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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
12
Magnolia residents are urged to set a May 4 date for events and ministerial activities. Local notes list visitors, shoppers, and engagements from Henry, Ottawa, Peoria, Toluca, and Variations in attendance at Sabbath School, with a focus on the upcoming stage cast and a free Yeomen lecture at Princess theater.
Miss Fay Gordon visited Venona and J H Price of Streator attended the Ramage house earlier this week. For sale two horses a blemished draft mare and a one day driving horse seven years old both gentle. Magnolia band prepares a musical program with vocal and instrumental numbers and light comedy for Magnolia and vicinity on April 26 featuring a bass profundo, baritone and male quartet.
The Thursday afternoon club gathered at Mrs. W. H. Skelton's home on April 11 with vice president Mrs. Alonzo Emmons presiding. Minutes were read, funds from Tag Day were allocated to four teachers via the board of trustees, and a program followed featuring Miss Lucile Macy reading from The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and other pieces.
R W Spencer of Magnolia Illinois advertises lumber cut to order at his mill four and a half miles northwest of Magnolia for twenty dollars per thousand feet. Oak and red elm are not included.
It Looks Like a Crime To separate a boy from a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. His pimples boils scratches knocks sprains and bruises demand it and its quick relief for burns scalds or cuts is his right. Keep it handy for boys also girls. Heals everything healable and does it quick. Unequalled for piles. Only 25 cents at T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger's drug stores.
A stream of visits and social activity fills the week as residents from Henry Granville Streator and nearby towns visit relatives, shop, or attend meetings. School directors election set for April 20 at the schoolhouse. Magnolia Grange reports new membership applications and various residents attend church and Sunday school.
Mrs Mary W Smith and Mrs Lucretia Franklin visited at Max Whitneys Sunday and Monday. Dawson Glenn re elected school trustee Saturday afternoon. The Magnolia Grange unloaded a car of flour and feed at McNabb Saturday. Frank Koehler entertained relatives at dinner last Sunday. Our boys prepare to face Tonica next Saturday. The Swaney orchestra entertained at T J Mills home Friday night. A party gathered wildflowers along Clear Creek Sunday. Anna Hansen from Denmark visited Wm Anderson and will live with WB Mills this summer. John Swaney students go to Granville Saturday for a school event. W L Mills seeks treatment in Peoria for rheumatism. Horticultural class trims trees and vines near Consolidated School.
A cautious mother seeks pure medicine with no opiates and true healing qualities. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a safe remedy for croup whooping cough bronchitis and throat chest lung ailments for children and adults. A. J. Tronmonger promotes the product as best and safest with no opiates.
Local brief highlights include Miss Berneice King returning to Chicago, postmistress exam in Streator, visits near Hennepin, court attendance, the death of Mrs. Fred Wolf Sr, and playful town chatter about a busy butcher and new meat market cooler. Also mentions garden tasks, pedestrian Bertha Brown, and meat supply improvements.
An old advertisement claims Dr. King's New Life Pills cure the blues caused by a sluggish liver and bilious poisons. It promotes relief for stomach, liver and kidneys and notes availability at T. J Segraves and A. J Ironmonager drug stores for 25 cents. Old papers sold at this office for 6 cents per package.
Hennepin reporters record social visits and local events from Henry to Granville. Obituaries note Arthur Duncan of Chicago and pioneer Lewis Skeel. funeral details and interment set. Community notices include lectures, concerts, births, and local business moves with names such as Zack Duncan, Frank Duncan, and J. B. Bush.
Dr C E B Foge and wife of McConnell visited daughter Mrs Walter Kemp. Frank Hoge and daughter Corrine were in Chicago. Mrs Wesley Allen and Miss Maur visited Wenona friends. Eva and Lucy Hoge with Ethel and Gertrude Judd spent Saturday in Peoria. Augusta Hall and Mae Hall returned from California. C A Axline and Hattie Webber called in Streator. E Frank Perry of Lacon visited Wenona. Roseann Wilson died of pneumonia aged 90. Funeral at Presbyterian church with burial in Wenona cemetery. Survived by ten children and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Other locals named include Abel Mills, Amos Wilson, F E Smith, John Wilson, Oliver Wilson and family, B K Parrett, Wilson Merritt, Max Whitney, Ernest Hoobler.
A humorous Harper's Weekly cartoon caption shows a French chauffeur asking for gas while addressing a deaf farmer on a main road. The farmer mishears as hay while the chauffeur clarifies gas for a motor car.
Catarrh relief claim cites Hyomei with inhaler included for 1.00 and extra bottles 50 cents. Promises end to hawking and snuffling, crusts, and throat mucus with antiseptic, non habit forming formula. Listed at T. Segraves and druggists.
Mrs H C Vollmer is sick. Mrs Taylor visits sister Mrs F E B Hagy. E W Phillips and daughter ill. John Kelley leaves for Amboy work. A H Ruble and wife return from south. Herbert Wierman to farm in Putnam County. Anna Kelso thanks friends for birthday cards. Charles Whitney visits grandparents. Mrs Cody to speak April 29. Mrs John Walsh visits from Williams. Kelso and daughter Maria among La Salle visitors. Flowering plants brighten St John’s altar. Fred Martin and baby boy visit from Council Bluffs. Lostant friends saddened by Clarence Johnson’s typhoid illness in Bloomington. Funeral in Watseka for Mr Foster’s niece. Mrs Charles Hartenbower home from Streator. Ladies Aid entertainment planned for April 19 at opera house. Rev Hanes attends Bloomington-Normal meeting. W T U meeting led by Mrs Vollmer. Wm Goedicke injured by pulverizer fall. taken to Streator hospital. Badger band to hold concert at opera house. Roosevelt train crowd at station. Conlin aboard from La Salle. Belt Railway of Chicago merger to improve freight handling and reduce congestion. Subscribe to The Republican.
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