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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1904
Page
10
A letter by R. F. Dy argues for higher rural postman pay and stresses patrons' duties to keep mail boxes accessible and clearly labeled. He recounts a 25 mile Henry Route experience, praises carrier dedication, and urges better box placement, signaling, and ground clearance to improve delivery efficiency.
The Womans Club met in regular session on Monday afternoon February 8 with Mrs F 8 Potter presiding. Mrs Susan Clift led the program featuring a basso profundo solo from The Pilgrims Chorus by Dr J L White and Miss Kellogg, a humorous cooking talk by Mrs Emily Sparling, and papers on hygiene and diet by Mrs Martha D Sutton. Absent members sent congratulatory notes from Los Angeles and Chicago and the group planned to reconvene February 22 with Mrs Lillian Andrews.
Taylor Smith loses four small pigs over a week with no clues. He finds a hole in the straw roof as the entry point and suspects a predator, possibly a wolf, after each night another pig disappears. He hides with a gun one night but misses the culprit.
Advertisement for Ballard’s Horehound Syrup claiming quick relief from night coughs and restlessness. Available at Dr Powell’s City Drug Store in 25c and 50c bottles with a suggested full cure.
Rev W H Mason spoke on the protection of birds to a Henry County audience at the Presbyterian church. The program included Henry High School Chorus and solos by Miss M Tracey Harney. The Henry Women’s Club sponsored the event, stressing bird preservation and urging signs against hunting.
St Marys church witnessed a February 9 wedding as Jacob Helgoth wed Gertrude Frey with Rey Frumbuehl officiating a nuptial high mass. Brother Joseph Frey and sister Mary Helgoth served as attendants. reception followed at the bride’s home before the couple rents the Wunder homestead in Whitefield for the coming year.
The Woman Clubs of the state back Mrs 8 T Busey of Urbana as a candidate for University Trustee replacing Mrs Abbott who declines renomination. They urge the Republican convention to consider her, noting near unity support from the state’s Woman’s Clubs and her Urbana perspective. J L White Osteopath promotes chronic diseases specialty.
The town mourns the death of Dr W H Jones aged 46 years 11 months 18 days after a months long decline from illness and injury. He practiced many years and remained a civic figure. funeral held at Market Street residence with Rev W H Mason officiating and interment at Henry Cemetery. The obituary and biographical sketch will appear in the next issue by request.
Mrs Hiram Blossom longtime resident of Primghar Iowa died January 31 from pneumonia and heart failure at age 85 years 6 months and 8 days She was mother to Mrs Roger Rowe and Mrs W H Mutton and had six sons with three remaining alive Her life bridged Elmira New York and St Louis Missouri before settling on a Henry township farm and later moving to Isadore Missouri in 1892 She was known for kindness hospitality and strong Christian faith and her end was peace.
Charles T. Nash of Putnam county died in Chicago on December 30 after a long career in business and trade in Hennepin Bureau and Chicago. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs. John Henry Pletsch and Mrs Regina Burger, along with burial preparations for Carl Koch’s brother George and Dr D. D. Ross of Peoria, ages 67. Interments planned in Granville cemetery and Mt Palatine area.
G M Locke operates seven breaking plows on 480 acre Oklahoma farm with 160 already plowed and 800 more being prepared. Cotton farming slated across 50 acres this year.
Church notices from St Marys and St Johns detail Ash Wednesday services at 8 am and 7 pm, Lent rules by Fr Gorter, upcoming Ash Wednesday and Easter dates, and local clergy plans. Rev J G Evans delivers a temperance and civic duty sermon referencing Ceasar and local option discussions, with a strong call for honest citizenship and primary engagement.
The pastor of St Marys congregation states that future funerals will not include sermons as a general rule. Exceptions may occur in extraordinary circumstances or at relatives requests with a special charitable offering to be set by the rector.
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