This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
12
F A Bergner and Co invites thrifty shoppers to visit the Bergner store for the summer bargain season. Suits coats dresses gowns millinery and fabrics all reduced with many excellent bargains across departments. The store even offers to pay customers car fare in cash.
This season offers strong savings on skirts from $12.50 to $17.50, with models in fancy worsteds, novelty and mistral cloths. Selected light colored worsteds and serges in Panama fabrics are marked down to $5.95 from $8.50, featuring new plain gore styles and checks and stripes.
There are almost one hundred styles and fabrics to choose from including Panama grey worsteds mohairs and black and white checks all offered at a special price of 3 50.
Magnolia announces the Big Bend reunion set for August 22 to 25 with an ice cream social on Saturday night. Miss Elizabeth Klein spends vacation at home. Gladice Ruble of Toluca visited S B Mitchell. Miss Gladys Ricketts visited her sister Mrs Potter Jr. The Todd Seay Stock Co will entertain locals all week.
A report lists A. A. Law away on annual vacation with Deputy S. B. Mitchell filling in. Various local news items note visitors from Iowa and Nebraska, local goings on, a storm causing damage, school attendances, and Magnolia eighth grade graduation exercises held June 8 at the M. E. church for seven girls led by motto Lost Time Never Returned with colors Lavender and White.
Mrs Charles Hayes of 21 Glendale Ave Peoria writes of backache kidney pains morning dizziness and fatigue. She took Foley Kidney Pills and quickly recovered reporting improved sleep and regained energy. She endorses the product and recommends others try it.
The Big Bend Veteran Reunion association selected Magnolia over Streator and Rutland to host this summer. Magnolia's delegation included three veterans John Bronn George Ramsey and John Dean. The village plans a cordial reception over four days with a late August or early September date and a program highlighting patriotism and hospitality.
An ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a fast healer for wounds burns and eruptions with a 25 cent price at local drug stores. The rest is a dense list of local social notes and visits mentioning residents from Lostant Normal Peoria Clinton Bloomington Mendota Ottawa Streator La Salle Wesleyan University and other places with various family and travel updates.
Mr and Mrs A B Wilson visited Oak Park with their daughter’s family. Mrs Max Whitney and Charles called on Mary W Smith. Arthur Wilson returned from Champaign. Forest Willey attended Normal commencement then returned. Edna Wilson and Kathryn Griffith visited Max Whitney’s in Warne. Henry visitors attended Marshall county field meet. Various locals went to Henry for athletic events and Emma visiting relatives in Normal. A social at Friends meeting house announced with ice cream. The 1911 class graduated with honors at the opera house amid praise.
A Pasadena firm Foley & Co endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient non narcotic expectorant suitable for children. The letter from C H Ward Drug Co with secretary treasurer C L Parsons praises the remedy for relief of colds without nausea and without digestion interference. A J Trommonger is referenced with promotion of the yellow package.
An old time ad notes Rowley’s No 20 five cent cigar available through all dealers in Putnam. The brief storefront notice highlights the product and price, typical of mid century local advertising.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.