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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1893
Page
6
Henry residents share news from Hawley house on West Richard Street with Hennepin origins. Visits from J O Hildebrand of Pontiac and A Q Hildebrand, plus Kees changes at Mrs Murdock’s home. Bush injured by a stallion but not seriously, and Keeley rumors denied. Plans for I of Ps lodge installation, electric plant upgrade, and Knights of Pythias charter efforts noted along with family stories and local social events.
Robert Waugh shows slow improvement. Archie Riddell Jr sick. Mrs Wetzal remains ill. Judge Shaw family visited Mrs Pesmer. Citizens' ticket at Lacon elected. Jerry Combs's babe died Monday morning and buried Tuesday. Thos Johnson distributing Normal fruit trees. Dr Boylan moved to the drugstore area. Mrs Ida Barton moving to Quincy. H B Aikens of Chicago collaborates with Walter Athay. J O Garrett appointed purchasing agent for the Jacksonville blind asylum. Elder J Z Zimmerman, 81, visited. wife’s death left him broken. Herbine liver remedy advertised. tree trial battles at Dr Powell’s drug store.
The piece notes Klein district directors elected Mrs Clift and John Klein while Niblock district election is postponed to next Saturday. It mentions Os car Hill losing a recently bought fine driving horse and recounts local social visits and a timid young man from Red who visits his lady near Thompsonville. A Sunday school at Niblock schoolhouse draws a large turnout with encouragement to attend.
Lillian Runnells is improving as Artie Swift visits. Leslie Thompson from South White Bele visits, and others spend Sabbath here. The Willing Workers meet April 26 with Mrs Minnie Runnells. Norton and Snowden Moffit, now in Kansas, plan to rent and repair their former home. Our church reopened last Sunday with Dr J G Evans raising funds to clear debt. new seats impressed all. Next Sunday services at 3 PM, Sabbath school at 2 PM.
Rev H H Fairall editor of the Iowa Methodist endorses Ely's Dream Balm as a cure for catarrh noting ministers suffer head and throat troubles and that catarrh is prevalent The testimonial claims the balm cured ary catarrh with a statement by B I Weeks Denver confirming the cure.
Miss Allen began to tan the boys at Sawyer school last Monday. Commissioners surveyed the country last Thursday. Bert Ruggins shows slow but steady improvement and will resume work soon. The event at Martin's drew a good crowd. The Hopewell orchestra funds. Rumor says Jon Maubach bought a threshing outfit from King Bros of Oxbow.
The advertisement urges avoiding plain walls and promotes stylish wallpaper sets. It highlights room lighting and woodwork, offers guidance from experienced staff, claims low prices, and lists carpets and capes plus affordable men’s shoes.
A town hall gathering last Sunday drew a large congregation. A town hall service is planned for Sunday, April 30, with a Sunday school meeting the following afternoon. J C Stoner leads with his fox hounds sending three to parties near Bloomington. John, Frank Schmitt, and Peter Hank were guests of John Herbeck, Sandy belles accompanying all but Frank. Rev Steele of Lasen preached at the Parsons. They note bilious colic attacks and recommend Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy, kept on hand, sold by J. Wataco.
Local notes report Mary Scott suffering through a measles spell described as unpleasant. Mrs Charlie Barker was buried Sunday at 2 pm in Blue Ridge cemetery. Blair Bell and family visit from Colorado. Ollie Powell ill with a serious throat issue. Invitations issued for the Converts Reception at the parsonage by Rev Ward on the 25th with a planned program. Presbyterian church decorations advance. Methodists plan spring activities and discuss harmonious worship.
Clinton Missouri pharmacist A L Armstrong extols Ballard's Horehound for cough cold consumption and throat lungs diseases calling it the most perfect remedy he has sold. He claims it relieves a cough in one minute and notes it is sold at Powell's drug store with no opiates.
Multiple snippets cover Md Waugh shipping hogs, Easter services at M E church, Des Moines cousin at a funeral, Creamery Co expanding milk supply, Henpepin election results, a Sheldon death notice for Miss Anna Durley aged 32, with funeral details and community condolences, and thanks to Sterritt and Starr for burial assistance.
Mabel Sparling of Putnam is reported to be quite sick with an illness described as la in the notice.
Measles cases show signs of subsiding in Hennepin. Pia Unthank is confined by illness on a Tuesday. Susie M. Crawford of Mendota visits Mrs Lyle H. Durley.
The report notes strong church attendance and local happenings across towns. It mentions Charles Dodd of Jefferson Iowa on the streets last week Fred Wheeler improving from illness William Wherry visiting relatives in Henry County Presiding Elder Haney’s sermon at the Friday service Lake Senachwine quiet under animal protection Md McCormick Blue Island railroad official visiting Keota telegram about a sick mother Mrs John Anderson’s trip west J R Henkins returning to Chicago for World’s Fair guard duty The Taliaferro family visit and illness Artesian well progress slowed by worker sickness Hog case in Princeton with Clint Smith and others as defendants Bert Sparling’s surprise 17th birthday party Easter picnic in Senachwine valley Cedar Bluff with wildflowers and Aborigines’ traces and a celebratory supper”
An advertisement touts a Moyatic Cure for rheumatism and neuragic radic Ny ailments promising cure in 1 to 8 days. It claims to remove the cause and rapidly dispel the disease with the first dose delivering noticeable improvement. Price 75 cents. Sold by J E & F A Powell druggists, Henry.
Mr Lawrence of Galesburg visited Magnolia briefly while Frank Eddingfield and family were in town for a few weeks. Mrs Colvin and daughter from Kansas came to see her sick mother Mrs VanHorne. Mrs R J Boman left for Pontiac to visit her son. Quarterly meeting at Strawn's church next weekend with Elder Haney. Poverty Social postponed, now set for Tuesday the 25th at the church. Supper 9 cents. all invited. R A Y.
Mills was re elected to the school board with 16 of 17 ballots. Grandmother Wilson aged 88 celebrated at Oliver Wilson's with many relatives. William Hiltabrand, son of William Hiltabrand, buried at Lostant after dying near his father's home following a typhoid fever illness through September. An advertisement offers a “Positive Cure” for female weakness from Dr B D Marchisi of Utica New York proposing free samples for readers who supply address.
Sarah Bernhardt recalls Ollivier famed for extraordinary mimicry. He could imitate any voice or gesture and once used his skill to haunt a tailor by pretending to need more time on an account. A customer then paid for garments and the actor sighed in feigned distress. The story illustrates his dramatic powers.
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