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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1899
Page
7
Visitors Cuny and Mrs Shimmel stayed with Henry Foster and family in Venona. Various town items follow including sales pitches, library appeal, births and marriages, weather, local trades, and notices of residents’ health and family events.
Our Jewelry Dept. is most complete and dependable with very low prices. Bargains in Knives and Forks and Silver Plated Ware cannot be duplicated in the West.
Village items report church fundraising for new singing books and a $16 Ladies Aid grant, poultry show notes, and next year’s high scoring birds. Announcements include a Woodmen picnic fundraiser, a Maud Edsal pneumonia death, upcoming library lecture, Putnam area farm sale details, Dr. McLean liniment ad, postmaster RHO McWilliams illness, and subscriptions to local newspapers.
Henry area notes recount a grain haul daily by Jona McManue ending in cold hardships and a frozen nose. School football masquerade at Frank Wodds home draws about 100 with Lacon participation and lively youth fun.
Reverend John Rogers headlines a Feb 14 lecture “The Public Library and Self Culture” to raise funds for the Henry library. Tickets are at Stevers, with Parlor orchestra and Maule quartet performing. The note also covers poultry events, a Y Z club meeting at Miss Daisy Maud Smith’s home, and trains routing through La Salle with a proposed rail line to Henry area, citing local business input.
The tax books for Henry township are now in my hands and receipts will be given by calling at HJ Gregory's store. Call at once. Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertised as an effective remedy priced at 25 and 60 cents available from Dr Powell.
Mrs Jenness Miller designed the shape for shoes bearing her name. She wears them and friends wear them. Anatomically and hygienically perfect. Soft, longest wearing and most stylish shoes made. We alone have them. FONLY 83 50.
Sunday evening at six Mary Eleanor Donnelly and Howard Ashley Goddard were married at the Cathedral residence with Rev Francis O'Reilly officiating. Attendants were Josephins Donnelly and John H Salder. The bride wore golden brown broadcloth. A home reception followed at W O J Donnelly’s house. Goddard, once a local blacksmith, will reside in Galesburg with the groom keeping books for Miles Donnelly. The note ends with best wishes for the couple.
February sales figures list numerous names and locations including Dennis Farling west of Henry, Dorsey in Whitefield, H D Bonham near Sparladd, Onee Harney in Saratoga, N A Nilson near Whitefield Corners, and Keenan in Saratoga. The entries reference dates in February and scattered small towns.
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