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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1892
Page
8
Local items list visits and travels of residents from Bloomington Peoria Dixon Sparland and other towns. Attends funerals weddings and concerts with mentions of Mrs Hawkins Jones and Cannon families, a new millinery display and upcoming home improvements.
Sparland residents share a flurry of visits and small town actions. Niel Hosking visits sister Mre Taylor. Oliver D. Hamilton works for Santa Fe Co at Chillicothe. Rev Shoop leads M E church meetings. Mrs Callen travels to Bea trice Neb for a daughter's visit. Local illness cases rise as many suffer from a pestilence. J EB Saggers takes control of the carpenter shop at the lumber office built by Joseph Stephenson. Commander H J DePue attends a Grand Army event in Ottawa. Daisy Shaw assists Bessie Miles during illness. Edward Stredder visits England on way home to Kansas.
March caucus scheduled for 4 at 2. Ed Miles and Mia Bramble living together again. Calves lost to grip. Dan Harlin returns to Mrs Browns place. Clark Dawson injures rib but recovers. Typhoid threatens Alfred Pyle’s son in York. Edwin Paine obituary joins list of neighbors coping with illness and change.
The piece depicts store promotions for wallpaper curtains hosiery and men’s shoes, plus community notes from Quaker Lane. It lists new spring lines, sale prices, and a local W C T U event with the queen of Pame entertainment and an indoor wood carving contest with prizes.
A somber tribute reflects on a family lost to illness and death. The writer laments the empty home and notes the rare absence of children to mourn and occupy the house as they rest in peace.
Physicians warn against errors in heart disease diagnosis and praise Dr Miles's New Heart Cure. Dr Franklin Miles, famed Indian specialist, asserts heart issues stem from the heart not the stomach and offers free copies of his book at Dr Powell's Drug Store. The remedy is marketed as cures for nervous and organic heart disease with broad claims of success.
Report covers Whitefield Corners quarterly meeting at Center on March 5 and 8, a Willing Workers annual meeting set for March 2 at 2 PM, and local events. Mentions store construction progress, local supervisors meeting in Princeton, and various residents’ activities and shipments to Chicago.
Grant Davidson is under the weather. Alvin Leigh deburned 25 head of cattle for T E Scott Saturday. Beathe Turnbull met Chicago with her sister Mrs Hall. Week, W G Clifton did the job.
Local notices urge readers to bring in old chairs lounges and parlor suites for Reed’s sale. A tribute recalls Ben Massie of Fairfield and the passing of Josephus Phelps, a Magnolia carpenter who built the Magnolia hotel. The piece reflects on temperance meetings past and changing times.
A local store proclaims it provides top value for money across its dry goods range including silks dress goods ginghams prints muslin crashes linens linens table sets embroideries laces insertions ribbons millinery clothing and footwear with an emphasis on honesty in every sale.
Family moving into Luckey house near Bureau. Local visits include a Peoria trip to hear a Brooklyn divine. News of Mrs Hawkins death and Sam Sparling Edith Robinson marriage near La Mars Iowa. Various social notes, school changes and old political ticket research referenced.
Mr Bey and family relocate to Eurek this week while Edward Sutherland visits from Iowa to see his father and friends. An effort aims to establish a daily mail service. A recent maples team game saw Mr M knocked from a buggy with a dislocated elbow. The Christian church solicits funds to repair their building and Rey Yendt delivered two sermons last Sunday. Local youth engage in Keeley tobacco cure promotion. A social at the Gay residence featured songs, solos, and a banglamp and rocking chair gift from the Tonic Self Fac class, followed by a fine supper.
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