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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
4
Weems a physician and surgeon with offices over Hensin Smiths Grocery Store. Residence on Main Street. Telephone numbers listed for office and residence.
Magnolia area reports Barbara Wells and others visiting Toluca Peru Streator McNabb and Lostout. Obituary for John Dean of Magnolia details his Civil War service and large family, with funeral and thanks. Residents attend minstrel shows, birthdays, and local weddings while health concerns echo through the community.
Under Mrs Cora Dakin and Tracey Skelton Magnolia young ladies presented a minstrel on February 19 in a full hall. The show featured lively choruses beautiful solos and humorous endmen routines with the Alabama Babies and Gold Dust Twins. Door receipts totaled 60 toward a church piano.
Wenona sees W H Denney visiting Chicago. Mrs J H Mountjoy ill at home. Frank Lauf and Miss Elizabeth Huwhrid visiting Streator friends. Prof Charles Singlinger from Wesleyan College to direct Presbyterian choir each Wednesday at 730 PM. Miss Cronin dies in Chicago. funeral at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev D O Dwyer. Burial at St Marys Cemetery. Relatives from Lostant and Toluca attend.
An old ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a fast remedy for colds and coughs. It claims immediate throat penetration, soothing irritation and loosening phlegm with testimonials praising quick relief. Available for 60 cents at druggists.
The piece blends cautions about gossip and social conduct with health tips on colds and germs, plus stray romance notes. It mentions Druggist ads and a drowning rescue story, reflecting a patchwork page of ads and human interest snippets from a bygone era.
A Lostant column reports a Hope M E church address by an Anti Sa Toon League representative, visits from Chicago and Wisconsin relatives, real estate moves, a Valentine evening at Dr and Mrs Hagg, and ongoing La Salle County Music Teachers convention plans. Residents bid farewell to neighbors moving away and reflect on inflation and public burdens.
The newborn boy of Mr and Mrs Bert Tomasson died the day after birth from a lung hemorrhage. Interment occurred Sunday afternoon at Riverside cemetery. Friends of Mr and Mrs Wood visited last night, sharing a pleasant evening of games, socializing, and light refreshments.
The Patric Ridge Business Men's association hosts a chicken egg-laying contest with kids and adults competing. Jules Plombon wins a prize for a pair of white Orpingtons as the event runs March 27 to May 2. Pens and prizes totaling about 300 dollars are noted, with youngest entrant being 4 years old.
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