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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1915
Page
10
Dr J A Swhm, a physician and surgeon, practices in Henry Illinois with office over C Hisin Smiths Grocery and residence on Main Street. Office phone 1b and residence 16.
Magnolia daily notes July social and religious activities with visits by Mrs Ethel Mooberry and Goldie Simonton of Chicago. Chautauqua success spurs plans for future summers. church groups announce socials, parcel post shower, and Sabbath school reports. Local residents and visiting guests featured among the town news.
A crowd of neighbors and visitors gathered for errands, visits, and outings across the Quaker Lane community. Names include Lassmanns, Wilsons, Griffths, Mills, Pritchard, Otto, Stein, Tomlinson, Spalding, Litchfield, and O Connell. They visited friends in Streator Peoria Ottawa and Decatur and joined picnics at Funk's Grove and Senachwine lake.
Two years ago W C Jones of Buford North Dakota suffered a severe diarrhoea attack lasting over a week leaving him weak. A druggist recommended Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved him and within two days he was fully recovered.
Wenona residents report Mr and Mrs John Locke and children visiting relatives in Benton Harbor Michigan. Mrs Maria Hunt returns to Henry after visiting her mother Mrs J L Van Allen. Dr R S Harter of Schoolcraft arrives to see his ill father Samuel Harter. Burgess Stock Farm adds a baby buffalo to its park. A. V. Lake and wife, after hospital surgery in Rochester Minnesota, return home. wife remains with her parents in Dixon until strength returns. An anecdote from 1888 recounts a cholera episode and recovery aided by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as told by H W Ireland.
Mrs Florence Church moved her household goods to Hennepin late last week and will assist her parents at the Cecil Hotel. Sums up Chautauqua attendance in Granville. several local residents traveled by auto to attend with Mrs Lillian Weeks and Mrs Willard Hamm nearby. Relatives in Granville report the death of Mrs L B Skeel, long resident and respected early settler of Putnam county, who died Monday in Oberlin at age with daughter Minnie French.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as an affordable cough and cold remedy. It claims relief for bronchial and lung ailments and urges readers to consult a druggist and start treatment immediately.
Mrs A Marsnail visited Peoria last week. Mr and Mrs H B Marshall left for Howe where he becomes agent for C I & P rail line. Lieck becomes agent here. Edminster owns a seven passenger auto. The Marshalls dined with Mrs EF Dissinger then went to Gilman to visit before Howe. Steer family opens butcher shop with Steer & Son. Toot Simington works behind counter. A wagon of local youths enjoyed a weenie roast in the woods. James McNabb visited town briefly. Clifford Steer visited wife and kids. Fred Koehler visited from Losant.
Coming Tuesday forenoon July 20 1915 from 8 am to 1 pm and every third Tuesday forenoon thereafter the Camp House GLASSES sale event announced in this notice.
Lostant locals attend summer school and visit relatives while many families report travel, illnesses, weddings, and community events. Notable items include Mrs. R. J. King and Ruth returning from Peru, Miss Mary Mortensen’s Chicago visit, Will and Grace McDougal’s wedding in The Dalles party, and extensive church group activities with the Truth Bearers and Good Fellowship classes.
A four year old boy, son of farmer Louis Harrison near Davenport, was struck by a pitchfork while the father cleaned the barn. A tine pierced above the left ear, penetrating the skull and leaving the child unconscious with paralysis on his right side. He is not expected to live.
A narrator recalls a father who rants when Friday's paper is late. He scorns the wedding notices and social column yet voraciously reads every item and ad. He vows to overhaul editors if the weekly misses him or his town.
Plans move forward for Illinois State Historical Society to purchase the historic bell of Old Kaskaskia, now in a Catholic church. Fr. Grootens of Kaskaskia negotiates with Senator Kent Keller of Ava, who supports the relic’s transfer to the society with ceremonies. Bell weighs 750 pounds and dates to the eighteenth century when given by the king of France.
A bright young pastor in a western town church draws a small crowd while a pretty widow among the parishioners fuels a blush with a quip about the sermon. Sloan's Liniment promises relief from neuralgia pains, and Miss Florence Tate, a Granite City painter and philanthropist, dies at 47 after a life of home outreach and founding the Shut-in Society.
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