12 May 1881
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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1881
Page
1
Henry Republican notes unrest as households strain under upheaval with workers displaced. Social visits and family illnesses share space with sermons, concerts, and illness at the M E church. Local economy glimpses include trade shifts, fruit crops, weather, plowing, and wages from Peoria to Denver.
Mrs James Wilson remains very ill while Gregory travels to Chicago and plans trips to Iowa and Kansas. The May basket tradition annoys the older residents. a local caller questions Robin’s identity. Saratoga reports busy farmland with corn plowing, new hay barn construction, and local home improvements amid illness and ague.
A local digest recounts Miss Anna Mahler of Stark county with measles affecting her eyes, Myra Webber returning from Chicago to teach music, and visits by Major Webber and family to Metcht Grove's funeral. It documents farm progress, oat sowing, corn plans, and shifting livestock focus, plus weather hints and assorted community notices.
Wednesday evening a large neighborhood wedding took place at the Holmes residence officiated by Rev J F Rogers. About 75 guests attended a bountiful repast. The article also notes the death of Mr Holmes after a winter cancer, a rider injured by a kick to the face, and various local notices including insurance work, travels, illnesses, and upcoming events such as a grand ball and readings by Miss Clark of Chicago.
A fragment describes a pantomime titled May baskets with scenes of two girls and three men in a comical rural setup. Stage actions include buggy arrivals, whispered plans, giggles, a dog bark, and a curtain ending with a chaotic chase near a thorn bush and a buggy fleeing.
Rev E B Enat preached an excellent sermon in the R E church with new Friday evening services. Local merchants and residents report business activity and home improvements including Mrs Owens buying property, Miss Ut exercising ownership, and Jack Fisher expanding his meat market. Bishop Cheeney delivered a noted resurrection sermon, while local leaders and visitors shared in community affairs.
May 6 adjourned city council session attended by Mayor Townsend and aldermen Pool Hills Snyder Koehler and afto. Real estate and buildings chair moved to Hills. Bonds for Wikoff as treasurer and Disasway as clerk approved. Fire department salary and licenses approved. Ordinance fixes salaries and compensation for city officers.
The City Clerk, City Treasurer, City Marshal and Street Supervisor, City Attorney, Highwatch, and Fire Chief receive specified annual or monthly salaries with fees and bonds. Licenses granted for weighmaster and marshal and street supervisor positions. bond set at $500. Adjourned after passage.
From the Wyoming Post, Ella aged about 14 and Mary aged 8 died after a week of scarlet fever. The obituary notes their gentle natures, closeness in life and death, and their now shared grave. The family endures deep sorrow as they recall spring’s renewal while mourning the loss of both girls.
The piece touts Parker's Ginger Tonic for health and usefulness of a Birds Eye view of the English language by L. H. Rogers. It highlights health claims and the book’s features such as spelling rules, punctuation, capitalization, 25 000 words, and 20 000 synonyms. It notes mail order from 7 Maiden Lane Newark New Jersey with price 2s 6d.
A local notice rails against advertising tricks while promoting Hop Bitters in plain terms. Mrs C Gould rushes to Rockford for her dying mother’s bedside and receives word of the death by telegram. Mr Gould travels to attend the funeral. The Crawford family roots trace from Pennsylvania to Rockford with multiple relatives listed in Iowa and Texas.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a perfect cure for exhausted constitutions and female weakness. It claims remarkable results for kidney and urinary complaints and urges readers not to despair as the medicine offers positive relief. Sold by J W Niece at 50 cents a bottle.
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