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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
3
The Great White Sale features dainty undergarments, gowns, skirts, corset covers, drawers, and waists in cambric, lawn, and nainsook. Prices range from 8c to $5 with many items boasting embroidery, lace, and Val lace trims. Also notes local community items and obituaries in LaCon and Camp Grove.
Mrs Annie Beitz and children returned to Peoria Sunday. Mrs George Kear visited sisters in Moline. Miss Nellie OLeary traveled to Peoria and back. Robert Rae rents Haskins house and will move after repairs. A cold wave arrived Monday with relief noted. Mystic Workers elected officers and will install next meeting. Mrs Ida Campbell Adkinson of Springfield visited relatives. Basketball game set for Friday night January 15 between Peoria High School and Sparland Ponies. Coal dealers report brisk business in the cold. Walter White and family plan housekeeping once a home is found. Mrs H Maxwell ill with la grippe. Mrs Garrett visiting from Peoria for Gus Garrett’s funeral. Quarterly meeting at M E church held. new presiding elder attended. Woodmen to hold public installation Friday night with program. Mrs Roy Newell attended uncle’s funeral in Farmington. Rev Rist conducting Bethel meetings. no Sunday evening service. Mail carriers face long 24 mile trips but remain diligent.
Miss Lucele Curtis returns to Knox college duties after vacation at the parsonage. Burt Green spends part of his vacation sick but returns to work on time. Mrs. Asa Jones remains gravely ill but shows signs of improvement. Mrs. Morris Perkins rests after duties in Peoria but recovers. The school year resumes with Miss Marie Hodge teaching successfully. Congregational church plans an annual meeting with dinner on Jan 14. Conductor Hawley resumes Northwestern duties, admired by all. A conservatorship hearing for Billy Shaw is delayed due to summons issues. Window repairs at the Congregational church replace cathedral glass with plain lights. Reverend Curtis preaches an uplifting New Year sermon focused on progress. Ransom Erskine visits Chicago. several students and relatives travel or return to schools. A taffy pull surprises Wm. Evers. Milton male quartet concert well attended. Otis Hodge sells farm to brothers for 225 per acre. plans to move. Mr. Eberly rents Peterson farm and runs it with his own. Winter weather persists. Mrs. Ben Wright and children return from Missouri. Irma Thirkell contracts chicken pox. others visit. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith travel to Princeton. Mr. Smith serves on Milo township grand jury. John and Mrs. Cohrs, recently married, settle in. Davis family to move to Fate place.
A daughter was born Tuesday January 5 to Mr and Mrs Lester Reed. Mrs Barker visited school Tuesday afternoon. Frank Applen of Odell Indiana visited Charlie Reid’s late last week and returned home Monday. Mrs William Bentley hosted a large gathering Friday for Walter Bentley’s birthday with lively games and ice cream. Burton Barker spent weekend with aunt Mrs GC Fosdick. Irma Thirkell has chicken pox. Frank Austin missed Monday due to a cold.
Positive testimonials claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female diseases and weakness after doctors failed. Letters from Mrs Willie Edwards and Mrs Joseph Handy praise its healing power and urge other women to try it. The ad promises rewards for proving testimonials false and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
County Superintendent Perry publishes Marshall County school tax rates by township and district numbers. Rates vary from 16c to $5.00 per $100, with many districts in 40c to 90c range and several above a dollar.
Toluca Herald reports Charles F. Buck of La Rose accepted and is now installed as boykeeper at the Great Western Mercantile company. Mrs Santarellia and Miss Polly Burroughs raised funds for Italy’s earthquake victims, collecting 99 dollars to send to the Italian consul in Chicago.
An advertisement touts HKemp's Balsam as the best cure for coughs and colds claiming it stops any cough that any medicine can and cures early bronchitis grip asthma and consumption. It stresses non narcotic ingredients and no alcohol opium or morphine.
The Polish Catholic church pastor in Spring Valley died Sunday. He served for years at the Minonk Polish church. Funeral held Thursday morning with large attendance. The report notes his long service and the community mourns his loss.
Inventory and final reports filed in estates of Mary Schupp John Smith Theodore Kaiser and Margaret Curry with guardian resignations transfers and bond actions. Letters testamentary issued to Johanna Duden, guardianship arrangements for minors and various claims allowed. Marriage licenses listed for several couples including Reinhold A Kietzman Theresa Lenz and others.
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