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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
13
Sparland settles into a busy week with visitors from Henry and Lacon, church events, and a planned ice cream social. Local residents Mrs Corcoran, Miss Marie Petri, and Miss Nellie O Leary are cited among guests and callers across Sparland and nearby towns.
George Sargent Steuben returns to Barton County Missouri after a stay with his father's family to visit brother Thomas and relatives before returning to California. Arthur and Lillie Kehlenbach's juvenile home adds a girl, now three girls and two boys. Harvest continues with Johnnie Nolan famed machinist busy repairing implements. he handles calls day and night. Bridges and fields damaged by Saturday’s devastation in the township. No Baptist services due to impassable roads. Mrs. Thomas Wood and Mrs. James Manock visit Mrs. Wilbur Hastings. Little Hester Molt enjoying vacation with aunt Mrs. Albert Russell amid fresh air. pond lily replaced by sun and tan.
Buy it now. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over. Buy it now and be prepared for such an emergency. For sale by T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger.
Camp Grove notes list R. J. Fennell riding to Peoria Sunday. Mrs. J. Kistler and Mrs. Mallman with Margaret shopped in Peoria Friday. Miss Mamie McGibbons of Bradford visited several days. Celestine and Edna Doran of Peoria stayed with Grandmother Mrs. Malone. James Murphy and family visited Peoria kin Friday and Saturday. A large crowd attended last Thursday night’s dance. Ticket agent A. Anderson returns from a ten days’ vacation. Mrs. Malone of Peoria visited sister Mrs. Murphy Sunday. Misses Eva and Bernice Powers of Broadmoor joined Mamie McManus and others at the Chautauqua in Henry Saturday. Rev. J. A. Roach of Chillicothe and relatives visited Friday. Homes of W. I Fennell, C. J. O’Brien, Ed Bogner and the Dewey elevator were painted recently.
SOUTH MILO The Ladies' Aid will host an ice cream social at William Smith's home on Tuesday evening next week July 30. Everyone invited. Mrs Clarence Miller and children visit her parents Mr and Mrs Snell. C Colehower spent Tuesday with his daughter and visited Wednesday at Henry Bornsheler's. Reid Tennus shipped hogs Friday. Miss Hettie Whittaker and Providence niece visited Miss Maria Pettigrew Friday. Miss Elsie Swhneman takes music lessons from Mrs Earl Johnson. Fred Pettigrew returned to Wisconsin Friday. Mars Swineman and Miss Elsie were callers at Henry Bornsheler's. The L A will meet Thursday afternoon this week with Mrs Charlie Reid. Mrs Frank Chrisman Mrs Festus Bentley and Miss Ethel Reid took supper at Amroe Longman's Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Earl Wherry visited neighbors on Sunday while Henry shoppers, the Hofer gathering drew a large crowd with good music. Walter Holler from Spring Bay visited Pride, Miss Anna Ely stayed with kin, and Mrs Frank Wunder toured Henry relatives. Farmers cut oats as rain refreshed fields Saturday night into Sunday morning. Platform dance nights announced weekly with good times reported. A Wanghop from Henry visited Monday.
Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years earlier. To avert calamities from stings use Bucklen's Arnica Salve promptly to kill poison and prevent inflammation, swelling, and pain. Heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles, eczema, cuts, bruises. Only 25 cents at T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger's.
Cottage residents share birthday thanks to Mrs Olive Griswold who turned 81 and received about 70 cards. Miss Josie Miller assists Mrs Merritt while others visit relatives and attend events. An ice cream social is planned at Frank Lidgard's on July 30. Mothers are advised to watch for diarrhea in children and use Chamberlain's remedy if needed.
Princeton visitor John Driscoll, E G Rees in Chicago, Mrs Ella Carpenter of Iowa guests of Mrs E J Noyes. Ida Morris of Missouri visits John X Brown, Laura Brown visits sister in Elgin, Mrs Glover and daughters of Chicago guests of Mrs S A Rees. Wilbur Ervin family visit Morse, George Bean Jr and Aubrey Jones of Kewanee visit Broadmoor. Thomas Harris unloads a new threshing machine at the station.
The Marshall County Board of Review will hold regular sessions at the La Con, Illinois courthouse each weekday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Complaints for assessment adjustment must be made in person or filed in writing with the board by August 10 and signed with the signer’s address. Dated July 9, 1912. Frank Kehlenbach, Chairman. J. E. Houston, Clerk.
Colorful notes recount fishing tales vacations and visits around Lawn Ridge Peoria Loda and Long Point. Families Alma Wilson Irene Sims Stella Dodd and Holly Cornell travel relations host gatherings at Congregational church ice cream social at Goodrich lawn and Mrs Wilbur Root hosts missionary society with 65 attendees. Jacob Shafer earns U.S. citizenship.
Bradford residents prepare for the 16th annual St John’s church picnic on Wednesday July 31 featuring a Henry Greys versus Princeton Tigers baseball game with a 150 purse for players. Events include motorcycle and horse races, foot races and other contests with prizes, plus a grand ball at the Opera House to close.
A tonic increases the tone of the whole system while an alterative changes unhealthy action to healthy. The best tonic and alterative is Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the only sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. Ask your doctor about it.
Ad text lists bilious attacks, headaches, indigestion, constipation and dizzy spells as signs of an inactive liver. Advises consulting a doctor and taking one pill at bedtime. Produced by J. B. Ay er Co. Lowell.
Probate notices list final settlement dates and widow’s award details. Real estate transfers include 100 acre tract near Hopewell and multiple quit claims. Illinois items cover a pearl find, a petrified bone report, a Savanna marriage, a fatality case in Lee county, and Grundy county courthouse relocation plans.
Hennepin records a frog invasion with small, plentiful creatures blocking roads and prompting residents to sweep them from streets and lingerie. The piece also notes corn growth surge, praising fields that now loom tall yet warn of soil nutrient gaps and farmer duties to avoid failure.
Glenn Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Lindsey Anderson of Lone Tree won a Wheatland township scholarship in a Bureau county examination. The award covers free tuition for a four year Normal school course in the state within a year. The public can inspect papers in County Superintendent Smith's office to verify fairness. Other 8th grade passers include Hazel Downey Timothy Harrington Irene Dwyer Wesley Anderson.
Governor Deneen calls a special primary election for Putnam county on Wednesday September 18 to nominate candidates for county judge to fill the unexpired term of late Judge H C Mills. Misses Ione and Leone Forester return home after visiting relatives. A family reunion and visit occur with several Bush and Schock family members from Magnolia Chicago and Hennepin township.
Multiple papers assess Roosevelt's withdrawal from the Republican fold and a proposed new party. Editorials favor party principles over candidates, anticipate direct delegate election and preferential primaries, while noting Roosevelt may lead a Roosevelt party if nominated. Discussion includes Wilson Taft dynamics and reform proposals.
Melvin Grange of Bradford NL publicly states his wife Bessie Grange has left his home and he will not pay debts she contracted after July 18 1912. The notice serves as a formal declaration to residents and creditors in the community.
In a tender family scene Eva resists bedtime but her father offers to lie with her in her room. Moments later Eva tiptoes downstairs to whisper that she finally has Papa to sleep at last, seeking quiet.
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