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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
9
Sparland column reports residents visiting Peoria and nearby towns, illnesses including erysipelas and malaria, and several social visits. Highlights include Mrs. Tina Wilds and Miss Flora Osborne in and out of town, Epworth League contest winners, Burns recovery, births, and birthdays celebrated at the Reinbeck home.
A good motor car requires years of development and a mix of brains, experience, and resources to earn a lasting reputation. Oakland cars have been known as quality vehicles for years, with strong company standing and a noted Model 42 Delco System and Model 35 Air Starter.
Bogner and Fennell of Camp Grove Ill visit Sparland friends after a country outing with Oscar Holler’s family. They plan to bury their late daughter in Henry family lot. Local notes report school events, birthdays, illnesses, and community moves in Whitefield Center and nearby areas.
Wm Burnett showing improvement after a week of heart trouble Blaine Davidson returns home from Northwestern for a ten day vacation Mildred and Alice Edminster remain ill Hycrett Edminster can sit in a wheelchair Mr and Mrs Wm Madison visited Mr and Mrs Roland Blackwell in Steuben on Sunday E J McCullough left for Montana Monday Floyd Longman and Charles Brown were Lacon callers Monday
A vintage advertisement depicts a suffering woman enduring backache headache nervousness and sleeplessness blamed on kidney and bladder troubles. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as quick relief and a return to health and strength, urging women to use the product with attribution to A. J. Ironmonger in Ady.
Joseph Cook of Lacon visits others with James Farling returning home. Mr and Mrs Guy Hattan visit Walter Pride. Mr and Mrs Clemens move from South Whitefield. Two new phone rings heard with Dewalt and Walter Heller as subscribers. Mrs Deck of Henry visits children L Waughop family over weekend. Dallas Brown and family visit at same home. Ella Montonye visits Opal Sale at Henry. Dr Cromwell prescribes for Richard Hunt. Tommy McLuskey family visit. Miss Miller spends Sunday with Lacon friends. Clemens removal spurs Benny and Wesley to cooking. Elmer Lopemian to be violinist at Clarence pavilion Tuesday.
Railroad workers are urged to try Foley Kidney Pills after H 8 Bason of Bath Maine recounts kidney inflammation and prolonged weakness improving after using the product Ad copy by A J Ironmonger featuring a personal testimonial from a conductor claiming 20 years of improvement following the medicine.
Crow Meadow reports John R. Wabel returning from Princeton with a piano to move to the Sceister farm in Saratoga. Mrs. Wabel travels to visit daughter Mrs. Clara Stevenson ill near Princeton. Ducks were bagged on Elmer Quinn’s pond by Charles and John Truebags and others from Henry. T. L. Wilsons return to Spencer with infant Duffield. A baby found in sorrowful care is raised in a Christian home. Jay Barnes installs a new engine for laundry and farm chores. May Downey visits Francis Quinn at Elmer Quinn’s. An auto plowed through a freshly dragged road and notices to stay off the grass will follow. Louise and Albert Engelbrecht quit school to attend German school again.
Bradford, Daniel McIntee recovers from pneumonia and measles greet the town as mumps fade. Miss Sadie Damon visits Peoria. Rev Patterson and wife from Sandwich attend. Fairbankses stay in Kewanee with relatives. March 28 revival begins with Mr Fisher leading music and Rev Hanlon preaching.
The Epworth League plans a Friday social at the McAllister home and will begin League services Sunday at 7 30. News covers Mrs Snyder's improvement, Lawrence Gregory's pneumonia recovery, thanks to Dr and Mrs Willett, Duffield family safety, Wilsons return to Iowa with their baby, and local church notices. Obituary for Cornelius Bush Willett, born 1839 in New Jersey, dies March 15 1913. services held in Whitefield and burial in Morristown NJ. card of thanks from F C Willett. Also local items on whooping cough, Easter services, and community sentiments.
Mrs. Thomas Collins and Mrs. Lewis Odell visit relatives in Kewanee while Harry Coil buys and occupies the Beaton property for 200 dollars. Miss Cora Perkins aids her sister Mrs. Armstrong with housework from Peoria as Wilmer Lyon shows health improvement. Herman Boode family visit Wisconsin to attend an uncle’s death. Mrs. Nurse comes from Peoria with Edwin for several days’ stay. Mr. Moody returns from Tennessee. Stella Dodge returns from Peoria to battle measles. Lawn Ridge Ice Co. fills seven inch ice, pride at luck. telephone line rebuilding causes minor disruption as modern improvements prove valuable.
Barnegat New Jersey postmaster R G Collins credits Foley's Honey and Tar Compound with stopping a severe la grippe cough that exhausted him, noting the treatment strengthened his system and restored vitality. Adv.
East Saratoga reports Mrs Balenselsen on the sick list this week. Fred Clarence and wife and baby Mildred settle in a new Goose Lake home. Many children in the area suffer whooping cough. George Lutes shows improvement after rheumatism. Turner family battles whooping cough. baby Dorothy and Mrs Turner are improving under nurse care. Ora Salisbury visits Peoria. Alice Mulcahy assists at the Turner home. Mulcahys visit. Horatio Hartley welcomes a new son Friday. Uncle Rach joyfully calls himself a proud papa. George Lutes’ wife shops in Henry Saturday.
Hazel Farley visited Blanche Doty on Tuesday. The Wright Brothers sawed wood for William Piper on Friday. An Easter program is planned at Cottage church. Edith Condon of Sheffield visited Mrs Daniel Donovan over Saturday. George Miller has been ill. Mr and Mrs Piper and Hazel Farley visited Hiram Allen’s in Tiskilwa Wednesday. Hazel stayed overnight and returned near Aurora. Mrs Lark Lidgard visited William Bentley Thursday. A Saturday night wind damaged the Swanson farm barn and house, moving the barn four feet off its foundation and cracking plaster.
An epidemic of coughing affects young and old alike. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is urged as a quick safe family medicine for coughs and colds. A. 8. Jones of Lee Pharmacy Chico Cal says it has no equal and contains no narcotics or harmful properties. A J Ironmonger Adv.
Adj Frank S Dickson of the Illinois National Guard is compiling names of Illinois Gettysburg survivors to help the state estimate transportation costs for veterans attending the 50th anniversary event next July. The event is led by the U S government and Pennsylvania, with veterans housed during the stay and states funding travel within their borders.
Advertising copy notes that pneumonia can follow a cold unless Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is used. It claims the product stops coughing heals sore inflamed passages and strengthens the lungs. The genuine remedy is in a yellow package with a beehive image on the carton.
A brief exchange questions how age affects fascination. He says age matters to understanding allure. she questions the premise and responds with calm skepticism. The compact pair evokes social curiosity about youth, beauty, and perception.
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