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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1872
Page
7
Reports from Marshall County detail new goods at J L Jones and Frank Kleinbenz, church events, weddings, and sales. Prominent residents like Rev E C Goff and Miss Ella Warren appear with social notices while plans for sales, auctions, and new stock by Ken McNeal and others unfold.
Messrs Tenry M Divilbiss and James Brusefield patent a drill and tile delivery system for underground drainage. The machine uses a mole, a beam, a sliding block, and rods of tile fed into a 10 to 12 rod sequence, claiming three workers and two oxen can lay 150 tons per day.
Dear Republican. Nothing breezy this week has happened. It tried to rain Saturday but was blocked. Quarterly meeting at M. I. church last Sunday. Mr. Wooley's singing school thrives. Mrs. Galvin and family reside in Ottawa. Hitchcock assisted at the Bureau concert. receipts beyond expectations. Grapevine telegraph says a wedding in the wind and will be announced. D. D. Dow, train dispatcher at Burowu, is very sick. J. I. Kelly sells Lovely's patent sieve. Capt. Real's stock and farming utensils on Tuesday. Smnoliwinle residents investigate damages for swamp overflow. Judge Dickey looking into it. Joseph Mills at Magnolia hosted 40 friends. tin wedding donated. Refreshments provided. William Boyle received Leicester sheep. Mr. Carr and the gun for Mr. Moore at Princeton story. Leap year party at G. W. Warnock's near Granville with about 10 young ladies seeking partners.
Readers learn of Ep Krenz and Jer Foxman planning a dry goods business with new stock and cash based pricing aimed at Henry shoppers. They anticipate opening around April 1 and promise customer satisfaction. Also lists uncalled letters for week ending February 28 1872 and a brief meteorological note from the City Long Store.
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