Local notes on illness and community events in Henry region
February 17 1916 updates show Henry residents facing illness including grip and pneumonia, with several social notes. Mary Zinger of Peoria visits relatives. Edw Royce coughs with lung fever. Epworth League activities at the parsonage. jewelry lost and property notices. local schooling events and visits by neighbors. a birthday social planned and a fundraising supper mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Mary J. Zinger
Peoria
George Y
Nand
Sry
Royce
E. E. Royce
Elizabeth Luft
Anna
Edw Shawer
Wall Paper Showroom Display Almanac 1916 Selection
The choicest and most complete liner of wall papers for the season of 1916 is on display in the show room. Time for spring cleaning approaches and customers are urged to visit now for a large assortment to aid in decorating walls. Corner Drug Store.
Epworth League Valentine Party at Parsonage
The Epworth League held a Valentine party Monday evening at the parsonage with Mr. and Mrs. Luft presiding over a red heart decorated dining room. Prizes of Valentines were awarded for poetry and a heart drawing game. Florence Adeline Davis, eight months, died after pneumonia. funeral held at the MBE church with Rev. Ward officiating. Monthly Sparland school report shows attendance and perfect spelling records. efforts urged to improve attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars. Wm
Gibbs
An- Ml
Mily
Minnevill
Ithe Bediarge
Hoadtey
Laidson
Nelson
Sparland
Toulon
L. E
Dennis
SF Id
Eules
Epworth League
Luft
Bula Ho
William Aitchison
Florence Adeline
Florence Adeline Davis
Fred Davis
MBE
Ward
Matthew
Mabelle C Gehr
Leila Maxwell
Messrs. Gehr
Aitchison
Miss Sparr
Fern Franks
Vanita Hunt
Helen Luft
Bella Rae
Freda McLoughin
Arleene Wilde
Gladys van Antwerp
Isabel McCartney
Walter Hunt
Robert “Murdock
Louisa Bissell
Wannte Hunt
Leland McGee
Margeret Tanner
Helen Hodge
John Harentich
Leslie Jones
Robert Rosy
Dorothy VanAntwerp
Louise Russell
E. Dennis
Uric acid solvent pitch and medical claim ad
An OCR fragment promotes an “uric acid solvent” as a cure all for aches, rheumatic pains, back troubles, and kidney and bladder issues. It claims the treatment conquers long standing conditions and offers a free bottle by mail while requesting the recipient’s name and address for delivery, promising no obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr . Va Nemune Company
Dent Aid
East Lampton
Coan
Camp Grove Residents Socialize and Travel to Peoria
Mr and Mrs Clarence Epley leaving for Chillicothe for health repair. W T Vitato, now with Campbell Peoria, plans to stay in Illinois. many Camp Grove residents visit Peoria for auto shows and socializing. Frequent trips to Bradford, Speer, and Henry mark a busy local social scene with dances and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Clarence Epley
James Monier
Chillicothe
Epley
River City
W. T. Vitato
John J. Campbell
Peoria
Vitato
Hill-Tolson Co
Campbell
Illinois
Thomas Cain
Morgan Myers
George Lombard
J Burfield
Stark County Telephone Co
Bradford
Katie Herberger
Jake-Bohi
Bloomfield
W H. Davidson
Ray Biggens
John Colgate’s
American Milling Co
W H Davidson
Bushnell Pump Co
EB. N. Bogner
Wagner
Allen & Large
Ford
C. J. O’brien
McNulty
May Lane
Camp Yore
John Reardon
Root
John Lawless
Herman Kroeger
Keymond
F. M. Pearce
Forrest
Calvin. Stowell
Speer
Moving Picture
Viola Lackman
Stowell
Reil
Wyoming
Camp
Grove
Elizabeth Malone
Charles Weaxpes
Wen Owen Sharkey
Brad
Fords
Missey-Kathrine
Nellie
Hickey
Hugh
King
John
James
Kings
Phinas Bess
Katherine
Nellie, Hickey
