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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1888
Page
8
This column records local items from Lacon including the Y o Owl monthly paper edited by the YWCTU, snowfall, lectures by G W Bailey, factory inventories, church activities, temperance plans, social events, and humorous anecdotes from residents. It mentions Marsh’s presidency, Rev Culow, editor Ellsworth, and a rabbit hunting Sunday incident.
In a brief local item, Estep Duncan purchases a cow sleigh in Poortn, reflecting everyday rural commerce. The note records the purchase without further details about price or seller.
Visiting relatives and friends fill the social scene as Wittlefield James Wilson stays at Ohio station and Ruth Ireland visits Tazewell county. Holiday visits by Minnie Mart of Chicago to Wm Ball and Della Spencer from La Prairie are noted. A Lyceum at the brick church is planned next Saturday evening with abundant invitations. Revival meetings at the Corners are sparsely attended due to bad weather.
An exhibit at Saratoga town hall Tuesday evening January 19 will raise funds for a widow. Admission 15 cents, children ten cents. A local resident recounted a strange scene by a creek where a buckboard hid a supposed corpse until helpers revealed it was a patched boot last. Ed Davidson and Wendell Billman aided, uncovering the ruse.
We nona plans add Charney Fowler to Omaha in spring as residents hope for wealth. Harvey Wilson buys the Wise property and will move in after occupants depart. Wenona merchants anticipate factory boom with Welna’s committee backing. M E church nears completion and will be a county’s finest.
Purnas Anna Sparling returned to Blooming ton last Tuesday. Several locals travel to DePue to help put up ice. Elder Specks will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday evening. Minnie Murphy of Chillicothe visited Belle Condit last week. Prayer meetings at the M E church Fridays and at the Christian church Sundays. Mr and Mrs Suooley returned to Putnam last Saturday after a Hawkeye state visit. Emma Condit takes the infant class in Putnam and proves popular. Fred Wood of LeMars Iowa, formerly Putnam, visited relatives here Sunday and Monday.
The Friday evening event at the school house drew a large crowd of children and families. Uncle George Bearling earned praise for pleasing the youngsters, while a Grange officers slate was elected for the year. A neighborly tale recounts Uncle George Sparlin sharing antelope steak with neighbors, and a boot theft at S. D. Peterson’s shoe shop is urged to be resolved. Dennis McAvoy visits Keota for his fiancée Dora Petit, and they marry amid well wishes. The M. E. church New Year’s program delighted all, with a lengthy list of performances and gifts, ending in a load of presents distributed to the community.
James Forrest writes of his wife’s death on Feb 17 1886 and his current life with his daughter Mary in Harlow Iowa. He notes difficult farming times with only a half crop last year but promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve guaranteed to heal cuts bruises and skin eruptions with 25 cent price at Dr Powell’s drug store.
A scrambled page cites tonics and cures for consumption and blood purifiers, plus ads for English Spavin Liniment, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and Cherry Pectoral. Notices mention a Crow Prairie lyceum debate, a new port master in Rumford Maine, and local civic items including a horticultural society and coal totals in Illinois.
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