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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
8
Varna residents report a Swedish church bazaar and New Year visits. John Edward Alstrom dies in Chicago at 25 after kidney surgery. Harry Raymond Miller dies of typhoid fever at 22. Funeral services held in Varna with music. weathered polar winds prompt Bucklen’s Arnica Salve ads.
Markets reported on Tuesday with corn three cents and oats forty eight and one half cents. Local residents Anna and Ellen Anderson visited August Extrem from Saturday afternoon to Monday afternoon. Peter Benson traveled to Bridgeville Delaware to visit a niece for two weeks. Ellen Hulgren stayed with Edna Lindstrom in Varna. Andrew Linder bought a new washing machine from Fred Folken at Held. Albert Carlson stayed with Peter Extrem for two weeks. Mrs. Schuner visited her sister Mrs. Donelson. School resumed Monday after a brief vacation. Charles Day and sons called in Lacon. Wm Otto and family visited Gust Extrem Saturday. Many from Hopewell attended the New Year’s wake at the Swedish church in Varna Sunday. Pogto Carlson, Andrew Fearle, Ed Lane and Ernest Anderson were Lacon callers Saturday.
Theodore Bogenr and cousins Christine Merdian and Nora Bogner traveled Tuesday to Okatchee Oklahoma to visit the Knecht and Smith families. Henry Mercian and Clark Ball attended a sale near Magnolia last Thursday. Etta Lassman and L. H. Lassman visited friends in Henry over New Year. School resumed Tuesday after holiday break. Mrs Ed Shurta visited sister Mrs John Divelbias last Saturday. Mattie Toomey on sick list. Clark Bail attended Mr Pauls sale near Magnolia on farm where Lassman plans to move March 12.
Reports from Whitefield Corners highlight a busy week with corn shelling, blacksmithing, and visits. Local marriages, revival meetings, school activities, and community gatherings are described alongside health notes and a legislative caution on late-session bill practices.
The column notes visitors and greetings in Tiskilwa and nearby towns, listing Frank Lawson of Lamar Missouri visiting relatives, Fr McGreevy’s Princeton visit, Miss Nellie Sullivan of Sheffield, and several locals visiting friends and family. It also covers statewide fiscal data on the 1913 total assessed property value and breakdowns for Lands, Lots, Personal property, Railroads, and capital stock, noting increases in railroad assessments and capital stock values.
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