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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
13
Local home furnishings shop invites customers to visit just half a block from the boat landing at Liberty Street. The store promises to meet needs and guarantee satisfaction with a broad selection.
Out of town customers are offered special prices and a large stock of goods including a full line of lightly used furnishings. Visit the store to inspect available items.
Sparland residents visit Peoria and nearby towns. local theater plans, school gifts, and lyceum courses discussed. Camp Grove hosts dances and meetings. obituaries note Margaret Ellen Howe Davidson’s death. local notices include illnesses, weddings, and community events across Sparland La Prairie and surroundings.
On Tuesday evening April 30 at 8 o'clock the Saratoga M H church presents Miss Blanche Davidson, an elocutionist, with 25 cent admission and 15 cents for children under 10. Kum kum. Ladies' Aid meets with Wins Carter Shearer Thursday May 2 to elect officers. Reports note sick friends improving with Mrs Doyle and Rose Reinbeck expected home. Mrs Busby lecture on India drew a good crowd.
An instructor asks why the trace favors not the swift. A writer in the Baltimore American cites a child’s answer: sometimes the swift get overtaken when their tires burst.
Local columns recount the rise and decline of Lawn Ridge Congregational church amid railroad and town shifts to Adelsesin Speed and Trinity parish led by Rev. A. B. Curtis. Community updates include illness, property sales, farm losses, and social notes across Whitefield and vicinity.
An old advertisement urges readers to try Ayer s Sarsaparilla a strong tonic claiming to cleanse blood and relieve nervous fatigue digestion and weak nerves It touts alcohol free formula and suggests consulting a doctor for endorsement and mentions Ayer s Pills a mild liver remedy made by J C Ayer Co Lowell Massachusetts
Rev Biederman officiated a funeral in Toluca last Sunday and preached at the German Lutheran church in the morning. Dr Mongeau sold Property on Quality Hill and moved to the old Taylor livery barn on South Olive street with a horse clipping machine. S B Mitchell of Magnolia visited Toluca. Wm Reeves spent Sunday in Toluca. Fr Roach to lecture on The Worlds Unrest at Jensen theater Friday night with local musical talent. Fahy and Dorsey attended the Democratic county convention at Lacon reporting a large attendance. Dorsey of Toluca Stoner of Varna Eli Wright of Henry and Thomas Cain of Wenona named delegates to the Peoria state convention. Judge Gregg of Venona endorsed as state delegate to Baltimore national convention. Sabatini Leone and Mary Moreski married in Toluca last Monday with reception at the Mariotti home. they will live in Toluca.
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