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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
3
Local Sparland items report Miss May Gillett visiting Henry, families traveling to Chicago, and relatives gathering in St Paul and Willamette. Decoration Day activities include parades, flowers, and school participation. remains of a son buried 31 years ago were moved to Sparland.
Large attendance at Steuben township Sunday school convention with high order singing papers and addresses. Township officers re elected for another year. Rev. Rist and wife from near Ottawa Kansas visited friends, with informal reception at the M E church and refreshments served by local ladies.
Miss Carrie Ohlman visited by her brother and sister in Chillicothe last Sabbath. Ice cream social at Sparland Baptist church drew Steuben young folks Wednesday. Mrs Albert Russell visited her sister in Chillicothe. Miss Bessie Hawks returned from Lacon where grandmother Garrett has been ill. Miss Ethel McDonald recovering from typhoid fever. Charles Reed visited Halleck home folks. James Sargent and Charles Bland shelled corn. Lulu Russell hosted dinner with Garrett family. Steuben Baptist Church prepping for Children's Day June 8. Mrs Olive Hastings had house shingled. Miss Florence Wiley and Miss Gladys Carver studied music with Yara Gallup. Mabel McDonald and Ruth Marland visited Miss Lulu Russell's home. Ella Garrette visited uncle Allison Garrette in Sparland. Invitations out for Myrtle Russell to wed Harry Mathias of La Prairie on Wednesday June 4 at 8 pm. Mr and Mrs Timothy Carver and family vacationed in Spain and Sunday.
La Prairie hosts include Mr and Mrs D. Long and Miss Jennie Long of Peoria. Chester Madison of Kansas City visits relatives. Misses Calder visit Abingdon. Mrs Calder mourns her mother in Lacon. Attendees from Lincoln Park visit Chicago. A wedding at M B D church is planned with entertainers. Sabbath School convention set for June 17 at La Prairie U P church with sermons and classes.
Myrtle Hastings presents a program on marriage and divorce with an adjournment after supper served by the ladies of the U P Church. Evening session at 7 30 features devotional by the new president and talks and solos by Estella Kyle Beulah Busby and Celia McCartney Dorothy Scott R J Martin and others with a benevolence offering.
The splendid work of Chamberlain's Tablets is daily becoming more widely known. No such grand remedy for stomach and liver troubles has ever been known. For sale by A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves AdvV.
Reg Fr O'Brien of Bloomington visited home folks last week. The Misses O Bryne of Edelstein and others attended events here including a St Patrick parish dance with over 60 couples and a supper netting $73. Prizes were awarded to residents from Bradford Edelstein Speer and a lot donated by Mrs Rosa L Thompson of Bradford was won by W Betz of Edelstein.
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is urged for every family to keep during hot weather. It is claimed to be invaluable and superior for its purpose and available from T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger.
Dubbleigh confronts Higgins about breaking the engagement to Miss Jor rocks. Higgins admits the match failed because he could not match her mother’s expectations and her cooking status.
A Henry Town citizen recounts severe backache and kidney pains that eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Se Graves' Drug Store. The ad urges readers to ask for Doan's Kidney Pills, noting Mr Timey's relief and offering 50 cents or one dollar sizes from Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo New York.
The crew labors on a new steel bridge abutment over the creek north of the John Sweetman place as the road closes to traffic. Miss Hosler leads a seventh and eighth grade outing to Peoria and Glen Oak Park with a theater trip after a picnic in the country.
Local residents share visits and greetings at various homes in the Cottage area. Birth announced for Byron and Mrs Allen’s daughter. Y M P C. salutes Roy Maynard on his birthday. Graduates Gertie Allen and Mabel Minter noted. community events include school program and a road grading contract in Wheatland township.
Circuit and probate cases list interpleader against Bayard Wright and others, divorce action by Mat McGrath, numerous estate probates including Lewis J. Hodge, plus real estate transfers in Toluca and Toluca Coal Company dealings. Names include W. W. Dewey & Sons, Susan A. Clark, Louis J. Howge, George O. Hodge, and Henry National Bank.
John L Reid died at his Whitefield area home May 28 1913 aged 71 years 7 months and 12 days after long illness. He lived on a Bureau county farm with his wife Fanny Moore Reid and left a large family including Charles Jennie Margaret Sadie Hattie and two infant children. He served as road commissioner and was a longtime farmer and stockman respected neighbor and charity ally. Burial was at Mound cemetery after services at Boyd’s Grove church with M W A and Modern Woodmen attendance. The tribute from friends notes his genial nature and steadfast character. Card of Thanks from Mrs John L Reid and Charles Reid family expresses gratitude for support.
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