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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
11
Sparland residents and visitors are listed from Sunday and midweek gatherings. Activities include church teas, Epworth League events, home visits by families like Sparr and Gehr, and neighborhood trips to Washburn and Henry. Notables include Rev J S Walls at Quiver Lake, Chau tauqua signs, and local social rounds with meals and gardening.
An old newspaper page mixes an advertisement for Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey promising quick relief from colds with local social notes. It mentions visitors from Buda Providence Princeville Peoria and North Dakota and references Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and colds with a money back guarantee.
Miss Grace Williams and Miss Vesper Parker of Watseka will present an entertainment and recital at Saratoga M E Church next Tuesday evening July 18. Admission is at the door. proceeds go to general League purposes. Church services times updated. Sunday school 2 15 pm and public worship 3 pm. Epworth League 8 pm.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for all homes in hot weather. It claims high value, universal usefulness, and urges immediate purchase, noting availability everywhere.
Farmers are busy with hay as weather suits work. Uncle John Deck remains part of the Leslie Waughop family. Ralph McLuskey and kin return to South Whitefield. Williams, a machine and tool agent, reports orders from area farmers. Benny Hunt visits Lacon folks. George Johnson and family visit Apfel. W B Deck, the Rawleigh man, calls on patrons and visits his children. Leslie Waughop’s family noted. Wishall children ill under Dr Royce care. Mrs Charles Anderson visits Mrs George McLuskey. Hayline family visit Claycombs near Putnam and Walnut Grove. Merritt home hosts Mrs Duvall and her daughter. they plan to return to Colorado. A young man admires a Rose as his favorite flower.
Quite a number from Speer attended the Chautauqua in Sparland last week. Various visits and gatherings are noted, including family and church events, ordination of Rev. John Spencer, and a parcel post sale by Speer Ladies. Also mentions hospital visit, fishing trip, and local social activities with several named individuals and towns. Dr King’s New Life Pills ad promotes a liver cleansing treatment for a clear complexion.
Mary, an Indian princess and descendant of Chief Black Hawk, will be the queen at Rock Island Fort Armstrong centennial celebrations. The 18 year old from Mayetta Kansas is praised as refined and educated, heir to Black Hawk’s line, and will attend in full Native dress with her family.
Circuit Court deals with Jennie Newell v Lester Newell for divorce. Probate matters include estates of George Davis Joseph S Hensley William Eiler Raymond Eiler Ann Thompson Joseph Thompson Benjamin Foster and real estate transfers J H Ballard to Elmer G Rees Henry Wink to Herald Rees berg Emma Mai Scholz to William H Quiram and Louisa A Quiram. Hearings and administration actions noted with claims heirs and inventories.
The funeral for Mary Seward, aged 88, was held at her son Charles Seward’s home in South Lacon. She had lived in Marshall county her entire life and in the same house for 67 years since marrying James Seward, an early settler. Survived by three children, one son and two daughters.
A wartime era recipe by Mrs. Escoe Ervin describes an eggless, milkless, butterless fruit cake to stretch scarce ingredients. It uses brown sugar lard currants raisins spices and flour with soda and baking powder, cooked slowly then baked. The tale notes high prices and wartime shortages driving creative cooking during paydays and hardship.
The dean of St Paul’s London says he would bet two to one on peace before Christmas. Critics label him pessimistic, but he claims the odds reflect real prospects rather than faith or fear.
A sharp denunciation warns that gossip corrupts in churches schools and neighborhoods. It condemns rumors as harming men women and families, urging restraint and tolerance for differing beliefs in politics religion and morals.
Mrs A R Joyce of Henry reports long term relief from kidney attacks using Doans Kidney Pills. Cold weather triggers back pain and swelling but the remedy fixes her condition quickly. Sold for 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y promotes the product.
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