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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
3
Local notes from Sparland Henry and nearby areas detail social visits shopping trips and calls by residents. People include Miss Marie O Leary Miss Mabelle Gehr and Mrs. J C Ohlman. Community events include Boy Scout gatherings church services and a state teachers meeting.
Nellie Thomas delivered a strong address on mission work and welcoming immigrants upon arrival. Mrs Gehr praised the society’s special assistance to newcomers and large cities. Rev D McLeish spoke on the society’s growth and financial success, noting its patriotism. Four new members joined. refreshments followed. banking offer seen as liberal.
Mrs Walter Pride spent a couple ole days at the DeWalt home last week. Olive Hastings and daughter visited Wilbur Hastings home. Effie Rowley and Opal of Henry were Sunday visitors of George Waughop and family. Joey Bogner family welcomed a fine new son born March 26. W B Deck Rawleigh man visited in the vicinity and called on Leslie Waughop. Schwiderski spent the weekend with Toluca kin. A group camped at the foot of the hill, quieter than the Weual Gypsies. Albert Damm and Bernadine Holler, Henry grammar students, vacationed at home. Fred Ely visited Lacon Saturday. Easter passes. rain forecast for seven Sundays per old saying. Hazel Wood and Rosa Baugh, Fire Misses, spent time at parental homes. Henry auto got stuck on the big hill. More ways than one to reach places, even if a long way around.
A 65 year old Houston man says indigestion plagued him for two decades until a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets removed his symptoms and cured him within two months. He urges others to try the remedy and shares his satisfaction with the treatment.
Peoria residents visited La Prairie relatives last week while McIntyre and Lynn from Peoria spent the weekend with the Pringle sisters. A United Presbyterian church reception is set for April 14 for Rev and Mrs Tussey. Local news mentions residents from Chicago and Speer, a Christian Union meeting on April 9, and nearby health anecdotes including a doctor’s sugar dose in a Danville case.
Peoria shoppers visit Camp Grove and nearby towns as residents travel for Easter and family visits. Several locals attend events in Peoria Dixon Sterling Ottawa and Du Quoin. The Stark County Power Co offers a $25 reward for information on insulator sabotage causing power and phone outages.
Katie Zintz of Steubon visited Peoria with sister Mary Heck of Peru and attended Easter services at Chillicothe. George Peck, handyman at Mrs. Jacobson’s tenant house, offers help in any line. Otis Compton and cousin Isabel Green visited with Mrs. Archie Compton. Hattie Johnson and siblings visited their grandfather John Johnson in Henry. Ida Green of Henry keeps house for the ill Mrs. Joseph Ohlman. Anna McChristal, a leading woman farmer, called on Sarah Charles. Leslie Compton from Madison family visited family Sunday. Beulah Kear of Hatfield, Ark., recovering from pneumonia, improving but weak. Timber clearing east of Steuben by M. Schultz Co. near Lacon enhances ground value. Edmond reports another city appropriation for a new Normal school, forming three buildings. Arthur Hazard of Edmond, a prominent realtor, expects growth from the new building. Marsinlir county news notes.
A garbled South Milo note reports warm days but a need for rain. Residents John McClare and granddaughter, Mrs Byron Alleivand-Vabey attended supper in Tiskilwa. Various callers, farm and car talk, and a remark on Rheumatism remedies appear amid scattered names and places.
Residents Frederick Cornell Ridge returns to store duties though weak. Mrs Thomas Collins visits relatives in Kewanee. Peoria Easter visits by Mary Armstrong Vesta Collins and Daisy Streitmatter. Curtis visits from Minooka. local well drilling moves south. Jeffries car arrives with Ww Armstrong. animal behavior tested. Amelia Winkler returns from Sparland nursing. Ste celebrates in Peoria. Spring work begins as farmers sow oats amid uncertain conditions.
Probate court entries show numerous estates with hearings and orders for letters testamentary or executorship. It notes inventories appraisals and sales, with bond amounts and oath requirements, plus several civil matters and real estate transfers and adjournments.
The Lone Tree community reports attendance at Whitefield church for Easter services. Visitors from Peoria joined Frank Jeannett's gathering, with families like the Binley and Andersons mentioned among those present. A car accident near Rev Seble’s corner caused injuries but no broken bones, and locals note recoveries are progressing.
Fragmented OCR blends claims for Chamberlain Tablets with a claim of a divorce filing and residence rule changes. It references a digestive remedy lacking pepsin and mentions a divorce petition proceeding with possible five appeals, all in an unclear, garbled format.
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