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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
8
Local notices from Putnam include holiday closings for Christmas Day with limited hours, telecommunication rate promotions after 1914, and a Country Life Club meeting with a Christmas cantata. Social notes report visits, church events, bazaars raising funds, and school notes praising a new stand and student activities.
Stomach troubles disappear with Electric Bitters. A Depew Oklahoma woman writes it raised her from sickness and suffering and she urges others to try it. The ad claims benefits for stomach liver kidney nerves and back and guarantees the remedy with prices from Roc to $1. Recommended by A J Ironmonger and T Segraves.
A village notes multiple family visits from Sherman Bentley Reid Wright Morris Longman and Carrico households. Mentions nurse care for Mrs Mielkey and Miss Ray visiting relatives. John and Mrs McClane returned from Benton Harbor. Bazaar night drew a large crowd with 84.92 dollars after expenses.
An advertisement proclaims constipation poisons the body and promises relief from constipation and headaches using Dr. King's New Life Pills. It is endorsed by A. J. Tronmonger and T. J. Sograves.
Presbyterian Ladies Aid of La Rose held a Dec 13 bazaar and supper that netted 233 dollars, including 105 from a reading and a Geach subscription, to reduce church debt. The event celebrated a remodeled church with new furnace and lights. A wedding between W H Foster and Agnes Black was announced for Dec 18. Myrtle Arrowsmith, Bell Plain winner, lost county spelling title in Lacon to a Henry County contestant.
Public and combination sales listed for Magnolia and Tonica IL with December 20 1913 and December 27 1913 auctions. Descriptions include hundreds of cattle horses hogs and dairy stock, plus machinery and household goods. Terms cash or nine month credit with interest on overdue notes. Auctioneers named.
Names of residents visiting relatives and attending events fill the week. Mrs. Nancy Foster visits in La Rose and Chicago. G F Bell attends Ottawa board meeting. Peter Dumbaugh and wife visit Somers et. Wm Brogan family visit Amboy. several references to illnesses and hospital visits. Dr F B Hagg reports a large Veterinary meeting in Chicago. Mrs A Keller notes relief from indigestion with Chamberlains Tablets.
An advertisement extols Healer Hawkins as a pioneer healer who cures without medicine or surgery. Endorsed by Fannie Taylor of Havana Illinois, the notice claims immediate relief from bronchitis indigestion stomach liver trouble and piles and urges visiting Peoria addresses for treatment.
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