Henry News Briefs Promote Fourth of July Celebration
A Henry meeting at Bickerman's Hall plans a patriotic Fourth of July celebration with brass band and speaker. Committees are appointed and funds already pledged. full details to follow next week. Also warns of penalties for minors jumping on moving trains under Illinois law with fines up to 25 dollars and possible 12 hour confinement.
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Bickerman’s Hall
Henry
Illnois
Fenelty
Henry Township Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Constitution
Lylane
Gregory Fee
EA Wagon Company
Sts. Henry
Ill
Newspaper edits and ownership changes across Illinois papers
The Watseka Republican sold to QO Osborne of Hudson Mich for 3800 dollars. Pontiac Sentinel drops temperance columns. Dwight Commercial assets acquired by M A Renee for Pontiac Observer. El Paso Journal sold to A L Hereford and H R Coleman. W G Randall seen improving El Paso Journal. C L Smith retires from Princeton Tribune after 18 years.
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Watseka
L. F. Watson
QO. Osborne
Hudson, Mich
Pontiac Sentinel
Miss Evans
M. E. Prougher
Harry T. Benton
Peoria
Bloomington
Dwight
M. A. Renee
Pontiac
Pontiac Observer
el Paso Journal
A. L. Hereford
H.R. Coleman
W.G. Randall
Sats
Standall
C. L. Smith
Princeton Tribune
Children’s Day Observances Fill M E Church with Joy
The M E church marked children’s day with a well decorated auditorium, choir and children’s music, readings, declamations, and offerings toward theology education. Improvements from the event praised by attendees as the best yet, amid a propitious day and grateful thanks to volunteers.
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M.E
Rov Minium
Liberty and Labor in a 19th Century Teacher’s Poem
A humorous rhymed letter from Martin County Indiana laments hard rural teaching life. The piece imagines a sisterly audience of teachers, praising liberty from school duties and celebrating spring and country pleasures with rustic imagery and playful dialect.
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Cloae
Bcheed
Rowars
Martin County
Ind
Huzza
Job
Moses
Columbia
Jack
Sweet
Queen Rose
Rose
Lily
Tulip
Violet
Daisy
Flower Land
Peoria notes on cemetery visits, depot plans, and a lightning fatality
The piece recalls reader loyalty to The Republican and reflects on kindness and mortality. It reports crowds at Springdale cemetery on Sabbath, notes a union depot project with a $400000 cost, and mentions a regatta dates and entries from multiple states. It also covers a lightning strike death near Edward station and local business visits to the Republican office.
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Peoria
Jifa
Springdale Cemetery
Mary
Springdale
Wisconsin
Missouri
Illneis
Minnesota
Iowa
Louisiana
Fane
Eorge W. Rouse
Washington Street
Spencer
Richard F. Brown
Limestone
Edward Station
Electric Bitters and Summer Excursions From Detroit
An ad notes Electric Bitters as a cure for various ailments and urges readers to try them. It also promotes a pamphlet by W. H. Brearley, From Detroit to the Sea, detailing three 14 day excursions from Detroit to the East with rail and steamer travel at $20. Booking via W. H. Breakey at the Evening News office.
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Rcod & Medicitus
J. W. Niece
Detroit
W. H. Brearley
W. H. Breakey
Evening News
Mich
N.Y
Toronto
Healthful care for organs and a city plat displayed
The notice touts Parker's Ginger Tonic for stomach liver and kidney health while reporting Miss Mary Bolce completed a city plat for Henry, hung last Monday in the council chamber on Main Street, praised for its size 30 by 40 inches and decorative mounting.
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Mary Bolce
Henry
Council
Main Street
Boyce
Great Chicago Enterprise Marketed Electric Bitters
A Chicago laboratory manufactures Electric Bitters praised as a great enterprise employing many workers. The remedy has strong demand and wide distribution due to its claimed merit and affordable price of 50 cents, with J W. Niece as the seller. Also notes Rev Jd C Meyer declining Presbyterian pastorate call and funeral attendance for F O Culver by Sparland and Peoria relatives.
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Chicago
J W. Niece
Jd. C. Meyer
Presbyterian Church
Meyner
C.M. Fisher
Aaron Fosdick
Laura Carver
Sparland
William Hileman
Peoria
F. O. Culver
Daughter Born in Saratoga to Mr. Hony Family
A daughter was born in Saratoga in June to John M and family. The brief notice records the birth of a child within a local household, noting the mother and child’s new arrival in the community.
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Saratoga
June
John M4- Hony
Porter Wilmot Marries Libbie Scholes at Parents' Home
D. Porter Wilmots of Evergreen and Miss Libbie Scholes marry at the bride’s parents residence in Saratoga on June 9 with Rev KK B Seaman officiating.
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Saratoga
Seaman. D. Porter Wilmot
Evergreen, Co
Libbie
George Scholes
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