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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1890
Page
6
Local notes report weddings and visits across towns including Peoria Varna Odell Dwight and Matambora. residents attend commencements horticultural meetings theater shows and community events with town folks visiting relatives and friends in Chicago St Louis and Kansas City.
Local brief from Red Town notes delays due to wet weather. Will Horner and Bell Orcott of Lacon passed through Red Town on Monday. Mr and Mrs Aukland visited his mother Mrs Thomas Aukland. The Willing Workers raised a few dollars for a quilt fundraiser. Farmers plant corn with competition, Tom Wable leading. A reader asks Marcus to serve as mail carrier.
The Steuben area endures cold rainy days with frequent showers delaying corn planting. Farmers face poor luck with crops including hogs and wine production, while Abraham Tanquary returns from a seven month Ohio visit. Henry Foghine builds a new house for his son who currently lives in Liylngeton.
Hugh McCoy aged 90 died of old age and was buried at Magnulla on Sunday. Dr J W Evans attended the Illinois State Medical Society in Chicago as a delegate and will attend the AMA in Nashville on May 20. Te Justice the liveryman and Lizzie Shafer were married in Wianburn last Wednesday and are now enjoying congratulations and a honeymoon.
Clips report Clara Beckwith visiting Chicago friends while Albert Eyerly builds a fine farm residence near town. Farmers face delayed corn planting due to heavy rains and funerals were held as Rey Ooe preached for elderly Mr McCoy. W Rounds of W T U will lecture at M B E church Thursday evening.
Local report from LA Prairie Center notes Minas Farts of Baratega attending services last Sunday and Herman Webber improving. Epworth Hymnal in stock for readers. Senachwine schoolchildren found Mr Graham’s body by the creek and he was buried by the court. Marshell J Calder visits and reports his family well. May baskets excite youth as a horse chase unfolds. Epworth League held a well attended open meeting with profitable exercises as the society grows nationwide.
Edward Walter Fountain aged 40 died of pneumonia at his Whitefield home on May 8 1800. Born in Peoria county Illinois he lived in Whitefield Marshall County since age three. He married Elizabeth Shorts Jan 21 1869 and had seven children. Funeral services were led by Rev J B Dille with Modern Woodmen attendances from Wyoming Lacon Bradford and Putnam. The community mourns his loss as a father and public worker in the grange school board and highways commission. The Daily mail route between Henry and Whitefield P O will start with True Worthington postmaster and William Stout mail carrier, first trip next Monday. A saloon is suggested but deemed inappropriate for a first class town. Quarterly meetings and notices follow for Center church activities and local trips and shippings including the steamer Rex from La Belle to Peoria and back.
Magnolia will see new stock open in the Emans store building and the town promotes its three boarding houses Ramage Dean and Dent. A weekly Magnolia to Henry hack runs Fridays 8 am to 4 pm for a dollar round trip.
The advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and claims it cures piles with a money back guarantee. Price is 25 cents per box and sold at Dr Powell's drug store.
A merchant asserts that true value lies in quality over mere cheapness. They claim to offer men and boys wear in cassimeres and a full range of woolen goods at or near wholesale prices, promising honesty about fabric quality and savings by avoiding middleman profits. They urge customers to buy heavy woolens from them to save money.
The Textile Mercury explains silk cost by detailing the lengthy production chain from silkworms to finished fabric. It notes that two pounds of raw silk require 7 000 to 8 000 worms and about 300 to 400 pounds of mulberry leaves, with worms weighing a quarter of an ounce at hatching and increasing roughly 9 000 times in weight over 30 to 35 days.
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