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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1889
Page
6
The store notes a long wait for new jacket shapes and forms with many commendations from ladies. The jackets are described as well made with essential superiority and offered at unbeatable prices.
Local society notices recount visits and travels among residents, including Mrs Hugh Mead, Mrs Vinson, Mabel Hall, and Mrs Philip Long. Church events, lectures by Mrs Gougar, and a Camel ride mention reflect community life, health concerns, and upcoming trips across towns.
Residents including John and Saggers work on Henry Mra Ross of Lacon visits. O Vio Crebore travels to Marseilles to see Ed. Michael Hoadlay and Charley hunt from Toulon. Daisy Shaw and friends visit Mam tie Buckley. Charley Brower relocates to Rochester for farm work. Bennie, Sarah and Eunice Gallup visit Mr and Mrs Zimmerman. Farmers report improved conditions with plowing and sowing. Billy Gallup builds a blacksmith shop near the lumber office. Jobo Strong sells hill lot to Hamilton Barr for summer building. Willie Smith becomes a veterinarian and plans a barn in Spain. Joseph Atherton’s family expects arrival from England in May. Martland busy distributing lumber. Wallace Hoadley and wife visit Four on Sunday. Jimmie stays to work on a farm. James Galliplas sells hill house and lot to Frank A Barr and moves in with son Charles. Onham mora In remains at prior location. A cora-susgers died near home in Pxo.
A local notice describes a burial beside a father in Sparland cemetery and plans to move and brick a barn. The Robinson hotel property is being reworked by R B I risby. Elder Todd preaches, announces nightly meetings this week, with April services at 8 80 and 11 8 m as usual.
Whitefield residents report Grandma Hunt moving back this spring and Lyman Hunt renovating the home. Nettie Burt celebrated her 19th birthday with friends who surprised her, then everyone sang Good Night and departed. An incident near Crow Creek involved John Spencer and two horses during a temperance lecture journey.
A fragmented ad style line cites Macbeth’s mind disease line to tout a sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and tonic. It frames the product as giving tone and strength to the body, linking literary text to health remedy claims.
Clark Swift delivered 60 hogs averaging 266 pounds at 4.60 this week. Farms are afield everywhere with oats nearly all planted. question arises about the age of school maams and whether to answer.
A jumble of village items covers road improvements rainless times and gravel hauls to improve travel. It notes new merchants and years of experience, residents' social events, school and church activities, weddings and illness, plus local politics and a push for a state prohibitory liquor law.
Rev Scott arrives late, no sermon at M E church. next Sabbath he and Prof Koch will visit and play pieces after services. Sunday school moved to 2 15. D I Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Ky testifies Electric Bitters saved his life and cures malaria and kidney liver stomach disorders priced 60c and 1 at Powell's drug store.
A mixed town column reports Anquetta and Vivan Haws settling into farm work at Cowen. Mr Whitings of Granville visited and suffered lumbago. Miss Crabbs, a primary teacher, was ill. her sister covered the classroom. Quarantine ending as west town houses recover. Isaac Han, elderly settler on Clear Creek, died Sunday morning with burial time unknown. An insurance ad offers property coverage. Ragged Sociable event planned in Magnolia with 10 cent admission and supper. Clark Haws returned from the west. he claims to have seen the elephant. Syrups of Figs advertised as a laxative from the California Fig Syrup Company via Dr Powell.
A garbled local column mentions a birth to Mr and Mrs Matthews, visits by Mr Winson and wife, and social meetings. It notes a literary society last meeting for the season, a reported death of Edountog’s wife, a caucus by prohibitionists to nominate township officers, a Missouri man buying horses, and thirteen measles cases among Center schoolchildren during vacation week.
Fine weather and new roads mark the week at Prosper Hill. J A Kaya is very sick with lung congestion. George Rismire was ill last week with quinsy. C H Ransom spent the day courting In Magoolia Saturday. Mra UC H Ransom is poorly. Henry Allen suffers from a sore foot from rubbing boot. Jennie Dake begins teaching in April. Fred Tomlinson and Sam Thompson had a runaway Friday causing damage. Mrs G W Hillbrood visited relatives Thursday. Antone Morgenson burned brush last week. Mrs Wm Faris improving from a sore throat. Albert Faris is convalescent. Constable Maust of Magnolia was seen in town. Farmers busy sowing small grain. housewife laboring in the garden. Everything seems to be coming in our burp.
Folk neglect coughs until remedies fail and health declines. Kemp's Balsam is offered with a money back guarantee, sold by druggists. The ad claims rapid improvement after the first dose, with trial size free and prices 50 cents or one dollar.
Oxbow farmers sow oats as Israel Stupsell and wife visit friends Sunday. Mrs Ransom and daughter Kate return to live in Oxbow. Mrs Foley of Storm Lake visits Elly Hillabraod. Grant Trooe from Keokuk expected home next Saturday. A Kays sick with lung congestion. Dr Baker attends. Ignac Ham dies at home aged 87. Boyle burying ground. Mr Funk in Caledonia looks better and visits his new grandson. Charlie Ackley of Minoak visits Oxbow. boys tour Osbing and chase curios. News scarce. editor may face a conglomera tion of events. Reuben Bluber of Bayne visits cousins. irons and stepladder board flatters sales pitch. Dropped Dead joke on Osbing. Dr Miles cure advertised at Powell Drug Store.
Mile. Harry Mallett contracts measles. Sowing goals have begun in earnest. I. C. Carters welcomes a new baby. Charles Edminster served on the grand jury last week.
Local items report Charles Low and wife spending a day in Putnam with John Aufnagel’s sale proceeding on time. Julians Caldwell and John Griswold attend court this week as James Reid and others receive a serenade to newly married couples. Weather praised as unusually fine with excellent roads. Wm Kelso and wife attended church in Milo to hear Rey Stewart. Marriage news notes Altretty Maple of Milo wed Jesse Anderson of Putnam. A postal route changes after April 1. Squires sell potato loads. seeds of Early varieties available. Died in Milo March 22 Thaddeus Sterling of Menales funeral at Bradford ME church. Charley Sterling born July 10, 1877.
Mrs Endicott, wife of Arkansas City banker PY Endicot, underwent successful breast cancer surgery by Dr D D Ross and plans to return home soon. Induced by friends Mrs Bowers and her sister, their past cancer successes inspired the trip. Also reported is John P Rowe of Meade county losing his Meade farm home to a March 18 fire, with family left destitute and brothers sending aid.
The Chillicothe Royal Arch Masons witnessed a three candidate degree conferment from Chillicothe with John Russell among the honorees. Local physicians including Dr A Powell and others commend Ayer medicines, especially Cherry Pectoral, for patient relief. a Brooklyn medical figure notes satisfaction with practice.
The notice invites the homeliest and handsomest to call any druggist for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balm for throat and lungs. It claims to relieve chronic coughs asthma bronchitis and related conditions and offers large bottles at ten cents and one dollar. A new barn linked to Woolly place is noted with more details to come.
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