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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
2
Magnolia community keeps open a date for May 4 and notes various town happenings. Dr Hoge of Venona and several residents from Henry, Ottawa, Peoria, and Chicago are listed visiting or passing through. Local events include a county minister cast, a spelling contest, a free Yeomen lecture, choir efforts, and a Magnolia band performance with a plan for bean soup at the parsonage.
The Thursday afternoon club gathered at president Mrs W H Skelton’s home on April 11 with vice president Mrs Alonzo Emmons presiding. Members heard committee reports and approved dividing Tag Day funds among four teachers via the board of trustees.
R W Spencer of Magnolia Illinois announces lumber sold in sawed orders at twenty dollars per thousand feet. Timber includes lumber not including oak and red elm and specifies the mill is located four miles northwest of Magnolia.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is touted as quick relief for pimples boils scratches knocks sprains bruises and burns It promises healing for all healable injuries and notes a price of 26 cents at T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger drug stores.
Several towns link in a bustling week of visits and activities. People from Wenona Streator Granville and nearby areas traveled for family gatherings church events school meetings and social visits. Magnolia Grange welcomed new members and a school board election is planned for April 20 at the school house.
Mrs. Mary WW Smith and Mrs. Lucretia Franklin visited at Max Whitney's Sunday and Monday. The Magnolia Grange members unloaded a car of flour and feed at McNabb. Dawson Glenn was reelected school trustee Saturday afternoon. Mrs. M A Wilson visited an invalid sister near Sterling. Frank Koehler hosted relatives at dinner last Sunday. The Lavonna Does from Tonica were guests. T J Smith and F E Smith attended the T A C meeting at Magnolia Thursday afternoon. Baseball season opened at Consolidated school. our boys expect to play Tonica next Saturday. The Swaney orchestra and sweethearts were entertained at T J Mills' home Friday night. A party gathered wildflowers along Clear Creek Sunday. Frank Koehler visited Granville Thursday. Miss Anna Hansen of Denmark visited Wm Anderson. will live with E B Mills this summer. Cordelia Wilson of Granville visited home folks Saturday and Sunday. Charles Aukland of Whitefield visited last Friday and took home some of W G Griffith's seed corn. Relatives from Lane attended Mrs Rosanna Wilson's funeral at Wenona Monday. she passed 90. John Swaney students go to Granville Saturday night for an entertainment for Granville High School. W L Mills has rheumatism. he and his wife go to Peoria for treatment at Sulphur Bath Sanitorium. The horticultural class at Consolidated School trims fruit trees and vines nearby and will be glad to have you.
A careful mother will not give her child a medicine without knowing it is pure and free of opiates. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is presented as best and safest for children and adults, claimed to heal croup, whooping cough, bronchitis, and throat and lung ailments. No opiates are contained according to A J Ironmonger.
Miss Berneice King returns to Chicago after vacation with family. Mrs H Johnston examined for Streator postmistress. Numerous visits and small town activities noted including court in Hennepin, obituaries for Mrs Fred Wolf Sr and Lewis Skeel, and community events in Wenona and surrounding towns.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a cure for the blues caused by a sluggish liver. Promotes improved stomach, liver, and kidney function with a small 25 cent package sold at local drugstores and through the paper office.
A comic panel from Harper's Weekly shows a French chauffeur asking for gasoline and a deaf farmer signaling confusion. The chauffeur corrects him, saying the car is not a horse, highlighting humor over language barriers and misunderstanding on the Main road.
Hyomei touted as ending catarrh hawking and snuffling by inhalation. It promises to clear the nose and throat membranes, ease coughs and sore throats, with no habit forming drugs. Complete outfit with inhaler priced at $1.00. extra bottles 50 cents at T. J. Segraves and druggists.
Mrs H C Vollmer is ill and Mrs Taylor visits her sister. John Kelley leaves for Amboy. A H Ruble returns from the south. Mrs Anna Kelso thanks friends for birthday cards. Charles Whitney stays with grandparents in Varna. Mrs Cody to address on April 29. Local church services and Easter altar flowers noted. New baby in Council Bluffs grandchild of Williamson family. Clarence Johnson ill with typhoid at Brokaw hospital. Mrs Nancy Foster and Mrs Birdie Hartenbower attend funeral in Watseka. Hartenbower recovered from Streator hospital. family preparing home. Ladies Aid entertainment planned for April 19 with 40-voice chorus. Bloomington-Normal ministerial meeting attended by Rev Hanes. WCTU meeting led by Mrs H C Vollmer. mothers meeting led by Emma Phillips. Widespread band practice ends. a concert expected. Roosevelt train crowd greets ex-president. he distributes photos and buttons. Belt Railway of Chicago agreement formed by 14 railroads to own and operate inner belt lines, improving freight handling and reducing congestion.
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