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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
2
A dense town column records visits and trips by residents of Henry Toluca Varna Lostant and Granville with many names. It notes school events committee appointments boosters social church activities and upcoming socials and meetings at Caledonia and Magnolia.
A period advertisement extols Dr King s New Discovery as the sole remedy to halt coughs and colds before they become deadly. It cites dramatic testimonials from Mrs Effie Morton of Columbia Missouri and A J Ironmonger endorsing the product and its power to prevent pneumonia and save lives. It notes sale and recommendation by T J Segraves.
School notes record attendance and absences at Harvey Jones and Alvin Spencer amid Hawthorne and Beginnings of the Reforma tion studies. Magnolia hosts a short program April 18 and forms a Teachers and Parents association led by Mr Case and Mrs L B Allen with 35 parents present.
Cordelia C Warner Lackland, born Syracuse July 9 1829, widow of William R Lackland, died at her daughter J H Russell’s Pekin home after breaking her hip. Survived by eight children including Rev M P Lackland of Magnolia and J J Lackland Tremont. numerous brothers and other relatives.
The obituary notes the death of a Pekin resident with survivors including sons Warner of Malvern Kansas, and Orgin Warner of Champaign, a sister Mrs. Charlotte Broyhill of Allentown, and a son Dewitt. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Russell home in Pekin and at 1:30 p.m. from the old home northeast of Pekin. Interment followed at Walnut Grove cemetery after a Big Four train departure from Pekin at 11:52 a.m.
Helen Hannum Wolf Wetsko born February 7 1883 at Magnolia died April 11 1913 in Chicago. She leaves a baby son parents five brothers and five sisters. Remains came to Ottawa for funeral at St Columbia Catholic church and burial beside her first husband. Relatives from Chicago Lostant and nearby attended. She long remembered for industrious life and faithful efforts in the battle of life.
Henry B. King and Harry B. Surface of McNabb become stockholders in the B. S. Constant company, now incorporated in Springfield with 30000 capital. The firm, formerly a partnership of I G Constant and Daniel G Rickenberg, moves by May 1 to a new building on the old cereal mill site in Bloomington, expanding from grain elevator machinery to wood and iron work.
Ruth Skerd McNabb visited her brother at Ladd from Friday to Monday. Wesley Kays and family shopped in Granville Wednesday. Ethel Swanzel has a friend from Bureau visiting. The M. E. apron sale and supper moved to Friday April 25. Ray Willock visited Mason City and Peoria over Sunday. Fred Wolf Jr and Ed Devereaux went to Chicago on business and back. Mrs James McNabb visited Princeton. Both McNabb brothers called for juries. May Seibert and Louie McNabb hold the banks. Lotie Sylvester visited home folks. The dance last Saturday night was well attended with the McNabb orchestra. Mr Webb has gone to Bloomington for a compulsory physical exam. Walter Brown suffers pleurisy. Mr Travis is temporarily absent from duties. School election re elected Harley Newburn, praised for steadiness and support. Baseball practice continues. hope to beat Magnolia. Residents wish for rain to help oats and allow Joe Boman to drag roads. roads not yet like city pavements.
Oxbow Mrs. Allen Coe on the sick list. Miss Blanche King visited Sunday. Young folks enjoyed a weiner roast last Thursday. Miss Dorothy and Nona Trone visited Swaney Friday. Frank King went to Hennepin Monday. Emerson Dunlap family visited home folks Sunday. Nellie Wood returned Wednesday after winter with grandmother in Havana. Harvey Trone and Lawrence King attended a dance in McNabb. Silas and King families shared Sunday at Harry King’s. Caledonia church ice cream social set for April 25 with 9:30 Sunday school and 49 cents collected last Sunday from 29 attendees.
Community brief with names and visits across Lostant Varna Magnolia Ladd and surrounding areas. Residents attend church school entertain guests travel to Peoria Streator and Chicago for errands court business and medical care. A village election yields a small slate of officials and a barber shop sale is noted.
James Kelso senior has been quite ill. A new time card started on the I C railroad Sunday. Born to Mr and Mrs Martin Mulvahill a daughter March 25. W C T U met last Friday afternoon with Mrs Emily Dugan. Mrs Morgan of Henry visited her brother C A Whitney and wife last Friday. R W Phillips came from Bloomington for the village election. Mrs John Pilipsen returned home from Dwight after a week with a sick sister. C F Bell went to Springfield for senate committee talks. Mrs Nora A Manley and Mrs Florence Dugan of Franklin arrived to spend time with relatives. Kreger visited his son at Roanoke last Thursday.
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