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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1895
Page
3
Maud Taber visits Chicago. Local names Hartley Humphrey and others appear. Wedding at Lacon. Need for judgments and notices at the office. Rev P K Hammond officiates. Various calls for services, auctions, and entertainments. A mix of personal visits, business notices, and community events in Henry and vicinity.
Community snippets recount birthdays and travels, club meetings, school events, and summer leisure in the area. Highlights include a Woman's Club meeting at Mrs Emma McDonough home, a high school reception, Undercliff outings, trips to Ottawa and Chicago, and a perambulating ice cream seller seasonally plying town streets.
Tp auice advertises lower grocery prices than all city rivals and offers a round trip Peoria ticket with every $10 purchase. Dr F A Wallace the optician returns to Henry for June 28 29 and 30 with free consultations at Camp House. Vision tests and corrections offered.
Belle Steele suffered a serious accident Monday when a window fell as she reached for a fallen article on the sill. The fracture to the middle finger near the hand was reduced and dressed by Dr Swein, with the other fingers badly lacerated. She is improving as well as can be expected.
The death of Mrs C. O. Gage of La Con is mourned by many. The funeral Tuesday at 6.90 drew large crowds with Kev Hammond and Rev. Waltera of Stark County officiating and Powers riding to the cemetery. The daughter Miss Gage is now an orphan. A Sunday June 9 Children’s Day at Putnam M E church featured the unique program The Golden Gate with many young participants and musical performances. The Paskell House hotel underwent refitting and new chimney work, promising improved comfort. The Henry Woman’s Club hosted an elegant reception for members and husbands with speeches, music, recitations, and refreshments, a generous turnout of about 100 guests. The event capped with praise for the club’s annual gatherings.
Rev L Landenberger preaches next Sunday at 5 p m in Honory to memorialize recent deaths of Louis Helper and George Burt with the sermon The certainty of the Future Life The public invited and an evening service at 11 a m on Water turned to wine. An acting circle meets Friday evening at Mrs L A Jones's
An old style advertising notice for Bucklow's Arnica Salve claims it cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and even piles with a money back guarantee. Sold by Dr Powell at 25 cents per box.
July Fourth prices advertised for torpedoes roman candles sky rockets flags crackers balloons and fireworks at low cash prices. Household items soap pins brooms tinware sewing machines and garden seeds offered at reduced rates with emphasis on value and low prices. Regulars claim to beat competitors and offer best goods for the money.
An old advertisement offers No-to-bac tobacco quit aid promising nerve and vigor benefits with a money back guarantee. The same page pivots to a playful grocery price tease from J. A. Mewiox & Co listing bulk staples, fruits, tea, and matches at sale-like rates.
Mayor C A Camp warns residents not to dump romance, tin, cans, limbs of trees, old iron, or other refuse along the river bank or city limits. The city has secured a dumping place for such material and violators will be dealt with by law.
Oxford sale at Parlor shoe store offers bargains on Oxfords in multiple price bands. 600 pairs in stock with savings reported between 25 and 50 percent. A Frepter & Son, leading shoe dealers, Henry, IL.
Mrs Lillie Bracken Adams, postmistress at Keokuk Falls Oklahoma, writes a pleasant sympathy letter to the Republican, describing Keokuk Falls as a pretty border town near the Sac and Fox Creek nation and the Seminoles.
The ad claims pimples and boils respond to a thorough course of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which it says expels humors through proper channels and leaves the skin soft healthy and fair.
A notice directs free eye consultations for troubles with eyes or spectacles. Dr Wyatt of 425 Main Street Peoria Tr. (Peoria Optical Co.) or W. H. Stever in Henry, Illinois, are listed as contacts for the service.
Cut Eaton to all parts of the east and west five dollars saved, represents all railroads and ocean steamships. Webb's Ticket Office at 100 South Adams Street Peoria offers services, while Mrs Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is awarded a gold medal at the Midwinter Pair in San Francisco.
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