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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
8
A local notice announces a reduced sale on summer merchandise including millinery wash goods muslin underwear colored parasols shirtwaists children's dresses fancy hosiery embroidered laces and other summer items. The list indicates wide discounts to attract bargain seekers.
The Varna area reports mixed events including Ed Norton and family traveling to Lacon but returning after a horse mishap. Ralph Mortenson was struck by a ball during a Venona game and later regained consciousness. Local visits, church notices, picnics, repairs, and farm work fill the week with multiple residents in Henry, Iskau, and surrounding areas including Melville and Richland counties.
Reports from a rural fair note horse incidents including a near fatal event with a mare and a three year old foal. The piece also covers visits by Mr and Mrs Allen Hultgren and daughter Ethel, plus local ailments cured by Electric Bitters advertised as a remedy for kidney and stomach problems.
Auggalr Crow Thomas Monier of Henry visited Simeon Doyle Truman Packingham and family last Thursday. Fred Cleveland and families visited Packingham’s parents in La Prairie on Sunday. Minnie Klein spent last week in South Whitefield helping Mrs Charles Barnatt. Frank Wallace hosted friends from Chicago, including Mrs Frank Dantely and Mrs L Hubbard. Goldie visited Packingham’s home Tuesday. John Diverbiss and Joseph thresh wheat averaging near 35 bushels per acre. Bogner threshed oats at 54 bushels. Clark Ball and family spent Sunday with WG Dorsey in Lacon. Will Blackburn and family from near Bradford joined. Tatkinson Lutes returned from a northwest trip, pleased with the country.
Acute attacks of colic and diarrhoea come on without warning and prompt relief is possible with this remedy. A dose may relieve before a doctor arrives and has never failed in severe cases. No family should be without it. Sold by Powell's City Drug Store Henry Al.
Community notes from Whitefield Center report yield of 35 to 44 bushels per acre at the tiresting macnnte and announce an Aug 15 ice cream social at Center church. A sacramental service is set for next Sunday at 3 pm. Social visits include Mrs James Newman and Mrs Thomas Aukland of Henry. Local marriages, visits, and club meetings are listed along with a weathering sea wall remark about Galveston and a testimonial for Dr Kings New Discovery from W Goodlee of Weco Texas.
Relatives gathered at Mrs Herbert Goodale's Wheatland home on Friday July 29 for a day of visits and a hearty noon dinner. The afternoon featured music by Misses Litta Ward Arleene Hunter and Mildred Duan plus vocal “Dear Old Aunt Lois.” Jesse Clee Lein photographed the group. Guests praised Mrs Goodale as an excellent entertainer.
F P Nurss and wife visit home folks from Stil City. Mrs Nellie Siston from Urbana visits parents Mr and Mrs Calvin Browell. Rev H M Burr visits with daughter Mrs Bolton and two children from Plymouth. Mrs Mary Coonley Gorden from Chenoa visits cousin John A Titus. Rev Burr seen in a new phaeton. Colen Erskine and wife Etta visit from Peoria. J L Wilson and family travel. Irving Bragg from Brimfield visits mother Mrs F Bragg. Earl Willard from Holgate Wyoming brings a plane to Mrs Jonnie Swann. Ceti Shafer’s oats harvest ends. good weather needed to thresh. Rev Walter Burr becomes pastor of Chelsea Park Church in Kansas City KS. wife joins him. Charles Clarence trades Etherly home for a farm near Palmyra MO. Twenty friends toast Newton and Bragg’s eleven-year anniversary. Cream and cake served. Bulletin notes Make Hay While the Sum Shines and urges readiness for sudden illness. Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy recommended. sold by Powell’s City Drug Store.
A column of brief notices records residents visiting Speer on Monday including Robert Turnbull Mise Mary Pringle and Mrs John Wilson. Peoria visitors include Mrs James McQuilkin and Mrs Henry Aman. Threshing begins oats look good but corn may be light without rain. Amlel Oertley suffers a broken rib after a Sunday baseball mishap. doctor reports recovery as expected.
A garbled Sunday comic page fragment shows kids verses and chorus lines about church life. It references preachers, stewards, and mothers, with stray lines about Sundays, chores, and a playful but unclear rhyme scheme.
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