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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
8
Varna residents host gatherings and visits as wartime spirit grows. Local families welcome guests from nearby towns, volunteers raise funds for a Junior Red Cross drive, and community sing uses regional talent to boost morale amid shortages. A vast turnout honors soldiers overseas and supports a Liberty Bond drive.
Busy men can save time and money by letting Hart Schaffner & Marx handle their clothing needs. The store promises finest garments with guaranteed satisfaction, plus spring shoes hats shirts and ties at attractive prices. Redfern coats are recommended for style quality and reasonable prices with a satisfaction guarantee. May we show you.
A local store advertises low prices on silks wash goods waists skirts sweater coats and notions. Shoppers are invited to view new arrivals and special sale items for the season.
In the sale of furniture rugs carpets linoleums wall papers curtain nets and curtain rods items from regular stocks offered at the lowest prices of the year. The advertisement highlights quality merchandise bearing the brand of superiority and emphasizes economy for buyers.
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend and weekday visits. Augusta Willard returns to Chillicothe after winter with daughters P E Phillips and H C Merrill. Several families travel between LaPrairie Peoria Northampton and Ottawa for visits, court in Hennepin, and a cross border move to Canada noted for Mrs. Raymond Thomas with mother Mrs J J Huard accompanying.
Broadmoor residents hosted and visited over the weekend with Mrs Emma Johnson visiting her daughter in Streator and Mrs Henry Churchill traveling to Peoria. Bert McKinney and family joined Lyman Loomis in Henry while James McHane and Eva visited Peoria. Emma Johnson and Mrs A W Shriver visited Mrs Albert Stickel in Henry. Ray Cole and family of Kewanee and M A Dally of Putnam joined G W Bean’s Sunday gathering. Arthur Poff and Callie Shier of Providence wed recently at Princeton and will reside in Providence where Poff farms. Bert Allen, once Ina Nevitt, stayed with Broadmoor friends while hastening home to Colorado due to his sister’s illness.
G Chesney and Lee Stickel ship hogs to Chicago and return by Thursday. Ladies prepare to canvass for Liberty bonds and receive materials from Francis Murphy. Red Cross meets at town hall each Thursday as Frances Longman shares sorrow. Edward Merritt visits from San Diego while John Real ships hogs to Chicago. A Junior Red Cross is organized in Putnam and a school program is planned for Steutter school. Installment bond payments begin April 6 with a 4 percent rate.
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