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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
2
Doctor advertises treatment for diseases of no children with home visits if desired. Calls answered day or night. Office located on East Wide or Mainstreet one block north of Central Park. Phone 251.
Henry H Jacobs Attorney at Law offers general practice and collection work plus probate law and land titles specialization. Telephone number appears as 14.
Social news and arrivals fill Magnolia area events with calls from Ottawa to Bloomington. The column notes births, deaths, illnesses, family visits, church activities, and travel, including visitors from Chicago, Toluca, and Peoria, plus a fatal heat incident affecting a section man.
The Phillips family held their fourth reunion on July 30 1916 at Edw Phillips and wife residence. About 108 relatives and friends attended despite heat. Mrs Phillips aged 78 on June 12 and Mr Phillips 82 on July 31. Next reunion planned for October 8 1917 to mark 60th wedding anniversary.
The regular T A C meeting features a garden party at Mrs Re W Sperber's home with greetings from T A C president Mrs Charles Griffin and W C T A president Mrs F E Smith. A talk by Henry W C J U president Mrs S Clift on neighborly cooperation against liquor follows, with discussion led by Mrs M P Lackland and a song about Our United States.
Owlfford Ireland of Peoria, Republican candidate for the Sixteenth Congressional District, pledges voter support on a platform of efficient government. He stresses experienced business leadership and notes his background as a farmer, lawyer, and businessman. Headquarters listed at 901 Jefferson Building.
A sprawling, informal chronicle lists visits and arrivals from Chicago to Lozapeka and surrounding communities. It notes Mrs. Charles Fowler receiving visitors, Comisky and son Jag, and many locals traveling, visiting relatives, or attending events in Peoria, Mendota, or Granville. It ends with a Civil War veteran, William Raney, passing away in Leutan, Illinois, after a lifelong farming career and service in two regiments.
A historic drowning manual urges quick action and aggressive chest and lung kneading. It prescribes turning the victim onto the stomach with head lower than the chest and applying forceful, continuous CPR like maneuvers to revive breathing and circulation.
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