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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
12
Magnolia and nearby towns report social visits and travels. Orrin Richardson and family drive a new Ford. several residents visit relatives in Peoria and Terre Haute. Ollie Roberts and Lynne Broaddus wed. a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Ehringer died shortly after birth, with funeral planned in Washburn.
Students return Monday after Thanksgiving recess. Walter Spencer was absent Monday and Tuesday. English III begins The House of Seven Gables. Girls’ literary society basketball teams are organized and set to play each other soon. A program will be held in the auditorium with a Parent Teachers Association meeting.
Mothers rely on Sloan's Liniment for bumps and sprains in children. It penetrates and soothes without rubbing, claiming cleaner, more effective relief than plasters or ointments. Useful for rheumatic and neuralgia pain and outdoor workers’ soreness with a 25 cent bottle at druggists.
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Salve cures tetter salt rheum and eczema. one application relieves itching and burning. A witty line about men aging beyond improvement appears between product claims.
McNabb residents mingle as Karl Nelson shoppers and Morgenson visitors are noted. An oyster supper is planned at the Danish church on Thursday December 7 at 5 PM. Whooping cough outbreak concerns neighbors as area families report illness and school disruptions.
A wartime style ad promotes Dr King’s New Discovery remedy for colds with pine balm and antiseptic laxative qualities. It urges readers to buy at the drugstore for 50 cents.
G F Bell and wife visited Ottawa. Miss Naomi Wooley visited Wenona friends. Mystic Workers election night moved to Friday Dec 15. Agnes Puetz visited Minonk. John Pettit of Manchester Ind. guests of the Springs. Arvilla Strong of Earlville weekend guest of C H Strong. Florence Kelley and daughter Ian e visited. Mrs C A Whitney visited Rutland and attended Star lodge. Berry family left for Charles City Ind. to visit relatives. Several local Star meeting attendees from Rutland. Hartenbower installing heating plants including Shawback school. Mrs Oscar Frazier hosted birthday dinner for husband and Mrs J H Gaisford. Mrs Farrar ill. Amelia Schinzel and Peter Naas wed Nov 28 at Richland Catholic church. Newlyweds receive gifts and plan to start housekeeping on Neas homestead. Samuel Lippincott born Aug 6 1854 in Frenchtown N J died Nov 21 1916 in Mendota at 62 years 3 mos 15 days. Survived by wife and five children Louis Tinlop Park Robert Mendota Mrs Ethel Adams Lostant Mrs Mae Brenn Mendota Mrs Alice Martin Haldane. eight grandchildren and siblings. Lestant home since 1876. funeral Feb 2 at M B church led by Rev A E Rowson. Mrs Clara Hay sick. H C Barton to Chicago. Birth: Leo and Leo Spear’s son Charles Bennett born Nov 27. Rev Rowson and others attended Normal Sunday school institute.
A brief ad urges treatment of lingering coughs and throat irritation with Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It claims pine balsams soothe irritation, ease breathing, and kill germs, advising use for croup sore throat and bronchial issues. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
The Ladies' Aid meets at Mrs. John Phelps as Agnes Barker and Cleo Austin recover from illness. Hog shipments, a fall injuring Mabel Moffitt, and multiple families visiting for Thanksgiving are noted. A Dec 30 sale at Burcky’s barn in Bradford and a Shorts school box social with proceeds of 32 dollars 40 cents are reported along with Bible study and K K girls gatherings.
Margaret and Laura Monier plan a Saturday meet with Mrs. Clarence McClane on December 16 in Broadmoor. Mrs. A. J. Kistler visits sister Mrs. Silas West at Camp Grove. Harry Crist family visit relatives in Buda. A. W. Holmes family Thanksgiving with parents near La Prairie. Reese family Thanksgiving in Peoria. Wilbur Ervin and children with Blanche Van Deventer, Alice and Oda Poff visit friends in Peoria. Roland Shimer and son Himer of Lone Tree visit Broadmoor. A. W. Shriver ill at sister L. S. Hay’s in Princeton. Roy Cole family, Hull and Roy Rodgers family of Kewanee, and M. A. Dally at G. W. Bean’s for Sunday. Harry Bean family visiting relatives near Lacon. Mrs. Samuel Merritt and son from Altoona visit Harry Crist. Dennis McEvoy and wife called to Ottawa for death of McEvoy’s father Richard McEvoy, 83, who lived in Ottawa with his daughter. funeral held Friday.
Sheriff Butts tested blood hounds west of Chillicothe on the Edelstein road to track burglars who looted HM Cullen's home. Cullen left at 6 30 am and returned at 11 am to find the house ransacked. Dogs followed the trail to Edelstein Santa Fe depot and then to Dahinda where scent was lost.
The piece notes that today’s forecasts receive less heed than in the past and observers distrust signs from wildlife and nature. It questions what the average person should rely on when experts disagree about signs like beaver nests and squirrel caches.
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