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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1892
Page
6
Fror silk shop advertises Glorias oc Lawns in black and colors and plain China Silks from 29 cents, printed India Silks 39 cents to $1 a yard, Glaze silks, crepe de chine, faille and other fashionable silks with samples available by mail order.
Lacon residents record Easter gatherings and visits with Peoria and nearby towns. Families such as Muirhead Horner Jenking and Marsh members share time with friends, while others travel to Ridgeville and Mason City. A May basket plan and new millinery displays are noted along with a Chicago visit.
An old ticket office listing promotes cheap fares from Peoria to Ohio Pennsylvania New York and New England and other eastern states. It advertises one dollar to five dollars savings and fastest routes via England with agents for all railroads and ocean steamers at 1 South Adams Street.
McOlanahan and Dr McOlanahen are sick. Lewis Nightwanger visits his wife's father before returning home. Nightwanger family sees partial recovery and BR Nightwanger heads to Scranton Betoma. Baptist youths host a social and necktie party. Mike Rogers family moves to Chicago. Thomas Duke drives engine and threshing outfit to countryside for buyers. Roy Pearce plans to move to another flock. Larry Marshall elected school director. no directors have children to fund the school.
Crow Meadow notes show W McMains entertaining his mother and Jack Harney visiting. C M Dawson was elected school director last Saturday by a large majority. Co Supt Morgan visited the Quinn School last Wednesday. The Life school report says it is doing true. Mr and Mrs Wm Bell left for Nebraska Monday to see Robinson Bell who is slowly improving from illness.
Dr Miles's Pills advertised as a new discovery that speeds cure of biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and related symptoms. Sold by B. and F A. Powell's Drug Store Henry Tp with sample free and 60 doses for 25 cents.
Sugar Grove reports Thomas Monier building hog house and elected director in district No 1. I M Tremain tends a sick horse with Dr Malone. David Stockton and wife plan a summer in Peoria. Mrs Richard Blankenship is very ill. her mother Mrs Fossett of Peoria stays with her. A surprise party for Mrs Divilbiss at Ara Van Fleet’s home drew about 20 ladies for a birthday celebration with gifts and a large supper.
The account notes visitors Gertis Bogner and family, farm improvements by Thomas Monier, and new wagons like Orr’s wagon boosting butter and eggs sales. It records Sunday school at Niblock and Dunlap schools, various election events, and Thomas Monier’s contested Sugar Grove school director election with Mr Jackburn elected in place of Monier.
Mrs Vail remains seriously ill and residents urge personal verification of stories as Lizzie Fountain wins the school election to fill Dr Willis’s term. An epidemic of sore eyes affects pupils but is mild. Easter services were well received with young people showing strong elocution. The Willing Workers entertainment entertains a large audience with standout performances by Richard Wall Lilian Runnel ls Ed Hannum and others. The program is praised as the best ever at the Corners.
Testimonials claim Dr Miles New Heart Cure and Nerve and Liver Pills cured various heart symptoms. Nathan Allison of Glen Rock Pennsylvania and Peter Jaquet of Salem New Jersey are named witnesses, with notes of relief and improved sleep after use. Free Book offered by Dr Powell.
Little Bertha Leigh is ill with a qrip and a late rainfall delays farming. James Buswell plans a trip to California soon. Mable Duncan of Spotland teaches Central School this term. Thomas Hoskins has been quite sick with throat trouble, the cause.
New white drab and black corsets priced 50c 75c 1 and 1 25. complete lines of ladies misses children waists hosiery infant shoes and patent leather school shoes. Reynolds Bros shoes for ladies and calf options 2 50 3. Clothing discounts 30 days and upcoming stock additions.
Mrs Walker of Sparland visited friends last week as house cleaning sweeps the neighborhood. Efe Thompson has been sick but is recovering. Mary Williams on Yankee street attended preaching at Buthel Sunday. James Garrett bought William Booham's house and lot and will move to Spartans this fall. Some farm horses suffer the grip a tough season. Drake district school opened with Mr Dickson as teacher. Mamie McChristie has been ill all winter with a condition like St Vitus dance.
