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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
8
The Rexall Store promotes Rexall 93 Hair Tonic with a money back guarantee if it fails to deliver. It claims to eradicate dandruff stimulate hair growth and prevent premature baldness without greasiness or scalp staining. Available in 50 cent and 1.00 sizes at A J Ironmonger druggist store.
Local items tell of Miss Mabel Clemens and Mrs. Ernest Quiram shopping in Peoria, Miss Nina Lundgren visiting Metamora, and many Varna residents at events. Obituary notes Roy Leland Whetsel born 1890 died 1912 with funeral at Myers graveyard. A health warning advises Foley’s Honey and Tar for wet feet and coughs.
Hopewell and nearby towns host multiple showers for brides and a farewell for Peter Carlson as families celebrate forthcoming marriages. Emma Linder and Emma Maybach receive couple’s showers, while guests from Roberts Venona and local neighbors attend social gatherings and present gifts. A mission meeting and local sales add to a week of community events and verse.
Mrs L C Hunt and family visited L H Lassman. Roy Hill moved and Bert Taper will move to the J O Hill farm. Johnson Lutes shipped 60 hogs. Mrs William Niblock is improving after illness. Henry Rows has grip and an abscess. School closed as Miss Camery resigned. substitute sought. Albert Trowball welcomed a baby girl Feb . Albert Hufnagel’s son ill. Mrs Roy Shorts hosted visitors. Harry Shorts rents a farm near Held. Stork postcard from Toronto SD reports Mildred, daughter of Fred Cleveland. Mr Bogner’s birthday surprise party held with 75 guests. Prizes awarded in Euchre games. Mrs Harry Shorts thanks friends for 48 cards. Hunt Bros moving machinery east of the river. Hunt auto homes from Peoria refined.
Tom Moore of Cochran Ga reports a bad sore on his instep healed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He praises the salve for curing the ailment and lists it as effective on sores ulcers boils burns cuts and eczema. Available for 25 cents at T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger druggists.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine for colds. It claims to act on nature’s plan, relieve the lungs, open secretions, aid expectoration, and restore the system to health, sold by T. Segraves and A. Frommonger druggists.
Community updates from Hutchins and Downey Whitefield Corners detail social events, moves to new homes, hospitalities, and a colonial supper planned by the Willing Workers. The report notes a church attendance push, a foreboding death, and local family movements including Bert Piper, Nathan Chandler, and Ed Adkins, with various relatives relocating near Weyland.
Will Dorsey of Lacon visited Harry Blackburn overnight. Albert Quinn has teams traveling daily to haul lumber for rebuilding a sewer and a farm barn destroyed two weeks ago at Saratoga Farm. Neighboring farmers haul corn and lumber homeward, a generous gesture for which Quinn is grateful.
Nicholas French from Muscatine visits relatives in Crow Creek. Willis Bush returns home after a two week visit. Rowe family sick with anemia now recovering. Welland family from Washington moved to Wm Rowe farm. Mrs George Johnson ill with tonsillitis. Francis Rowe improving. Dairyman John Steele loses 62 hogs. noted loss. Clyde Wood hand crushed in corn shelter. Local girls seen taking leap year opportunities. Higgs Vail and Dorff shred fodder. Daniel Schuster leaves for Oklahoma. Frank Wie moves to William TM place. Humphrey family sick with colds.
An epidemic of coughing affects old and young, hitting children and the elderly hardest. Foley s Honey and Tar Compound is advertised as a quick, reliable cough cure with no opiates, as sold by A J Ironmonger, druggist.
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