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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
3
Local items recount visits and family news across Sparland, Cane Grove, Delavan, and surrounding areas. Mentions include Mrs Mabel O’ell visiting her mother, Mr and Mrs Jess Reinbeck with Claude Gutwright, and Bert Duncan returning home from Cane Grove.
John McMillan marries and starts housekeeping in rooms once occupied by Ed Christman. A local circus drew few residents while many plan Fourth of July trips. The Methodist church gets a new paint job led by Tanner Holmes and Ernest Kline. Prof. J R Bouton will lead a central state school with ten teachers and about six hundred pupils. The B Y P A reports a strong missionary meeting on Mexico. Mills Walker recovers from a broken arm and receives $100 from the Mystic Workers. Gapen plans a concrete block home on a north corner lot. Miss Lada Fawcette and Miss Bessie Tanquary will teach next school year. Epworth League hosts Myrtle Stickel with Winnie Edminster as soloist at the Sparland M E church. Admission: adults 26c, under 12 15c, under 5 free with parents. Mrs. Katie McKenna dies at 6:30 am. Funeral at Catholic church. burial in Lacon Catholic cemetery. aunt Hannah Martin cared for her and the baby.
Milton M. Sherburne, longtime Lacon resident and respected local figure, died at his home Tuesday night after a long illness. Born July 4 1832 in New Berlin New York he later moved to Illinois with his family. He was married to Harriet J. Drake in 1854 and had four children, only Marion J. surviving. A painter by trade he worked with Horatio Campbell before venturing into the Sparland grocery business. He retired fifteen years ago and left a legacy of honesty and reliable dealings appreciated by Marshall County residents. Journal notes he was an honest man and a personal friend.
A reader from Reasner Iowa reports doctors said consumption but after using Foley's Honey and Tar the hemorrhages and lung pain ceased and the lungs grew sound again. Another testimony from A J Ironmonger is noted.
Miss Anna Burnett entertains her friend Miss Minnie Dryden of Peoria this week while Miss Stelle Montrouse of Basilynn visits relatives and friends in town.
Miss Edith King of Peoria visits with Miss Lucy Calder respectably. A L Calder and Mrs Lillian Scott travel to Peoria and Cuba for family and church affairs. Forty delegates attend the Woman's Presbyterial. Epworth League delegates go to Chillicothe. Dr. McVey of Abingdon College preaches at the M E Church. a Children’s Day concert earns high praise. Foley's Honey and Tar touted as a safe cough cure amid consumption concerns.
South Whitefield notes show the Burson schoolhouse repainted by Wm. Farling. Farmers shelling corn, visits by residents to Peoria and Lacon, and social rounds mark the week. An Eureka chautauqua program is announced for July. A yet-unclear health ad promotes Joeys Kidney Remedy.
George Johnson has taken his drilling outfit to Mr Watkins farm near Henry to bore a well. Other local items include George Perkins starting duties as city mail carrier, Mrs. John A Titus visiting with Miss Swift from Whitefield Corners, Ernest Hekle bringing parents from the old country to his brother Carl, Mrs. Frank E Stone visiting relatives from Kansas, and Rev Curtis delivering sermons linked to wireless telegraph imagery. A north wind storm caused minor damage but nothing serious. A social gathering at J G Stowell’s paused due to weather. Rev Curtis plans children’s stereopticon sermons with Friday afternoon talks for the church youth, inviting all to attend in comfortable attire.
Last Wednesday afternoon a fire broke out in a building used as a storage room and coal house near Rev Curtis and his wife while they were away. Morris Curtis returned from Ann Arbor and helped save part of the home as Lucile alerted neighbors via telephone. About 50 people fought the blaze but the structure was lost, with heavy damage to Mr Curtis though perhaps less than it could have been. The report praises the telephone as a valuable fire alarm aid.
Lone Tree residents Eva Anderson and Laura Bell visited friends in Henry. Mrs Norton Moffitt spent time with daughter Mrs Seelye. Miss Lizzia Massie of Princeton stayed with aunt Mrs Wright. Mrs John Dwyer called in Henry. Whitefield Willing Workers hosted an ice cream sociable. Frank Anderson family visited Dr Simmons in Magnolia. Lora and Eva Clement visiting relatives in Bloomington. Quarterly conference to be held next Sunday afternoon at Whitefield with Rev Van Pelt preaching. Foley's Orine Laxative advertised by A J Ironmonger.
Publisht Jan 30 1908 explains revised spellings with new forms for many words and rules to drop silent e in stressed syllables. It includes examples for ending sentences, readers, and notes on past tense ed to t. A quoted temperance joke concludes the item.
Mrs F M Garlin of Henry Illinois testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her severe kidney trouble and related pains. She urges others suffering from kidney issues to use Doan's Kidney Pills, sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
Sixty years ago the Illinois valley boasted vast timber from bluff to bottom along the Illinois river from the Mississippi junction to Des Plaines and Kankakee. Giant oaks shaded bluffs and river bottoms, but early railroads and wood use felled the forests as farms expanded and bridges and ties required timber. River bottom timber, once ample along 800 miles, has steadily declined as plow and pasture replaced woodlands.
President B L Winchell urges full cooperation between railroad property owners and all employees to boost profits. He weighs slight rate increases against wage cuts and urges workers to unite, warning rate hikes impact national interests and jobs. The Bloomington Pantagraph notes the old title proceedings and a separate item on church leadership name changes. Crop Leases and Cash Leases new sale at The Republican office.
Samuel Parker of Chicago argues that prolonged high river levels and cold Lake Michigan water entering the valley through a drainage canal chill the soil and kill trees. He suggests both hard and soft varieties suffer, with many trees dead or dying as a result.
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