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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
11
Sparland notes report visits by Mrs Trompeter in Peoria and Mrs Larson's illness, plus townsfolk in Lacon, Tocula, Scotland and Wisconsin. A new town pump, bridge work, an ice cream social, a boat show and a Labor Day plan are described. Church events, sermons on dancing, prayer meetings, and a funeral in the Frank family are mentioned amid local updates and threshing weather.
Saratoga notices an Epworth League event at the church this Saturday evening August 3. A fine program is being prepaid and ice cream will be served. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Leading medical writers and teachers endorse Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for weak stomach dyspepsia liver complaints chronic catarrhal diseases and long standing bronchial throat and lung affections. The preparation relies on glycerine extracts of native roots with no alcohol and cites authorities from Jefferson Medical College University of Pa and Hahnemann Medical College among others. A booklet of extracts from eminent authorities is mailed free on request to Dr. R. V. Pierce Buffalo NY.
Camp Grove notes recount visits and movements including John O'Brien at home over Sunday Miss McDonough visiting at Patrick Morans and Mrs Dugan Hollis and Mrs King driving to Bradford. Many local residents attend church events visits to Peoria and St Marys with social highlights and a cemetery cross dedication.
C G Hall of Bluff Mo touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the quickest and surest healing salve for sores burns wounds and piles. A. J. Ironmonger, druggist, guarantees it at 25 cents.
Robert Turnbull Sr is very ill. Mrs Thomas Scott and son Walter of Perry Ind visit relatives here. Andrew McCartney and family in Peoria. Nellie Shimp guests of Leola Thiedohr in Lacon. Alfie Scoon visiting Chillicothe relatives. Edith Leigh a Peoria caller. Mary Scoon with Miss Mabel Mellon in Lacon. John Turnbull in Chicago. Mrs W L Barnes entertaining Miss Mary Anthony of Peoria. James Bigger improving after summer illness. Anna Mary Calder visiting Henry. Rev St John of Sparland to preach in M E church Sunday morning. Epworth League to host an ice cream social at Robert McCulloch’s home Wednesday. Rev Black went to Kansas for vacation.
Speers spent Sunday in Edelstein while Mrs Gray visited sisters in Chicago. Helen Byen stayed with her grandmother in Wyoming and Mrs Marsh from Peoria visited Otto Hurd. Brier granddaughter returned to Peoria. O W Hurd leased part of the Masonic hall for a bowling alley and Lawn Ridge Cemetery association added a tool room funded by many supporters. Mrs C E Gaumer is treasurer. Mrs John Dunn died near Stark on July 20, leaving husband and three daughters. funeral at Stark church and burial at Princeville.
Local chatter hints a wedding soon while residents, including Wm Farling in Henry, enjoy Sunday visits with family. Delbert Marshall shows a new driving horse and Horrom Hunt sustains a minor accident after a fall from a car. Oats planting nears completion, farmers report light yields. Guy Moore ill at his uncle H Marshall’s, Vada Waughop ill on a prior list. Postman Haskins and wife with sister Mrs Everett of Amboy made a call on route.
James McClane and wife visited Princeton callers Saturday. Margaret Smith returned to Chicago after a brief visit with Edna Smith in Morse. Edna Smith visited by Lois Squires and Oletha Squires from Galesburg. Camp meeting at Oak Hill Aug 15 to 25 with Rev I H Honniwell among speakers. Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Fountain Aug 7. Various visits and social events noted. Farmers busy with hay and oats and threshing machines soon to be heard.
Court House News lists transfers from Henry City firms and individuals including Bridge Company to Veronica M Schick for lots 172 and 174 Lombard's railroad addition to Henry, Devlin Coal by trustee to Gabriel Francises for several lots in Santa Fe 1st add to To Luca, and multiple other deeds in Varna Toluca and Lacon plus marriage licenses for Harry Lloyd and Anna May Wyckoff and two small money amounts in Steuben.
Dr C W Burkett of Kansas Experimental Station at Manhattan argues rural schools are misdirected toward city content. He urges consolidation and makes agriculture a required subject in every school in the state, urging legislators to act this session.
Neponset citizens send a letter to Andrew Carnegie requesting a new public library building. Carnegie has funded similar projects in towns of Neponset’s size, making a favorable outcome likely. A bull snake four feet six inches long was killed in Tiskilwa. Adder deaths occur along the Hennepin canal this year. A Washburn store theft involved concealment under a jacket by a female suspect. A Chillicothe fisher named Harry Bell, four, drowned after being thrown from a boat. The Cosmopolitan Carnival company with 16 acts performed in Spring Valley last week and will tour Mendota and Minoak starting August 5. Beardstown merchants form an association to boost local business.
The notice advertises haying tools including buggies wagons robes and whips from the Marseilles Grain Dump claiming best on the market. It invites calls to view items and also offers machine oil lubricating oil and kerosene. It states willingness to trade on fair terms and aims to please customers.
Tom Charles extols sixteen hour workdays and relentless money pursuit, urging brutal overwork and frugal living to become rich in old age. He warns of breakdown, misery, and social scorn as inevitable byproducts, and predicts family strife after death. Souvenir stationery ads note Henry views for sale at this office with tabs priced at 10 cents.
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