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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1872
Page
5
A compilation of community items including weather chatter, moves of Dr. Church, names such as Woodward and Miss Jennie McFadden, business ads for Pool Jones and Burts News Rooms, a Wenona water tampering incident, a major fall fair, deaths of veterans, school appointments, fruit crop prospects with apple worm traps, a theft arrest near the seminary, and local sermons and meetings.
Putnam County News reports on dry weather, quiet business, and community notes. Local residents and arrivals include Mrs. Winship recovering from measles and various tradesmen and farmers displaying produce, tools, and livestock. A prosecuting attorney appointment and village incorporation questions are mentioned along with a rail incident and a notable crime report.
Mrs. Margaret H. Smith, 78, longtime Marshall county resident and sister of Enoch Dent of Wenona, died after a life spanning Monongahela County West Virginia to Magnolia and Magnolia’s region. Born to John Dent, she married John Rochester in 1812 and had eight children. Later widow Peter Smith became her husband. they had one child before his departure to California. She spent two decades in Marshall county, often with daughter Mix Josephine Rochester, and was buried after a Sunday funeral conducted by Rev. Ephraim Boyt despite extreme heat.
An old church deacon at Hennepin forgot the week’s schedule and went plowing on Sunday. A minister a thousand miles from Lacon missed an appointment. the congregation endured the wait. Sire William F needle remained in her foot after an injury, and extraction attempts failed.
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