Sparland Letters Include Local News And Obits
A reader’s column from Sparland includes social notes from Peoria trips, a Newell House gathering, and a hard times party at Albert Russell’s. Reports mention births, deaths, school lost item, fur shipments to St Louis, and forthcoming farming plans. Florence Davis’s daughter dies pneumonia, Florence and Asa Nightwonger offer surplus lumber, and Mary Ann Edlin dies in Sparland with multiple survivors listed. Funeral services set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Holler
Peoria
Néwell
Joseph’ Cook
Peoriia
Dart
Albion Gallup
Hugh
Mary
Hastings
George Carlson
La_ Prairie
Florence Davis
John Davis
Asa
Nightwonger
Chicago
Newell
Sparland
Griswold
Florence
Fred Davis
M. E. Church
Edward Tanquary
Sara Charles
Chris Jacob
Carbon Cliff
Mary Burt
Otis Compton
Putnam
Mrs Elliott
Mary Ann Edlin
England
New York
Illinois
Game Attle
Nelson
Charles
Toulon
William Henry
J. Zinger
Adeline Robison
Thomas Edling
St.Louis
Adeline Vincent
Malden
Fred Gebr
How Mr Davis Got Rid of a Bad Lough
Local column recounts remedies and anecdotes from residents including Lewis T. Davis of Blackwater Del praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mentions Mrs Baugh, Mrs Blough visiting, and various town notes on illness, visits, and social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Davis
Lewis T. Davis
Blackwater
McCabe Davis
Speer and Local Residents Socialize Across Towns
Ben Speer and family visits in Hopedale and Peoria, while Wm Grey calls in Chillicothe. Mrs Noa Green visits her sister Mrs Herbart-Hakes in Hallock. Mrs James McQuilken ill yet improving. S R Stowell of Peoria attends State Bank meeting and dines with W S Root. Thursday church session serves refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enanie
Champaign
S. R
Stowell
Peoria
The
the. State. Bank
Speer
Root
Pace
Ein Peoria
McGraw
Chad
Remedy: Chamberlains Croup and Cold Relief
Mrs Mary Minke Shorteville New York praises Chamberlains Croup Remedy for twenty years in her household. She says it provides quick relief for hoarseness whooping cough and ordinary colds and is safer than opium and other drugs. She has recommended it to many neighbors who speak highly of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Minke, Shorteville
N.Y
Country boy's toil earns steadier joy and craft
The excerpt praises a country boy whose patient labor yields tangible results. After periods of hard tasks and long hours, his steady strokes produce clean, useful work. The tone suggests pride in practical, man-building labor and a subtle shift toward deeper, more meaningful joy than mere amusement.
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Int B. Ramson
Samuel King
Eday
Harrison Yan
Edna
Minnie Madson
Pelz
Harry A
Simpson
Boarland
Wm. Gibbs
Atwerp & Osborne
Tobias Whitmer
Walter Yfell
Satwac
Ladies’ Aid Society
Vida
Marshall
Epworth
Letha McLaughlin
Les Gibney
Proctor Hospital
Omy
Amine Tanner
Louise Busae Hodge
Marguérite Kli
Dorothy Gallup
Bethel
Irma
Riddell
Missus
Consolidated School
Maud
Farsons
Elhet
Princeton
I. J. Segraves
Leht
Safent
Money Back Iy
Ialac
A. J. Kistler
Camp Grové Heathriver
Broadmoor
WS. Murphy
Suee
Ull Hiebstaelt
Tat Titer
Oskar
Filia Held Putnam
Minnesota
Elizabeth Kaiser
Poland
Duroc
Jersey
Chester
Deering
P. & O. Gang
Oliver Gang
Janesville
Ottawa
Reid
L. W. Tomlinson
K. McColl & Fox
Quinn
South Whitefield
Wm. Baugh
E. B. Blough
Alta
Will Daniels
Olive Henkins
Wishart
Eister
Bonny Hunt
Hee Charles
McLusky
John Rey
Ore
Eton
Dhe
Reon
Peis
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