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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
11
A display of planters cultivators mowers wagons and related gear lines the entire range at a local business open for inspection with the Avery line highlighted as the top offering.
Prof. J. R. Bouton serves as the local representative in Sparland for The Henry Republican and will handle all entrusted news with prompt attention. He is authorized to transact all business connected with this paper.
A compilation of short items: Cinder walks planned in town. Tesmer Campbell visiting family. Gustave Garrett rents farm to Mike Harden. Thomas Marland explains feminine form of Una. Miss Lula Kinney proud of new piano. Thomas McAleer of Iowa visiting neighbors. Miss Anna Dewey of Annawan visiting brother Harry. Jesse Young from Chicago visiting uncle Grant Contney. Mr and Mrs Deacon Dunlap in Des Moines. Miss Blanche Webel in Normal summer term. Estep Duncan attend county Sunday school convention at Henry. La Rose paid band $100 for Fourth of July. Horatio Campbell reports chicken coop thefts. plan to sell North Bluff residence. Robert Rae opens coal bank north of Sparland. Sparland team loses 9 to 4 at La Rose. Helen and Mariam Gapen visit from Ottawa. Mrs Dr Fred Taylor visiting parents Rev Bliss. Magnolia school friend. Marshall county Republicans urged to vote Edward Bangs for state superintendent. Mrs Mills Walker recovering in Peoria. Mills returns to work.
Rev John May visits local friends and takes vacation with plans to travel to New Jersey with Mrs May. Chillicothe Masons will host a ball game at Santa Fe park on Monday Aug 6 with refreshments for a general good time. Burglary intruders evaded capture as Sheriff Barr pursued leads to the county line.
Long column blends household notices, church events, and obituary notes from La Prairie township. It lists visits by residents, preaching plans at local churches, marriages at the M E parsonage, and a detailed obituary of Addison Porter Webber with service and family tribute.
The groom wore black at the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Copple left for Sparland then rode the noon train to Peoria. They will go to Rushville Indiana where the groom serves as superintendent of an interurban construction gang. The bride is from Saratoga township and described as a fine young woman. May their married life be long and happy.
SOUTH WHITEFIELD local notes report Rev. Whitmer will address residents at the Bonham school house Sunday evening with all invited. Sparland butcher Mr. Trumpeter delivers meat twice weekly in the area. Families and visitors from Iowa and Laurens, Indiana are noted, with health and travel updates for several locals.
John N. Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana reports relief from bilious attacks and constipation after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The product promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back and costs 25 cents at Powell’s City Drug Store in Henry Illinois.
South Milo reports fine weather and local visits as Mrs. Carrico hosts her sister Mrs. Sutherland. Olive Bowman returns to Springfield with Bertha McKeon improving from Springfield visit. A League sociable is planned for August 10 at Miss Alta Orwig’s with ice cream and cake. Attendance at church events and care for Joseph Sutherland amid illness are noted. Threshing begins this week as L Reed shells corn today.
Painters and others who understand paint know that white lead and linseed oil make the best paint. Adulterated pigment or oil yields poor lasting paint, with barytes rock dust silica gypsum or other fillers common in so called white leads today.
Veterans of 1812 society has placed small bronze markers at graves in Blue Ridge cemetery to honor soldiers. N. E. Nurse of Lawn Ridge helped locate the group in Chicago and obtain enlistment records. The markers feature Maltese cross and anchor emblems with 1812 and are designed to endure. Also listed are land transfers and two marriage licenses from Toluca and nearby towns.
Miss Ethel Lindgren, 12, died at home near Wenona after a toy pistol accident led to tetanus. Her death follows a self inflicted wound and a prolonged illness. Also noted: Thomas Flahagen Jr underwent successful appendectomy at Peoria hospital. Marshall County prohibition chautauqua to run August 7 to 12 with speakers performers and a large church choir."
Estate of W. L. Kleyersat final report and executor discharge. Estate of Barbara Moore will admitted to probate executors Thomas A. Moore and Eugene Moore. October term for adjustment of claims. Estate of Frank Merkle guardian Joseph Fischer pays over $70 and is discharged. Court costs remitted. Real estate transfers include Adolph Bobinski to Joseph Bobinski Lot 1 Block 4 Toluca and others to Eliza Catherine Gilleland William H Brown. Joseph E Ong to Wm A Brown with multiple parcels in sections 14 15 and surrounding lots.
Rock Island Lines publishes a new 80 page booklet titled Under the Turquoise Sky in Colorado a vacation land. It features illustrations tinted paper a three color cover and includes a complete list of hotels and boarding houses in Colorado. The brochure offers useful tourist information and is mailed for three 2 cent stamps from L M Allen Rock Island Lines Chicago.
A series beginning in the August McClure's explores Montana's history from early mining days with road agents to the later clash between copper magnates William A. Clark and Marcus Daly. Written by C. P. Connolly, the piece marks a new magazine editing departure for McClure's pioneering ideas.
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