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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
10
Dr J A Swemn listed as physician and surgeon in Henry Illinois with office over Elisin Smiths Grocery Store and residence on Main Street. Office and residence telephone numbers are both 16.
Town diary and social items from Henry Illinois list visits by Magnolia Department George Hillabrand J S Phillips and Mrs B Ehringer. Revivals at Hope with Ed Mathis. church socials, ice cream fundraisers, pharmacy ads, a theater listing The Spoilers at Princess Theater and a menu of local meetings include Sunday school attendance 176 and corrections to prior notes.
A vintage health advert emphasizes kidney health warning about backache and nerve fatigue. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as proven and endorsed by users including Mrs A R Joyce of East Park Row Henry, asserting long term relief from kidney related discomfort and swelling.
The Putnam County Booster club mobilizes petitions to call an election on November 9 to move the county seat. Granville township shows strong support with many solicitors and rapid signups, while a few opponents remain. educational outreach will start after the petition is filed. Local society notes follow the campaign update with visits, gatherings, and community events.
A roundup of visits and travels from Lostant Illinois and nearby areas includes Clars Henning in La Salle, G F Weber to Osage Iowa, J E B Wiche from Jacksonville, and George Lechner back from Bloomington. Multiple residents host relatives in Peru Dixon Chicago Starved Rock Rutland and Mendota with family updates and community events.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a pleasant nocturnal laxative. One or two pills with water at night lead to a morning bowel movement and a day free of discomfort. Sold by druggists, 36 in a package for 25 cents. Get a bottle today.
Harold asks if Mabel can cope with his salary of twenty dollars a week. She answers bravely that she will try, pressed hand in affection as they stand on the front veranda under the wondrous moonlight.
An ad explains the nervous system as the body's alarm system and links weakness to headaches fatigue irritability and sleep trouble. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing tonic that feeds nerve cells and blood, claiming it cures nervousness without alcohol.
Illinois launches a reform experiment placing 45 Joliet penitentiary inmates on honor at a new camp near Grand Detour. Unarmed guards guard the workers as they build a road, enjoy meals and rest under hopeful skies while proving they can stay faithful to prison authorities.
A union of Baptists Presbyterians Methodists and Congregationalists nears completion in Canada creating the United Church of Canada. The plan sets a general council for the controlling board provincial bodies as conferences and district bodies as Presbyteries. If ratified this could spur broader church unity and reduce operating costs. An elderly couple watches marathon runners and a bystander jokes about eugenics and marriage licenses in city hall.
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