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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
3
Sparland section reports residents sick and visiting, including Mrs Relief McLaughlin and Mrs A W Watkins. Many locals attend church services, threshers visit Will VanDusen farm, and families travel to Peoria Starved Rock and Saratoga. A synchronizer for aircraft guns by A L Nelson is noted as approved by Allied officers.
Threshing began in the neighborhood on Wednesday. Vidal Driver and daughter Miss Histe visited relatives at the start of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reid saw their daughter Sunday. James Foster and Charles Swineman's family hosted visitors Tuesday afternoon. Burton Barker and Agnes of Princeton visited Bert Piper's Thursday with the Barker family. Mrs. Fisher with her children visited Raleigh Fisher and wife Sunday. Allen Moffitt and daughters spent Sunday at Roy Stone's. Harold Reid and Clarence Schneider returned to Fort Terry New York after visiting home. Robert McClane left Princeton Wednesday for training at Camp Wheeler Georgia. Mrs. Maria Bentley stayed a few days with daughter Mrs. Roy Hill. Ladies Aid social planned at Mrs. Josephine Conover's Thursday afternoon. attendance requested. Refreshments will be served. Pa Ra
William Whitelaw of Des Moines Iowa recounts a man from Ashland Kansas who credited Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea remedy with saving his daughter's life during a violent dysentery attack. He also reports the neighbor's own successful use of the remedy.
Estate matters include administration granted to Helen M. Held with bond $20 000 and claims adjustment in October. Warrant of appraisal issued to three appraisers. Other estates include H M Taggart Grif fin and Gants named for appraisal on James Clifford estate. Minor guardian Alfred C Lorenzoni’s final account accepted. Inventory and appraisal actions recorded for Riley O Diverbiss and James R Newman estates. Real estate transfers list Albert True and wife to Jennie F Clark and to Matilda Clark in Saratoga. Joseph H Clark to True. Mary A Holmes to Charles R Holmes. Jessica S Coggshall to Louis Bogner.
Local notices include health tips praising Cham berlin s Tablets for bilious attacks and digestion as well as marriage news for Lieutenant HA Mottett and Miss Marie Bixter. Chautauqua profits and Red Cross shipments from Lacon are reported alongside enlistment moves and a Eureka rain gauge record.
Peoria attorney Charles W Miles, Republican nominee for the tenth judicial circuit bench to succeed Clyde E Stone on Illinois Supreme Court, faces four rivals on the fourth ballot. Born Jerseyville, educated Michigan and Jerseyville public schools, Miles practiced in Omaha before moving to Peoria in 1891. He formed several law partnerships and was appointed chairman of the board of election commissioners in 1914.
Relations with Mexico seem calmer with goods moving south and workers crossing the border. Ford Eagle submarine chasers boast 40 knot speed and 30 mile sub locating device, while Bradford plans a village park with bonds to fund improvements.
The state legislature appropriated 7300 for the General John A Logan home at Banton and its restoration on the ninety second anniversary of Logan's birthday. The Illinois State Historical Society secured the funds as a war department plan to make Camp Grant permanent, with a commission to appraise adjacent land for purchase and remodel barracks. A $1000 reward is offered for William Lalu, a 1906 double murder convict who escaped from Chester state hospital. Nursing position advertised by Mrs Katherine Switzer.
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