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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
3
Springtime in the Suit Department features a large display of handsome new Suits and Coats. The lines include 34 and 86 inch semi fitted jackets in all wool Panamas, serges and fancy worsteds in London smoke canard blue tan reseda greys navies and blacks with plain tailored effects and touches of silk piping and buttons.
The retailer promotes a range of women’s coats and suits with prices from 5 to 50 dollars. Offerings include covert and black broadcloth coats, long coats with fine coverts, taffeta linings, and three piece suits with diverse trims. Key colors include wisteria, catawba, grey, and striped coverts.
Sparland extended items report widespread sickness especially among children. Several residents, including Frankie Campbell and Miss May Gillett, are mentioned with illnesses. The Mystic Workers plan a 10c social. John Christman moves nearby for work. A daughter was born to Harry and Mrs Frisbey. Baptist church remodeling hopes advance with plans and labor by members.
A negro minstrels show entertained a fair sized crowd at the town hall Saturday night and was praised as very good for the genre. Various community notes follow including visits, illnesses, weddings and local gatherings among residents such as Mrs. Irving Parsons and Mrs. Prather in Henry, Mrs. Vincent visiting LaCon with Mrs. Sherburne, and Fred Davis marrying Miss May Baggs in Lacon. Mr. Story the pit boss recovers and returns to work after a illness. Weather details note a white Monday turning to rain and muddy roads. N. W. Tanner visited his ill mother in Streator. she is 79 with doubtful recovery. Randy administered janitorial work during his father’s absence. Two local couples wed last week, Fred Davis and May Baggs, with Fred tied to a drift coal bank. Sunday school notes highlight Mr. Elliott’s class at Louis Osborne’s home with growing attendance and refreshments. The Helping Hand society elected officers with Mrs. Hoadley re-elected president. Arthur, Jesse and Walter White were called to Vernon for their father’s funeral. Walter returned, Arthur came, and Jesse stayed to assist his mother.
SOUTH MILO Mrs Henry Falk on sick list. Mrs George Toomey visited relatives at Buda recently. Abe McClane of Iowa visiting relatives and friends. Mrs Elsie Longman spent Friday with Mrs Roy Stone. Henry Mattison did wood cutting Thursday. Mr and Mrs George Reid visited daughter Grace Sanders at Kewanee from Friday to Monday. Mrs Loman Eldridge very ill. Merna Fountain started school last week. Bertha McClane and Alice Henkins spent Wednesday with Mrs John McClane. Will Bentley family visited Sam Chestney Sunday. James McClane and George Smith families visited Princeton Saturday. George Smith family and Ray Hart trading in Henry Saturday.
Charles Monier of Princeton and Thomas Kelly visited relatives in Peoria and nearby towns. Ollie O’Brien moved to the Monier farm. Neponset’s Curran family visited, and many locals were seen in Henry, Bridleville, La Prairie, and Peoria. A note on rheumatism offers Chamberlain's Liniment as relief. Mr. and Mrs. Van Petten returned from their wedding trip and will reside on the Isabelle McCartney farm. Luke Gregory visited Stiff Neck in Henry.
Mrs. Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recalls a near fatal lung trouble and claims Dr King s New Discovery cured her after other remedies failed. The ad credits the product with relief from coughs colds sore lungs la grippe asthma croup and bronchial affections with 50c to 1.00 prices and a free trial bottle guaranteed by A J Tronmonger.
Mrs. C. W. Perkins visited Princeville last week. Chris Rapp and family visited his brother John Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Green spent Sunday in Galva. influenza sickness is reported. Mrs. Charles Hawley on Feb 19. Mrs. Asa Jones to St Francis hospital in Peoria last Monday. Charley Neff and bride at home on Main street. Miss Ethel Stowell nursing a cold. Her father ill with grip. Mrs. Wilder’s 95th birthday on Feb 23. Storm kept party plans in check. Mrs. Jennie Swann welcomed home by friends. Winter dances and a James McQuilton party well attended despite bad roads. Edgar Igons sale drew crowds with horses and cattle selling well. They plan to move March 3. A. McCune to accompany. Charles Gaumer Jr bought the M E parsonage from Estes Wilson and will move soon. Harry Brimmer to move too. Pastor Curtis drove to Stark and used the parsonage barn as a livery while attending the Stark County Ministerial meeting. Thirteen members attended. Good papers and full discussions. Many residents attended.
Announcement of Laura Stowell and A. J. Brookmyer marriage in Seattle on Feb 28 received here with good wishes. Local item mentions clergy taking maple syrup from four maple sugar bushes. Also advert asks to avoid substitutes and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for La Grippe coughs and pneumonia risk.
The Probate Court files final reports and orders across numerous estates including Hoskins Grey Bade Althaus Blackburn Williams and Casey. Notices of final settlement adjustments and hearing schedules are issued with several executors discharged and property sales approved. Marriage licenses issued for Kunder Mendonza Batrum Bell Smith Carrier Hawkins Schumacher Bade.
Tuesday evening blaze wiped out the principal section of Streator clay manufacturing plant with total losses estimated between 100000 and 130000 dollars. About 125 workers were left jobless by the fire.
Macomb will get a concrete floored skating rink with marble finish and a 60 by 80 foot building. The floor will slope gently from center to edges and rubber tired ball bearing skates are claimed to make the rink noiseless. The project reflects a new idea from a traveling pro entrepreneur. In Peoria Thomas H. Webb, commodore of the Illinois Valley Yacht Club, has secured a Western Power Boat association meeting bringing together seventeen clubs including the Illinois Valley Yacht Club. The regatta will occur in August. Also reported a span of mules belonging to John C. Rogers sold for 491 dollars. the team was 20 years old, a strong price for such stock. Silk thieves robbed H. E. Makanthan & Co. in Princeton of over 500 dollars in black silk and related fabrics. a 200 dollar reward is offered for arrest and conviction.
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