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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1889
Page
6
An advertisement proclaims "Our genuine Low Prices still prevail" and urges readers to call for anything they desire, promising advantageous terms and continued savings. The fragment hints at a storefront or mail order pitch emphasizing value.
Mrs. H Brant improving. J B Hall to lecture. J B Thompson and wife to return from Europe next week. Local picnics and fishing parties. funerals and visits noted. Fire engine test excites townspeople. a colored preacher entertains Baptists. union temperance meetings planned. Ong family moves to Geneva with gifts at farewell. Circus week upcoming. Peoria visitors. new church carpet cheers Methodists. J C Hall spoke at courthouse. women led Sunday excursion. Paola P S C E river trip. local ball games and club clash outcome.
Spuriana reports many personal items and town news as residents return home, travel to Milwaukee for G A R encampment, and attend reunions and lectures. Weather and dust woes persist amid grain harvests and mining activity. several deaths and visits mark the week.
The Alumni picnic went smoothly with perfect weather and no accidents. Guests traveled by boats towed by Rob Fort’s yacht, enjoying fishing and baseball before supper. Toasts were given by Fannie Gale, Hamilton Ward, and John Grieves as twilight returned the group home in high spirits.
Crow Meadow residents report a successful Granger picnic with a good time. Town events include pumping water for stock, haymaking efforts praised by Mr Townley, and school reopenings with Mies McMants as teacher. The region notes several family visits and a touching funeral for Houryee Only Child Jamie.
E Loomis reports a very sick child with cholera infantum in Whitefield. Several boys attend Mrs C E Burt and daughter Lucy E who are spending a week at Normal. Mrs Wm Mutton takes the cake in rals-
The item notes Lucy E. Burt teaching at Union Schoolhouse starting the first Monday in September, with William Frisbey at Bogae Grove. It mentions a visiting Tom Kingley, a minor illness, fishing trips, and church services by Elder T. A. Boyer. It urges cemetery clearing, threshing discussions with Mr Frisbey, and plans to hire a preferred threshing outfit for fall across the neighborhood.
A letter to The Republican shares updates from Whitefield Corners including visits by Mia Steele in Kansas, family travels to Iowa, and local social life. Residents report on a secret society named the Star, church plans for a chandelier, and a lawn social invitation to the Milo band at Mrs Spencer's.
Robert Turnbull visited his Chicago relative while friends travel east. Uncle Daniel Hakos hosted a grand Sabbath School union picnic in Hellock township with Rev Springer Rev Smith Rev Ames and others giving addresses. The day featured temperance remarks, songs by Lewis’s Peoria string band, and a local cornet band performance.
The column notes sick residents on the mend in the neighborhood and reports on social calls by Dr Atwood and wife of Lostant. It mentions teachers, planned hunting trips, a fall injury to Ed Mathis, and a Soldiers Reunion trip from Magnolia Clest Creek and Oxbow. Weather and rain concerns threaten crops and dust. Reverend Morse’s Caledonia sermon is praised amid illness in Mrs Bushnell of Lostant.
Naguolia resident Hattie Fyffe near arrival in Hastings and James Loyd heading to Africa for about two years. The Big Bend Reunion at Wenona next week expected to attract many. local notes report grain nearly threshed with oats moving to elevators at 15c per bushel.
Community notes include requests about a missing bee tree and lists of local residents visiting relatives in towns like Chester Iowa and Indianapolis. The week features a Christian church ice cream and cake festival raising over $50 with thanks to the Putcom band, home band, choir, and generous ladies for cakes.
Elder T. A. Boyer of Eureka will open a meeting series at the Henry Congregational church next Lord's Day with 11 a m and 7 30 p m sessions. Disciples should bring hymnals. A Sunday school picnic at Undercliff is planned next Saturday afternoon with speeches songs recitations and band accompaniment from Milo Light Guard and Putnam Corner. All are invited.
Advertisement claims Buckien’s Arnica Salve treats cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Price 25 cents a box. Sold at Dr Powell’s drug store.
Mrs A Weis and son George visit the family of X Knoblauch with Mrs Wunder and Mrs Troendlay during Sunday visits reported by Metamora Sentinal.
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