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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
10
Dr Carrie Weatherly osteopathic physician offers acute and chronic care with focus on women and children. Treatments offered at home on request. Calls answered day or night. Office in residence on east side of Main Street near Central Park. Phone 261.
Local Magnolia column records people visiting from Peoria and Streator plus church events and upcoming fundraisers. Bakery sale by R W Spencer's Sunday school class set for June 3. Ladies Aid and Parent-Teachers Association plan and elect officers for next year.
Local short items record visits and entertainments. E R Bumgarner traveled to Chicago with cattle. Vena visitors from Venona. Mrs Wm Anderson helped entertain a new grandson at Theodore Jensen’s home. Ernest Mills hosted Mr Brown of Chicago. Isaac Tomlinson from Ohio visited cousins Josiah and Altie Tomlinson. Floyd and Harry Koehler spent Sunday with friends. Arthur Wilson and Elizabeth Hart went to La Salle for theater. Spalding Glenn Smith Griffiths attended Granville theater. Hazel Anderson hosted Swaney teachers at dinner Thursday evening.
The Swaney high school scored 52 points to win the Putnam county track and field meet held Friday with Magnolia second at 434. Hennepin and Granville trailed as local schools celebrated a day of spring events and athletics.
The listing describes Kinsman Clinker No. 12994 a dark bay four white foot Shire stallion bred by Thomas Curtin of Kinsman Illinois sired by Justice II and dam Queen VI with lineage through Wenona Fuchsia and Sidonia. Seasonal engagements are listed for 1916 with fees set at $15 to insure and care disclaimers. Owner Peter Kuhne and groom Anton Lund noted.
Dunne of Magnolia topped the event with 15 points. Winners included Dunne in the 50 and 100 yard dashes, Geardink Swaney in the mile, and Swaney earning multiple firsts. The meet totals show Swaney leading with 52 points, Magnolia 34, and Hennepin 17 as Granville and Putnam also scored.
A Putnam County education note recalls John Swaney School once part of a three district system with three teachers and sixty pupils. The brief outlines the district's past structure and changes affecting local schooling.
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