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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
10
Classified style item noting Barnes and Magoon attorneys at law in Lacon Illinois and firms like Dewey and Son for grain and coal, Hartley Meats, Swemn doctor in Henry Illinois, and Dr Hall with electrical apparatus for diagnosis. Includes office addresses and phone-style numbers.
Magnolia department notes detail visits and outings across Ottawa, Clif ford Lakes, Venona, Granville, Patoka, Davenport, Long Point, Towuca, and other local spots. Residents attend picnics, games, dances, church events, and school activities while planning fairs, reunions, and weekend trips.
Magnolia township officials and taxpayers study oiling dirt roads after observing successful results elsewhere. Oil on black prairie soil creates a water resistant crust, improves drainage, and reduces dust with maintenance seen as cost effective. Osco township reports oiled roads stay hard and smooth after rain, unlike muddy unoiled paths.
Dr King’s New Life Pills come in corked glass bottles containing 36 sugar coated white pills. A single pill with water before bed is an average dose and promises relief from constipation by morning. Easy to take, economical, and effective. 25 cents at all druggists.
Wilbur Sutherland hosted a Chicago visitor while many locals from Dimnick Bloomington Peoria Oak Park and Sterling attended the Illinois yearly meeting at Quaker Lane. Guests from Iowa New York and Pennsylvania joined as sessions continued through Thursday afternoon with light refreshments and a reception at the meeting house.
Local notes report social visits and illnesses across the area. Dated items mention Mrs. Alva Dickey’s death in Wenona, chats with Ottawa visitors, travelers to Independence Indiana, and multiple scheduling details about church aid, schools, and neighborhood movements. A theft of 250 full blood barred Rock chickens is noted near Ottawa.
The La Rose school plans a strong start for the new year with Prof. W. W. Jarmon of Sparland, earlier with Dakota schools and a Normal student, engaged to teach the high school. A third room is fitted with new seats and desks. Faculty includes Miss Myrtle Tucker and Miss Ethlyn McCully alongside the principal. Tuition pupils are welcome and will receive good attention.
A customer asked for a remedy for diarrhoea and a clerk offered Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a guarantee to not charge if it failed. The customer reportedly used it at home and was cured, according to J. H. Berry & Co. of Salt Creek, Va. The product is advertised as obtainable everywhere.
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