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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
3
Mrs. Schaff visits Peoria with kin. Lacon callers include Mrs. Aitchison and Miss Bess Hill heads for Grand Ma Duncan. Relatives visit across towns with updates on health, travel, and school events.
Mrs. Frank Cumming’s illness is noted as sparking village news while Homer White and Miss Stella Ingram eloped to Peoria last Thursday and wed. White takes a foreman post at the Ingram coal mine and will live with the Ingram family as Stella’s family joins Sparland ME Church events unfold with pledges and memorials at the quarterly conference on December 30 1911.
Local items record visits and greetings across La Prairie. Prof Charlie Leigh visited his brother Her Leigh in Chisago. Ambro Wilmot returned from Washington and California. Miss Dorothy Scott under doctor care. Rev Kyle to lead services at UP parsonage every Sabbath. Miss Lucy Calder visiting aunt Mrs Charlie Monier in Princeton. Maulman drew flour barrel and Claude Doran drew chair at La Prairie store drawing. Dr Nicol of Chillicothe dinner guest at J R Davidson's New Year’s Day. Lawrence Turnbull returned to Wilmette for high school. Mr and Mrs Andrew Calder hosted friends. Wesley Busby returned to Evans for Northwestern. Woman's Missionary Society to meet with Mrs Clara Turnbull. J W Greene and son Howard visiting relatives in Clarinda. Mr and Mrs Herbert Wilson hosted Wiles Mathers and Wiles families for New Year’s dinner.
T J Segraves promotes Hyomei as a guaranteed remedy for catarrh with a money back offer. A 60 cent bottle of Nel, or a $1 complete WyoSel outfit, provides inhaler and Hyom BI to aid nose and throat relief within minutes. A week’s use aims to end snuffles and hawking with a money back guarantee.
Bernadette Ellen Hickey is born to Mr and Mrs P Hickey on Friday December 29. Ida Blough returns to Lincoln after a week with Dr Blough's family. William Herberger and Miss Kate visit John McKeegan in Morse. Miss Hattie Griggs goes back to Peoria after holidays with her mother. Miss Ella McGuire visits Mrs Thomas Curran. Mrs Henry Farden and her daughter of LaPlata Missouri stay with Mr and Mrs James Owens. Miss Addie Harty and Josephine McNulty of Bradford visit Mr and Mrs M Manus. Youths attend a masquerade ball in Wyoming Friday. John Winne of Peoria visits on business. Miss Kate Corcoran recovers from tonsillitis. Miss Alma Erskine visits Miss Leota Kissel.
Local notes from South Whitefield record holiday rest and farm chores, births, travels, illnesses, and family visits. The page mentions a new baby, weddings, several visits to Bradford, Lacon, and Peoria, and social gatherings plus a weathered holiday mood in January 1912.
The column lists holiday visits and gatherings across Chillicothe and nearby towns. It notes Emily Bragg and Bertha Stowell visiting relatives, the Collins and Perkins families sharing Christmas dinners, and several moral and cultural events including a home talent play directed by Miss Olive Yackley and church Christmas exercises. It also mentions the Modern Woodmen oyster supper and local church activities, ending with an advertisement for Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
Parkville Missouri trustees file suit to exclude Bible training and Domestic Science from the curriculum. Mrs. George A Lawrence of Galesburg files briefs contesting the action. The college founded about 40 years ago by George S Park of Margnella, a strict Presbyterian, emphasized Bible study. Fourteen of seventeen trustees favor charter change arguing Bible study dominates.
Supt Blair addresses school officers on the new legislature boost to the common school fund. He explains the aim to raise district totals so every district gains, not to cut local levies. He warns boards that reducing local funding defeats the purpose of the enlarged appropriation.
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