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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
6
Grenadines attract buyers with two reasons, fabric popularity and low prices. A pret brocaded Grenadine costs 650c, a pure silk Grenadine 75c, and a Lapin Iron frame Grenadine $1. A few laminated Grenadines specimens remain at 16 per pattern, down from 24. Samples will be sent to women outside the city.
The town fixes the coal shaft road and advances on M E church work. Two licensed saloons exist with a third possible. River fishing is good as anglers improve. Alice Bonham returns from Two Harbors. Fred Bonham of Chicago is buried in Bonham cemetery. Elder W P Pearce to speak at Lacon on Decoration Day. Will Levere temperance lecture notes tariff aspects. Trades are busy. half days hard. Odd Fellows plan graveside decoration Sunday June 7 at 2 pm.
Local farmers report early planting and corn progress while residents Amid Garrett and Sadie Sargent suffer illness. Clara Leigh aids Alvin Leigh as Bertha Tapquaty studies piano with Prof Koch. youths buy new buggies. Sabbath school invites all, Freedmen's Aid day planned at Bethel, and a youth program is offered. Ely's Cream Balm praised by B E Grimes for relief of catarrh and improved senses.
The item reports on Pearl Erakin feeling unwell, Frank Harlin fat cattle work, a sick horse cared for by Dodd boys, and farmers praising rain that improves fields. It mentions J. L. Root at Peoria for a Republican judicial convention, Beatie Turnbull’s inside work, Rob Dryden’s sick baby, Rey Miller’s son, and planter sounds as boys train.
A mix of social updates from Sparland area residents includes home projects, visits, and neighborly events. The item mentions painting, paper hanging, improvements, a Sunday meeting led by William Whitten, and notes on health and a bereavement. An advertisement promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment for neuralgia and other ailments.
J E Taylor reports at Peoria and Bloomington social visits. many residents travel to Rock Island, Malden, and Kewanee. Sheriff Paxon attended a hanging in Ottawa. church services noted in Chicago and Hennepin. Commencement for class of 1891 praised. local property purchases for church expansion. a beauty from Barnum captured in Hennepin. St Patrick's Pills praised and marketed locally by J W Nicce.
A short local column notes church attendance at 10 o'clock on Sabbath, mentions Mamie Parker on vacation in Eureka studying elocution, and references a community newsletter tone with updates on schools, taxes, a dairy barn project, grange activities, and a church supper planned at the ME church in Caledonia. The piece includes brief miscellaneous notes on residents, a health testimonial for a tonic, and local happenings.
Claims epidemic la grippe season proven cure for consumption coughs and colds. Reported to relieve symptoms rapidly with no after effects, offering trial bottle free at Dr Powell’s drug store. Large bottles priced 50c and 1. Prices reflect the era’s advertising tone and guarantee.
Mrs Anton Morgeson and Mrs Henry Hailey are improving and riding, while Henry Philips runs a busy sawmill. Mary Shoenwalter visits from Wisconsin as a Niece of Mrs N Kline. Rain-fueled farmers rejoice as corn planting nears completion. Wm Beckwith operates a grocery. eggs and butter fetch top prices. A fundraiser supper at the M E church on the 22d will support the preacher with ice cream, lemonade and strawberries. all invited.
At Undercliff Norfolk of Chicago and Wyanet visitors spent Sunday to Sunday. The second weekly shoot on May 6 drew similar attendance with better scores. Princeton guests picnicked on the grounds while several Peoria residents enjoyed a lake visit. Fish were respectable, while rheumatism cures advertised claim rapid relief and a price of 75 cents.
Wheeler and family attended proper court in Hennepin last week. 8. H. Condit chosen as a debater for the M E to the state convention at Danville May 19 20. Elder Shaw of Eureka preached at the Disciple church. no evening services due to rain. J R Veach arrived from the Golden State to shell corn and thresh this fall. Temperance events at the W C T U and a lecture at the white church drew small audiences. Sunday school incentives, high school commencement, and church sermons attract local readers.
High Prairie residents report corn planting near completion this week. Elijah Henkins travels to Hennepin on business while Jas Veach visits Mud Street last Friday and Saturday. Etta Bracken and May Campbell attend commencement in Hennepin last Friday. Mrs Stegall plans to return to Missouri next day. May baskets are popular with girls out Saturday night. The favored young men include Marshall Downey Melville Henking and John Bracken.
An 19th century patent medicine claim advertises Miles Nerve and Liver Pills as a discovery that regulates the liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. It touts cures for biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and appeals to men women and children. Free samples offered at Bowell's Drugstore.
A lengthy shopping list features various goods from tomatoes to matches and glassware, followed by a Carlyle quote and a health ad for Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure. The ad touts mild, nonpoisonous relief and claims suitability for infants, with manufacturers and local seller names included.
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