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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1917
Page
11
Sparland notes report many residents traveling to Henry Peoria and Chillicothe for visits. post office money orders exceed two thousand dollars in a month. Go To Church Sunday announced with special music and a district superintendent sermon at the Steuben Baptist and local churches.
The second annual Visitation Day in the grammar room featured blue and pink crepe decorations by Mr. Otto and pupils. Danzki paintings were displayed, the Richmond orchestra of Lacon performed, and speeches by Frank Campbell and Rev. H. B. Ward accompanied by stories from Evangeline Lovett. The event included a 45 minute storytelling session and a social hour with frappe.
The M. and M. Club met at Mrs. L. N. Osborne's spacious home with assistances from Mesdames John Riddell and L. E. Dennis. Annual officers elected include Mrs. John Van Antwerp as president, Mrs. May Osborne as VP, and Miss Leila Maxwell as secretary. Each member wrote a Dutch poem on slips of paper, some of which proved amusing. Mrs. Lily Ohlman won a prize.
The afternoon program featured stories by Miss Lovett in the grammar room with Mrs Lovett and guests including Mesdames Riddell Hoadley McCartney and Russell. Students sold musicale tickets to benefit the high school as boys prepared for the track meet and illness caused some absences.
Jennie Newell and Tenie Steuben visit Henry Satur Thomas McLuskey’s family in Whitfield. Frank Cumming returns from New Baden. Asa Nighswonger visits Harvey in Whitfield. David Thomas and Ray Nighswonger recover. Ray works with cousin George Holler, who is recovering from a horse kick. Mrs. James Wilson attends Visitation Day. Spring weather spurs garden work and planting activity.
Summary of social notes and happenings from Souter Whitefield area including visits and travels of residents Frances Kneip Ralph McLuskey and families neighborhood entertainments at Sparland grammar room and a new sewing device advertisement by Mr Prater Also reports on a horse injury and minor illnesses with emphasis on community life and local personalities.
John Colgan shipped cattle to Chicago Tuesday and John Wilson sent a car of hogs. Dr. Blough sold his property to H. W. Dewey and will move to Odell. The community will miss the doctor and family. New autos owned by David Real, George Krueger, and James Colgan. Church services at M. E. church each Sunday with communion next Sunday. A recital at O Briens Hall after Easter by G. W. Chandler pupils and a dance by local youth the Monday after Easter. David Aitchison is very ill with nurse Miss Dillavone from Peoria attending him.
The advertisement suggests learning from others methods and cites Chamberlain's Tablets as widely used for biliousness and constipation with good results. It frames the product as a trusted example to follow.
Long column of social updates from Camp Grove and nearby areas detailing visits by Mrs A J Kistler and Mrs Bert Duncan, illness lists including Mrs H M Dewey and Mrs Isabelle Pearson, property deals, new residents, church notices, Easter services, and a long Ladies Aid poem and member profiles highlighting local residents and weekly events.
Audubon societies across Illinois counties start a migratory bird census as spring arrives. They will record number species and arrival dates, with each county filing reports. The effort aims to collect township statistics and protect bird life, including prosecutions for bird killers.
The legislature is urged to extend protection to quail and other farm friends. Citizens are asked to install bird houses and guard birds from cats. It is believed efforts will be repaid. Renew your subscription for this Paper.
Mr. Henderson plans a small barn at the former cheese factory site and will move into the near future. Miss Libbie Turk donates an old organ to Miss Ruth Foster. William Predmore remodels the C. B. Root store into a barn with a new roof. Henry Lukehart and wife attend a funeral in Wyoming. Auto travel remains rough with many mudholes slowing trips. Mrs. Mary Nurse returned from Peoria after aiding a sugar camp run. sap rich, maple syrup plentiful. Mrs. Ethel Burdick rushed to hospital in Peoria for appendicitis but is recovering. Parshal McCartney returns to work for Thomas Collins. Royal Neighbors lodge enjoys a spring boom with drilling and initiation. Philip Pick sells 40-acre farm to Robert Turnbull. Libbie Turk will move nearby with relatives. Blindness and age prompt changes in living arrangements for Libbie Turk and her father.
Marshall County notes report Mike Balensiefen in Peoria sanitarium for rheumatism. Sharp McCully breaks leg near La Rose. Neighbors host farewell party for Mrs. Anna Judd and daughter Ethel at Judd home. Evans Grange honors Roscoe Judd with knives and forks. Tax collection in Evans Township totals 37143.72 with 4333.42 delinquent. Ernest Turner to Indiana National Guard. Marion J. French returns from Denver. County book auditing by Douglass and Nelson. Harry Winter Jr injures arm in engine accident.
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