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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1904
Page
8
Community updates from Hopewell recount visits, travels, and sickness. Notables include Mrs Feaster hosting relatives, Sr Keifer's slow recovery, Oliver Ekstrom planning a Long Island home, and R G Thompson moving to Lacon. Also mentioned are illness incidences, a spring hatch setup, a bridge condition, and a new baby born to Mr and Mrs Donelson.
Thati Marahall rents a place for Dr Royce while James Wilson and others move. Mr Wilson moved out. Bonham visited his sister Hosking amid a near death episode. McAleer moved to Independence Iowa with goods. James F Compton receives a 120 monthly pension with McMurtrie as attorney. Several relocations and a wedding planned this week.
Word has been received of the death of Frank Wunder in Lincoln Illinois with funeral mass at St Marys church and burial in Calvary cemetery. The Damm family plans to move to a new home vacated by Mr McAleer. Mr Felgoth and bride will take charge of the vacated place. Mr and Mrs Homer Thompson resign their Whitefield home and relocate. Chalmer Burson of Colorado visits local friends. A rumor of a marriage involving Jay is denied and Miss Meister visits Julius and wife. Young folks spent Saturday afternoon in town.
W G Dorsey and wife were welcome guests as they prepare to move to a new home near Lacon after long county farm duties. H B Lowden plans to return to Kewanee with his family. The household at the Thompson house will be vacated. Mrs James Barry improves after neuralgia, with Dr Cromwell overseeing care. The school closes for illness of Miss Mattie Bickerman. John B Kien and family suffer a misfortune, Edward is ill, Adam Staab and Harold Barry face stomach and fever troubles respectively. Homer Thompson family moves to Nebraska. C C Barnes and son Jay ill with grip but improving. Josaph Cook visits Little York. Mrs Anton Bogner visits her parents. Frank Daniels and H L Hubbard sick with grip. Thomas Hubbell moves to Wm Ball farm.
An advert claims Kodol cures indigestion by digesting and restoring the stomach. It asserts thousands have been cured and that it works continuously. Sold by J. Be and F. A. Powell.
In Camp Grove Daniel Hufnagel sold his pioneer grocery to Freeman who keeps his station job. Eyres clothing store closes. an element store will replace it. Rickey School presents Too Much of a Good Thing at Saratoga M E Church on Friday March 4 at 8 pm. boxes will be sold after. Emma A Riel, teacher. Elijah Holmes dies at his west township home Tuesday. Grandma Van Ostrand recovers from pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Link Van Ostrand and son Waller visited Archie Damon near Bradford.
Mr Wilcox of Bradford deepened an old well for H B Wil ar Guus. Thomas Carr and Robt Kelly shipped their cattle to Chicago last week. Miss Clara Salisbury has been visiting in these parts a few days. Mrs John Mannoo was on the sick list a few days last week.
In Uennepin and surrounding areas a timid Alba crossed the ice with caution after seeing a traction engine cross safely. Mrs Anna Culter Hall hosted a crowded free entertainment at the opera house praised as first class. A dying mother near death, various family moves, illnesses, and community events fill the town diary with updates on residents Henry Treudt family, Barbara Trendt, Mrs Nettle Zenor, and Dr Stouffer’s recovery.
A lively Saturday evening gathering at the hall drew young people and Ladies Aid social in the church parlors. Senior geometry exams ranged 92 to 99 while Mise Myrtle Williams rests after a grip illness. Local moves include Mrs Pressan visiting Putnam, Mrs Morgan moving to Henry, and George Freer settling on the James Wherry farm.
Thos Cragin marries Pauline Massie in Sheffield on the sixteenth. The couple, of Lone Tree, will move to a rented farm near Buda in a few weeks. Pauline is sister to Mrs Corblyn Wright. Wheatland tax books soon close. residents urged to pay. Frank Bell and wife visited Henry last Saturday.
Mrs J A Moore of North Star Michigan praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best for coughs colds and croup. She notes years of use and strong confidence in the product. Sold by Dr Powell.
Mrs Lillian Andrews led a February 22 gathering noting Washington's birthday. The event featured costumes from Widow Bedott and Samantha Allen, solos by Miss Meier and others, book-themed games, and festive club room decor in yellow white and patriotic colors. About 30 members and seven guests attended with plans for officer nominations next year.
A group of attorneys filed articles of incorporation in Princeton for the Chicago Joliet and Iowa Railroad company. The move aims to construct a steam railroad through Bureau County, with no further details released. Some locals speculated the Rock Island Railroad connection, as the attorneys hurried to Galesburg after the filing.
A Correspondent lauds Herbine as a remarkable medicine for indigestion loss of appetite sour taste heart palpitations headache drowsiness after meals and low mood noting a few doses cured his complaint. He questions continued suffering and claims the remedy is curative and cheap with an 50 to 8 bottle sold at Dr Powell's City drug store.
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