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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
We have acquired another line of fine suits offered at striking prices. Three lots provide clear savings with outfits selling from 11.50 to 15.00, including Panamans serges and worsteds in navy brown blue gray and tan, tailored to look sharp for street or dress wear.
Retail dealers ask thirty to thirty five dollars for similar suits. This special lot offers all new colors styles and shapes in all sizes at twenty five dollars, a unique bargain only available here.
A sale offers a special lot of Covert Coats at 3.95, previously 7.50, including short and semi fitting satin lined pieces. Children’s coats from 3.95 to 5.00 feature short and three quarter lengths in plain and fancy mixtures, pitched as very low prices for the season.
Several Sparland residents are recorded as visiting relatives in nearby towns or recovering from illness. Names include Miss Sadie Marland, Miss Marie O Leary, Estep Duncan, Mae Condon, Esther Hoadley, and Ruby Christman. Visitors from Peoria and Henry are mentioned, with family illnesses and travel noted. The Royal Neighbors held a meeting with good attendance and a rainstorm caused no reported damage. The Swain boats now run daily.
Mrs Jessie Parsons and Mrs Lara Cartwright visit Henry residents with mop orders. Annie Beitz returns to Peoria with Beitz family. Rain slows gardening. pneu monia endangers Mrs Edison Blackwell with nurse and Dr Bradford. Election results name Andrew Aitchi director and town officials. Mrs Stevenson dies at 92 after bedfast period. Boarding house prospers under Mrs Akerholm. Miss Mary Zint wedding at Sparland. reception follows. Storm damages David Blackwell barn with 2500 loss. Concrete walks planned by Van Antwerp and neighbors. town to boom this spring as dry-weather boosts improvements.
LA PRAIRIE residents visitable and neighbors gathered for birthdays and calls as Miss Ella Renwick toured Lacon and nearby homes. A Princeville man cites a doctors warning then heals with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for eczema boils and burns. 25 cents sold by A J Ironmonger.
South Milo residents dine with neighbors as ten voters attend a Saturday school election. George Beet re-elected school director. William Bentley and family visited Will Smith. Lula Sherman turns sixteen with a postcard shower receiving 51 cards. A Chamberlain remedy ad and Potter form crop lease notices appear.
Social notes from Camp Grove report a Saturday wedding of a Daughter of the Desert. Peoria visits, repairs after a cyclone, livestock trades, and a mouse scare at Mrs Dugan's Ladies Aid gathering. The clock incident and rag sewing share the humorous town gossip as residents recall recent events.
James B Harris offers 40 acres of pasture with reliable water and capacity for 28 cattle for the season. Additionally listed for sale are a brown driving mare eight Cyclone colt eight years old a rubber tired buggy a light spring wagon and a single harness set. Interested parties may write or phone Bert Mc Laughlin Sparland Illinois. April 15 1921.
In Lacon the Saturday election chose Charles R. Wightman and R. Magoon Barnes for the board of education with Dr. Charles E. Vernay filling the vacancy. The report notes no contest and praises the candidates as capable business leaders. Fragments mention a found pocketbook of over $100 belonging to Mrs. Belle Garrett, and various local social notes.
A brief 1931 notice quotes The Evangelist on virtues to govern temper and conduct and to cultivate courage affection and gentleness. It then advertises for sale 1 500 T foot oak posts by C McAllister at Whitefield Corners with a date of 4 15 31.
The April 6 storm caused extensive damage in Lawn Ridge with unroofed barns and blown sheds. No human or animal deaths were reported though several homes and a church suffered major damage. Insurance adjuster C. W. Scott settled losses for Will Stowell, Henry Gilfillan, and Chris Miller within four days.
County Superintendent Perry R Mellon and Mrs C J Held attended a Peoria officers meeting of the Farmers Institute. The Marshall county institute will be held in Lacon on Oct 14 and 15. Mellon is president of the county association, Perry secretary and Held president of the domestic science department.
Probate matters include Elizabeth Grimm and Mary C. Ames estates with wills and claims. hearings set May 10 and adjustments in orders. Real estate transfers list numerous property trades in Whitefield Lacon Toluca and Evans areas. licenses issued for Fred Schumacher and Ann Althouse, John Fay and Mary McKeone, Bernardo Aimone and Mary Rolle, among others. A poem titled The Little Bronze Button honors Civil War veterans and G A R comrades.
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