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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
2
R A Ward named local representative for The Republican in Magnolia. He is authorized to handle all business entrusted to this paper and will ensure prompt attention to news items and related matters.
Town news records visits and activity with McNabb Wenona Granville and Magnolia residents. Meetings and social events listed include Ladies Aid plans decoration day and alumni banquet, plus new equipment at the office and a carload of hogs shipped this week.
Treats women with health duties and childbirth concerns praising Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as non alcoholic and safe. Claims it strengthens the system for baby delivery and reduces need for surgical intervention. Endorsements printed on bottle wrappers and available by mail order from Buffalo New York.
The horse Bob Onward a bright bay trotter of 16 hands 1 inch and 1200 pounds has a storied pedigree tracing to Onward via multiple mares and sires including Becca G Ava Langtree Grant and Shiloh. Described as well gaited with speed the horse will be offered at sales in 1907 at multiple barns with a $15 to insure a colt to stand and suck and payment due if the horse leaves the neighborhood.
A rural household demonstrates that a wife may claim a share of jointly accrued stock and property. After confrontations over “my” versus “our,” the wife asserts ownership and seizes a rolling pin, prompting the husband to seek a safer exit as guests depart.
Signs point to an early extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad into Peoria after by laws were filed with the county recorder. Directors previously authorized an extension and a Milwaukee Peoria and St Louis railway was formed. The route would pass through Tazewell Woodford Marshall Putnam Bureau Lee Ogle and Winnebago counties to Rockford where Milwaukee already enters. substantial preliminary work has been done fueling belief in rapid construction.
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