Retail Stock Notice for Fabrics and Silks
Local store highlights Cinghams Percales Chequiots and Duck Suitings KS Wool Dress Goods with desirable scarce New Silks for waists and New Black Silks, signaling a broad fabric assortment.
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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1895
Page
6
Our Sister Towns in Lacon and Nearby
Local notes from Lacon report Mrs Gun Day in Chicago and Lt Westcott's Peoria visit. Millie Yackee goes to Lexington for two weeks. Miss Albertson visits Henry relatives. Several residents host or travel, including Prof Trost, Lou Wood, and Mrs Lawrence Broaddus. Abe Fulks leaves Lacon for Varna to open a store. Mrs Carrie Ramsay returns to Lacon. Rev Marsh bids farewell at Congregational church as a teacher moves toward Ann Arbor and Terra Haute for theology studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof Trost
Lou Wood
Chicago
Lawrence Broaddus
Varna
Louis Duchesne
Nellie Smith
Nevada
Charley Dans
Jolist
Jonn' Bano
Peru
Mra Raphel-Dano
Abe Fulks
Laoon
Carrie Ramsay
J. Q. Hall
Lincoln, Nob
Lacon
Gabriel Moray
Conter
Third Troote
Marsh
Congregational Church
Ontes
Ann Arbor
Terra Haute
Ind
Sparland Notes Show Local Weddings and Cold Weather
Wedding of Odell and Mabel Duncan reported with best wishes. A baby death and illness in the Cummings family noted. Town hosts coasting thrills and a tolpic island fair at Sparland hall on Feb 13 with oysters and a salami rug prize. A.J. Athay visits Chicago. family updates of William OLeary and Wallace Hendry children. District horticultural society meeting planned. Lone nursery agent listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mas Odell
Mabel Duncan
David Cumming
Sparland
David Cummings
Tolping Island Society of
Sparcrend
Sugar Grove News Items and Local Tidbits
Ed Merdian loses a goose with a reward offered for its return. Visiting locals, school events, and social gatherings fill Sugar Grove and Whitefield Center notices. Epworth League formed at Whitefield Center. spelling school planned February 14 at Sugar Grove School. Fox hunting, riding mishaps, and humorous anecdotes pepper the column as residents plan meetings, sales, and social visits.
Witttefield Corners Local Notes and Arrivals
J T Worthington plans to return home soon. Prank Brokaw ill at D W Runnells home. Monroe family spent Sunday in Steuben with relatives. Several north schools closed due to diphtheria. Meetings attract larger crowds. Harry Poel and mother in town. George Snell arrived Friday and moves goods from Henry. Wm McQuee sold residence to Jim Harris. Wm Brokaw and wife visiting Saybrook. Mosars Loa Maynard hauling dry goods, store thinning. Lillian Roanwells invited to Woodmen event in Putnam. Mrs Togers accompanied her. DJ expands office with new bookcase built by A V Goltre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witttefield Corners
J.T. Worthington
Brokaw
D. W. Runnells
Monroe
Steuben
Harry Poel
Poora
George Snell
Henry
Wm McQee
Jim Harris
Wm Brokaw
Saybrook
Mosars Loa
Community items include meetings and building plans
Our people plan a Junior League meeting at the church on Saturday afternoon. Elizabeth Fountain will build a fine barn on her farm half a mile south of the Corners once weather permits. Simeon Doyle will raise and put a stone foundation under his large barn. Our W W society schedules an anniversary on the 22nd with The Three Glasses temperance drama. Mrs Willis hosted an at home for ladies last Thursday with visiting and jesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford County
Newton Bay
Georgie Waughop
Hare
St. Compton's
Burson
Harry
Leslie
Ta Andrews
Elizabeth Fountain
Simeon Doyle
Dr Willis
Hopewell Barn Erection Plans and Local News Update
Wm J Perdew will head carpenters for a barn at Maybach farm. Cholera spreads in the area. Stonor loses estimated £600. Peter Slank and wife honeymoon with relatives, return home. William J Perdew marries Emma Coxe of Harvard in Chicago. Will returns from Chicago with a wife, joins married life in Henry. Varna notes young workers leaving for jobs. dance planned for December 12 with Peoria music. Chas Stateler and Lee Broaddus mentioned for health and sleigh rides. Alf Johnson expands goods, Abe Fulks to ranch stock by March. new stores now occupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Wm J. Perdew
Maybach
T. W. Stonor
Peter Slank
Odell, Evans
Wenona
Chicago
