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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
5
Varna residents note social visits and moves as families relocate to new homes and properties. Meetings, sales, and church notes reflect community activity with weddings, shifts in occupancy, and upcoming events at the Varna high school and local churches.
Its pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlains Cough Remedy a favorite with mothers of small children. It quickly cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia or other serious outcomes. It cures croup and when given early can prevent an attack. For sale by J W & F A Powells City Drug Store Hen ry Ill.
Testimony before the senate committee on the Smoot case claims a Mormon cannot be loyal to his country because of a vow to avenge the prophet's blood. A witness notes polygamous marriages have risen since Utah's statehood and says belief in the revelation of polygamy is essential for a good church member, regardless of practice.
Miss Mabel Sutton ill with measles. Miss Beulah Kneip takes a month off. Services planned next Sunday afternoon at 3, with Sunday school at 2. Joseph Cook and family visited Newton Van Ostrand. Thomas Hayward family moved into Joseph Hayward’s former house. S. L. Case tried the bumps in town Monday. Miss Elsie Hill of Henry visits brother Ray. Charles Darling returned from Chicago with an amputated thumb. friends offer sympathy. Antony Weber hosted a brother from Princeville. Miss Mollie McGee visited Harry Shorts. Housewives urged to clean. Peter Horner busy papering and painting. Asa Stevenson proud papa of a new daughter born Friday. Mrs. G. E. Alford went to Cuba and back. Mrs. Peter Lewis and son Lloyd home from Cottage Hospital. Lloyd improving. Mrs. Simeon Doyle cared for ill parents. Charles Aukland aided Theodore Rott. stayed with Henry. Sunday service attendance down due to rough roads. sermon by Rev. G. E. Alford. Frank Curry moving today to Wm Rowe’s, vacated by Medearis family.
An old race with Constipation ends in Appendicitis warns readers and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a pain free regulator for stomach liver and bowels. Available at J E B and F A Powells City Drug Store Henry Illinois for 25 cents.
South Whitefield notes Mr Pettit visiting friends in Iowa to handle his father's estate. H R Bonham and family depart this week for a new home in New Mexico, with best wishes from the entire neighborhood.
Thomas Blackburn plans to move to Peoria where he once lived. Farling Brothers visited Mendota and will stay until Tuesday to visit their mother. Rev Whitmer's Sunday talk drew few listeners due to bad roads. Grace and Lily Marshall of Saratoga visited H Marshall’s family. Rebecca Worsdell of Eureka died and was buried at Henry cemetery. mourners sympathize with the Merritt family. Uncle Martin Medearis plans to build on J S Hunts timber land. George Holler Jr and wife welcome a new baby girl.
The ad claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured EB R Mulford of piles and treats burns, sores, boils, ulcers, cuts, wounds, chilblains and salt rheum. Available for 25 cents at J B & F A Powells City Drug Store in Henry Illinois.
SARATOGA region notes show several residents ill with illness, moves across the river, and new arrivals. John and Charles McGillick and Mrs. Clark are among those needing care while Dan and Hosea O’Brien family activity continues near Camp Grove. A baby boy arrives to announce papa and mamma, Charley Darling undergoes thumb amputation in Chicago, and Charley Hubbel relocates with a horse loss replaced by a new purchase. Fifteenth wedding anniversary celebrated by Will and Mrs Coulter with a hearty dinner and social visit. Mrs Owen Doyle gives daughters a new piano and Henry King of Laurens IA visits relatives here.
W M Sherman of Cushing Maine recalls three months of kidney inflammation and credits Electric Bitters with his cure after three bottles. The tonic is advertised to treat liver complaints dyspepsia blood disorders malaria and nerves. Sold by Powells City Drug Store at 50 cents.
Miss Grace and Lily Aledety visit Sparland relatives while Mr. Marshall stays under the weather. Mr and Mrs Wm Yarger return from visits with Krooper and Dally families of Putnam. For sale horse harness and buggy, inquire at Wm C Yarger. Ed Shorts spent Monday with John True. Stella Taylor visits the Dally home. Frances Holton of Camp Grove assisted as organist at Center church. A light-hearted anecdote recalls Mr Chambers losing his rubber boots while crossing a field en route to Mr Applen.
