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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
4
The Apollo Interior Player Piano combines four instrument scales 58 72 62 and 88 notes with a full keyboard range and a transposing month piece enabling key changes. Pedals are operated by two buttons and protected by iron ribs while the music roll sits beneath a veneered panel enhancing the instrument’s home appearance.
An assortment of old notices and anecdotes from Henry area including a home remedy known as The Vegetable Treatment or Cyclone Blood Purifier with instructions and ingredients. Local items cover a shooting incident, estate administration, court, church revival plans, and residents visiting, moving, or socializing in Putnam and Henry counties.
High Prairie residents report John Dally moving to a new home near Broadmoor last Thursday. Social events include a successful box social at Mud Sits School with Albert Stickel, Mr Ganzer aiding, and the High Prairie Gazette reading deemed a highlight. Local visits include Jesse Speirs returning from Traer to visit George Finley, while Lina Stickel convalesces. Family movements feature Fred Finley and Charles Wherry as last week’s victims and George Finley’s household preparing to move to the Downes farm vacated by John Dally.
The Republican reports small town updates from Hennepin with names like George W. Hunt and Wm Jenkins in town on business. Mentions of Miss Myrtle Zenor improving after illness and March weather reports accompany social visits among residents.
Mrs. J M Wedearis thanks neighbors for help with the burial of her daughter. The Perkins farm in town is mentioned with Drakes and others listed in a fragmented notice. Rosa Carver’s location and hospital terms appear obliquely, with garbled references to a Columb and 180K 20f.
Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo N Y releases a plain English compendium listing every ingredient used in his medicines including Favorite Prescription. The booklet explains that no poisons or counterfeit agents are used and outlines the benefits for nervous debility and feminine ailments with emphasis on medicinal plants once known to Native Americans.
Community notes report the death of Mrs Mary Powell of Crow Midow aunt to Stephen Snyder and the passing of Mrs Charles Barnard. A long list of visits, weddings, showers, and farewells follow, including a Hanna Longman wedding reception, a forthcoming move to Bradford, and a public sale dissolution by Stephenson and Walter. Families share sympathy and daily life details amid farm chores and church plans.
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