Illinois News Roundup and Political Commentary
A sprawling 19th century style column covers politics, law, and public notices. It notes Judge Leslie D. Puterbaugh’s appointment to the Appellate Court, discusses third term politics, dam construction, and a hunter’s license application requiring detailed personal descriptors. Local references include Burlington, Galesburg, Lincoln, and Vandalia with mentions of Illinois milestones and Arbor Bird Day concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neval Grant
Cleve
Cleveland
White House
Leslie D. Puterbaugh
Peoria
Supreme Judges
Nicholas I. Worthington
Mt Vernon
Messrs
George Brown
James 8. Baume
Someopte
Distressing Fall From Roofs In Chicago Then Fatal Aftermath
Dr A V Hutchins of Chicago, brother of merchant E H Hutchins, fell about three stories from connected roofs at his home after misstepping. He suffered a fractured leg and internal bruising, remained comatose for days, but slowly improved with care from his family, and his rescue saved him from death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. Hutchins
Chicago
E. H. Hutchins
Dr Hutchins
Hutchins
Flood Sufferers Supply Depot Opens in Henry
A flood relief depot on Edwards street near Niece's Drug Store opens under the White Cross Benevolent Society. Contributors should leave goods with names. cash should go to Mr Jones when Mrs Ely is away. Needed items include flowers groceries dry goods ready made clothing nonperishables grain in sacks or barrels Corn on the car acceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Edwards Street
White Cross Benevolent Society
Ely
Jones
Flower
Mus M
Ridgeway Eby
Boss Worm Medicine Promises Quick Child Worm Relief
H P Kumpe of Leighton Alabama describes a customer with a sick child who could keep nothing on the stomach. After using White's Cream Vermifuge the child expelled 119 worms. The remedy is hailed as the boss worm medicine and also serves as a children's tonic improving digestion and vitality. 25c at Dr Powell's Drug Store.
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H. P. Kumpe
Leighton
Ala
Henry News Notes from the County Past and Present
Mr and Mrs Oscar A Green guests of Mr and Mrs Robert McDonough. They recall Henry early settlers and their boyhood days here. Pavilion Park work begins with grass cut and pavilion erected. Local races and club activities planned for July 4th week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar A. Green
Robert McDonough
Henry
Green
Col Snyder
Crow Meadow
J. A. Green
Bloomington
Pavilion Park
Sparling
Bickerman
Alex Brown
Streator
Wenona
Michael Murray
Charles Motter
Robert Small
Walter Green
la Salle
Swan Lake Club
Zenor
Ethel
Miss Evans
Chicago
Bella Evans
Bradford
Ella (Hutchins) Jenness
Santa Ana Prohibition Victory Shapes the City Election
In Santa Ana the 257 vote margin tipped the city toward banning saloons and whiskey. The writer notes seven saloons and a wave of temperance support led by women, with prohibition to take effect July 1. He mentions electric rail plans to Los Angeles and Long Beach and recalls visiting Los Angeles for a festival and meeting crowds seeking the president, while mourning J M Winship’s passing.
