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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
11
SPARLAND DEPARTMENT names Prof. J. R. Bouton as Local Representative in Boarland for The Henry Republican. He is authorized to transact all business connected with this paper and will ensure prompt attention to items entrusted to his care.
Local notices show Mrs Francis has a telephone and school starts Monday September 3. Residents travel to Peoria Chicago Heights and Oak Hill for weddings and camp meetings. People visiting relatives include Miss Elsie Cumming and Leta Maxwell. Several moves and visits occur around Camp Grove Pekin and Edison Blackwell's timber picnic planned.
Residents visit relatives in Whitefield and Chicago while others plan trips to North Dakota and Colorado. Local updates include watermelons ripening, a church preacher’s health, band leadership change, and a burial at Yankee Street with multiple short notices on residents and travels.
An article extols childlessness as a hard life for women and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as cures for barrenness and related weaknesses. It claims wide success, notes transparent ingredient labeling, and positions Buffalo's Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute as a treatment option.
Local note says Sparland beat Henry Masons in a baseball game after wins at Chillicothe and Henry. Frank Hamilton returns from New Mexico with mixed views on Sparland bills. Community news covers funerals, school pay debate, weather, and social events in Camp Grove and surrounding towns.
Weather remains very warm and threshing season ends. Miss Anna Staab was sick earlier in the week. Mrs. George McAtee of Laurens, Ta who has visited for six weeks, returned home last Friday evening.
Whitefield Center residents host visitors from Shickley and Henry including Amanda Ketchum and family. Henry Aukland, Perry Griffin, and Charles Griffin are mentioned with visits. A death in Milo marks Aug 12 as Mary Catherine Snyder dies at 23 after illness. funeral at Milo Christian church attended by many with pallbearers listed.
Emma Glenn Betz minor final report and discharge of guardian. Anton Shafer deceased letters of executorship issued to Susan Shafer without bond. October term set for adjustment of claims. Bridget Kane deceased final report and order for final settlement.
Michael Martin obituary notice and minor Louis Schmitt proof of guardian discharge. Real estate transfers include Ephraim VanDusen to Jefferson Pierce in Lacon. Francis Chapman to Homer Barney in Lacon. Henry Gresser to Theodore F Lash in Henry. B F Miller to Peter Bartolomeo in Toluca. Sesned S Austin to Martha J Kelly near Benn ington. John Matthews to Charles R Jones in Henry. Josephine Lynch to Henry B Rowley in Lacon. Sparland I O O F to F P Kelley in Sparland. Owen McEntee to Robert Gray in Lacon with multiple parcels in Lacon. An editorial opines on sunbonnet fashion revival. Printing and advertising note for office services.
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