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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
12
Local items recount visits and calls in Magnolia Henry and surrounding towns. People attend meals, shopping trips, and social events while noting moves, renovations, and travel. Several residents visit relatives in Nebraska Illinois and Chicago with updates on health and schooling.
Putnam county Illinois board of review will meet in July 1913 on the 7th 14th and 21st at the courthouse in Hennepin Illinois Charles Greiner clerk advert.
A note urging a festive Fourth of July to celebrate independence with hopes for a glorious day and no accidents. It reminds readers of available products designed to alleviate pain from burns or bruises and closes with a cordial sign-off.
Mr and Mrs Dunne and daughters Kathryn and Marie attended commencement at Ann Arbor. Their son Jay Dunne graduated from Michigan State University with high honors Phi Beta Kappa. Lillian Defenbaugh celebrated her 10th birthday with a party for ten little girls. An apartment fire at the home of 8 D Bishop destroyed the house after flames were set in the stairway. Mrs Bishop is ill and cared for by Mrs Ennis Dakin. One son stays with Freeman, the other works on a farm. Mr Bishop is jailed in Hennepin for wife abandonment.
The M E Church reports weekly activities including Thursday prayer at 8, Sunday school at 10, and outside services on the church lawn. Attendance declines due to whooping cough and heat, nine new members joined, Marian Wierman sang a sacred solo, and a “new church” committee met at R A Ward’s home to vote on either a new or remodeled church plan, asking parishioners to express support.
W D Magli of Whitemound Wis reports buying a stock of Chamberlains medicine to supply customers. After receiving them he fell ill and says one small bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more than the cost of his entire stock. For sale by T J Segraves and A J Imonronger Adv
Charles Keller of Colfax stayed with Dr. F B Hagg. Wm Jones in Adel is convalescent. Leonore relatives visited Wm Schiffbauer Jr. and wife. Lostant residents attended Woodman picnic at Long Point. Lou and Alfred Phillips visiting here. Gapen relatives from Burling ton Indiana guests of Frank Gapen. Kenneth Parret paused in Magnolia on way from Wierman home to Tonica. Vera Hillabrand hosted by Lena Gray then left for California. T H Hehir invited B T McGrath to a lecture by Col P B Holp at the Opera House June 27 on Yellowstone and Glacier parks with 200 stereopticon views.
Charles Anthony of Venona was caller in town Wednesday. Numerous residents visited, called on neighbors, or traveled to Deer Park and nearby towns. Grandpa Whitney’s weekend trip and Charles Whitney’s fourth birthday party are noted. Kenneth Smith boasts his new car but jokes about returning to painting.
Charley list of causes includes sedentary lifestyle lack of outdoor exercise insufficient mastication constipation torpid liver worry overeating and poor food choices for age and occupation. Advises correcting habits and taking Chamberlain's Tablets asking readers to buy from A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves as ad for sale.
A peculiar homage to a wise woman who used ears to hear and eyes to see then told all she knew. The piece shifts to a 20 year retrospective on coke first manufactured in the United States by by product ovens. It notes coke production preserves coal by products and claims by product coke plants offset costs through sale of tar ammonia gas and other constituents.
Dr Stipp visited Galesburg last week a baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Winship Rev Seble bought the blacksmith outfit from Clay Finley and is set up in the old shop Mr Fairbanks near Varna unloaded two car loads of goats last Sunday placed northwest of town on land from the Stickel estate School board hired teachers for next year Principal Klotz and Misses Beryl Bacon Nellie McHatee Cornelia Wyckoff. Klotz is new while the teachers from last year were rehired Miss Bacon helped Miss Wyckoff substitute a month Mr and Mrs Sipe visited Mt Palatine relatives of Jesse P Downey of Sheffield announced his marriage to Myrtle Laird of the same place they will be at home after Aug 1 at Mineral Mrs Allen of Princeton visited G W Lawson and Mrs Harry Bushey also visited Rev L R Thomas and family J J Huard wife and two daughters left for a vacation through the west and south for a month Staley is the substitute Many friends of Mr and Mrs J T Kelso expect to move to Tiskilwa soon after buying a meat market Thomas Soper of Ohio visited Wm Strosnider Mrs M A Dally spent Sunday with relatives at Broadmoor Mrs Georgia Brown of Oglesby visiting parental home Mrs Carlson and daughter of Spring alley visiting sister Mrs August Lith
Paul Mathulka of Buffalo New York praises Dr King s New Life Pills as the king of all laxatives and a blessing to his family. The ad promotes constipation relief and general indigestion benefits with a 25 cent price and endorsements from T J Segraves and A J Tronmonger Adyv.
Miss Harriet Hoppes traveled from Bureau to Hennepin to take a teacher's examination and secure a certificate. She crossed waterlogged roads barefoot, lost a handbag chain in a stream, but reached the Bureau courthouse. Two young men recovered the handbag with a cash pocketbook and a still-legible certificate of deposit. Bank records restored the cash value. The certificate was earned.
Mrs. William Orvis of Clare Michigan praises Chamberlain's Colic Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy after its cure for her daughter's severe dysentery saying it is the best medicine in the world. Sold by A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves.
James Murphy south of Odell broadcasts and drills five acres of cow peas for hay. The legume, tried because clover would not thrive, is about four inches high and looks fairly well. He has 12 bushels of seed to plant in the corn this fall, sowing just before the last plowing and letting the cultivator cover them.
The National Grange warns Congress on tariff revision It frames farmers’ interests as central to national welfare. It cites 1909 1910 1911 1912 resolutions demanding tariff limits aligned with domestic production costs and equitable protection for agriculture and manufacturing. It argues tariff for all or none and urges fair application without discriminating against farmers.
The written testimony argues against tariffs that unfairly favor manufactured goods over farm products. It asserts that raw and finished agricultural goods should receive equal protection and urges Congress to avoid discriminating against agriculture. The statement emphasizes that farmers favor downward tariff revisions but oppose any shift that disadvantages agricultural interests. It closes with signatures from Oliver Wilson, T. C. Atkeson, N. P. Hull, and the Legislative Committee of the National Grange.
A Dixon firm is testing a new method to lay dust in the city streets using granulated calcium chloride. The chemical attracts moisture from the air at 144 pounds of water per one pound of calcium chloride, potentially replacing oil. First application costs about 1.47 cents per square yard, with subsequent applications cheaper.
In a sharp exchange, Kitty notes the charm of unread lips while Ethel probes the mystery of kisses printed on a girl's lips, hinting at gossip and social intrigue within their circle.
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