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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
2
Magnolia Park hosts a Saturday country fair with pink lemonade and a baby show while Wenona residents attend Chautauqua and visit relatives. Local readers report visits, hospital notes, and various social arrangements, including a $35.28 fundraising aid for a new church and assorted travels and medical visits.
Community life on Quaker Lane fills with visits to relatives and friends from Venona Ottawa and De catur. The Magnolia Grange holds a well attended meeting with eight new members while local dances and chautauqua trips keep residents active. A baby girl is born to Mr and Mrs Charles Bush as neighborly events continue through the week.
Putnam County Illinois board of review will meet in July 1913 on the 7th 14th and 21st at the court house in Hennepin. Local items note appendicitis recovery at Streator hospital and multiple visits and events across nearby towns including Mendota Ottawa Peru and McNabb. Births visits band concerts and family updates are recorded along with several residents traveling or visiting relatives.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve is recommended for burns cuts wounds and scalds with a customer from Delvalle Texas praising its effectiveness on a child's cut foot. Advertises the salve as the world's best and priced at 26 cents with endorsements from A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves.
Locant social column records numerous visits and guests from Ottawa Wenona Dwight Kempton and Plano. Attendees include Miss Katherine Oney of Wenona visiting Miss Mary Cleary and Miss Maud James from Kempton. PMID surrounding families and school staff connected to DeKalb Aurora Plano and Waynesville.
Last week William Wheeler Putnam spent with his daughters at Dana while Matt Cook and two Toledo girls visit Fred’s family. Alta Selle returned from a visit with relatives at Buda. Rev Thomas and family attended Chautauqua. J M Williams and family visited Princeton. Roy Baer and family visited Mr and Mrs John Ball. Koerner and Life families toured El Paso and Hennepin. Mrs Wheeler attended Chautauqua in Henry. Funeral for Margaret Hickey at Bradford. Marjorie Sparling of Kewanee stayed with Ardis Drake. Charles Wheeler family visited Wenona. Ethel Kildow operated in Chicago last Thursday. K of P conclave in Minneapolis. Walter drives mail for his father. August Lith and family near Princeton. J J Board returned from vacation. Curtis Dawson of Tiskilwa in town. David Sipe and N F Jackson painting Mt Palatine. W M Drake family visited Kewanee. Dr King’s New Life Pills endorsed. contains 25¢ box. Hogs hauled in ice wagon. Mrs Erickson ill with mumps at 67. Mrs Charles Bishop hurt in auto crash on Fourth still in critical condition. Mrs George Kuhn died at Watertown asylum. Frank Peterson transported body to McNabb. Howard Dysart fractured three ribs unloading hay. Sugar price note from George Koehler: sugar at $1.35 per sack. Dawson Glenn bought 280 acres. Mrs Broaddus bought 90 acres at $174/acre. Dawson paid $160/acre. Attorney Louis Mills of Decatur in Granville for Judge Mills estate. Chicken theft rumored. cats blamed for many losses. Judge Hand resigned. candidates for vacancy include Leslie D. Puterbaugh of Peoria. Poem fragment extols Mother and Home.
New shooting regulations under the Weeks McLean migratory bird law set open seasons for migratory birds in two zones. Northern states and southern states are divided with distinct dates for waterfowl woodcock and shorebirds. Spring shooting is banned, sunset to sunrise hunting is prohibited, and at least 30 days of shooting are allowed during peak abundance with some species barred until 1918.
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