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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
11
Classified ad fragment lists items for sale including a marker or monument from Thebes & Sons of Peoria. Also offers dried stove wood and a 6 room cottage with city water and electric lights for 1925. Advertisements mention coal orders in Sparland Illinois with delivery costs.
Henry Til-Advertisement offers a seven passenger Haines cargo vehicle for small home property trade. The car belongs to friends of the advertiser and is stored in a Henry garage, available for viewing by interested parties. J. J. Barnes claims authority to negotiate a deal.
Miss Gertrude Bickerman outlines a shift from neighborly gatherings like spelling and quilting bees to modern clubs and lodges. She argues social needs persist and urges nonpartisan, common ground discussion among educational and community leaders to restore collective engagement.
The piece urges unite efforts for a Better Community Movement in Henry, Iowa, stressing the school as a center for organization and mutual aid. It cites Peoria’s Proctor Recreation Center as a model, calls for a Community High School, and links education to economic and moral development while promoting riverfront improvements and inclusive local cooperation.
The article outlines varied forms of community improvement from health and sanitation to education and culture. It stresses informing citizens and securing cooperative effort through local meetings at a common center to build better relations and responsible citizenship.
A vintage ad promotes Dr. King's New Discovery to relieve a hacking cough and colds. It claims soothing pine balm soothes irritated membranes and antiseptic laxative actions kill germs and shorten illness. Available at your druggist for 50 cents.
J. W. Workman, a Springfield farmer, refused a $25 offer for a single ear of corn on display at a corn show. The ear has secured 42 prizes.
Henry Illinois home to a strong commercial club led by J. J. Barnes who tours towns to study growth. Visitors note a large sign proclaiming Henry as the best town in Illinois with dam site and factory potentials. Club projects include river access routes, a Ladies Rest Room, mail improvements, a new rail line K B and a steel bridge over the river.
M J Sheehan business manager of the Ottawa Free Trader Journal died January 5 after seven days of pneumonia illness. Born May 1 1864 in Ottawa he spent most of his life there and formed a partnership in 1899 to buy the Ottawa Journal later joining the Free Trader and Journal. Homer J Clark publisher of the Pontiac Daily Leader died January 14 in Chicago after an operation. interment at Pontiac today.
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