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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
2
Magnolia residents share updates on travel, illness, and visits with relatives in Peoria Losant Lostant McNabb Wenona and Varna. Church activities include Sunday school meetings box socials and a Whittier program with Mrs Pooler. Local club meetings praise new president Mrs Skelton and discuss upcoming events and Christmas plans.
Bergner's presents an extensive assortment across styles patterns sizes colors and materials with prices to fit any choice. Shoppers are invited to pick freely from a broad display ensuring a tailored selection.
A compact inventory on the Main Floor lists items such as gloves trimmings millinery brass jewelry umbrellas handkerchiefs men s department bath robes dresses waists silks linens silk hosiery leather goods beaded bags ribbons toilet goods petticoats suits skirts corsets dress goods fancy work underwear parisian ivory mesh bags neckwear sweaters kimonos coats furs baby goods. The long item line reflects a department store layout with diverse merchandise across apparel accessories home goods and gifts.
The downstairs floor lists principal departments with varied offerings. Jewelry covers items from tie clasps to La Vallieres for women. linen spans pattern cloths to guest towels. the toy department includes dolls for girls and air guns for boys.
Jonathan D Fyffe, longtime Venona resident, dies in Maywood at 78. Funeral held at Wenona, Rev H W Bell presiding, burial in Wenona cemetery beside his wife. Also notes on local sales, cattle prices, poultry show prep, and Foley Kidney Pills ads featuring A J Ironmonger endorsement.
McNabb residents attended the Mt Palatine Catholic church dedication on Wednesday December 6. Mrs P R Howard of near Mendota visited with her husband the McNabb Lumber Co manager. W W Johnson plans ice house remodel and new ice tools. Frank Kuhn and Mr Panzer duck hunting near the Illinois river. The local school works on a Christmas program. A social birthday party for F S Kerns on December 5 featured music and a luncheon enjoyed by Mr and Mrs Snirley Mrs Dose and others.
Local items from Hennepin cover a new south side addition to a parsonage barn and a forthcoming harpist lecture at the opera house. Reports include visitors to Florid for a funeral, a prize win at a La Salle chicken show, growing cement tile production, a bar admission, holiday store decor, river ferry disruption, a Chicago funeral, church singing, Fat stock show attendance, and cattle shipments to Chicago with Swift & Co offers averaging $9.25 per hundred.
Wenona social roundups include attendees at the Chicago fat stock show the Burgess family Arnold Brenner Charles Esterdahl and wives Carl Jackson and wife. August Swanson and Miss Halga Carlson quietly wed in Rockford. The couple plan a farm north of Wenona. Local visitors include the Judd sisters Glover and Kathy others in Streator Tonica Chicago and Normal. The Presbyterian congregation invites Rev Fayette Vernon of Newark Ohio. Epworth Guild held a successful bazaar in city hall. Hzra Kemp suffers rheumatism. W C I A met with Mrs Judd. Prof Nichols and teachers expected. Dr E W Oliver of Peoria visited Venona friends. Mrs James Grim visited Garfield. Mr and Mrs W T McAdam and daughter visit Parsons Kansas. more locals in Streator.
A vivid note explains the terror of croup cough during the night and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as essential for households. Canton New York resident H W Casselman and A J Ironmonger endorse the product, claiming it relieves hoarseness and keeps their children symptom free.
Spin sters date remembered as December fifteenth. George Haws daughters returned from Ottawa. Myrtie Groat came back from Chicago. Maud Stouffer of Bloomington and Mary Stouffer of Amboy stayed with Mrs. Jay Whitney. John Lyons left for Chicago. wife visiting longer. Whitney hosts Thanksgiving turkey dinner with Whitneys and Patterson family. Many locals attended Chicago stock show. Bangs family spent Thanksgiving with Dr Hattan. Burl Hillabrand admitted to Streator hospital.
Funeral scenes and death notices include M Barry and M White with ages 63 and 84. Obituaries mention Patrick Donaher and Margaret Donaher, historical ties to Flag, Magnolia, and La Salle. a Des Moines man relieved rheumatic pain with Chamberlains Liniment. a Tonica vs All Stars basketball game drew 28 7 Lostant. Includes local anecdotes and a short dialogue between Anita and Nelly about truth and lies.
Public sale announces moving to Minnesota with auctions of fourteen head of horses twenty three head of cattle ten hogs and extensive farm machinery plus household goods. Items include Percheron and Shire stock, registered Short Horns, Jersey and Ayrshire cows, multiple plows wagons drilling gear and hay plus a cream separator and household appliances. Sale Thursday December 28 1911 at 10 am near Magnolia McNabb and Magnolia Grange Fair Grounds. Charles B Willey Col A P Child & Son Auctioneers G A Morphew Clerk. Lunch by T H Rolley.
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