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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
3
Hundreds use the mail order system with experts in charge who dispatch goods by mail after receiving orders.
Kathleen Kelly is sick with a long illness and many residents report health issues. Mrs H Marshall and little Esther Hoadley face illnesses while others visit relatives in the country or travel to Peoria for medical care. Primary village elections approach as Mrs Rooney’s health declines and Easter hats draw townsfolk.
Mr Olson learns Elmer is sick with typhoid fever in Peoria and Mrs Olson travels to help. Ruby suffered another heart spell and remains unwell. The Junior League program Sunday drew praise, with Bible quiz participation by Rists and McFarlands classes. A windstorm damaged Bert Parsons’ unfinished hilltop house. Robert Davis’s little daughter died after a week of double pneumonia. funeral held at Bapt ist church with Rev. Elliott. burial in Sparland cemetery.
A summary of funeral for Wm Snyder in Wyoming and social visits from Peoria, Castleton theater plans, road mishap involving Mr Spaulding and Charlie Stambaugh, local storm damage to a barn and chimney, plus various family visits across Camp Grove, Peoria, Henry and Moline with neighborly updates.
James Root of Des Moines is the guest of relatives in La Prairie. Mrs. Hastings visited Chillicothe with her father. Miss Bessie Willard has a position in Peoria. Mrs. Carrithers and Mrs. Thompson visited Miss Will Smith. Robert Turnbull and Miss Winnie Edminster return for spring vacation. Mollie Smith and Lillian Scott visited La Con with Dr. and Mrs. Bradford. E A Wilmot entertained 25 ladies in honor of Miss Lucy Calder. Dorothy Scott visits Toluca with Eunice Durham. JL Calder mis sick last week. EB Leigh travels to Linus Kansas after uncle Lewis Choat’s death.
The WhitefieldCorners Sunday school presented a strong Easter program and the League plans biweekly meetings at 8 pm led by Roland Doyle with the topic Spiritual Birth. Members praise the effort, note Pastor attendance, and share community updates including health news, insurance talk, and birthday wishes for Mrs. G C Barnes.
Easter has passed with a high wind. Funeral attendance in Wyoming for Billy Snyder last Saturday. George Staab reports a sick horse he suspects asthma. Mrs. Lewis entertains ditchers. Mrs. Carter Shearer recovering. Frank Gray Willis Shearer and Herbert Doyle return from school for spring work. Earl Doyle visits Ede Light's family. Bessie Holmes elected Sunday school superintendent. May Gray serves as secretary treasurer. Mrs. Tom Cain employed a Bradford seamstress. Ella Renwick visits La Prairie. Town hall district school closed due to a teacher mother’s burial. John Zeigler injured in barn accident. Blanche Lutes bedridden six weeks and honored by classmates. Charley Saxby buried at Lawn Ridge. age 94, esteemed. Last Tuesday’s storm caused damage but no fatalities. Jennie Higgins sewing in area. Bird Mulcahy visiting relatives.
The Bradford Catholic bazaar at the Catholic hall offers several fine articles to be given away. News items mention David Driscoll visiting friends in Tiskilwa, Blackburn and Eldridge shipping hogs to Chicago, and farmers plowing for corn as oats sowing ends. A storm caused damage across locations and John Driscoll suffered grip while Mrs. Stang cared for her ill daughter. Nina Woodin visited Castleton, and John Loomis of Whitefield delivered hogs to Blackburn and Eldridge at Broadmoor.
A spring health note touts Koley's Kid ney Remedy as a tonic for the kidneys after winter strain. It claims to purify blood by stimulating kidney function and to impart new life and vigor, with a pleasant taste, according to A. J. Irongmon ger.
April showers and a quiet week in South Milo with a family gathering for Oscar Chasteen and Mrs. William Bentley improving from quinsy. Easter program by children. Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11. Miss Luta Deyo visited friends. Alvin Wright shows a new buggy. Reid school honors March punctuality. postal delay affected press. State reapportionment bill killed at Springfield. district content with current boundaries.
Mrs Bert Wilcox and children and Miss Rosa Wilcox visited Peoria last week. Miss Alice Peters left China for her brother’s Iowa home due to stomach cancer. Mrs Roy Root and Miss Edith Owens visit before returning to Logansport Ind. Horatio Owens visited kin. Mrs Asa Jones to hospital after amputation stitches caused drainage but now improving. Mrs Harriet Stowell delayed Seattle visit due to Mr Dickinson’s death. funeral attended by Mr and Mrs J B Green. Burial at Lawn Ridge for Charles Saxby aged about 90, last of his family, who lived in Marshall county 50 years. Roy Root’s funeral drew many. He died March 31 in Logansport aged 25. Fritts writes Foley’s Urine Laxative praised for children and liver. Barred Plymouth Rocks, eggs priced by source.
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