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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1919
Page
7
A long list of visitors and locals in La Prairie and Peoria includes Henry, Duncan of Camp Grove, Miss Hazel McLaughlin, and G W Sneil visiting relatives. Community gatherings cover Sunday schools, B Y P U, and a farewell sermon by Rev J W G Johnson. Agnes Aitchison dies in Peoria after pneumonia, with funeral held at La Prairie church and interment at the U P cemetery.
The Steuben column notes spring dishes with hop pepper sauce and garlic, welcomes Orrin Frisbey’s return from the south, and reports several flu cases including Mrs. Inez Murdock James and a ton silitis suffering daughter. Antwerp travel says Leslie Holmes is in Belgium en route to New York, while road conditions near Sparland slow trade with stock and mud filling the main transport line.
A reader recalls an incident from the Republican in Giliad Ohio where a man asked for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy but clerks repeatedly named substitutes. The editor urges merchants to post clerks to avoid substitutions that erode customer trust and upset makers of reputable products.
Monday shopping party to Peoria reports good roads toward Peoria town. Lawrence Turnbull returns with fellow veterans while church attendance smiles at Sunday services. Mrs Linus Root remains ill. Mrs Faye Doyle improves after Battle Creek surgery. Miss Lois Leigh visits Peoria amid spring millinery curiosities. Mr and Mrs Stfoward Sturm host a guest from Mr Sturm’s family. Mrs John Turnbull returns from New Orleans. Teachers discuss eighth grade prep for central exam, asking how sixth graders forget so much. Robert Webber leads Epworth League next Sunday. Camp Fire girls plan ceremonies and new members. Boy Scouts admit new members. first class merit badge work in progress with lumber and carpentry tasks. Church service times change effective April 6. For a bad cold, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy recommended. A new Farmers’ State Bank receives licensing to open in McNabb with capital stock 30,176. investors include Andrew Russel, Henry Reams, JC Sutherland, Benjamin G Hoyle, John T Ward. Emery Foster of La Rose loses five cattle to black leg. vaccination begun but concern remains. County reports additional attacks on other herds.
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil capsules as a standard remedy to defer old age by cleansing kidneys and digestive organs. It promises renewed strength, ongoing health, and a money back guarantee if not effective, urging readers to buy from their druggist.
William Milligan of Ottawa suffered a heart attack while walking in Seneca Friday evening and died shortly after. He was one of four 33rd degree Masons in La Salle county and author of two Masonic books The White Apron and The Knights Templar. He formerly served as grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Illinois.
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