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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
14
Magnolia Park hosts a Saturday country fair with pink lemonade coffee cake and ice cream. Local residents visit, shoppers travel, and Chautauqua attendance plus several social events fill the week as funds aid a new church.
Plainfield New Jersey resident Mrs G Stengle reports relief from chronic stomach upset after trying Chamberlains Tablets. She states she has taken nearly three fourths of a package and can now eat almost anything. Sold by T A Boeteye and A J Ironmonger.
Community notes recap visits and events across Quaker Lane through late July. J M Bumgarner and W G Griffith enjoy new cars while Laura Smith chairs fair meetings. Local families from Streator Ottawa Decatur and Peoria mingle at dances visits and church gatherings as Magnolia Grange reports eight new members and a notable paper on the Fly and RoR.
A woman's fatigue from household duties is eased by Scott's Emulsion described as predigested body-food that strengthens organs and tissues and builds healthy blood. The product contains no alcohol or harmful drugs and claims to curb tiredness and nervousness with every drop.
Putnam county Illinois board of review will meet in July 1913 on July 7 14 and 21 at the courthouse in Hennepin Illinois. Clerk Charles C Greiner. Adg 2-3t.
Edward Lostan recovering from appendicitis at Streator hospital. Elsa McKenzie back from Mendota after visit with Mrs. L. F. Henning. Wm. C. Does returns from McNabb after rheumatic care. Hannah Getchell visits from Ottawa. Bertha Burgess and Lena Grevey seen in Ottawa. Whitney hosts Parretts for dinner. Mary Patterson from Blackwell guests of James Patterson. A. E. White from Ogden reunites with old friends. Wm. Kreis and family of Peru and Adolph Vollenvweider of Chicago visit Hartenbower home after band concert. Nancy Foster celebrated birthday with card shower. Ada Wilson travels to Salt Lake City to visit stepson Milton Wilson. Born to Joseph Kelso and wife a girl. also a daughter to Henry Freeman and wife. Leota Graves returns from Bloomington. Prof. Herbert Blair of Hibbing visits mother.
In every home should be a Bucklen's Arnica Salve box for burns cuts wounds and scars. J H Polanc of Delvalle Texas reports its use saved his little girl's cut foot. The salve is billed as the world's best and costs 25 cents, recommended by A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves in the advertisement.
Numerous brief social items record visits and hospitality in Lostant and nearby towns. Guests include B K Parrett and wife, Mrs W C Patterson and daughter, Miss Lena Grivey, Miss Katherine Oney of Wenona visiting relatives, and teachers Miss Maud James and her sister. several families host relatives from Ottawa, El Paso, Bloomington, Dwight, Decatur, and other places.
Willis Reed, a Geneseo resident and son of Mrs Peterson on Court Street, has patented a device to silence boiler rivet din. The idea arose last summer while Reed, employed hauling ice to the jail and courthouse, discussed with a boilermaker from Kewanee who suggested quieting the boiler noise. Reed's invention aims to turn a helper role into an employer one by providing a practical silencer for the roaring boiler.
Wm Wheeler and daughters in Dana. Matt Cook and two Toledo daughters visit Fred Wheeler. Alta Seble returns from Buda. Rev Thomas clan at Eureka Chautauqua. J M Williams family at Princeton. Baer family from Tiskilwa with Ball parents. Koerner in El Paso. Sife and Ellard relatives at Wenona. Wheeler in Henry for Chautauqua. Funeral for Miss Margaret Hickey at Bradford. Marjorie Sparling visiting Ardis Drake. Ethel Kildow operated in Chicago and recovering. Local notices on postal and farm matters. Old and new items mix in Granville news.
The Bureau of Biological Survey issued strict migratory bird rules under the Weeks McLean law effective Oct 1 1913. It divides the country into Northern and Southern zones with separate open seasons for waterfowl rail woodcock and shore birds and bans spring shooting and daytime hunts.
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