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California
Henry Republican
Santa Ana
Cal
The
Republican
Los Angeles
Long Beach
J. M. Winship Tan
Beulah
J. R. Veach
Letter from S H Condit to Elmer Downey 1903
Los Angeles dated June 16 1903 from S H Condit to Elmer Downey of Putnam. He describes travel from Illinois to California over multiple landscapes, notes rapid city growth with 1500 houses and new million dollar hotel and convention hall, mentions prosperous country with scarce well paid labor, family movements including his daughter’s trips, and his pleasant time with church visitors and local ministers. He references his son Hiram Bracken in San Bernardino and Elder Smithers leaving for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Condit
Elmer Downey
Putnam
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Republican
R. I
Santa Fe
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Casper
Philadelphia
Europe
Robert Burdette
Hiram Bracken
San Bernardino
Elder Smithers
First Christian Church
H. Conn
Letter from J M Powers Praises The Henry Republican
J M Powers writes fondly of The Henry Republican and Oklahoma conditions. He shares praise for the paper’s editor and columns, notes weather and crop prospects in Comanche County, Lawton growth, new churches, mail delivery, and land values, and mentions Henry colony ties and his subscription for occasional news from Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Powers
Henry Republican
Oklahoma
Republican
Daily Republican
G. M. Locke
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Swanee River
Comanche Co
Oki
Lawton
Comanche County
Henry
James M. Powers
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad
Warning from an old advertisement promising a cure for colds in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refund offered if it fails to cure. Signature of E. W. Grove appears on the box. Price 25 cents. Dated 12-11-lyr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
An Active Dime and a Town’s Scarce Wealth
A Mrs Thompson from the west side ferries across for change to buy goods. She pays the ferryman with a marked dime, then later cannot obtain one in town. After a long search a merchant returns with the same dime, declaring no other in print. The tale highlights money scarcity in pioneer times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Lacon
Ely Cream Balm Credited With Curing Catarrh
A Newark area testimonial states Ely's Cream Balm cured catarrh causing loss of taste smell and reduced hearing. Mrs. Franklin Freeman and Marcus G. Shantz report relief after first application. The product, sold by druggists for 50 cents or by Ely Brothers in New York, is said not to irritate or trigger sneezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Marcus G. Shantz
Rahway
N. J
Franklin Freeman
Dover
N. H
Cts
Ely Brothers
Warren Sc
New York
Epworth League delegates head to Bradford from La Prairie
Bessie Reinbeck and Bessie Holmes boarded a train to Bradford as delegates for the Ep worth League convention. H.8 Betz's barn burned last Tuesday with origin undetermined and he suffered a severe loss along with burns while fighting the fire. Children's day at Saratoga last Sunday drew a good crowd with a strong program. J.E. Reinbeck and Jacob Rickey plan to install telephones this week.
Neighborhood Notes From North Saratoga
Willie Taylor drove a new buggy through North Saratoga on Sunday while Eva Taylor Lulu Kenney and Ethel Bonsheuer visited Verna Huffman Mrs Wm Kenney and daughter Lulu of Sparland are guests this week at Wm Yarger's. Baseball remains popular each Sunday as Robbie Yarger recovers from illness. Mrs D B Huffman and daughter visited Sparland Friday and Wm Niblock and wife visited Ed Shorts on Sunday.
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Saratoga
Willie Taylor
Evening Tide
Eva Taylor
Lulu Kenney
Ethel Bonsheuer
Verna Huffman
Wm Kenney
Lulu
Sparland
D. B. Huffman
Wm Niblock
Ed Shorts
Cemetery mower hired by association for lot work
The Cemetery Association bought a mower for members use and entries to the mower can be made at Mr Kelso's. The Henry Times reports a Henry party visiting Wheeler's Grove for a picnic, with Putnam residents claiming it occurred on Sunday during church time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Cemetery Association
Kelso
Henry Times
Henry
Wheeler’s Grove
Times
Ladies Circle Meets at Mrs Will Zimmerman Residence
The Ladies Circle met with Mrs Will Zimmerman last Wednesday afternoon. They will meet with Mrs John Henning on July 1. A Sunday school picnic postponed from Tuesday due to rain. E H Laughlin and family fished Thursday, catching about 40. Mr and Mrs Lewis Gallaher visiting Byron. Rollin Swindler and family visited Powell's. Geo Travis of Henry was in the area last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT Palatine
Will Zimmerman
John Henning
E. H. Laughlin
Lewis Gallaher
Byron
Gallahe
Rollin Swindler
Powell
Geo Travis
Henry
Milo Perry Hay and associates visit Princeton region
Milo Perry Hay of New York and his brother L. Hay arrived at the start of the week. Hay, a geology professor in New York, heads to Washington DC with specimens of his work. Sarah Bulleyment of Henry visits her brother H. R. Bulleyment. Mr and Mrs Joseph Sutherland took a business trip to Princeton last Wednesday. Mrs A Lane and her son visited with Henry relatives, A. W. Shriver and wife of Broadmoor visited Joseph Sutherland last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo
Perry Hay
New York
Hay
Byaansington D. C
Apecimens
Sarah Bulleyment
Henry
H. R
Broadmoor
Joseph Sutherland
Sociable ARISPE Saturday draws 125. Putnam orchestra noted
A large Saturday night gathering in ARISPE attracted about 125 attendees from surrounding areas. The congregation and writer thank the Putnam orchestra for music led by violinist J.J. Huard organist Mia Huard cornet William Bracken and clarinet Gardner Williams. proceeds totaled 34 dollars with 21 dollars net. P Magnuson and children fell from a cherry tree causing injuries, and the article notes fine weather.
