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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
5
Henry Times reports varied local happenings. Attendants and visitors, weather, farm work, horse accidents, a new press at the Henry Times, and a forthcoming steamship line between St Louis and Al Salle are noted along with marriages and acknowledgments.
Daniel Williams elected school director last Saturday. A new kitchen was added west of his house. Shafer brothers transfer stock to a new butcher shop as W W Johnston retires. A Salt Lake City clerk unravels a marriage license mix up involving Jack Peters and Eliza Waters.
Mrs Fred Seifert wife of a local tailor died last Thursday night at age 57. Born Amanda Dr Blau in Camden County Pennsylvania she lived in Muscatine Iowa where she married Fred Seifert in 1865. Funeral services were held Friday at G W Kener Undertaking Rooms with Rev Tullis officiating. Burial followed at Hebry Cemetery. Her death is a loss to her husband and children.
Curtis A Chance of Cottage Hill died at home last Friday after years of invalidism. He was born May 18 1849 in Putnam county and left a wife Esther K Allen and eight children. T A Hetrick died in Colorado Springs and was buried in Florid after living in Florid and Colorado. He married Hattle C ONeil and had one surviving child, with other family mourning. Interments and funeral details mentioned.
Mrs Frank Reavy of Davenport Iowa dies after a severe cold ending in pneumonia at age twenty four. Anna Pauline Trerwiler Reavy born October 31 1872 mourned by husband Frank Reavy two young children and siblings in Illinois and Chicago. Funeral Saturday April 21 at St Anthony’s Hennepin with a large procession to the cemetery and many floral offerings.
An old ad notes Ballard's Dreambound Syrup priced at 25 and 40 cents and promotes medical staff with a drug store. It also mentions Senator Quay losing his Senate seat by a single vote, warning that one vote is very valuable sometimes.
Marshall county notes report Venona Democrats elect two aldermen and a police magistrate, Homer Barney resumes law practice in Lacon. Hopkins of Wenona vies for railway mail service, a boiler on Lacon bridge updates, and a new pontoon rotates position. Also covered are a memorial sermon plan in Lacan, a discouraging Teachers Institute turnout, a notable twin pig near Hennepin, and local notices on court term dates and newspaper rivalries.
Peoria's great and growing store promotes a premium sale with bargains on dress ginghams, leghorn hats, soaps, linens, and dress goods. It highlights low prices, large assortments, and value-driven offers across millinery, face goods, and household items.
Community snippets include visits by Henry Morris and families, calls at local homes, and a surprise birthday dance. Reports mention illness, travel, and a death, with election results for a school director and plans for Bible Institutes led by Geo W Miller and Rev N L Hafer in May at several locales.
A notice for Allen's Foot-Ease powder promises cooling relief for swollen nervous feet and tired toes. It claims to ease smarting feet tight shoes and worn spots with corns bunions and blisters and offers a free trial package and retail sales through druggists and shoe stores.
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