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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
14
Social rounds report visits among Magnolia Denison Washburn Wenona Toluca Venona and Varna residents. Weddings, engagements, school events, bazaar profits, and church activities are highlighted alongside travel to Peoria Chicago Streator Ottawa and St. Petersburg Fla.
A vintage advertisement claims Chamberlain's Gough Remedy cures colds group and whooping cough. It touts relief for throat and chest symptoms and promotes bottles for home use.
Colds can lead to serious complications and loss of sleep. The ad urges immediate attention and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery, claiming a scientific basis forColds. Available at druggists for 65 cents a bottle.
Mat Neifing and wife visited Cullom last week. Miss Wisie Zilm and Myrtie visited W. M. Griffith. R. W. Phillips of Bloomington stayed with W. M. Griffith Saturday night. Miss Blanche Patterson of Granville visited her sister. Eizie Strode, formerly with Charles Barr, visits Kentucky friends. Mrs. George Davis of Normal spent time with her mother Mrs. W. A. Barr who remains poorly.
Local notices report social visits in Lostant including Henry Vollmer and H. H. Hoberg from Sencer Iowa as guests of H. C. Vollmer over Sunday. Community items cover church sermons, school damage, obituaries, births, marriages, and a Putnam County Farmers Institute program at John Swaney school with speakers on entomology, farm mechanics, citizenship, and road development.
Master in Chancery J E B Taylor oversaw a Friday sale of three Putnam county land tracts. The Reismeyer 120 acres in Hennepin township sold to the Reismeyer brothers for 79 dollars an acre. The 5 acre Me dearis tract in Senachwine township sold to Matthew Drake for 171 dollars an acre. The Lehman 240 acre tract sold for a price to realize the principal.
The Putnam County Life Club met in the hall on December 4 with all ages enjoying the program. Upcoming events include lectures by the Kentucky Jubilee quartet on December 19 and January 1, and a six week special course at Consolidated school starting January 11. The Six Weeks' Course outlines arithmetic topics from basic drills to farm, land, lumber, and orchard measures, plus animal husbandry and dairying problems.
Fourth Week covers principles and methods in farm bookkeeping bills notes checks receipts and more. It adds practice in cash and personal accounts and crop records rotation taxation values and interest computations. Fifth Week tackles soil fertilizers drainage cost of standard crops and a review. Sixth Week focuses on fundamental arithmetic drills writing financial forms land measures and farm accounting systems.
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