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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1888
Page
6
J H Jones and Sons announce a special Saturday event featuring parasols and silk umbrellas. The notice invites customers to visit the shop for exclusive selections and demonstrations of refined parasol designs and high quality silk umbrellas.
Bra Robeson is very ill and aged with doubts about recovery. Mr Richmond returns from the west to resume duties as state's attorney. Fort and Joxling Hart discuss horse purchases. Mrs Gale and Mrs Anna Short visit Morris, relief for Short anticipated. Children's Day observed with flowers and songs at Congregational church. Lige Curtis plans a self improving boat to reduce his weight with after dark exercise, 24 feet long.
Spariund H Campbell has his house repainted. The school sang last Friday at a grand picnic. Talk of a July 4 celebration. Jennie Parsons antagonized last Thursday morning, bad was Friday. Win. Boohanitilks plans to visit St Paul to see his children. Coal Company considering a large project. Avery cultivators go to Pt W. Zimmerman selling actively. Locusts arrived, mournful song heard. A J Parker is sick and bound for Kansas then coming home soon. Children’s Day to be observed at the M E church next Sunday. Williams Leary refitted the old Bd Williams hotel and will rent. Dr Tesmer has a new operating chair in his office. Mrs Joseph Placher has ten administratrix papers and will administer estate. Visited ruins and dinner. Mra Pinketon, formerly Susie Nighswonger, returned home Monday evening with husband. Ken McNeal in town Tuesday seeking a trade on binder or buggy. Geo McLaughlin’s rigs out Sunday and Monday. business thriving. A delegation from Algona, Iowa sent a beautiful commencement card featuring a niece. Tower building to rise this week at the cou ahaft. company laid out 10 lots for sale after platting. Comrade William Cooper died at 4 o’clock this morning. We were here yesterday noon. he complained of right breast pain, laid down, then went to drug store and vanished.
A summary of small town happenings mentions Billy Wier receiving 450 for work on gray spans, Ross Gregory returning from Dixon for summer vacation, Mr Tremain's recovery hopes, locusts damaging groves, Lucy Burt at Normal for a wedding, Celia Loomis and Nora Loomis visiting relatives, Johney Noyes shelling 1000 bushels of corn in Bradford, Wood Bros friends fishing, Rev Vawter preaching at Sugar Grove, Geo Wable’s runaway incident, Movier and Newman returning from sessions, and road improvements by William A Rowe and ad commissioners on grading.
In 1888 in Whitefield a young man named Al Hunt wanders from cousins who own land. He plows and prospers but longs to see Barnum’s show in Peoria. He travels via grove and depot, returning on the third day with tales of wonderful sights Selah.
Local notes report Luther Ray family ill with whooping cough and Henry Sedlye visiting Saratoga, with church events and a Greek preacher visiting. Social items mention visits among Sparland and Evanston friends, Barnum’s sights in Peoria, a children’s day concert at La Prairie Center, plans for temperance meetings, and gossip about local figures and forthcoming homesteading in Nebraska.
Ferri spent last Sunday in Chicago while L Bloes of Sycamore visited our burg last week, adding to a sequence of local notable appearances.
In Putnam this week Charles Johnspp of Princeton visits while local Sabbath school plans a lesson on the ton Commission. Alvin Perkins loses two horses and a third is hurt in a freight train incident. Communities report harvests of locusts and a season of church events and school elections. Numerous notices cover farewells, travel to Kansas City and California, point to school additions, and a busy social life with meetings, picnics, and a large children’s day program at the ME church.
Farmers seek rain amid frost damage. Community notes report visits, social events, and a church supper planned for June 22. A buggy accident injures Miss Dunbar but leaves no severe harm. Kate Ransom ends her Strawn school term with a Grove picnic. a porch addition to a residence is underway by C A Norris with H C Hailey as carpenter. A call for readers to avoid name confusion with odd pen names ends the column.
Local notes describe a Kansas blizzard, chilly weather on June 10, and a lively strawberry festival at the hall where attendees praised the berries. Mentions include road commissioner Charney Norris, a mare lost by Hoyle, and neighbors sharing friendly acts such as milking cows for neighbors away at meeting. Also notices Mra Wm Siatth and daughter joining the Grange, and health concerns for WS Mathis. A featured ad promotes Buatlen's Arnica Save for skin ailments with Dr Powell's drug store as seller.
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