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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
2
Many Magnolia residents and nearby towns report calls and visits across Granville Varna Peoria and Dwight with trips to Springfield Princeton and Champaign. Guests include Miss Macy Miss VanHorn and Miss Lucile King while locals attend funerals visit kin and canvass nearby towns.
Bergner Store invites women to view its Easter merchandise in Peoria with an appealing display. Customers spending $25 receive railroad fare free, highlighting value and service.
Local notices share a spring catalog offer from Ed Olson of Peoria and business dealings by R W Spencer Co. Millsinery displays interest in latest fashions while Ladies' Aid sews a patch quilt for sale. Magnolia school trustees discuss consolidation with George Lawrence, and a theater play Cupid of Vassar is planned for late April. Obituary for Ernest Wilbur Haws, longtime Magnolia native, charts his Chicago life and Magnolia burial. Community reports include aviation class progress, marriage news for Burl Simonton and Gail Wilson, and corrections to prior Sunday school attendance figures.
Voters will choose Republican candidates for Supervisor W. B. Mills Town Clerk Frank N. Glover Assessor Charles Trone Collector Will T. Law Commissioner of Highways Charles Lundgren Constable S D Bishop. Democratic slate lists Supervisor M A Matern Town Clerk Fred L Defenbaugh Assessor Henry Shields Collector C A Freeman Highways Frank King Constable Grover Kidd. A tax levy of 15 cents per 100 for gravel road construction and maintenance is proposed.
Thumber offers lumber sawed to order for 20 dollars per thousand at his mill four miles northwest of Magnolia. Oak and red elm not included. Magnolia, I.]] 119-tf
The Putnam county circuit court selected grand and petit jurors for the April term beginning April 16. Grand jurors include Senachwine Edward Pearson and others from Hennepin Granville Magnolia Senachwine and more. Petit jurors from Magnolia Granville Senachwine and Wennepin were listed among the drawn pool.
W L Mills has been housebound for days while Mrs Emma Mills is ill. Visitors include Mrs T J Smith and son Henry at Marion French's near Weona. Reading circle met at Florence Given's. Mt Palatine's F R Smith and wife dined with E B Mills. Stansell did business at Hennepin. Leon Sutherland visited from Peoria. W G Griffith and Kathryn shopped in Streator. Stansell and Wilson and escorts went to Losantville for a silver medal contest. Helen Beck visited Granville. W G Griffith sold 112 loads of seed corn near Bradford. trip took two days. Leland Griffith of Woodhull and Enida Griffith of DeKalb visiting. Lora Kays home from De Kalb for spring break. Henry King and Clara Bell back from Michigan at Ben King's for summer. Esther Kerns Fairy Mallory Mrs Spalding and F E Henry visited Saturday. School kids enjoyed a coastal party. A B Wilson's redecorated house. Fred Johnson of McNabb did the work. Swanky school program featured Way Down East. April 1 sale at McNabb Sale barn postponed due to deep Nebraska snows.
The Ladies' Aid of the McNabb M E church will host an apron sale and dinner at F E Kerns' store on April 6. The piece notes a March 19 rehearsal of the McNabb D orchestra at Conrad Keasler's home. Also mentions mail service issues on the C I and S and Mrs Lizzie Johnston’s rapid recovery from a La Salle operation with a return planned Friday if unprevented.
Miss Elna Davis visited Auisse Clara Siemers in Tonica while Herbert Laughlin recovered from an arm abscess after surgery by Dr Elliston and Dr Weeks. Frank Smith wed Lenore Koehler March 16 1912 with celebrations, and Nell Powell heads to Decatur for school as Eva Zimmerman visits McNabb relatives.
A promotional statement guarantees complete relief from constipation or free medicine if not achieved. Rexall Orderlies are described as gentle, safe bowel regulators and tonics that reestablish nature’s functions with no griping or nausea. Available in three sizes 10c 25c and 50c at The Rexall Store in the community.
H Barton and wife visited Chicago. April 1 is set for the Sunday school institute. Mrs. Groat hosted a dinner for friends. James McMann and wife attended his father's funeral in Chatsworth. Margaret Shea traveled to Chicago for State Street openings. Henry C. Mills, Putnam county judge, ill in Peoria. Delmar Adams of Kansas visited. Mrs. C F Klartenhower traveled to Streator for another operation. George S Hillabrand doing jury duty in Ottawa. Mrs. Ireland of Bloomington visited. H W Child returned from Eureka Springs. Mrs. Hannini home from Leonore. H C Vollmer at Urbana grain dealers convention. Miss Nelfing in Conlin's store. Umbarger and others attended a Streator funeral. Laura Moore and daughters returned to Los Angeles. James E Conlin attended the Irish Fellowship banquet. Local implement dealer activity booming with Kelso unloading six car loads. J A Whitney hosted guests Mark Durley and Dent Parrett with an elegant supper. A. G. Kelso’s wagon and buggy shipments noted. Alice Barber’s birthday celebrated with a postcard shower. W Fr M society supper netted 18 dollars. Fr A Henson resigns from I C Railway post. he and wife hosted a dinner before leaving. Prof Gutteridge visited Normal. Fred Heusel greeted Lostant friends. Vera Phillips out sick from post office. Le H A Hopking filling in as I C agent. Ida Clifford born near Cadli Dec 17 1869 died Mar 14 1912. buried in Cumberland cemetery after funeral in Wenona. Trespass notice from Oxbow Gun Club bars hunting on 460 acres in Hensepi township Putnam county. violators prosecuted.
A cook recalls a chambermaid asking about a remark. The chatter questions a woman’s character with comments about how ladies talk and discuss each other. The tense exchange hints at social tensions in the doméstic circle.
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