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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1885
Page
9
Sparland and Prairie Township items cover travel plans to Kansas and Arkansas, weddings and visitors. Notables include Mrs Ed Swift visiting, Miss Lou Gillette ill, Mrs J S Brasfield receiving a wedding card, and a large Stowell family reunion. Also updates on jewelry shop moves and trains passing through with two engines.
Miss Crawford recovers from tonsillitis and returns to school. Railroads ran double headers during last week’s storm, a hard winter for transportation. Mary Chambers is very ill with little hope of recovery. A miner injured his hand but is near work again. Mrs. Thomas Lloyd of Kansas visits Wenona. Baynes back from Ohio snowbound. Rev Bates lecturing at Presbyterian church. Roller skating craze sweeps Wenona with risky, lively scenes. Thomas Schofield takes a young 10 pound girl as housekeeper queen. Protracted M E church meetings end, numbers unclear. Dr Bhoneshofer of Lostant faced a lawsuit. John Donnelly foreclosed under mortgage. Jaundice troubles Tom Cain. hoping for recovery. Correspondence to reach readers before it sours.
Stormy weather closed school for two days in Hennepin. Residents planned travel to New Orleans but were halted by the storm. A church supper is set for Wednesday evening February 18 at the Methodist church. John Cunningham attends Metropolitan Business College in Chicago. Addison Mullin and Eugene Anderson visit New Orleans. Carrie Noble ill with pneumonia at William Lucas’s home. J W Leech remains poorly. Rev Coburns’s brother visits. Congregational choir hosted an oyster supper at Martin Nash’s in Hennepin prairie. Hennepin Dramatic Co performed Hal Hazard and The Poschtz s Doom Mayl White.
The town endures record snow and drifting roads as cold snaps linger. residents report scarce stock feed and widespread frost damage to produce. A local tale of Ludwig’s mock resurrection is recounted with humor, while injuries and illnesses improve and hogs are sold to Carroll.
A selection of local notes from Putnam and nearby communities covering printer errors in letters, social events, bridge plans for Green Pike, Wolf Hollow bridge, sawmill moves, tax receipt sales, and residents visiting Henry and Clark & Son's grocery. Also reports of church addresses, court juror mentions, and a skating rink social.
Died at her residence near Bradford Jan 7 Mrs Robert Hay in the 58th year of age born in Indiana October 1826. Hay lived in Bureau county 80 years and was a member of the Christian church in Milo for 20 years. Funeral at the M B E church Elder Parker of Putnam officiating. Several marriages and visits noted including Net Sutherland to George Bean and Edwin Sutherland visiting Milo. Wanted ads offer 480 acres free land in Kansas Nebraska and Dakota with cheap land sales and train info.
The Republican reports receipt of 15,000 envelopes to be printed at reasonable trade rates. Envelopes sold in flexible lots to suit buyers.
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