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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
3
Sparland and surrounding districts report social visits church attendances and family updates. Mrs. Robert Pringle faces hospital surgery in Peoria while Mrs. James Burnett substitutes for illness. weddings and obituaries are noted including the Biggar Bland marriage at the Baptist parsonage and the Ohlman Swanson Peoria nuptials.
Miss Bertha Swanson and Mr James Ohlman wed in Sparland with Carl Swanson and Miss Bertha Summit as attendants. Parents from Peoria witnessed the ceremony. The couple plan to reside on the Ed Collings farm in LaPrairie after March first. Church notes report growing attendance and active services across Sparland and Steuben with Rev L Thompson and Rev J W MacCallum receiving praise.
Miss Zella Greening shows slight improvement after an abscess. Judson Williams Jr. battles pneumonia with family care. Mrs. Robert Pringle to Proctor hospital for operation with best wishes. Ella Sargent improves from pneumonia at Peoria hospital. Mrs. Lila Van Ostrand returns home after caring for a newborn, visiting sister. Cottage meetings draw crowds. Mrs. James Wilson with asthma sits up daily. Miss Velma Campbell and Earl Oakins visited Mrs. Lula Sargent and family. Jennie Russell, and others visited Edelstein. Community thanks for last week’s items. call 1902 as often as you wish.
The Elgin area note reveals the wedding of Margar et Reinan to Ray Reinan of Indiana amid quarantine delays and praises for the couple. Also reported are hospital updates on Fred Nighsonger rushing from Hawaii to see his ailing mother at Henry Hospital and community notices from Lacona and Pasadena involving neighbors and traveling relatives.
Ed Pough underwent an operation at St Francis hospital in Peoria on Tuesday after traveling there Monday. Mrs A J McCullough has been ill with scarlet fever. several nearby cases urge caution. Elizabeth Russell died January 8 1921 at age 59 from anemia with funeral at M W church led by Rev J W Kennedy. Roy Reneau and Miss Margaret Russell married with Miss Jennie Russell and Merwin Pleming present. A younger sister’s scarlet fever interrupted home wedding plans. Hugh H Hastings has netted water at about three hundred feet.
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