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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
13
Sparland residents and visitors are noted in a string of social items from April 1913. People travel between Henry Lacon and Sparland for shopping visits and family gatherings while the village board lists new officials after a Tuesday election. A social banquet in the M E church hall features red and white decor and toasts to various local groups and schools.
An advertises a Peoria healing room at 407 Masonic Temple Bldg offering cures for asthma, nervous prostration, kidney and liver troubles, heart and lung issues, headaches, and more without medicine or invasive methods. Associates Healer Lyman and urges personal visit for immediate relief. Admission 15 and 10 cents.
Mrs Tuthill spent time with Sparland relatives and friends while T Van Antwerp hosted about 30 children at a moving picture show last Wednesday night. The group enjoyed the outing and thanked him for his generosity. Mr and Mrs Charles Maxwell, visiting his family, left Tuesday for Chicago Heights and plan a western trip to Montana by next Sunday.
Rev. McLeish officiated at the Vincennes Indiana wedding of his son Lloyd to Frances B Kelso. Church services resume regular hours with bell silenced for a time. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 pm Sunday school 10 am Epworth League 6 30 pm preaching 7 30 pm. Ladies Aid to serve supper Friday April 18 priced 25 and 15 cents.
Second graders build a piano for a doll house while first graders craft a dresser. Primary room flower calendar fills as spring blooms are recorded. Absent pupils return, bird booklets take shape, and grades three and four list returning birds. Fourth grade studies sand features and Celia Thaxter poem The Sand Piper. Everett Simpson visited. prep contests set for Henry and Sparland High on April 18 and 25 at 7:30 p.m.
The ad urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds, praising its remarkable cures and worldwide reputation. It notes sales by T. J. Se graves and A. J. Ironmonger and presents a straightforward endorsement in bold terms.
Jemel Root son of Lucia and Anna Root died at his farm home aged 71 after a life marked by marriage to Alphonsine Halstead and later Mary Davidson. Survived by four children 18 grandchildren two sisters and several relatives. Funeral held at Blue Ridge church with Rev Killip and others officiating. Interment at Blue Ridge Cemetery.
A dialogue shows a parcel clerk lamenting a draft postal zone layout while a friend notes the cold tone of the response. The exchange hints at regional tensions over mail routing and suggests frustration with the proposed plan.
Henry asks for local testimony on cures, citing John Tumney of E Third Street Hen ty Inl. who used Doan's Kidney Pills from Sears Graves Drug Store and found relief from back and kidney pains. For sale by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's.
Farmer updates with new equipment and health news. Mrs Moody seeks treatment for goitre at Proc tor hospital while T C Moody installs a pitless scale for farm commerce. A child injury near Asa Jones' home is treated and heals. The Moody family hosts daughter Hattie Shirly from Jamaica. Stella Dodd marries Roscoe Jordan near Wyoming after years of friendship and shared schooling in Peoria. The town wishes them happiness.
A Peoria Illinois resident describes chronic backache and congested kidneys. After three days on Foley Kidney Pills, dramatic relief followed and he was fully cured, prompting him to recommend the remedy.
Mrs. Alyina Wright is sick with measles. Visitors include Mrs. Frank Ziegler and relatives, Mrs. Oliver Downey, Mrs. Corbly Wright, and Mrs. Poignant. Velma and Carrie Anderson join Muriel Wright and others. Willing Workers meet at Downey’s. Perfect attendance certificates awarded to Velma and Carrie Anderson, Wesley Anderson, Muriel Wright, Marguerite and Bernice Carroll. Magoon Kane quits school to help with spring work. High school students read The Lady of the Lake. No school Friday due to seventh and eighth graders final exams in Tiskilwa.
Advertises Dr Kings New Life Pills as cures for sick headaches sour stomach indigestion and biliousness. Claims pills purify blood restore vigor and guarantee satisfaction. Priced 25 cents with endorsements by T J Segraves and A J Tronmonger.
Cottage residents share weekend visits with Brokaws and Pipers. Ladies' Aid elected new officers led by Mrs Lidgard and Mrs Reynolds. Reynolds and babe visited Chesneys, Chesneys visited Hunt's, Allen and wife visited Byron. Donovan spoke in Princeton. Maynard lost a work horse. Charles delivered hogs in Tiskilwa. ONeal visited Cotter.
Cough Medicine for Children argues that careful selection avoids harmful substances and favors effectiveness and pleasant taste. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as meeting these needs and is advertised as available from A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves.
One application relieves the itching and burning sensation. This salve is advertised as a cure for tetter salt rheum and eczema in the period ad.
Circuit court notes multiple estates including Hafty Marshall John C Ford Lewis J Hodge James Thompson and Sophia Hesselberth. Letters of administration granted to James W Ford bonds posted notices posted. Real estate transfers and marriage licenses listed with heirs and heirs’ notices. Obituary details Malinda Anna Smith born 1858 Kentucky died 1918 near Bradford Illinois.
The notice lists a glasses fitting event on Monday April 21 1915 from 1 to 6 pm and states that every third Monday of each month thereafter there will be fittings at the Camp House.
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