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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
The Bergner store highlights ready Christmas merchandise and extra clerks to reduce worry and trouble for shoppers. Management boasts improved business and the ability to handle peak demand, inviting customers to shop with less inconvenience and greater satisfaction.
Silk stockings promoted as ideal gifts with Bergner and Kayser lines. Prices cited from $1.39 to $10.00 for embroidered and reinforced garter top styles. Special emphasis on children leggings in Bear Skin Astrachan Chinchilla at $1.00. Rear Main Aisle.
A local ad promotes Bergner Ribbons with a wide selection of Christmas ribbons. Highlights include 10-yard bolts of 10c ribbon in colors, Holly No 1 10 yards per bolt, satin ribbons in all colors, Persian ribbons in stripes and floral Tafetta, plain silk Tafetta, hair bows Tafetta, baby ribbons for boxes, and all silk ribbon in many colors, main aisle.
Local Sparland notes list visitors and family updates from Claude Cartwright and others. Several residents travel to Peoria and Chicago. Madge Cartwright recovers, Hendricks Davis uses a cane, and wedding bells are promised for Christmas. Elested social events include a basketball win over Peoria Imperials, 49 to 26, in Sparland town hall.
The column records visitors moving into a Hill area home, a school program drawing a full crowd of about 18 dollars, and family travel plans from Colorado and Chicago. It corrects a pool room misreport, notes Baptist services with Rev. Elliot, and reports a Chicago patient undergoing appendicitis surgery. An upcoming Modern Woodmen event features Horace Huron. Also mentions a sick child, a Chicago specialist, and a city blackout followed by linemen repairs.
Mrs M McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi says she lay bedridden three months with kidney and bladder trouble despite care from two doctors. After two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy she felt drastically better and urges other women to try it. A J Tronmonger.
Grace Hunt of Denver visits Miss Dorothy Scott while Blanche Davidson Winnie Edminster Robert and Lawrence Turnbull return home for holidays. Miss Emily Root visits Ruth Stowell at Knox seminary. Mr and Mrs Bliss of Greeley Colo visit H S Edminster. Shirley Willard returns from Bloomington for Xmas. Andrew Calder and Charlie Scoon Jr in Princeton. Dorothy Scott visits Chillicothe with Mrs Robert Graham. Mary Scoon visits Lacon. A quiet donor party at U P church surprises Rev Black and friends with music and refreshments. Read The Republican for news.
Camp Grove residents share holiday visits with families from Maywood Peoria and Herndon while news notes a new gas lighting plant at the Catholic church, scarlet fever quarantine, a wagon accident injuring a girl, a near-miss with an old driving horse and a fire at the Methodist church. Local mischief and humor mix with everyday chores and travel stories as the community gears for Christmas vacation.
A Henry Illinois testimonial touts Doan's Kidney Pills as relief for kidney trouble. Mrs. F M Garlin reports severe pain and urinary poisoning from inactive kidneys, but quick relief after using the pills. Sold by J W Niece's drug store. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
Fire started beneath the stove where ash pan nearly touches the floor, burning through the boards and scorching two joists. A 15 to 20 minute wind could have wiped out several dwellings and all busin ess town area. Loss amounts to ten dollars with no insurance.
Mrs M Perkins travels to Peoria to aid George and his ailing wife both reported improving. Mack Mallory returns to his Pontiac valley farm after a visit. A sash injury to Mrs F Bragg heals slowly. Fred Carroll tests a shotgun. a shell explodes missing everyone. A shooting accident at John Moore’s home leaves a boy injured by a rifle misfire on Frankie Moore’s part.
A parish gathering at Rev. A. B. Curtis forty fifth birthday ends with lively Seance jokes and refreshments as friends party at the parsonage. Local movers like John Phillips, a veteran contractor, pass away at 89, while surrounding families relocate and celebrate milestones.
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