Community notices and society items drift through Henry area
Local brief items record a Junior League social at Mrs Hill’s home and plans for a military tactics club. Other notes include church and library news, farm movements, cabling of shipments to England, river excursions, property changes, and a landmark building torn down for a Ponzer expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Hill
Richard Street, Inc
Young
Reed
Lillie Peterson
Fort Madison
Chillicothe
Lee
Ollie Kirchman
Howe
Christian Church
J. A. Melick
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
F.S. Becker
Minnie Hartley
Clara A. Stephens
Iowa Signal
W.C.P.A
Chicago
G. P. Mattern
Henry
Republican
Inter Ocean
John Monier
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Monier
Henry Republican
John Schrepfer
Bickerman Place
Miester
James Chambers
Teachere Institute
Mite
Huffman
Saratoga Township
S.C Brown
England
A .S. Cooper & Co
Charlotte Baecheler
Rock Island
Jack Frost
St Louis Lee Co
Sr Kelly
el Paso
Louis Silva
Odell
Joseph Kelley
Bloomington
McCarron
Spalding
George Nicholson
Canada
Nicholson
Peoria
RK. C. McWilliams
Ed McWilliams
McWilliams
M. R. Brady
Joseph Ball
Washington
James Patterson
Patterson
Arthur True
Grand Junction
Iowa
H. Campbell
Libbie
Sparland
Livermore
Portland
J. A. Adkinson
Ellen Malone
Madames Carroll
Richard Street
Big 4 Racing Association
Frank B. Coe
Coe
E. BE. ‘Keith
Isaac
Emma Eckhart
Ed Humphrey
Wayland Ross
Emerick
Carl Ponzer
J. P. Sparling
Ed Hummel takes vacation with wife in Chicago
Local clerk Ed Hummel of Hutchins and Lincoln departs with his wife to Chicago for a vacation. Correspondents are urged to send letters early in the week for better accommodation and editor service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hummel
Hutchins & Lincoln's
Chicago
Eliphalet Ketchum
Dr Ketchum
M. Corley
Providence
R. I
B. H. Corley
Old Country
Central Park
S. C. Brown
Duncan Campbell
J. E. Powell
Dr Powell
C.W. Ayling
Henry
Dwight
J. A. Meliok & Co
Great Money Saving Sale On Bargains At Discount House
Still on with deep discounts featuring ten dozen overalls at 19 cents each and 1000 American bags. Carpets, warp, hose, tennis shoes, hats and ladies shoes are priced low with big bargains in dress goods silks and men’s and boys’ clothing. Carpet wall paper and furniture offered at slaughtering prices.
Grace Perley and W H Robinson wed in Phenix Arizona
J Watercott & Co announce the marriage of Grace Perley to W H Robinson, both of Phenix. The note mentions Grace as a local favorite and extends sincere congratulations from Henry and Arizona friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Perley
W H Robinson
Phenix
Arizona
Henry
Grace
Thes
J Fosdick
Chicago
Swift & Co
Evans
Magnolia High School
Valparaso
Incd
Lacon
Teachers Institute
Peoria
George Wightman and Son
Mr Wightman
Marshall County
New Great South American Kidney Cure brings rapid relief
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by a new remedy. It relieves pain in the bladder kidneys back and urinary passages in male or female. It stops water retention and pain in passing it almost immediately. Sold by Dr Powell Druggist Henry LL.
Weathered crowd enjoys Madame Bernard Donnelly concert
A modest turnout at the New Opera House followed by farm notes on a hot day. The article lauds the concert’s fine music and encores while criticizing the crowd’s tepid reception. It also reports city action to curb street staking by cows and notes crops, rainfall, and driving scenes near Crow Meadow. Special notice promotes the Abbott studio improvements for better portraits and patron service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Bernard Donnelly
New Opera House
Hutchins
House of Ye
Henry
Crow Meadow
Abbott
Complete Revolution in the Extension Table Line
A new folding extension table replaces the old prone model with heavy leaves that cause accidents. The J model attaches leaves that fold inside when not in use, freeing space for kitchen use. Visit the Furniture and Carpet House to see it work and buy one.
Drowning at Senachwine Lake Ends in Tragic Suicide
Michael A Carrico, 25, a Kansas native long resident of Milo Illinois, died by his own action at Lake Senachwine Walnut Grove camp Putnam County. A jury verdict stated death resulted from accidental self drowning with no other person at fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senachwine Inke
Michael A. Uarrico
Putnam
Hl. Blaisdell
Bradford
Walnut Grove
James B. Bush
Emmet Morgen
John Sparling
James C. Car‘rico
Jesus
James
Tom
M.A. Carrico
Indiana
Kewanee
Milo
Keller
John Swiger
J. M. Williams
State
Ilinois
Putnam County
Michael A. Carrico
Walnut Grove Camp
Lake Sen
Noted Doctor Advocates Laxative Use by Women
An older article quotes a physician praising Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a simple potent laxative for women. It also notes county prohibitionists convening in Sparland on Tuesday the 24th to elect delegates for the 14th district Peoria convention on the 26th with singing and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Dr Powell
Sparland
Peoria
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E. H. Hutching
Elcot
H. Hutchins
Henry’s Greatest Bargain Store
Renry
George Burt
Epstor
Nachwine Lake
John Kline
W. Danley
Hennepin
Kate Martin
Varna
Endsley
Horseshoe Tobacco
J. A. Melick & Co
Clyde Emerick
Magnolia
Charles Motter
Andrew Vogelsang
Sara the Poer
Tfr Ketcham
John Leech
C. A
Suny
Charles Booth
Maree
Lawon
H. Andrews
Jacksonville
Bert Clark
Elias Wright
Olia
Leslie Wilson
Etchum
G.W. Emerick
Vern Hall
L. R. Kinnear
Rockford
Chick
Chicago Daily Tribune
Irving Dennis
Mary Clark
Fannie
Belle Smith
Teachers’ Institute
Albena Klyzski
Smith
Henry Electric Co
A W. Smith
Folllow
A. Melick & Co
California
Best Carpet
Rockford Hose
J. Watercott & Co
Orver
Ffoury
Wyoming
Princeton
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