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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
3
SPARLAND DEPARTMENT announces Prof. J. R. Bouton as the local representative in Stndent for The Henry Republican. He is authorized to handle all business connected with this paper and will ensure prompt attention to entrusted items.
Clarence Shelton returns from a year in the United States navy. William Beitz and family of Pekin visit Mr. Anton Trumpeter and family. Bethel church ladies clear about 95 dollars at a bazaar last Wednesday week. Holmes Tanner and C. H. Maxwell of Chicago Heights spend Christmas with parents. Miss Pearl Jarman returns home to Wyoming for the holidays. Dean Jarman, recently working at Toulon, comes home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel King of Camp Grove share Christmas dinner with Harrison Thomas. Mrs. George Marks' sister Miss Phillips of Minoak visits. Charles Monier of Missouri returns home after visiting brothers. High school pupils present a rocking chair as a Christmas gift to the writer.
George Tanquary trains as brick mason in Chicago and intends to return to Portland. Mrs Francis from Palmyra Neb visits mother Mrs Brooks. Bethel school hosts a basket social January 8 with 10 cent admission for non-basket buyers. Multiple local notices detail illnesses, reunions, weddings, and holiday happenings across Sparland and nearby communities.
The letter notes Christmas wishes and local happenings in South Whitefield. It mentions a successful shooting match at Joseph Frey home, health updates for H. J. Meister and W. B. Kirkpatrick, home additions by Kirkpatrick, Opal’s illness, school Christmas programs at Burson and Bonham, vacations for Miss Gilpin and Miss Kneip, visits with Henry relatives, and Wm. Baugh's slow recovery. A writer injured a finger while cutting steak, and a Toluca visitor with telephones out is expected to return soon and is “all right.”
It is a cold wind in South Milo as residents report visits and gatherings. Several neighbors travel between Whitefield Keota and Peoria for events while school and Sunday officers prepare for year end activities and a Ladies Aid knotting session is planned for January 3.
The Marshall County Poultry Association staged its first show at Lacon, earning expenses and drawing fair attendance. Exhibitors praised the event, but some breeders reported little advance publicity. Awards listed include J. N. Young and J. Watt of Lacon. Mrs. Frank Brokaw. W. Goodwin. C. D. Gapen. P. A. St. John. Henry Morse. Mrs. A. M. Stoner. Mrs. Ed McMahon. Lee Brokaw. Mrs. EB Remley. and others across Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns, and assorted breeds.
General news item notes no congressional session this week while Southern Pacific locomotive firemen strike reaches 400, halting southbound freight. Other items include James Bryce declining a peerage and visiting Washington as a plain citizen, war talk over Japanese students in California schools dismissed, Roosevelt charity drive for Chinese famine relief, a headline wedding atop a smokestack in Peoria, Billy Sunday’s meeting tour, and Calvetti brothers riot arrest by revenue officers.
Legal notices include assumpsit and partition suits in circuit court with Lundgren Mangle Colligan and Thompson cases. Probate records show inventories, final reports, and administrations for Skelton, White, Casey, and others with bond and widow claims. Real estate transfers include multiple deeds in Varna Wenona Lacon and Belle Plain. Marriage licenses list Burdette Wilson and Ella Davis among others.
Advertises multiple farms for sale in Hamilton County Iowa by GHW Cooper Blainsburg. Listings include 80 to 640 acre parcels with tiled land, outlets, good improvements, near county seats, with prices from 67.50 to 80 per acre and 5 percent terms. Reports 220 acres of corn yielding 70 bushels per acre this year.
A Peoria Star excerpt describes Chicago retail tricks. Clerks cut cloth remnants at night for sale next day. State Street stores discount torn coats while marking up fraudulently. Grocers bat prune samples in hot molasses and cashiers use odd cent pricing to mislead shoppers.
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