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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
11
Local notice promotes Superior Disc Drills and Wagons from Buggles with robes and whips. It also markets the Marseilles Grain Dump as the best on the market and invites calls. The dealer offers machine oil lubricating oil and kerosene.
Sparland residents report improving health as Mrs Pond and Mrs McLaughlin recover. Miss Mayme Sparr returns to the phone office. Bertha Christman rested at home. Clara Curtis departs for Los Angeles. Santa Fe case concludes with $150 plus costs. A charity bazaar and hard times supper aid the Congregational church.
Prof Knapp will spend Christmas vacation in Canada with his father. The W R C served supper in the I O O F hall with a bazaar attached. Miss Lulu Nelson, eighth grade teacher, has resigned and a new teacher will be assigned after the second vacation. Mr and Mrs Irving Broaddus leave for Ocean Springs Miss to join their daughter Mrs Lon Koch and family for the winter, staying into May. Mrs Lizzie Parsons of Streator visits. Mrs S L DuChesne was called to Varna by illness of daughter Mrs Lawrence Broadcust. Tom McEntee went to Dwight returning with Ed Breene now improved after illness.
Community notes record Cora Seely assisting in P T Matthews dry goods, Hoyt building a west end shop, Flora Hart ill with tonsillitis, Forefathers Day services, Willie Thompson as Niagara hotel bell boy, Mrs Mason moving, and plans for a new showboat using salvaged lumber. Further items note reframed properties, juror duty, a piano in the public hall, an invitation ball with Chillicothe orchestra, Langford Green’s Texas trip, and Lawn Ridge M W A officers for the year.
Grant Walton moved to Mossville with their goods last Thursday arriving at 3 p.m. for a new home and shop. Miss Lynn Barfoot Louiza McAllister and Floyd Toomey return home for the holiday. Two Powell sisters visit Bells and relatives from Keota Ia. The Carrico McKoon wedding brings visitors including Mr and Mrs McKoon and Mrs Rogers who plan to move to Keota with Mrs Rogers. Lucian Fosdick dined with his uncle Edward Tanquary and wife In Steuben. C Swift and C Fosdick spent Friday with Norton Moffitt. Reimeyers settle in a new home and the "Short and Long" on No 11 returns.
Gloomy weather and holiday goodwill mark South Whitefield items. Santa visits Sparland. Mrs. Wunder returns from Clifton. Miss Gilpin starts a two week vacation. piano dealer Mr. Falls places a new instrument in the Hunt home. L. R. Ray plans Christmas with his children. Burson school hosts a Xmas program and tree. Women’s Aid meets January 2. Rev. Barnes to begin meetings Tuesday. Bazaar proceeds reach 102.51. quilt sale raised about 26 to 27. William Jacobs and Tom Hubbell announce public sales on January 6 and 8.
Court notes appraisal bills settled for John Haun Michael Marnane and Hontas Bane with widow claims and appointment of executors. Real estate sale approved for Bane. administration letters issued for Eugene Bomancini. Marriage licenses issued to Schmitt and Schroeder Sullivan and Tucker with ages listed. Henry A Smith and Della HeCully noted.
The Republican reports readers wish each other a Happy New Year. Local visits include Emma Neilson of Tampico at Lon McClane’s, Vida Driver and children in Milo and Bradford, and Henry Smith and Frank Liggard households in Chambersburg. Milo teacher Mr Kane at home in Sheffield. Marie Schammel visiting sister Carrie Moore. Adam Henkins and Bertha McClane trading in Henry. Christian church protracted meetings continue this week.
Ed Streitmatter Jr. visited Peoria as a business caller while families and friends shopped there. A Ladies Association bazaar drew a large crowd with net proceeds just over $77. Spear Elevator stock fully subscribed and a December 24 meeting set to elect directors. Miss Vesper Parker’s school hosted a Mother Goose event to fund two bells for the new schoolhouse. News items also mention residents visiting from Peoria and local employment moves at Carr Adams lumber. The Henry Republican and Chicago Daily Tribune subscriptions are offered in a bundled deal.
This notice invites readers to leave orders for bills at The Henry Republican office to convert farm produce and implements into cash. It promises prompt careful attention and reasonable prices for the auction sale line work.
A public sale on Friday January 10 1908 at 10 o'clock features seven horses four milch cows thirteen hogs four tons of timothy hay and farm implements including a Gretchen corn planter Hayes riding cultivator a Case sulky plow a pulverizer and various harnesses Terms: cash on sums up to 10 and 12 month credit on larger amounts with interest if unpaid and 5 percent cash discount on cash sales over 10. Lunch by Charles Wood. Auctioneers H F McVicker. Clerk J C Qin.
The undersigned quits farming and will sell at public auction on the Robert McDonough farm in Saratoga township Marshall County Illinois. Sale starts Wednesday Jan 8 1908 at 10 o clock with nine head of horses seventeen head of cattle fifty head of hogs farm machinery household goods and more. Terms cash or credit 12 months on bankable paper with 6 percent interest if not paid when due. Lunch served by Charles Wood.
A clipped advertisement highlights Southern Oklahoma as a region with variable weather and farming tips. It promotes a free book from Powers Land and Loan Co in Lawton Oklahoma detailing seasons crops rainfall and fruit, urging readers to request it. It also notes a comment about Cubans preferring U.S. money.
Auctioneers William Jacobs R K McColl and Leslie Smith Jr list sale at 10 am on Monday January 6 1908 at the late William Schmidt farm located one mile north two and a half miles east of Camp Grove or eleven miles west one and a half miles south of Henry. Items include ten horses and mules six head of sheep hogs farm implements a bedroom suite washing machine and various other articles. Terms require cash unless over specified sums when 12 month bankable paper credit at 6 percent interest applies with a 6 percent discount on over $10 and no removal until terms are met. Lunch provided by the Ladies Aid.
Auction lists nine horses including Shire stallion Captain Lukyn undated, several mares and colts. twelve cattle with five milking cows and an Aberdeen Angus bull Keillar Star 2d. thirty-two hogs with brood sows and shoats. farm implements such as Deering binder, Deere planters and cultivators. hay and straw bundles. Terms: cash over 10 dollars with 5 percent discount. notes 7 percent interest after due date. Julius C Meister, L Case Auctioneer, J C Hill Clerk.
Col. H. F. McVicker, trusted old auctioneer, offers live stock and farm sales with satisfaction guaranteed. Write or phone before billing sale at his expense. Address 112 N Adams St Peoria, Ill. Phone 8491. Date negotiable at office. Mentioned reference to trusts and constitutional law.
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