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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
8
Mrs Niece of Henry guests in our city. Dana Greys beat Lacon Blues 6 to 3 at Pastime park. Numerous visits from Peoria Chicago and Streator residents. Varna socials and family visits, barn fire scare, and upcoming church missionary meeting noted.
Slacon and nearby towns report a flow of visitors and residents calling on friends. Names include Hoffstat, Andersons, Carlson, Otto, Stroup, Feazel, Martin, Holmstrom, Extrem, and Okerberg. A Varna death is noted with sympathy. extended obituary appears in Richland. Weather slows threshing but activity continues with visits to Hopewell and Varna.
Doc Callery of Henry has completed a large double corncrib and a fuel house for Swift, praised as well-built with four departments for hard coal soft coal cobs and kindling wood. Mr Camery can take further contracts and carpentry work is available.
Community notes report Edna Proctor and Aka in town with Winnie Taylor visiting friends. G W Snell and wife visited son Harry. Mr Gray staying with sister Mrs Goddard while brother visits Springfield. A severe electric storm caused minor damage. Clark Ball lost six horses to lightning. Alden Calef and wife returned from Vermont, stopping with sister Mrs Theo Clark before returning to Estelline SD. The banker in town, G W Barker, and family attended Sunday school. Clyde Dille and family visited Stephen Snyder. Laura Bell at Oak Hill for camp meeting. calls for Sunday school at 10 and League at 7 30. Leitner Mooberry visited C Fosdick. Myron Worthington suffered a recent light stroke. Miss Mabel Collins from Mineral to C Fosdick’s uncle’s place Friday. Notes on sun and liver health advertise Dr King’s New Life Pills. Lamar, Lavonne Stanton and E Rey Durley at Chillicothe. Misses Ora Trendt and Blanche Patterson in Granville. teacher exams at the courthouse. Two excursions from Hennepin, Fred Swain and City of Peoria. Swain returned, City of Peoria broke at Chillicothe and waited for repairs. Adam Deck, C C Greiner, D & Wood and families plus Misses Blanche and Genteve Patterson spent Sunday in Bureau admiring a mansion.
A collage of community updates: congratulations to Mr and Mrs Jensen on a triges judgment, praise for a new residence addition by John Weeks, a Sunday car trip to Princeton, and a Dakota land trip. Mentions of Miss Minnie Boyle, Bertha and Julia Harper visiting relatives, J E Barnard family travel, and local residents traveling to Wichita and Chicago. Also notes illness of Mrs Benj Sutcliffe and general family news and farming plans in Oklahoma.
Delayed report from Putnam notes Childs of Granville caring for a farm on Tuesday while John Balleweg visits old friends from California days thirty six years ago. The piece mentions recent changes and familiar faces and records a Ladies Aid tea in a parlour with Mrs Whitted of Abingdon, secretary of Hedding College, visiting early in the week.
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