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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
6
Lewis Black of Lacon Illinois praises Doan's Kidney Pills for curing a lame back and night distress tied to kidney trouble. He reports improved sleep, relief from backache, regulated kidney secretions, and no recurrence since using the remedy from Buffalo makers.
Classified ad fragment promoting Thebes & Sons of Peoria offering cemetery work and monuments. Mentions Netliie Jerman practical nurse and Dr BH H Bradley eye ear nose and throat with address near Peoria. Includes varied OCR scraps about phones and locations.
Auctioneers McColl and Smith promote reliable experienced salesmanship to ensure fair auctions. They urge early booking and claim to prevent poor sales or financial loss, listing Princeton Illinois and Lisle Illinois as contact locales.
The Hennepin chapter completed its quota with twenty four Christmas packets for the cantons and five for France, plus a large shipment of garments. Knitted items included twelve sweaters twelve mufflers and fifteen pairs of socks and fifteen pairs of whistlers. A separate Granville Red Cross kit group finished forty four kits sent to Chicago and prepared forty more for men away. Contents included towels magazines khaki handkerchiefs candy jelly peanut butter nuts figs dates tobacco soup cold cream and other items. Six local youths drafted but not yet called visited the LaSalle recruiting station. Rollin Hamm Harvey Studgvin and Clay Johnson were rejected, Glen Raley Thomas Paxson and Edwin Himall were accepted, with Thomas and Glenn enlisting in aviation and assigned to aviation and Lake naval station respectively. Edwin injured last summer failed medical and returned home. Mish Meta Lassman learned of her cousin’s illness and attended the Gibson City funeral Tuesday.
Christmas features and local notes from Lostant and surrounding areas detail visits, travels, and family tidings. The Lostant Red Cross and musical associations announce events and fundraisers as communities celebrate the holidays and prepare for wartime efforts and schooling changes.
Miss Vivian Henninger and Arthur Head were married on Tuesday December 11 at Pieria officiated by Rev C W Hiatt of the Congregational parsonage. The bride, daughter of the late Charles Henninger, has lived here and is popular. the groom is son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Head of Magnolia. They will reside with the groom’s parents in Magnolia. The Republican offers congratulations and wishes for a long happy life.
The piece urges merchants to advertise in The Henry Republican to inform customers of offerings. It notes the era of penny savings and a shift away from old rules, claiming the ad network reaches over 10 000 readers weekly.
Isaac VanHorner died at 3 59 Sunday afternoon December 16 at his son H S VanHorne home in this city. He aged 84 years 19 days and funeral was held at Presbyterian church Wednesday at 10 30 conducted by Rev J F Cressey. Burial followed in Magnolia family lot. Wenona lodge installed officers for the new year and re9ceived a light supper. Parochial school children sold 1500 Christmas cards to aid the Lutheran Orphans Home at Peoria. Evans township pupils held a spelling contest at Center school with Ethel Raymond winning and advancing to Lacon to compete for county and state prizes. A E Norman pit boss at Wenonka Coal resigns and moves to Lovington to supervise a coal mine. H S VanHorne elected VP of Illinois Implement Vehicle and Hardware Dealers Association in Peoria.
In a child subject to croup the first sign is hoarseness. Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse and the attack may be warded off and all danger and anxiety avoided. Advt.
The passage notes that in China papers are in high demand across all classes. The rich buy first, then pass them to the less wealthy for a reduced price, unlike Americans who read publications briefly and discard them. The piece ends with a question on prepayment.
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