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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1882
Page
1
The Lacona column reports the bridge completion rated substantial and a boon to the town. Local residents like John Milla and Wim Burns visit, CHURCH meetings, hotel fundraising nears $6000, and Christmas programs planned. Jesse Finney and M F James consider Streator business, and social events including skating prizes and parties fill the week.
Frank Martin sells coffee flour and canned fruit while expanding poultry and coal dealings in Sparland Illinois. Residents move houses sell tobacco gun powder and Japan tea. new steam sawmill begins near Twenis Hollow. school resumes New Year’s Day. Rev Barton hosts Bethel meetings. Fears Fasbender family death from Emporia Kansas noted.
A Christmas event at the Methodist Church on December 25 is noted. FP Kernlitz buys the residence formerly owned by Mrs J. Mrs Kate Smith of Streator visits friends this winter season. On Friday evening the 22nd, Mrs H Croft hosts a party to celebrate her 60th birthday.
A regional summary gathers social news from Magnolia including lodge elections, a departmental payout, family movements, a funeral notice for Columbus Kays, local insurance referrals, school summons, weather remarks, and social teasing about Undercliff events with remarks about local critics and a lighthearted call for a cosmopolitan surprise gathering.
Roy Smith delivers spiritual discourses in a Christian church. Deaths strike the community as Mrs Elijah HenKing Jr and Philip Purcell pass away within a week. Funeral services, cemetery concerns, and mourning neighbors are noted amid society news and reminders of mortality.
In Wheatland on the 16th instant a bone carried by Dan Hufnagle of Milo presented a book account Dante against Henry Shimer for merchandise. The case went to court with a finding for the plaintiff after sharp shooting between seconds. The plaintiff’s counsel Chas Jones of Henry shows notable legal ability. Andrew Anderson returned from a county seat trip. Local business at the new store is improving as holidays approach. Citizens report sickness and cold weather. Christmas tree at the schoolhouse on the 28th for charity.
Henry public schools host out of district scholars nearly all in the high school. After holidays class size will be about 80 with Maddox absent for a wedding. Final exams for promotion are in progress. J C Townsend, school board president, visited the department Monday. A 10 cent missing coin sparked a brief search among pupils. Schools close tomorrow for the holidays and resume Tuesday January 2. Jof Kister will attend the state teachers meeting in Springfield next week.
The article notes the sudden shift from summer to fall in the west brings frequent coughs and colds and warns that consumption seeds grow in these months. Brown's Expectorant is advertised as a cure for violent coughs and colds and to arrest consumption if taken timely. Also mentions Dre Powell and Croft Bros buying a fine hull, Columbia Chief, from D G Ryburn for 1080 dollars, describing lineage.
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis and other throat and lung ailments with a free trial offering a regular $1 bottle’s effects.
The latest James Vick publication from Rochester features an improved cover and typography. The note asks readers to send for SHO and enclose 100 to obtain the boys as chips of the old cry break.
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