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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
3
Miss Nellie OLeary visits Peoria and several residents travel locally with relatives. John Christman moves to the country. Billy McGee and family spend Sunday there. Various visits to Henry, Lacon, and Morris noted. Singer agent promotes supplies. Poultry ads and minor health notes conclude the Sparland personals.
Little Fred Royce recovers and rides in a go cart. Wy O Leary traveled via Watseka to Milwaukee to visit his brother in law John Condon who left for California. Mrs Sparrs in Colorado reports feeling better possibly staying there for the summer. Mrs Zimmerman’s sister Mrs Howe visited Peoria. The Lennis Wright, hurt in a recent auto crash, is a relative she visited. A 10c social Friday evening featured a good program and refreshments. gratitude to patrons. A scarlet fever case in town prompts quarantine and precautions. Willie Corcoran ill since Sunday with fever announced Tuesday. Fred Hill renovated the J O Garrett house, adding a new floor, doors, windows, plaster, paint, and paper. Rumor swirls about a dainty housekeeper. Conductor Wilford Adams, cured after using Foley’s Kidney Remedy, shares his success story. The ad claims the remedy cures rheumatism by removing uric acid from blood.
James Root visits his brother Cyrus in Des Moines. Families and friends attend gatherings in Henry, Peoria, Bradford, Speer, and surrounding towns. Recitals, church events, and travel notes include Edminster graduation at Knox Conservatory and clarifications on L. L. C. banquet to May Calder.
Miss Armina Caldwell remains about the same if anything a touch better. Henry Davidson and family of Camp Grove visited Richard Davidson's on Sunday. Howard Edminster traveled to Galesburg Thursday to attend a recital by his daughter Winnie.
Mrs. M. L. Dix of Clarksville Tennessee credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing four years of severe lung trouble and chest pain. The ad touts relief for coughs colds hay fever lagrippe asthma croup bronchitis and hemorrhages with trial bottles free and guaranteed by T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger druggists.
Single Comb Rhode Island Beds eggs for hatching priced at 75c for 17 eggs. Local notices include visitors from Peoria and Bradford, a concert in Barnes hall, and a social ball planned for April 21. Death of James McMullen noted with details of life, marriage, children, and funeral arrangements.
Medical note argues eczema germs reside in inner skin requiring a penetrating liquid. Recommends Oil of Wintergreen in liquid form as D. D. D. Prescription. Trial bottle priced at 25 cents promises instant itch relief, with decades of sales and endorsements by T. J. Segraves, druggist.
The column reports visits and travels around Lawn Ridge, Chillicothe, Ottawa and Sparland. Jack Donath buys a horse in Peoria on his brother in law Cecil Kaufman’s recommendation. Mrs Bragg and Emily visit from Friday to Monday. Mead Nurss passes through after Chicago business. Jennie Swann and Shater bring Cecil home from Ottawa. J B Green and Myrtle Wilmot visit and attend church. Rev A B Curtis spoke at Sparland on April 11 about God’s powers and love. Morris and family moved to Peoria with plans to settle at 583 California Avenue. S L R BE club notes limited by absence but praises Miss Lillie Crady’s California trip description and travel anecdotes.
Residents travel to Peoria and Chicago on business and visit family while livestock moves to markets in Chicago and Omaha. Local events include a home talent play in Princeville and a funeral in Camp Grove. An article promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy for grip and related ailments.
Broadmoor residents report visits from family and friends including Alice Perkins returning to Normandy and Clarence Perkins visiting relatives. L H Eldredge and son Bertram and M L Hay traveled to Peoria or Princeton. James Conner family from Bradford visited, Otis Hodges hosted her mother from Princeville, and Joseph Shammel heads to South Dakota. Foley's Honey and Tar remains the popular cough remedy.
Sunday visitors and callers populate the Cottage area with gatherings at Chesney Donovan and Piper households. A Masonic temple memorial to Washing ton is planned with a $1,000,000 starter fund. A tuberculosis hospital bill moves in the Senate. U.S. school statistics show 16.82 million public school pupils. 30,000 in colleges. Pocahontas tab will honor the famed Native American in the National Hall of Fame.
The fragment records a rate of 4.60 dollars for a compilation club deal possibly tied to Chicago Daily Papers or related papers including The Henry Republican. The readable portion hints at pricing and publication bundles without full context.
Mrs Mielkey is sick at this writ. Mr and Mrs Carl Barker hosted dinner at the Barker home on Sunday. Mrs William Bentley visited with Mrs Amree Longman Friday afternoon. Mrs Allen Moffitt and children spent Friday with Mrs William Shorts. Mr Soper of Putnam bought cattle on our street Thursday. Mrs Melvin Griswold and Mrs Olive Griswold visited John McClane's last week. The Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Robert Conover on Thursday afternoon April 21. John McClane and son Clarence visited Henry Friday. Frank Thirkel visited Peoria Sunday. Remember the school election next Saturday night. Ivan Shorts has a new buggy. Reid school pupils with perfect March attendance: Jennie, Annie, Maybelle, Himer Salisbury, Mabel Harris, Beulah Barker, Hisse Swineman, Margie Smith.
L. W. Harriman of Burlington Maine recounts enlistment and four decades of eczema suffering before Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him when all else failed. The advertisement touts the salve as the greatest healer of sores ulcers boils burns cuts wounds bruises and piles offered at 25c by local druggists.
Mrs A J Kistler and Mrs Maud Jones visited in Kewanee on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Frank Hanchett visited their sister over Sunday. Miss Kate Hopkins returned home near Tiskilwa after a three week stay with Mrs Addie Poarch.
Purification claims from the Call of the Blood link pimples boils and liver trouble to a jaundiced look and blotches. Dr King s New Life Pills promise rich red blood clear skin rosy cheeks and health sold for 25c by J J Segraves and A J Ironmonger druggists.
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