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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
4
Henry Illinois area items recount dozens of notices including residents visiting, marriages, and community events. Names include Nettie Jarman, Miss Mary Hunter, Charlie Traver, and Will Par ding with Henry Knoll across local sports and church activities. Local farms for sale and business ads accompany updates on fishing, bridge work, and school openings.
G B Fenwick has purchased the Law property on Edwards street and will use it as a residence with three large downstairs rooms turned into funeral parlors and a rear building remodeled for a full line of caskets. The home will appear as a modern house with no outward funeral signs, serving as a progressive local funeral institution in Henry.
At the Wheeler Street residence Mrs Bell was invited to a festive gathering by Elizabeth Weaver. Fairy guests presented a red heart box filled with silverware glassware and linen for her future home. A sleigh-bell ride followed by refreshments ended the evening on a cheerful note with friends.
Miss Ella C McGrath 41 postmistress of Towner Colorado died at Pueblo Hospital after a brief illness and failed surgery. Funeral at McMinn chapel then St Patrick's Church with burial in Rose Lawn. Survived by parents Thomas and Jennie McGrath sisters Mary and Margaret brothers Frank Walter and Robert J. Burial due Monday. A postmortem showed death from a large pus kidney traceable to a fall years earlier.
Illinois Yearly Meeting of Friends will be held at the meeting house near McNabb August 18 to 21 with worship services on August 17 and the days following. Isaac Wilson of Canada and Daniel Batchelder of New York will attend as ministers along with J Bernard Walton from Philadelphia. All are welcome to attend any session. Also includes varied local notices and farm sale advertisements.
Baker of the United States Department of Agriculture warned Henry residents on Wednesday that common barberry bushes harbor one stage of stem rust endangering crops. He noted past losses in 1916 and called for removal across wheat states, with many volunteers already acting.
An auction announces sale of residence property with two lots, house, furnace, electrical buildings, fruit trees, and various farm stock. Items include 700 stock, 200 yearling hens, 18 Leghorn yearlings, incubator burn testers, threshing outfit, water tank with hose, Port Huron piston talger, and a broken Buick touring car part. Auctioneer credits include F B S Bre na E P Onna.
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