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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
12
Osteopathic physician Dr Carrie Weatherly offers acute and chronic care with emphasis on diseases of women and children. Home visits available by request. Office at residence on east side of Main Street one block north of Central Park. Phone 251.
Magnolia notes show preparations for the Autumn Jubilee on September 7 with Ladies' Aid meetings weekly. Local news covers visitors, travel to Granville and Varna, shortages of timepieces in Granville, and tax figures for Putnam County including horses, cattle, autos, and pianos.
Readers question the authenticity of letters about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The company asserts all letters are genuine with consent, citing reports of relief from menstrual disorders, displacements, inflammation, and related ailments as evidence of restored health and a desire to help others.
A long list of local social activity fills Quaker Lane with visits from relatives and friends. Residents such as Oscar Bumgarner T. J. Smith Fay Peterson Hazel Boman and many others are noted for trips visits institute attendance and family gatherings around Lostant Granville Ottawa and Bloomington. The piece also mentions the Reading circle meeting and community gatherings at Deer Park Starved Rock and the Swaney school opening.
The list shows county candidates filed with County Clerk Charles C. Grein for the September primary, including State's Attorney J Taylor and Circuit Clerk J W Graham. Also notes a Mogul 8-16 Kerosene Tractor field demonstration on Aug 30 at 2 pm on Frank Wolf farm, McNabb Illinois, with no charges. The piece adds a claim about the world’s only living quadruplet girls born June 4 1915 to Mrs F M Kays of Hollis Oklahoma with birth weights and mother’s description.
Satirical reflection on wartime price hikes and publishing policies mentions subscription raises, advertising rate increases, obituary poem charges, and contraband seizures. It mocks editors and readers faced with shortages and government pressures during conflict.
In Illinois a juror claiming to owe $6 to a man about to leave town was excused by the judge who said he would not tolerate someone who could lie. The report notes people often overlook their own errors while criticizing others.
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