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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
3
Long list of residents visiting relatives in Peoria La Prairie and Chillicothe with daily errands and social events. Local business notes include timber work, lumber hauling, and a runaway horse incident near the Trumpeter property. Community updates highlight band concerts and a fishing party at Weise's Lake with Cracker Jack feast.
Reader notes that a home physician is unavailable during illness and promotes Champlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best preventive medicine. The piece exhorts keeping a bottle at hand to avoid pain and risk until a doctor can be summoned.
An Ottawa paper reports a coroner inquest at Marseille on a Sparland girl found dead at birth. Testimony identifies the mother as Jessie Harris of Sparland and the reputed father in Spring Valley. The inquest notes the sister and her husband living in a tent, illustrating harsh consequences of sin.
A city youth surveys a rural village and is told excitement exists, citing a summer runaway and a train four hours late last week as examples of local events. The note hints at a light, humorous tone about rural life and the pace of the town.
Mrs Black and children head to Stafford Kansas for six weeks with relatives. Misses Myrtin and Ella Hastings return from Normal. Minnie Dryden of Peoria visits friends here. Pierceson and daughter from Peoria guests at J G Stowell home. Ralph and Mildred Greene visit Peoria. Alice Scoon breaks left leg. she was returning from a social when the horse balked and she jumped from the buggy. Mr and Mrs Will Craig of Chillicothe visit Davidson home and attend sweet pea social. Andrew McCartney and daughter Callie visit Peoria. Callie’s eyes treated. Isabelle Burnett and Nina Edminster depart for North Dakota. Burnett goes home to Esmond, Edminster to Felden to teach. Leola Barnes of Lacon visits Alice Scoon. Davidson hosts dinner with Rev Salek and Rev Barnes. Epworth League lawn social at Robert McCulloch’s on Thursday evening July 26. refreshments served. Will Bruce of Peoria visits James Smith Jr. The sweet pea social decor and table arrangements praised. room decor admired. Singers Edith Leigh and Mabel Mellow of Lacon perform. the crowd is modest due to busy season. limited refreshments served.
An old medical advertisement compares a foul stomach to a churn tainting butter and claims Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery can purify the stomach and blood. It lists symptoms of biliousness and urges mailing a postal card for a sample book of extracts and endorsements from physicians.
Mrs Nickerson travels from Chillicothe to visit relatives in Lawn Ridge while Mrs Mead Nurss and children stay with her parents at Camp Grove. Oats and corn benefit from frequent showers as clover hay suffers. Visitors include the Reppalees from Farmington and Fred Brimmer from Chillicothe. Repairs and farming improve the Booth farm. Edelstein central closing error noted. Miss Anna Trim spoke by phone from Saratoga after coming from Chicago. Mrs Amelia Winkler returns from Burlington to a lively social circle. Rev Peterson relays Miss Rose Pomburg’s China relief gift and fund usage for famine victims. currency conversion briefly boosts totals.
Probate court notes Michael Schmillen and Jean Samuel Parran estates with letters Testamentary and administration issued to named executors in bonds. Minor guardianship for Wikof children referenced. hearings set for July 16 and September term to adjust claims. filings include Martha Bumgarner and Lena Wiertz estates with appraisals and guardianship reports.
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