shop. surgeons attended and fingers were attempted to be saved.
Sparland residents report church attendance and visits to Chicago and Hennepin. Temperance meetings at M H church and town hall are noted along with illnesses, hospital stays, and a broken leg from a fall after a temperance meeting. Local business ads tout Cumming Co. and a sheriff or corporation election result showing an anti license majority.
The document records township election results with candidates and vote tallies for positions including supervisor clerk assessor collector and school trustee. It notes party affiliations and that 21 ladies voted for school trustees.
Saratoga J T Worthington’s wagon resumes service. Andy Kelley returns to Abington for school. Sabbath school officers elected last week. no church services due to La Prairie quarterly meeting. Elder McCullough sermon praised. News of snow blizzard froze sowing. six inches reported. Tom Herridge of Nebraska died and was buried last Saturday, leaving a wife and three children.
An advertorial touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for rough pimply complexions. It claims the product purifies blood to erode blemishes and yield softer smoother skin.
LA PRAIRIE CENTER reports J W Birkenhead in Peoria. Rev Nesbitt starts Sunday services. Roy and Fred Wilmot return from college at Hoopeston. John Davidson ill with malaria fever. Richard Martin home from Knox College with mumps. Annabel McCullough resumes teaching in Chillicothe schools. Grace Hankinson and a local gentleman attend Sunday service. Mrs J L Root suffers neuralgia of stomach. Oats sown. spring work ahead. Nellie McDougal heads to Chicago then Scotland. Mrs H I Ward troubled with rheumatism. many share it. M E church members fix parsonage lot. election officers named. Quarterly meetings held. preaching and strong attendance. M E church to be repaired with seating, carpet, pulpit. Epworth League supervised by trustees. J W Birkenhead buys property at the Center and repairs underway. Mrs Birkenhead helps with cleaning. community spirits rise.
Calla Stewart remains very frail as Kate McAnany visits Peoria. Judge Cagsell's court convenes this week. L. BE. Skepel makes a trip to Ilium and returns. David Steuffer of Peoria preaches at M E church. Mrs Marquis of Los Angeles visits Mrs I A Stewart. Goo W. Stouffer ill but improving. Abel Mills speaks at Congregational church to a crowded audience. Election passes quietly. remaining voters head to Salt River. J H Seaton and John P Towle travel to Peoria on Rox. Mrs Lyle H Durley back from Chicago operation. Spring arrives with March-like sprinkle and blustery winds. Greiner and Henry Trendt erect new picket fences.
Local store promotes its dress goods and silk departments with low prices and wide 40 inch fabrics. Claims best value in the area with 40 inch Henrietta Cloth at 50 cents and 40 inch Fancy Twills at 16 1 2 cents. Includes notices of closeout clothing and social events in the community.
Voters elected Nelson Cofford as supervisor M E Newburn as assessor Thos Paxond as collector Ed Cutler as commissioner and J W Stouffer as town clerk. A visiting lady evangelist begins meetings at the Congregational church on the 10th lasting to the 18th. City nominating caucus names W H Casson as president Aldermen Jeff Durley Jasper Cecil O B Davis and Orange Averill as city clerk. The People nominate Jus N Anderson for president and J O Boyle Jae M Stouffer J W Ray for aldermen with John P Towle as city clerk.
Irving Texas resident Jod Miller suffered years of kidney pain and bladder issues. After trying numerous cures he began Thipatele and reported immediate relief. Electric Bitters claimed to cure kidney and liver troubles with a quick boost. 50 cents per large bottle at Powell's drug store.
The Modern Woodman increases in membership while Presiding Elder Haney preaches at the M B E church Saturday evening. Crow Monadow Grange visitors attend Senachwine Grange. The youngest child of the late W E Winship dies at 4 months and 24 days. funeral held at 1 p.m. Elder Shaw of Eureka delivers the sermon. Election day passes quietly with Republicans winning three of four posts. town clerk Kelso, assessors Barnhart and Condit, collector Murphy, and commissioner Hunter tally results.
Dr Pendleton was in Chicago last. Mrs Clara Roberts is quite sick at this writing. Chas Ong of Wenona was on our streets Sunday. Supt Boyer was a caller at the high agheat last Wednesday. Tudia Massie spent Saturday and Sunday with her mother and sister. Isaac Van Horne was down from Wenona Sunday, the guest of his aged mother.
Mrs Mattie Hauger and Mrs George Ramsey have been on the sick list the past week. Laura Smith and Lucretia Smith of Quaker Lane visited in town with friends. Laura Stillwell and a brother from Los Tant were guests of Mrs R. M. Dent. Prof Wallace of Henry and Mr Mutterer of Normal were seen on our streets. A number attended the Clear Creek school entertainment. Nellie McGrath from east of Wonona visited friends in town. A supper at the M. E. church on Wednesday proceeds to the pastor. Town folk expect to attend the cantata at Lostant Friday. Misses Mae and Minnie Kirgan of Wenona visited relatives here. Young people attended a party at Mr Henry Mills' last Wednesday. Oliver Dungan of Hops township was here Sunday and in Oxbow the same day. F. C. Saylor returned from Valparaiso after completing a three year medical course. A large number of locals were invited to Burl Roberto's last Wednesday evening, but weather kept many away.
Belle Norris reports on local events as she remains weak. Heber Phillips and family visited M. S. Perdew and family Sunday. Ethel Zonor to lead rod in Poole district next term with strong performance. Mr and Mrs Nicholas Wend visited daughter Mrs Joseph Roth in Peoria last week.
Local notices include J L Mills planning a Nebraska trip and Abel Mills preaching in Hennepin Sunday. Arthur and Laura Stillwell attended Clear Creek entertainment while Edith Price and family returned to Normal after a vacation. A social at H C Mills honored Mr Jeffias and his sister. A Chautauqua reading course begins with six lectures for 60 cents. large crowd at Clear Creek school entertainment praises the evening and hints at future prize contests.
The itemized snippet describes farm conditions with frost damage, sap runs, and maple molasses, plus social happenings. It mentions George Morse and Irving Broaddus Biarteg heading to Valparaiso, local gatherings at Wm Jorrest and Otto Perdew, a farewell for Annie Lippert Halbride moving to Pansy City, and a Baptist May meeting with Elder C. H. Ransom. It also notes Miss Melinda Williams of Putnam marrying A T Morford in Wyoming and the local reaction to their union.
The note quotes a Maine man famed for his temper who told his wife he would fish a week at Lake Asusangwatonsogamagogwacon tongwa and then sent friends to ask her whereabouts, revealing a prankish disappearance.
A social note warns that the practice of plowing up roads to scour plows is prohibited by law. Road commissioners are urged to enforce the rule rigidly.
The quotation contrasts a mother's reading aloud about Uncle John's loss of three hundred pounds with young Alice's naive reaction. A second item notes a misdirected valentine from Calloway that included animals, causing Jagway convulsions and Miss Twilling's commentary.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a judge questioning his eldest daughter about Tit wya and an injunction while a teacher laments a late arrival. The text hints at a disrupted scene with muddled speech and a note about greased soles.
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