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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
8
Local records show holiday visits and gatherings across Varna and nearby towns. Guests include Mr Bruer from Springfield and HY Johnson from Iowa, with many trips to Chicago and Peoria for family events and funerals.
The Varna community invites all to a Monday evening event at the M B church featuring a supper in the basement and a town hall program with a five wire speaker, music, and songs from local churches. An orchestra from Redpath will perform. a lively evening is promised.
G EE Fenwick licensed embalmer and funeral director listed by Fenwick's Funeral Home in a brief professional notice.
D. T Watking welcomed by the Epsilon fraternity for the annual initiation in Bloomington at Wesleyan University. A banquet was held Friday Dec 19 at the Illinois hotel, with Watking returning home Saturday evening and thanking the committee for including him among the guests of the large assembly.
In Whitefield Corners the Christmas season winds down with a warm sermon by Miss Evans and two solo numbers by Miss Schiffbauer and Evans enjoyed by a good attendance. Services are planned for next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 and sermon at 11. fuel issues may affect the heat in the church. Walter Loewenstein visited his Colorado Springs relatives. The town reports a Sparland bank robbery tied to Lyle Warner, the Barney Schwarz sale, and Ed Clark’s sale drawing bidders. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frisbey welcome a son, and Dave Wrights move to a new home near Lindsey Anderson. Mrs Ursula Elk’s funeral papers note placements in Hears and at the Kelley home, with obituaries expected this week. Artie Swift Keota and relatives attended the Elk funeral and visited Clark Swift and Mrs Cary Fosdick’s family.
Local readers send holiday greetings to editors and staff as the paper shares letters from readers and notices of weddings and illnesses. Mr and Mrs F E Murphy were in Peoria while Minnia Lith visited Lacon and Elliott couple attended Elsie Franceway’s wedding in Granville. A new grandson to Finley earns congratulations as Mrs Annie Read recovers from illness. Also a local ad promotes Chamberlains Tablets to aid digestion after meals.
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