Henry Town Notes Skip to Summer Heat and Local Happenings
Henry, Illinois, reports include warm weather with 101 in the shade, busy harvest fields, high wages, and scarce labor. Posts carry unclaimed letters for Albert Wineberger and Frank E Williamson. items of local commerce feature J L Jones’s oats and goods, a found pocketbook, and a new printing office in Lacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Jones
C Gould
Albert Wineberger
Frank E. Willamson
Henry
Senachwine
Post
Lacon
Senachwine Lake
Hennepin
Trask
Wm Stauch
de Kalb
Local residents on visits and travel plans noted
A list of visits and travels around Woodford County includes A L Gilpin and family visiting, JL McFann of Kaota Iowa visiting Renachwine friends, Mes Chas Shaw and son in Chillicothe, Miss Georgia Pinkley and Mr Mary Pinkley of Bushnell visiting local residents, Postmaster Perley planning a trip east on railroad rates, Wm Botanzy gravely ill in Chillicothe, Mrs W H Worley and family in Wyoming, Capt W B Armstrong of the Great Rock Island Route passing through, Mrs Abner Camp visiting Dover, Mrs M B Wright of Watacks visiting Chauncey Hoyt, Mrs Alfred visiting from Hatsworth, Perry visiting Chicago and father-in-law Bri E Powell, C E Abbott family two months in Maine, Geo Guyer and wife trip to Colorado with Chicago stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Gilpin
Woodford
JL McFann
Kaota
Iowa
Renachwine
Mes Chas Shaw
Chillicothe
Georgia Pinkley
Mary Pinkley
Bushnell
Mr. Dilly
Perley
Mulinotha
Chillcothe
H. Worley
Flora
Clyde
Wyoming
W. B. Armstrong
Chamberlain
Great Rock Island
Peorla
Abner
Dover
M B Wright
Watacks
Chauncey Hoyt
Alfred
W . Ofhatsworth
Perry
Chicago
Bri E. Powell
E. Abbott
Maine
Kennebunk
Fortland
Ross Corners
Geo. Guyer
Colorado
Electric Bitters touted as universal cure and Wenona meeting dates
Advertising copy extols Electric Bitters as a cure for bile and stomach issues and more with wide demand. Mentions Wenona district camp meeting starting August 41 at Mineral Springs near Magnolia and route notes for attendees guided by J D Smith.
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J W Niece
No Good Preaching Prompted by Miserable Mood
An old notice touts Hop Bitters as a remedy to dullness and sluggish nerves, claiming it helps every professional from preachers to doctors perform better. The short column urges readers to seek quick relief for malaise to enable clear work and better sermons, writings, and patient care.
Old Settlers Elect Officers for Marshall County
At a July 1881 meeting of the Old Settlers Association at the Court House, officers for the year were elected. Chauncy W. Barnes of Whitefield is president. Gav M. Bane of Lacon is secretary. vice presidents include William Maxwell and others. The annual picnic is set for August 18, 1881 in the Court House yard at Lacon with Geo. O. Barnes as orator and Rev W C Cummings as chaplain. An executive committee and a music invitation to the Lacon Glee Club were approved.
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Childrens Temperance Club
Christian Church
Milo
Sarah Rich
Andrew Anderson
Pleasant Anderson
Ellaworth
Lacon
Mallory
Wyoming Post
Collier
Wyoming
Wm. Emmert
Peru
Ind
Chas Maurice
Thus Ety
Brien
Houfe Journal
Bethel Temperance Union
Squire
Abner
Henry
Edward Street
Steator
Seonachwine Lake
Congregational Church
Senachwine Lake
John Horan
Gallaher
North Pars
Johnny
Reform Club
Minnie Orr
Vomedetta
Nan
W. S Post
Peoria
Mra H
Amanda M
Annn L Post
Wrentlaman
Presbyterian Church
Old Settlers’ Association
Marshall County
Court House
Chauncy W. Barnes
Whitefield
Gav. M. Bane
William Maxwell
Lemuel Russell
Hopewell
Albert
Barnes
Richland
Albert M. Pool
Richard Hunt
Geo. Scholes
Baratoga
Edwin S. Jones
la Prairie
Amasa Garrett
Steuben
Court House Yard
Geo. O. Barnes
W. C. Cummings
Wben Broaddus
Roberts
Andrew R. Hancock
Andrew S. Broaddus
Wm. J. Fort
John Hutchins
Jason R. Chapman
Lacon Glee Club
Wm. Maxwell
Pres
Geo. M. Bano
Seo’y
Meight of Folly Promotes Ginger Cure and Office Move
An advertisement touts Parker's Ginger tonic as a quick cure for early symptoms and urges timely use to avoid long illness. The Century Company will move to a new Union Square building, leasing the fifth floor with extensive space, elevators, and rooms for Scribner's Monthly, St Nicholas, and art studios, including John La Farge's colored glass work on the top floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Sug
The
Century Company
Sorifbner & Co
Broadway
Charles Scribner's Sons
Union Square
Eighteenth Street
Scribner’s Monthly
St. Nicholas
Bnacs H
John la Farge
New York Tribune
Be Wise and Happy by Using Nature’s Remedies
A short exhortation urges readers to abandon costly doctors and miracle cures and to rely on nature’s simple remedies for all ailments. The piece directs readers to another column for more, promising wisdom and savings.
Nook Farm 40 Acres Near Henry to be Sold
A 40 acre farm known as the Nook Farm two miles south of Henry with a brick residence, frame stable, well, 3 acres strawberries, 3 acres raspberries in bearing, and an apple and peach orchard. Sold cheap on easy terms. Apply to owner Mr Ezenizee Disu Whiteford Henry.
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Ogle County
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A.J Diehl
Whitefield Township
McNeal
Fannie
May McNeal
Rev Day
Marseilles
Braceville
H.C. Richey
Charley Gray
E.h.hutchins
Fulton County
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JH. Jones
Fulton
Will Harney
Madigan Street
Lucy Dennis
Mr Lake
C. B. Holmes
Marshall
Sparland
Cara
Alderman Purcell
Mr Harney
Rov
Wm Tracy
Union Christian Church of
Hoehan
Traverse City
Thos Voglesang
Brooklyn NY
Anon Vogelsang
Paeual
Thomas
Ales
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Ninetta Ellaworth
Spencer Ellaworth
Lacon Home Journal
Greensboro
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Ellsworth
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Burt
Brian University
Raleigh, N
Michard R. Wall
Lone Tree
Boreau County
New Jersey
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Magnon
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H L Barler
H BR. Metcalf
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