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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1892
Page
6
The Great Inventory Sale continues through the week with all past reductions valid. Two thirds of items in the advertisement remain available. Remnants accumulated this week will be closed out at 25 percent off marked prices.
J J Myers visited with Mrs Dorinda Ong. Families from Sparland and Peoria joined in visiting J. B. Thompson. The M W A installed officers at Temperance hall with supper. Rev Barton, G A R, W R O events, dancing class, and a large Sunday school institute are noted. Local residents enjoyed a tea, readings, and concerts, with music by the Sparland quartet and others.
"I have used 8 Patrick's Pills" says Mr J Reynolds of Mayfield Kentucky and pronounces them superior to any I have ever before used. He recommends them as reliable, gentle in action, and leaving the system in splendid condition. For sale by J W Niece.
Edward E Tanquary and Della T Thompson wed at the bride’s grandfather Ellis Thompson home with a late supper and gifts. Others endure grip, rheumatism, or illness as winter settles in. Carrie Duncan resigns teaching due to ill health. Alvin Leigh travels to Missouri for land but dislikes it. arnica salve advertised with promise of cure or money back. several residents reported illness and social happenings in Steuben.
Crow Meadow visits Bradford. Dawsons guests at High Prairie. Mrs Frisbey ill with pneumonia. Lizzie to care for her mother. Charley Gray moves to Walnut Grove for work. Quinn ships cattle. Ed Quinn escorts herd. Wolf captured near Thomas Lander’s. Divilbiss blows it with axe. Putnam party completes capture. Nancy Horan dies at 18 after long illness. funeral at St Joseph’s with Rev Lockney. family grief and faith reflected in poem. Ely's Cream Balm advertised as catarrh remedy by multiple Denver, Cheyenne, and Colorado pharmacists.
Mr Bogner improves after illness while Charles Moncler owns a new cutter named The Misaes. Bridgie and Joe Doran join the sick list along with Mr Dunlap who is too ill to be about. Mary Burwick tends Mrs Clift who is also sick. Mr Hoffman has been setting up the bord cider. A baby’s birth brings pride to anxious parents. The annual wood sawing party for Clariase McManners was held last Thursday, with a dance at Samp Rowe's on Friday night.
Sugar Grove society items report Jobin V Vail frail and weak while Will L Mutton receives a pension raise to eight dollars monthly. Will Duffield has a daughter born last Tuesday. Jap Brown dehorned cattle last week. Cally Clawson served as doctor. George Milner visited Sunday en route to Henry to see his uncle Robert whose fourth birthday was Monday. A visitor named Forumes arrived Saturday from east of the river with illness improving after leaving.
Lyman Loomis takes the Fountain creamery and plans to enter the butter trade. Union school directs five scholars from one family to reap books as the father probes the result. A Joe Moodey dance stirs talk of a free for all with cake booths and oyster fees. The inmates of the event leave with plates and confusion.
Retired physician says an almost vegetable remedy cures consumption and lung ailments. He offers to mail the recipe with directions in German French or English to any who request it, free of charge, from Rochester New York.
The column notes Mrs Homer Swift on lung fever and Mrs Wm Dorgan with pneumonia while George Snell's sister Mrs Clark of Kansas is ill. Grandpa Snell is weaker. The late Wm Fountain estate sale fetched above appraisal. Mr Clark Swift plans to move to Henry this week and neighbors extend a warm welcome. A surprise farewell visits for George Whitman and Clark Swift accompany their impending departures.
Saratoga notes officers elected for the enaningear areas led by Worthy Master J H Hallcock with Secretary Oserh Branthoffer and Overseer Q ombard. Lecturer Mra Geo Shurta. Chaplain Mrs M Cothsy. Treasurer details incomplete.
Wm Salisbury is steward with Louis M. Elk as assistant steward and Charles Dombard as lady assistant steward. Alice Austin serves as gate keeper and Albert Harrison as pomona. Ada Salisbury Flora Ada Lomberd Ceres Mary Malone are listed as additional members in the directory.
Mrs Joseph Calder is very ill at this writing Rosa Wilmot visited her aunt and cousin in the valley Alex Calder entertains visitors from a distance A P Webber on the sick list Chas Erskine and family ill with grippe Edmibister organized a class in staging in the UP church George Attchison under doctor care heart disease from grippe Jennie Long visiting in the plains Long boot and shoe dealer of Peoria A party of young folks visited Rev T Martin last Tuesday Rob Turnbull went to Nebraska Harry Scott accompanied him to Galesburg then to Quincy to see friends John Davidson Adam Pringle in Quincy and others
Mike McCormick resting at home John McAvoy warm indoors Elder C E Evans resigns pastorate at Christian church Elder W F Shaw hired as replacement The Helping Hand society to host a cobweb sociable January 27 at W H Wheeler's home. Mamie’s birthday-celebration at J F M Parker residence January 16 features leap year invitations and playful flirtations. Humorous jab about the White House ghost and jokes promote Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Balayation Or pain remedy amid seasonal chatter.
A druggist lists ten reasons for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy including quicker cold relief without suppression, mucus expulsion from the lungs, easier expectoration, and potential to prevent croup. He notes the product has cured thousands of croup cases, contains no opium or chloroform, and is safe for children.
The Leap Year writer teases readers with a long list of eligible men in Magnolia, praising George Ditman for cooking and provision, Henry Eddingfield for coy charm, Harvey Ramage for a hearty time and looks, James Price as a steady farmer, and J G Brown as a moral, musical schoolmaster. The piece ends hopeful that at least two couples may be matched.
Obituary notes Eliza Smith aged about eighty dies Monday as locals report improving sleighing. Hope Township teachers institute near East Hope. Center school boys pick sides for a hunt with Captain Jo Bumgarner and Charley Gallaher as leaders. Supper and party at AB Wilson follow the hunt. Grange social events include Rainbow Supper with seven tables and table themed decor.
Mr Walter Wheeler of Washington Mills Fayence Mass suffered two years from varicose veins and a troublesome eruption. He was completely cured after taking eight bottles of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Regular winter weather continues in West Oxbow. Ben Packingham relocated from Whit tier place last week and Mr Wilsons place is vacated. C H Ransom moved in, while Mr and Mrs Willing and the Shields family are involved in neighborhood housing changes.
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