Mr. Chambers asks when it will freeze so he can retrieve his boots. Miss Stella Taylor and Mrs. Wm. C. Yarger visited Mrs. Ed Shorts Sunday evening. Mrs. Wm. Yarger visited Mrs. Cook Tuesday. Miss Frances Holton of Wear Grove returned home Wednesday after a three week visit with locals.
Rev. C. A. Wendell of Rockford will lecture in the Swedish Lutheran church northwest of Putnam on Thursday evening March 15 at 8 o'clock. The English talk titled The Famous Fight Over the Letters promises anecdotes sentiment and historical interest with admission set at 25 cents.
W M Repine of Tiskilwa was in town Monday. Misses Agnes Dennis and Emma Jensen toured Henry Wednesday evening. Dawson Thurston and wife of Ke wanee visited relatives here over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Akerhone and Mrs Charles Holmes have been in Princeton attending Sunday meetings. Mrs W H Fisher and Mrs J H McLain were in Peru on business. Miss Julia Holmes spent days in Hollowayville. Mrs A Haines and aunt Mrs Masters visited with the family of Arthur Church near Tiskilwa. Congregational church meetings conducted by Rev Brooks of Peoria draw considerable interest.
A March wind disrupts travel as loads of household goods pass through Milo and roads prove rough. Rev. Alford postpones revival at the Grove due to road conditions, scheduling a Sunday evening service after a 10 AM Sunday school. Local residents discuss moves, sales, and farm changes amid winterlike weather. Ed Porch breaks costs, Ed Monier buys the John McCullough farm at 112 per acre for 240 acres. Jim McClane sick with a cold. Fred Manough contemplates North Dakota claim. Snell moves from John Fate farm near Lombardville as Ternus moves in to farm Fate’s land. Jennie Erven works for Mrs. Jackson. Dan Swearinger and wife visit Bradford.
Jerry Stansell moves his family to a new Ox Bow farm after a hard Saturday haul with four horses. The Gallaher family plans Chicago visit while Marie expects time with relatives. Tomorrow features a shooting match led by Lelschuh and Does with an old fashioned hunt supper for the losers. Hepner returns from Ohio, Weicherding visits Wenona, Barr visits G Davis, Powell improves after illness, Harmony club postpones March 10 concert, and the Henning funeral honors three men drowned near Hennepin.
McNabb residents Abel Mills and family returned from a short Iowa visit. Mrs. George Koehler visited Salle. Trains on the T M N railroad ran Monday for the first time since a wreck. Early family moved to Iowa leaving the hotel proprietor-less. Kerns Gallaher visit La Salle and Eva Kerns visits Fr B Kerns in Reading. Duck season draws locals to the river. McNabbs and Mills family members traveled to Hennepin by train due to bad roads.
Multiple sale notices listing a gray mare eight years old apply to R M Feaster a five room house and barn Andrew Rent homestead easy terms apply to John Hartley a 75 acre Spencer farm inquire J O Hill Henry Ill 2 1 1f a 160 acre tract level black tiled 11 miles from Henry 122 per acre apply John Hartley good Main street and Second street lots for building purposes apply John Hartley 279 acres 12 miles west of Henry with improvements apply John 80 acres very good land 444 miles west of Henry price 75 per acre easy terms exchange for city property apply John Hartley
Property notice for the Hulben homestead on Third street near the Methodist church. Inquiries to Mrs. Lawrence Gregory on Main street or to George EB Hulben at 1702 Main Street Peoria Illinois. Dated 3 1 6w.
Pay Your Taxes. The Henry township collector has received his books and receipts and is ready to receipt for taxes. Time expires March 10 and collections must be rapid. Office at Gregory & Son's grocery store. Frank Dennis, Collector. For sale notices follow with private sales of hotel fixtures and multiple properties nearby.
A marketing piece explains advertising in newspapers as a way to reach the intelligent public, promote a store and stock, and grow business. It argues newspapers offer broad reach, timely exposure, cost efficiency, and strong returns, with ads placed in quality media to ensure visibility.
The February Cosmopolitan features a standout tale by Malvolio Jones about an old lady's daring Niagara Falls barrel plunge. The whimsical story marks a potential new humorist entry and aims to delight jaded magazine readers.
On a Tuesday morning Tillie the cautious Scandinavian maid asks the cook if she should iron. She peeks into the dining room to confirm before proceeding, saying she would like to discuss something.
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