T. C. Proctor
Fullerton
D.C
Henry
Will
McHenry County
America
Reuben
Peoria
Chas Stateler
Lee Broaddus
Alf Johnson
Abe Fulks
Weathered Town Notes And Local Happenings
The column records lingering winter scenes with snow piling in fence corners and the community awaiting spring. It mentions a fire loss, sleigh purchases by boys including Frank McCoy, and plans by M. E. ladies to fix up George Washington on his birthday February 22 with quilts and a silk piece, inviting readers to try their luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCoy
M. E
George Washington
G. W
Snowy Clear Creek News and Social Roundup
Snow covers the area with sleighing potential. Grandma Schorne visits family. Leland Broaddus is very ill. Henry Hatley’s group at Nick Kline’s. Ben Ransom plans a Chicago trip with hogs. Joe Rash moves. neighborhood health mostly good. A Baptist meeting at Caledonia and Lostant. Prof John W. Cook of Bethany, Missouri, buys cars for a railroad circus. A 40th birthday party for C H Ransom draws 35 to 40 guests with games, supper, and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Creek
Grandma Schorne
Leland Broaddus
Henry Hatley
Nick Kline
Ben Ransom
Chicago
Joe Rash
Ben Packingham
Maggie Morse
Lacon
Adam
Lawrence Lippert
C. H. Ransom
Ina
Caledonia
Lostant
M. A. Thompson
Bloomington
John W. Cook
Bethany
Ethel Zenor
Charlie
Ad Lipert
A. Morse
Ed Chance
Family gathering description with several named attendees
Ed Phillips Sr. and family James Sivell and family Mr and Mrs Nick Kline A Morse Moses Perdew and family Mrs Jane Ransom and daughter Kate attended a social gathering where all present had a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Phillips Sr
James Sivell
Nick Kline
A. Morse
Moses Perdew
Jane Ransom
Kate
Bickel Simmons Feuds in Florid Village Shooting Case
On January 2 a doctor visiting W M Simmons in Granville Township near Florid was shot. The case drew large crowds as George Simmons testified that he fired during a struggle to stop the doctor and Mrs Simmons from taking the shotgun. Simmons is held on bail of 3000 dollars and awaits further hearings while the doctor recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bickel Simmons
Bickel
W. M
Simmons
Granville Township
Flond
Bureau
Ill
Hennepin
J. E. Taylor
Frank Whiting
Polly Encounters a Threatened Night in Distraught Tale
A distressed narrator recalls Polly believing she faced a deadly foe. After a tense vigil, Polly survives without injury from the imagined hunter dog. She reflects on fear and mocks the danger with a quip about the “pale air” and an imagined blessing from a poet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Echo
Free Trial Offers For Dr King’s Remedies
All readers can try Dr King’s New Discovery free with a trial bottle and free Guide to Health. Send name and address to H. Salon Chicago to receive a sample box of New Life Pills and the Household Instructor guide, guaranteed to help at no cost. Available at Dr Powell's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr King
H. Salon . Se
Chicago
Dr Powll
Putnam social notes and local visits update
John McEvoy returns home for a visit. Jimmie Taliaferro comes home after ten days with his sister. Wwaward Hunter’s illness remains slow to improve. Levi Hyands returns from Sparland duties. Co B Smith to Texas with Henry Sheldon for an unknown visit. Clark Wawson and Ed Grady improve after throat illness. Wheeler couple attend funeral near Venona. A S Dawson starts making decoy ducks. Local Christians seek a minister. Robert Basil may visit soon. Woodman supper last Thursday praised. gross receipts 43.15. Henry Republican urges local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
John McEvoy
M. C. Euard
J.J Euard
Jimmie Taliaferro
B. C. Leffler
Hunter
Levi Hyands
Condit
Sparland
Hore Tuday
Smith
Texas
Henry Sheldon
Clark Wawson
Adel
George Bean
W. L. Kelso
Ed Grady
Chas. R. Wheeler
Robert Basil
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Planchette
Clara
John Divilbiss
Lury Copple
Indiana
Johnny Divelbiss
J. Jones
Howard Loomis
Will Blackburn
Landers
Tome
Whitefield Center
South Whitefield
Miss Hofer
Annie Baugh
Theo
Will Kiefer
Darling
Reinbeck
John
Coods
JH Jones
Gon
Henry, III
Stury
Ladies Aid Society of Florid
Bunnycastle
Billy
Joseph
Rob Zenor
Bob
the Republican
Crest
Cage
Valentines
Webster's
Power ’S Fair Store
Henry, IL
Edward
A.uwmora
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