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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
3
The display highlights a blend of silk and cotton goods including silk filled crepe and mercerized cotton with colored lines. Seco silk and linen remain favorites and washable. French silk and zephyr Ginghams appear in stripes checks and plaids priced at a yard. Left Aisle.
Sparland and nearby towns report moves and visits with residents relocating to Lacon Peoria work and social calls. Multiple illnesses including grip influenza neuralgia and heart trouble are noted along with church and Sunday school activities and social gatherings.
A sparse turnout at last Wednesday's local option lecture drew questions about attendance. Sparland villagers scanned a single president ticket with T Van Antwerp and C B Cartwright among officers while Minnesota visitor Joseph Hensley stayed with friends. Also noted were corrections on Helping Hand officers and property rumors, plus Fred Gehr’s planned frame house reconstruction led by Jim Parsons. The Missionary Tea reported success and three comforts remain for sale.
A varied local column reports obituaries and family news including John Flynn’s death in Wyoming and funeral at St Dominick's with interment at Camp Grove. It notes arrivals and visits by several residents, minor accidents, births, and everyday anecdotes from Peoria and nearby towns.
A historical advertisement for Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypo phosphites urges households to keep it for curing colds strengthening delicate children and rebuilding strength in parents. It promotes as a standard remedy for throat and lung ailments and offers a free atlas in exchange for paper name address and four cents postage.
John Watters of Wyoming bought the Fouts farm at Toulon on Saturday for 119 dollars per acre. Ed Stange was reported to be pulverizing stalk ground on Monday. Mrs. A. P. Freeman made a Saturday visit to Peoria. An 1908 advertisement notes a 918 dollar return from ten acres detailing yields, manure, and farm routines from G W Nance.
South Whitefield reports families aging into new homes near McNabb and Peoria. Residents shift houses, jobs, and plans while a local religious author praises Foley’s Kidney Remedy. A quiet marriage, painting work, shifts in boarding, and a bachelor hall are noted amid day trip folk.
Local residents report visits among families including the Speers and Shanes. The Speer church announces a shift to every other Sunday morning services. A note on Lewistown area river talks discusses Spoon River straightening and potential land benefits.
An old newspaper blurb promotes Chamberlain's Liniment for stiff neck and muscular rheumatism with claims of avoiding internal treatment. It notes sale by A. J. Ironmonger. The page also lists social notes about Mr and Mrs Carter Shearer visiting Arno Reinbeck and John Reinbeck, and an endorsement of Woolford's Sanitary Lotion sold by A. J. Ironmonger. The item dated 9-17-6m.
A incomplete entry notes J A Swem mediated to B S Aldrich. Ed B Smith oversaw poor and cash, transporting nine paupers out of COMNEVM ered me citeets fee to Abe Bell and family for three months. Doctors Forrest and Hall provided medical attestations totaling 71 dollars.
Miss Emma Cruse of Carbondale Normal School reads selections from the Illinois Farmers' Institute on turning humble farms into beautiful places. She urges neat fences gates and painted buildings, trim trees and green grass, plus plots for diverse flowers that bloom year after year with minimal ongoing care.
A bitter attack on Modern Woodman of America officers is led by True Woodman editor R. R. Winn of White Hall Illinois. The opposition cites a 25 cent per member tax rise and hikes in salaries for A R Talbot Charles W Hawkes C H McNider and the board. Delegates voted themselves 16 a day. The order funds a Colorado Springs tuberculosis sanitarium and a Rock Island office building and Lorado Taft earns a Columbus statue project for Washington DC with a 1000000 cost estimate.
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