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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
3
Sparland news rounds up visits across Lacon Elva Horatio and Henry, with Mrs T Campbell and Miss Hastings among locals. The Chautauqua and ice cream social draw crowds as roads, crops, and cattle trade continue. Rev Klotzsche returns and cataract surgery shows hopeful gains.
Miss Celestine Ryan and friends socialize in Peoria and Henry visits noted. Birthdays for Pauline Lombard and Celestine Hickey marked with games and treats. Thomas Gill, 40, of Lenox and Fresno, dies on a pleasure trip. funeral details to follow next week.
An Indian man died after lying on a railroad track to sleep and was struck by an express. The ad urges Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds and lung trouble citing a testimonial from J R Watts of Floy dada Texas who says he recovered his lost weight after a severe cough. Trial bottle offered free at local drug stores.
Visitors and callers fill a Cottage notes page with names from Chesneys Hunt Reynolds and Millers. A grey shawl to be returned near Cottage church. deaths and funerals noted. Threshing begins with good grain yields as households keep up with guests and chores.
Miss Gertrude Viall of Manteno visits Mrs. Una Burnett in La Prairie. Local families travel to Peoria, visit relatives, and attend services at the U P church. Birth announced for Leland Monier in Princeton. others visit, travel, or host gatherings. An advertisement touts Electric Bitters from local druggists as a health remedy.
Frank Wider sports a new barn roof installed Wednesday with help from Emery Stewart and Harry Coil. Billy Wilcox leads this year’s threshing as he cut through tangled oats. Miss Mary Armstrong visits Peoria with relatives. Mrs. Otto Hummes travels to Joliet for a short vacation. Clifford Nurss spends summer as Rock Island station helper at Armstrong learning telegraphy earning 25 dollars monthly. Harry Coil hosts brother Walter visiting after five years, who served three years in the U S Army and traveled widely during his service.
A pair of reader letters from Peoria Illinois and Jessup Pennsylvania recount dramatic improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Women claim relief from tumors and postnatal inflammation avoiding surgery, urging others to try the remedy before operation.
William Gray sells 154 acres of Calvin Stowell property to Reuben Streit at 200 dollars per acre with possession March 1. The deal ends Stowell's local interests as the Dr Young house also transfers. Harvest success boosts farmer spirits despite fears of storm damage. Nearby death prompts Wallace Dodd to travel to Loda for sister Ellen Trigger’s passing, paralyzing illness preceding her Friday death. A pastor and wife hold a lawn reception for parishioners, with many attendees arriving by auto. D. C. Bybee, Canton contractor, cites kidney trouble relief after Foley Kidney Pills, praising their impact.
Broadmoor Charles Winne was a Peoria visitor recently. Miss Lena Fate visited relatives in Peoria last week. Charles McDonald and wife of Whitefield stayed with L. H. Eldridge Sunday. Mrs. Blackburn and Mrs. Eldridge visited Henry. Clarence Perkins and children visited Normandy relatives last week. Daniel Driscol and wife with Patrick Powers and wife attended Miss Healey's wedding in Peoria last Wednesday. Driscol is now recovering from a broken arm.
South Milo notes report visits by Festus Bentley and wife and Mrs. Frank Chrisman at John Reid's on Tuesday. Roy Stone delivered a horse in Henry Saturday. Families from New Albany Indiana and Michigan visited local residents. An ice cream social by the Ladies' Aid raised 20.78 dollars.
Ill health stems from poor digestion and a weak stomach. A few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets will strengthen digestion, invigorate the liver, and regulate bowels, ending the misery of faulty digestion. Many others have been permanently cured. try it. For sale by A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves, druggists. Subscribe for The Republican.
Probate hearings continued for several estates including Hendrick McVicker and Burroughs with dates and bonds noted. Guardianship for Roy Hall, estate appraisals for Thomas Monier and Henry Fisher, and letters of administration issued to Elizabeth T. Fisher upon bond. Real estate transfers across Lacon and Toluca recorded with multiple hacienda-style transfers and heirs listed.
One of the most common ailments that hard working people are afflict ed with is lame back. Apply Cham berlain's Liniment twice a day and massage the parts thoroughly at each application, and you will get quick relief. For sale by A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves, druggists.
An experienced well professional with over 20 years in the trade offers sinkage services. Claims competence to provide perfect satisfaction and promises money-saving consulting for those planning a well.
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