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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
8
Local notes detail Christmas visits across Varna La Rose Venona and Hopewell with Frances McClary Anna Peterson N A Hall and others hosting relatives. Stories describe gifts, church events, a new pipe organ dedication, school holidays reopening Jan 4 and community humor amid travel illness and holiday meals.
The Willing Workers plan their next meeting with Mrs Cornn Seelye on January 7, replacing last week’s announced date due to illness in the family. Rowe visits his mother in the east while Mr and Mrs Jerfel Ketchum were Sunday afternoon callers at the Allan Rouse home. Christmas was widely celebrated with relatives or entertaining, and villagers note Mrs Elsi Longmans is quite ill. Rowe has recovered enough to move about after a stay with his mother.
Local retailer announces a sweeping pre inventory sale to clear broken sizes and miscellaneous goods. The advertisement promises deep discounts on fall and winter stock as they move items quickly at staged prices.
Sunday and holiday gatherings fill the record with many names and places. Sutc hins & Downs at Clyde Gregorys, Nellia Gamery visiting John Morse, McAllister sisters at Mrs Rol and Doyle, and Harrison at Whitefield with Ur Fosdicks. Broadmoor and Henry area visits, Christmas dinners, and illness notes pervade, plus local church and school updates and a sick child at John Wherry’s.
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