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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
3
The fragment mentions John Hartley and a meat market with veal and salt cured meats. It lists Blair Smith's Grocery on Main street with office and residence telephone numbers and a local physician reference.
Fully equipped with electrical apparatus to diagnose and treat. Electricity is applicable. Will answer all calls day and night. Office on Edward street.
Dr Carrie Whatherly osteopathic physician offers acute and chronic care with focus on diseases of women and children. Treatments available by appointment. Office location east Main block north of Central Park. Phone 261.
Fred W. Potter, attorney at law, handles real estate and insurance matters with special attention to estate settlements. Phone number 2 listed.
Henry Gigl operates a general law and probate specialty business focusing on land titles. Contact via telephone 14 for legal services and title matters.
Local items recount Thanksgiving visits and gatherings around Magnolia Lane. Residents from Griffiths Smiths Wilsons and Masons share trips to Bloomington Chicago and Champaign with family dinners Grange events and a Masonic Hall dedication noted alongside a fiftieth anniversary Grange celebration.
A. L. Kildow and family went to Sheffield to visit relatives and many plan to Pilacatod. Wiswack TM will attend The Birth of a Nation photo play. August Lith and family shared Thanksgiving at Andrew Swanson's. Emma Johnson travels to Lostant to see her daughter. Mr and Mrs William Wheeler and Vesta Bell and Elizabeth Weaver of Henry plan Thanksgiving dinner at W. Murphy's. Mr and Mrs Arthur Gotchell of Wenona spent Thursday and Friday at C. Wheeler's. A girl arrived to cheer the home of Mr and Mrs John Réal. The Royal Neighbors meet in the new Woodman Hall Thursday and will meet there every first Thursday of each month. Jerry Drake saved wood Wednesday. Charles Dorff did the work. Georgia Brown visited Henry Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Glen Barnhart visited with Mr and Mrs Lou Dawson.
SPBHHR R Stowell of Peoria attended the Speer State bank directors meeting Tuesday. Various local residents and families visited, attended dinners, and a Thanksgiving bazaar drew a large crowd with proceeds noted. Martha Grove missed school after a foot injury. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey advertised for cold relief. Kansas debates wealth indicators contrasting paupers and millionaires.
William Donley husked 108 bushels for Kizie Hull near Cullom weighing 92 pounds a bushel. Ground broken at University of Illinois for a $250,000 music building funded by Capt. Thomas J. Smith. The Ottawa Free Trader and Ottawa Journal merge due to high paper costs. Rev John R. Golden leads Decatur church after governor bid. Dr King’s New Discovery touted for coughs. Governor-elect Lowden to be inaugurated January 8 in Springfield. inaugural ball undecided.
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