Post Office Candidate Circulates Petition in Local Borough
E R McKinney circulates a petition to be appointed postmaster when the current term ends. Rev Smith and M E church members attended Moody meetings in Peoria and Rev Talmadge lecture at Rouse's Hall. Various local moves, social visits, a marriage in New Orleans, and a Shakespeare reading at Rose's Hall are reported.
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Potter
BR. R
Thos, Mosher
Peoria
C. Hetherington
Dallas
Texas
Tracy
Granville
Moody
W. B. Whiffen
The
Democrat
Bonham
E. H. Gale
Burton Pike Gale
Margaret Wilson
Georgetown
Jane Hart
P. Ruddan
South Washington St. J
Thompson
Rena Bruce
New Orleans
Asa Stephens
Marie Becker
Rose’s Hall
Smarl
Junion
Sparland Hometown News and Local Updates
Residents return from Green county Iowa note fertile lands and friendly farmers. Old soldiers met in Scranton Cedar Rapids and Des Moines with Joe Hooker post fair rooms. Local figures Henry Placher ill and Ad ams injured. deaths of David Muir and Mrs M Kline reported. railroad work continues. Zimmerman offers farm implements and Avery gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gardner
Scranton
Cedar Rapids
A. R
Des Moines
Joe Hooker
Zimmerman & Aten
Henry
H. J. Adams
County Farm
Adams
Edward
David Muir
Lacon
M. Kline
Sparland
Billy Gallup
Chillicothe
Henry Placher
Handa
G. W. Zimmerman
Avery
Mornson
Local Gum Showcases Plows and Farming Gear
Advertises plows best in the market cultivators and seeders including the Flying Dutchman sulky plow Acme pulverizer and harrow Eagle Claw cultivators and notes urging spring sharpening and repairs at W Zimmerman. Mentions Ernest Saggers's marriage and various local moves and trips to Kansas Harper and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Saggers
Lndy
la Prairie
William Bonham
Julius Adkinson
Henry
W. Zimmerman
John Saggers
Kansas
Adrian Burson
A. J. Athay
Harper
Capt Couch
Oklahoma
Milt. Webber
Wenona
Babcock
Galesburg
Covenant Mutual Benefit Association
Wenona and Hopewell notes mix deaths and daily life
Local column reports a mining strike over sulfur in coal. Bruer recovering. Mina Birkhalter visiting Wenona. Mrs Jerry Cain dies by hanging with coroner's inquest confirming self-inflicted death. Also notes community events, weather, and local anecdotes from Wenona Hopewell and Hennepin.
Choir Members Attend Social at Amos Purviance Home
Congregational choir members gathered at Amos Purviance residence on Wednesday evening for a pleasant social. Attendees expressed curiosity about the alligator on display. The C L S C group plans to meet with Miss Annie Speer this week. May I Waite observes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Purviance
Annie Speer
May. I. Waite
Putnam Churchgoers Note Absences and Local Happenings
Good attendance at the Christian church last Sabbath. no M E services. Rev Taylor absent only the second time in two years. Mrs Woolley and Nellie travel to Keota Iowa to visit her mother. An apprentice begins with Elijah Henkins the blacksmith. Post office petition circulating by Geo F Johnson a Democrat. Several local moves and health notes follow including Mrs Henry Downey and Mary Harlan. Protracted meetings at Whitefield Corners and Putnam noted. Lone Tree farm to get a new barn. Longmans to farm nearby properties. Sraron
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Wenona
F. M. Bruer
Mina Birkhalter
Pennsylvania
A. Yonker
Jerry Cain
Jerry
J. W. Denning
M. E. Church
Abe Ong
Mary Hood
Muscatine
Iowa
Milton Bayne
Kansas
Sam Hallam
Geo. Hudson
Rix Robinson
Sam Devolt
Wenonanow
Sam
Ludwig
John Hancock
Putnam
M. E
Taylor
Bro. Taylor
Wm Woolley
Nellie
Keota
Wooly
Elijah Henkins
Geo. F. Johnson
George
L. Case
James Giltner
Mineral
Greene Farm
Gil
LON& Tree
Dave Wright
Missouri
Will Anderson
Farley Place
Oliver Wright
Clement
Cleveland
Longman
DeWitt
Lone Tree
Jack Longman
John Anderson
Geo. Longman
James Longman
Sraron
Brown's Iron Bitters praised for curing numerous ills
An advertisement extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a universal tonic addressing mischief from irregular liver to impure blood. It cites Mrs Emilie Crawford of Reidsville Georgia praising its effects and notes other testimonials. Also promoted are Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure for coughs and Dr Durfoe's Drug Store offering a trial bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilie Crawford
Reidsville
The Henry Republican Subscription Rates and Notices
The Henry Republican lists subscription prices for various regions and durations. It notes advertising charges, obituary and resolution pricing per line, and free publication for births marriages and deaths, with payment requirements and column rates.
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Maraball
Uafpesa Carda
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Hopewell
Lem Russell
Michigan
Sam Freeman
Enoch Sawyer
Washington
Elmer Miller
Peter Held
Will Stoner
Tonica
William
Lacon Journal
Florida
Solomon
Ox Bow
Geo. Warren
John Murphy
Hartford
Williams
Tax School
Sawyer School
Baonste
Hennepin
McCulloch
Moir of
A. Monroe
Lou Cowen
Ohio
William Walt
Virgil
Dakota
Richard Shepherd
Maggie Bucanan
James Bucanan
Hennepin Prairie
Clinois River
Harry Choate Dramatic Company
John Himes
Joseph Merdian
Alex Doelzer
Henry Republican
Geo Burt, Jr
A. F
A. M
Henry Lodge
Regulator Building
3D Story
I.O.C
Marshall Lodge No
Auty
Lodgecom
Story City Bakery
Marshall
Clayton Lndgh
A.r.—Poste of
Moodey
O. M
Re. O. No
A.M. Pool
CAN and Insurance Agency
Repulican
Fred
Tiorney
Rouma
Republican
Becond Street
E. J. Riely
Gresser
J.C. Kalb
M. D. Ppetrician
Offee
Hi. J. Gragory
Dr Kalb
Mra McKinney
Main Street
Hf Kinnear
Kalb
Gressor
H. J. Gragory
Dr. Kinneay
W. H. Jones
Ffich
Third St. Ordorg
City Drug Btora
C B Durfee
M. D
Hublician
Burgeon
Edwards
Third
C. F. Bradway
PacetCrEs
Calla
Ofice
Durfee
Realenge
Noe Wagon Orks
F. A. Hamilton
Sores Reader
Prycian and
Whitefield
Ill
F . Taylor
M. D. Jrexaian and
Magnglis
Putnam County
Snyder
Strast
Public Square
Henry, Ill
W. H. Kister
Henry, JJ
John E. Henseler
Bingain
West Madison
Aftast
Pantie
Tilt
Jennie Howt
Boeton Conservatory
Mualo
John Whitnsy
F. G. Smith
Agentfigg Root & Sons Music Co
Chicago
Héggo
Aleo Furnien
Jollet
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