It Should be in Every House proclaims J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pa that Dr King s New Discovery cured his wife from a threatened pneumonia after influenza. Robert Barber of Onoksport Pa says the product did more for his lung trouble than any prior remedy. Free trial bottles at Dr Powell s drugstore with large bottles priced 60c and 15.
T.E Scott's brief trip to Rowunes on business amid cold back weather spurring farmers to expect poor crop results. Ella Grieves from Elmira visits Cora and Mary Scott and Mary Davidson for a couple weeks. Alvin Armstrong slightly better but very ill with pneumonia requiring strong nursing. Decoration day prep underway by La Prairie brass band as weekly practice occurs at Arthur Wilmot's. Reg Bentley's Epworth League talk postponed due to rain. Social gathering at the church with mixed turnout as youth wish older members would join and support.
“I have used St Patrick's Pills,” says Mr J Reynolds of Mayfield Ky, and pronounce them superior to any I have ever used. They are reliable and effective as a cathartic or for large orders, with J W Nicce selling them.
The converted cowboy Rev Lewis Thomas will lecture in the Magnolia M E church on May 4 at 8 p m the subject The sunny side of cowboy life Admission 25c Proceeds for church The principal W H Evans of the Magnolia school was the target of a conspiracy last week by his pupils who planned a birthday surprise presenting a book The Wild Flowers of America and he was pleased by the gesture reflecting good will between him and his pupils.
Mrs Jeffries and son return from Chicago. Nora Shields visits Anderson relatives. Judge Stipp of Princeton visits the doctor’s family. Lamac and Sophia Leet wed at Tiskilwa on April 2. Emma Parker returns from Chicago. Mrs Carrol elected director at school election. two grocery firms run wagons to farmers. Easter gathering, wildflowers and eggs. Elder John Wherry dies in Henry County. Cornerstone laid for new M E church with McCulloch and Woolley presiding. Helping Hand Society dinner a success. receipts $69.
Grandmother Wilson is 87 last Sunday and Alice Tomlinson attended meeting for the first time in weeks. A street lamp near the Masonic Hall at Magnolia brightens that town sector. Center school saw 21 votes in the election with one third by women. Oliver Wileen won with eight votes. Mr Brown has four weeks of school before planned Normal training this term.
Hennepin residents, visitors from Montpelier and Peoria spend days with local families while Winfield Turner visits relatives. Coal prospecting on Nelson Cofoid farm east of town. Humanists move to Hennepin. Easter and school election events draw crowds, Ada E Wilson leads as school director candidate. Beaver Creek resident John Park cites Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for swelling relief. 50 cent bottles available from J Niece.
Mrs Shriver from the Grove visited with her daughter Mrs Geo Johnson. Will Stickel shipped a carload of cattle last week. Albert Stickel was re elected school director with help from several ladies at the election. C Campbell of Milo died Monday and will be buried Wednesday, a great loss to his sister who lost her mother last fall.
Educators praise Dr Franklin Miles as a benefactor and entertaining author. Advertisements show his nervous and heart disease work distributed free by Dr Powell. Trial bottles of Dr Miles Nervine and a book of testimonies are offered, claiming relief from nervous prostration headaches memory issues dizziness sleeplessness neuralgia hysteria and epilepsy.
Announcement that four Maullion acres in the Indian Territory will open with a possible May proclamation for Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands adjoining Oklahoma. Encourages prospective settlers to apply for maps and folders, noting the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad as the sole access route to these lands.
A Texas Siftings quip notes New York City council pride in a long two hour session that produced little visible result. An alderman tells an entrepreneur on Broadway that the city council held an important two hours, and the reply is that the two hours passed.
The Boston Fair 5 and 10 Cent Store claims to be the only first class shop of its kind in Marshall County. It remains at the old stand and promises the lowest prices, with plans to lower them further in every way.
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