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Arispe
Putnam Orchestra
J.J. Huard
Mia Huard
William Bracken Cornet
Gardner Williams
Putnam
P. Magnuson
Powell Promises Refund on Colic Remedy Buyback
Dr Powell offers a money back guarantee on Chamberlain's eight column Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad claims universal acceptance as the most successful bowel remedy and insists the product is pleasant safe and reliable for buyers seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Powell
Chamberlain
The German Carp and River Roads in Illinois
The carp is said to eat mainly vegetables and not fish spawn though it harms spawning grounds by bottom rooting. High water last year boosted fish numbers by reducing seining, and this year bass and other game fish return to the upper Illinois. The Henry rural routes were rebalanced July first to save wear on carriers Bell and team, and a hard gravel road is urged to better serve 800 yearly trips and government requirements.
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Illinois River
Illinois
Fish Commission
Henry
Bell
Carrier Bell
August Flower Declared Largest Medicine Sale Worldwide
The passage touts Green's August Flower as the top selling remedy for indigestion biliousness and general malaise. It claims doctors were scarce and describes the product as cleansing the system regulating the liver and boosting nervous and organic action with four doses to prove safety. It notes Dr Powell's city drug store selling it for 25c and 7dec.
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Dr Powell
City
Chicago Children's Outing Plan Meeting
Citizens of Henry and vicinity are invited to a Saturday 8 o clock meeting at the M church to advise and arrange for hosting Chicago children during two weeks of hot weather. Protestant and Catholic friends unite to organize the charitable effort. All interested are urged to attend.
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Chicago
Henry and
Vicinity
Correction on naming of church in arrest report
A reader correction from the Henry Republican notes a misnaming in last week’s columns. It clarifies that the arrest involved the janitor of St Patrick’s Irish Catholic church, correcting from German Catholic church and urging accuracy in subscriber notices.
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St. Petrick’s Church
Hennepin
Hennepin, Ul
The
Henry Republican
St Patrick’s
Oklahoma Lawton land offer for renters to own 160 acres
Comanche County appeal invites investors and land seekers to request printed information on 160 acre parcels with low investment and rent elimination. Robinson & Powers Lawton contact listed. Also mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills and a Peoria cyclone event with storm damage and a rain-filled outing day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lawton
Comanche County
Robinson & Powers
Comanche Co
Okla
J. M. Powers
Henry
Peoria
Adams Street
Fire Insurance Rates and Public Notice by J H Jones
The undersigned represents several first class insurance companies and offers very low rates on dwelling house risks. Notice to the Public. Barbers in the city will close Saturday July 4 at noon. customers are asked to govern themselves accordingly.
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J. H. Jones
Henry, Tits
Remarkable Cure Then Relief After Diarrhea Attack
A reader recalls a six year life episode starting with a diarrheal attack and a failed relief before moving to a new home. An advertisement testifies to a Colic Cholera remedy and a similar cure by Dr Powell. One bottle of the remedy restored health at low cost, ending long suffering and agony. The piece notes a disclosure where a physician’s treatment became available and then the remedy’s sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morga
Powell
Rock Island Offers Low Summer Rates to Denver and Colorado
Extraordinarily low round trip rates from the Rock Island System apply for July 1 to July 10 to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with return validity to August 31. The reduction accompanies the Christian Endeavor annual meeting and is open to all travelers. A special Rock Island folder with full convention details is available from any ticket agent or Warren Cowles D P A Peoria Illinois 101 So Jefferson St. Ref 6 25 3w
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Rock Island
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Society of Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Warren Cowles
Jefferson St
Peoria
Ill
Catarrh of the Stomach and Digestive Cure Claim
A testimonial from J. R. Rhea of Coppell Texas describes stomach catarrh caused by indigestion. He credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for relief after doctors and medicines failed, noting it is sold by Dr Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Rhea
Coppell
Tex
Dr Powell
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