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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
11
Sparland residents share a busy week with visits and events. Labor Day speaker Hon. Owen Scott is announced for Sept 2, and Will Taylor of Whitefield is killed by an oncoming car near Bureau and Marquette, a mystic worker and new Sparland lodge member.
A promotional notice from Powers Land & Loan Co of Lawton Oklahoma offering a free guide about seasons crops rainfall and farm weather in southern Oklahoma including field orchard and garden tips for farmers to cut out and request now.
Local items report travel and visits by residents including Robert Turnbull Jr in Chicago John Reynolds trip to Niagara Falls and several relatives visiting Princeton Sparland Perry and Cedar Rapids Harold Dryden in Peoria and Grace Hunt in Cedar Rapids births and a death Patrick Collins longtime resident dies after illness Mrs Nellie Burnett expects to return to duties after an extended absence
Mr and Mrs Frank Anderson and Ison Ivan spent last Sunday at George Finleys Rev J B Dille of Elmwood preached a good sermon to a large crowd at Whitefield last Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Lindsey Anderson and children visited Peoria from Friday to Sunday Mrs Allen Moffitt traded in Henry Thursday and her sister Miss Winnie Taylor accompanied her home for a week J H Williams and family of Putnam were Sunday visitors at Frank Bells others including Mable McClane Laura Bell Winnie Taylor Roy Stone Joe Burch and Clarence Lamb were entertained at Allen Moffitts last Sunday Mr and Mrs Frank Bell John and Charley were trading in Henry Monday
Camp Grove notes detail visits and departures including Jacob Kissel in Peoria, Robert Byrne traveling homeward, and Mary Smith leaving for Wyoming. Hog shipments to Chicago, a ball game Wyoming beat Bradford 1 0 in 11 innings, and local people like Jimmie O'Brien and Patrick Collins mentioned. Also reports on property moves, a surgery relocation, sick residents, and plans for a Sunday school picnic at Root's Grove with officials named.
The week includes Mrs. Alice Brimmer visiting Chillicothe with her mother and locals noting wheat yields, wagon trade, and health of crops. James Hendricks and daughter visit from Ringgold County Iowa while Charles Lukehart and family reside there. A wind and rainstorm damaged corn as oats near harvest were lighter than hoped and bugs hurt some fields. Linus Root gains a new steel bridge set west of Sweetman corner. Rev. J A Runalls attends funeral for Robert Turnbull and visits friends. Mrs. Sarah Erskine returns from St Joseph Missouri after 26 years away and notices changes.
Mr and Mrs Mattison returned from a visit to Neponsit and several locals planned trips to Peoria. Many from the area hosted or visited relatives in Bradford Rock Falls and Brad ford. Rev J B Dille spoke at Boyd s Grove church and supported the Conference Claimant society. William Shorts suffered a paralysis incident while traveling from Bradford and was cared for at Ed Jennings home with plan to return home soon.
William McColl 34 and Dora McGee 18, residents of Steuben township, sought a marriage license from County Clerk Connell. Believing the clerk’s papers sufficed, they later learned the ceremony hadn’t occurred. They were then legally joined by Squire Zimmerman in a forming ceremony.
A cautious view on torpid livers says treatment should begin with digestion and nutrition rather than drastic drugs. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is praised for restoring stomach activity, aiding blood forming glands, and cleansing poison from the system to relieve the liver, with instructions to avoid indigestible foods and use the remedy regularly until vigor returns. It is described as non secret, non alcoholic, a glyceric extract with ingredients listed on the bottle-wrapper and endorsed by medical writers.
The eighth biennial report of the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac notes 352 parolees in Cook County since July 1904, with 219 completing parole, 46 returned for violations, 2 died, 1 insane, and 84 at work on parole. Parole agent Clem Reed cites earnings, family contact, and Chicago police detectives aiding supervision to bolster reform.
A collection of light local vignettes and moral courtroom style quips. A preacher exhorts love despite marital friction while a pupil defines spine with a comic misdefinition. Other townsfolk mock vanity manners and the idea of gender and marriage with gentle satire.
Dr. Carpenter of Peoria closes a Sunday sermon arguing death is not an evil but a good when viewed without fear. He urges faith hope and cheer as life’s proper stance, calling labor a blessing and suffering part of human development.
Circuit Court listings include Feazel v Kern and Haws and Bulleyment v Starliper among case notes. Real estate transfers feature William McCoy to M J Morten son Toluca and multiple Toluca, Varna, Toluca, Venona, Yacon, Holmes and Hecock additions to various grantees.
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