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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1882
Page
1
Community news highlights residents heading to schools and camps, sales and business changes, weddings. Mentions Nettie Ellsworth to Greensboro North Carolina, Miss Fisher to Cincinnati, Lizzie Hunt visiting Gardner, and Jory Ong traveling to Nebraska.
Sparanda Miss Etta Howe arrives to teach in the intermediate department and visit Mrs Zimm erman. Mro and Mrs William Hoskins visit from near Pontiac. The Matthias bridge on Gimlet Creek was rebuilt by highway commissioners and Walk er and Siebold bridges on Gimlet Creek are being rebuilt. Dean of Lacon oversees work. Wallace Hoadley returns from Rochelle to visit old friends. Miss Anna Burt visits Henry. Mr and Mrs Zimmerman host. Mrs T E Gapen enjoys a day at Senachwite lake. The Hughs of Chillicuth visit Jennie O Leary. Large snowflake potatoes shown, raised by William Ababe. Mr and Mrs James McGeo mourn death last Saturday. Sands visits town, greets locals. Ida and Ada Campvell visit in Henry. Local plans mention trips to the Osborn and Dakota regions. Thomas Buffington notes the Osborn vineg binder can handle it.
The week brings better threshing results as oats and rye yield more than in several prior years. Neighbors Newton Ray Dave Saylor and Frank Reebe are west seeking homes while Miss Mary Magionis visited Rutland friends. A baby joined Dr Fieldhouse’s family, and May Webber attended a senatorial convention at a nearby town. Temperance movement gains pace as community supports abolition. Powers died last Wednesday and was laid to rest at Boyd's Grove cemetery.
Gadet-Taybor has received formal notification of his appointment as chief clerk in the government printing office. We wish him success. The boiler of the shaft got out of sorts.
Mrs Henry Hunter living with her Laughter Mrs Hugh Orr in Iowa returns home. Elmer, her son, recently married. Elmer, Mrs Crawford and Bella of Minoak visit sister Mrs Francia Downey. A pew comer arrival: a girl weighing 10 pounds. Henry Downey joyful. Travel plans as Mrs W H Wheeler visits sister in Lamars. May Giltner visiting sister Mrs Barah Case at Mineral, returning soon with Mia Case. Nettla Hawkins back from Michigan. Fishing parties at the lake. 40 anglers caught two sunfish. Dr Moreland rests after weeks of sickness. W G Dunell, once here, now in Tullahoma Tennessee, may not stay. Religious services at Judge W 4H Williams's last Sunday by Rev O L Barler. Mrs Daniel Harlan ill with congestive chill two weeks.
The Magnolia column reports on farmer dealings with Rockford Insurance, local business activity including a thrashing machine transfer and a new steam saw mill, and upcoming camp meetings. It notes deaths, family visits, minor injuries, and social curiosities in Magnolia and nearby towns.
A fragment from Ox Bow notes the death of Minerva Morrison and oblique family reflections. It mentions new buggy, travels west, visitors, hay time, camp meeting plans, a Baptist association at Caledonia, sickness of Dr Hilterbrant's boy, blackberry talk, local trades, a wedding at Varna, Moses Dugan's death, Ben Walker as mail carrier, and a saloon case with fines and municipal remarks.
Campbell Shields sold a team to a Chicago buyer for 350 dollars. Y A Glenn sold a fine mare for 240 dollars. D L Travis bought two oxen, the largest weighing 1900 pounds. John Weirdie bought Simpson timber west of Magnolia. W Hartso k & Sons built a saw mill to convert timber to lumber quickly. Chance & Molfair tested a new steam thresher on Sidney Pool's farm. Grandfather Norris is recovering from illness. Miss Francis E Stewart seeks eye treatment in Peoria. A note about blackberrying and local visits to Brook Farm creamery near Tonka. The creamery’s churn and Jerseys impress. grain is plentiful. pending harvests look favorable.
An ad claims Brown's Expectorant cures a child's bark and cough with a prompt remedy during temperature changes. It markets the product to parents and older readers, noting prices of five cents and one dollar and stating Dre Powell as the seller.
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