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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
3
Sparland and surrounding communities share holiday events and updates. Families, friends, and neighbors gather for dinners, weddings, theater, and church programs. A mine accident claims John Evans, 47, with funeral services noted. extensive social notes list visits, travel, and Christmas celebrations across Sparland La Prairie Saratoga and nearby places.
Happy New Year greetings mark the season as D D Brown and family recall their horse loss. Mrs Walter Pride visits Peoria and Mrs Arno Reinbeck plans a Canton move. Miss Ramp and Burson pupils host a Christmas program and tree. Tragic death of Mr Evans of Sparland noted and sympathy offered. The Hunt family attends Miss Leota and Mr Earl Wherry wedding at Henry home. Homer Whitmer returns to school. Attendance changes include Hiram Johnson Ruth and Evan Gel Vincent absent. Everett Nighswonger receives letters from third year class.
Baker Moody loses a valuable black horse after a day of driving at Speers sale. F H Cornells stock sale draws good prices as Ladies Aid serves lunch and raises funds. Town mourns James Outram the cordwainer who died at his son's home in Long Point. Mrs Moody returns from Jackson Tenn and plans for spring farm work. Miss Lucy Shedd visits amid Illinois mud on route to California. Miss Judith Owen and Clyde visit friends before Christmas in Peoria. Mrs Briggs Poultry Yard comedy staged by local talent draws packed house with Speer and Edelstein present and receipts exceed 48 dollars. Miss Rackleys singing and recitation praised ahead of her Thursday recital.
The Concordia Kansas Blade corrects a typographical error in a church notice that misread Whit Sunday as Whist Sunday, clarifying the intended Whit Sunday date and preventing confusion for readers.
Court house news lists numerous property transfers by warranty quit claim and guardian deeds in Toluca and surrounding areas, naming Fassina Bernardi Wahl Foster McVicker Kane Phillips Wilson Ryan Bartomucci Capravica Simpson to Snell and others. It also provides a long roster of petit jurors selected for the January term 1912 across multiple townships including Lacon, Saratoga, Whitefield, Steuben, Hopewell, Roberts, Bennington, Myans, and nearby areas. A note on a two-paper combination subscription offer from Chicago Daily Inter Ocean and Henry Republican for 4 dollars.
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