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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
10
Veterinarian physician and surgeon, graduate of Chicago Veterinary College, offers veterinary hospital care with operating table and all necessary equipment. PAS and McNabb Dents.
Magnolia Department Prof. Case is here, Harry Ramage is home again. Mrs. Eva J. Sweet left Sunday for Chicago. Mrs. Burl Roberts is quite poorly at this writing. 8. B. Mitchell returned from Pennsylvania last week. Charles Skelton of Eureka spent a few days with relatives here. George Morphew and R. A. Ward made a business trip to Chicago Monday. Charles Merritt and family returned home Saturday from Davenport Iowa. Miss Minnie Timmens of Ocheyden Ia is the guest of her uncle G. A. Morphew. Frank Roberts of Chicago spent a few days among relatives and friends here. The Ladies Aid society will meet Thursday Sept 7 at the home of Mrs. John Brenn.
The Big Bend reunion in Magnolia drew large crowds with a Midway, dances, dramatic tents, and speeches by Hon. J. S. Wayman and Opie Read. Veterans heard Frank S. Dickison and Victor Murdock, while Magnolia locals provided ample hospitality and a successful program despite heat.
A brief Philadelphia Bulletin item records an office boy asking for more pay and his employer agreeing to two dollars extra per week, with the boy requesting secrecy. The tiny exchange highlights wage bargaining and workplace discretion in the period.
T J Smith visited Henry on Tuesday while Flitcraft returned to Oak Park after a ten day visit with A B Wilson. David and Alice Wilson of Weece visited John Wilson. W L Mills spreads ground limestone on his farm this week. Abel Mills, Morris Wilson and Cordelia Wilson attended Indiana yearly meeting at Pendleton. Clifford Mills teaches at Mt Vernon for the year. Mills siblings visit Henry visitors last Friday. Nira and Florence Beck shopped in Streator. Reading circle attendance at F J Smith’s was large. Magnolia Grange unloaded coal at McNabb. Mildred Judd from Urbana visiting Helen Smith. J N Wilson made two trips to Wena Sunday. Ines Hadden of Chicago brought her brother to Swaney school. Ernest Mills family visited Bloomington and Holder. Grace Cotton and daughter Margaret visiting A B Wilson’s. J B Stansell and George Lippert exhibit hogs at the Town state fair. Mrs O P Mills hosts her mother Mrs Jones from Indiana. W B Mills took friends to Washburn to see the Leland Giants. Emmie Price visited Bloominton with Arthur Benjamin’s family. Leland Griffith of Woodhull returned home to visit W G Griffith. William Anderson left for a land-seeking excursion through Iowa and Dakota. Lane delegation attended Wilson family reunion at Evans fair grounds. School opened Monday with all departments filled and new look after refitting and varnishing.
Lostant local residents and visitors are listed from Decatur to Chicago with social calls and trips. Ottawa Chautauqua programs are praised and several local residents attended. Notables include Mr and Mrs Hagy farm sale at 185 per acre, Miss Pearl McClurg of Youngstown visiting relatives, and updates on illness and teaching.
Overland Automobiles presents the Model 59 T priced at 900 dollars in Toledo Ohio. The five passenger fore door touring car features a 106 inch wheel base and 32x34 inch tires with a 30 horsepower motor and selective three speed transmission. Equipment includes three oil lamps two gas lamps generator tools and a blue finish.
The report recalls a Big Bend reunion with about 50 old soldiers plus friends, including many Lostant residents visiting on different days. Glen James, married two years, now in Cleveland with daughter Kathryn Lucile, is the elder son of Rev. James formerly pastor at the M. KE church and now at Cullom. Lulu Does quietly wed Adolph Vollenweider of McNabb August 12 at Glen Ellyn.
Hennepin high school will open Monday September 4 with Prof. Marshall of Normal as principal, Margaret Reynolds intermediate and Mrs. Marshall primary department. Miss Lavenne Stanton visits the home of Mr. and Mrs. W A Boyle on the Hennepin road as Adam Deck prepares for a holiday goods display. Many local residents are noted in routine moves, visits and travels including Ed Larence and family from Chicago staying with Thomas Dore, and a Mackinaw party ending tragically when a party member was killed by a live wire during a house party.
Local society items list Mary Reynolds leaving for Kewanee and J W Turner’s dental trip to Princeton causing him to miss a Dago wedding. Chicago visits, a moonlight Depue trip, and a vacation memory, followed by a health advertisement praising Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble with testimonial from M Balent.
The notice lists Sunday services at the Christian church with Bible school at 11 a.m. and two sermons titled Some Things to Think About and The Compensation of Christianity, inviting all to attend. A separate endorsement promotes Foley Kidney Pills by A J Ironmonger.
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