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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
7
Local social life highlighted by visits, showers, and family news across Varna Hopewell and surrounding towns. Weddings and homecomings mix with minor commerce as residents gather for church events, markets, and a barber shop pool hall opening.
Mrs Susie Lundy and Miss Hat tie Reymer of Magnolia visit John Swaney's. Pred Phierry and son Wallard of Wenona visit Mary Smith's. Mrs Milton Mills entertains Chicago relatives. Wilson family reunion at F E Smith home Friday Aug 23. Friends yearly meeting runs Aug 23-28. Young Friends social at meeting house Saturday evening. Enida Griffith attended Woodford County Teachers Institute at Eureka. Vern Ross leaves for California after two weeks with family. Leland Griffith weds Jane Caldwell of Alexander at bride's home with three auto loads present. Magnolia Grange Dramatic Club presents Sylvia at Swaney campus then Hennepin. Thirty-five in cast, well received. Eva Russell helps Mrs Harry Mathias cook for threshers. Fred Blackwell visits Sparland to assist sister. Russell, Lula Mae and three children visit Fred Buck. Bertha Hastings helps George Wiley with threshers. Vera Kehlenbach returns from Lilly Hastings visit. Albert and Henry Sargent visit John Reed in Edelstein. Alta Williams returns home. Ruth Marland returns to county farm. Tattle Margaret Carrey ill. taken to Dr Rovee.
Whitefield Center reports the arrival of a baby on Monday August 10 to Mr and Mrs Clarence Toomey. The column notes Mrs Bell is a nurse and Miss Bertha Bogner's Chicago visit. Weather and harvest remarks follow with mentions of threshing, local travels, family visits, a near fatal car crash near Lundy corner involving Willis Aukland, and a Chicago car involved in the collision.
Crow Meadow notes Mrs Elmer Rollins hosted friends from Mineral. Mr Goodenough of Kansas visited Jay Barnes. Mrs Bila Hackett recovering from nail injury bother. Quinn Bros Miss Mary visiting town. Two threshing gangs and families shared a dinner at Walnut Grove. A ball game had the losers pay for the treats. Mr and Mrs Bell of Dwight visited J E Quinn. returned home Saturday. Dorothy Quinn recovering after adenoids and tonsil operation. Alice Williams and Grace Huffstetter helped entertain the threshers in the country last week.
A Whitefield group traveled to Walnut Grove lake on Tuesday for a day of rest and a fish fry. Over 30 people joined Luke Gregory, Horace Herr, and Mr Herr, enjoying a pleasant shower cooled day after a prior rain, and planning a Sunday school picnic for August 22.
A garbled excerpt shows a young bride asking about marriage and a friend suggesting a good honest butcher. An older woman counsels selecting a reliable meat seller as the conversation wanders around trade, marriage, and everyday choices.
An essay by Herbert Kaufman extols advertising as a seed dollar that profits merchants, retaining value after payment. It claims publicity creates goodwill, sustains a business beyond the owner, and acts as an insurance policy, making a store an institution rather than a personal venture.
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