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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1874
Page
5
Local notices report new spring stock at Kielshens and Krenz and a first in the field line of goods arriving. The piece also notes a revival at the Whitefield area with various calls for church, school, and community events alongside farm sales and road improvements.
The Thol Grey Bugle, undergoing thorough repair for the boating season, will resume regular trips between Henry and Peoria as soon as possible. If the river stays open it may reach Henry Monday afternoon under Capt. D. M. Morrig. The Grey Eagle is expected to begin spring freighting with Hard Cutter as pilot and Hyde managing.
Sparland residents recall a blaze at Robert Ward’s house that gutted the building though furniture was saved. Insurance cited in Chicago. The town also reports a lively week with musicians to draw crowds to an auction, plus jokes about the crowd drunk on whiskey. Local notices recount deaths, business moves, and Odd Fellows visit sharing fellowship and oysters. Neighbors urged to be more neighborly.
The sermons and articles of T DeWitt Talmage formerly in The Methodist and The Interior are now supplied exclusively to the Christian at Work, where he has recently become editor. Office is 102 Chambers street New York. The Methodist lauded his sermons as thoroughly evangelical and widely read.
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