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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
2
Magnolia column recounts visits from Wenona Toluca and Eureka shoppers Henry shoppers and Varna callers, plus updates on school tests, a Peoria doctor�s death, a new Winston Churchill program, and an Alumni lecture course. Local meetings, social events, and road to summer fill the page.
Mothers and families gathered at the church for Sunday school and service with flowers for all. Rev Lackland delivered a sermon and spoke on community church building while plans for a guest talk by Chicago Presbyterian Mee Nutt were announced.
On Friday evening May 9, friends of Mrs S Potter Jr visited and spent the evening celebrating her birthday anniversary. Games were played, and later sandwiches pickles Waldorf salad frou fruit and coffee were served. All present pronounced it a very enjoyable time.
Thirty five members of the Ogles by K of P came Monday evening to assist Herbert Trone’s third degree in the K of P lodge. The Pythian Sisters served supper in the lower hall. Many expressed thanks to the ladies for the fine cooking.
Advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a pleasant, safe cure that relieves lungs aids expectoration opens secretions and restores health. Claims world wide sale and dependable results. Sold by A J Tronmonger and T J Segraves.
Community observations list visitors and local events in Henry area towns such as Tonica Swaney and Magnolia Grange. Names include Josiah Tomlinson Hazel Boman Ethel Buckley and Jane Caldwell with many visits, school events, banquets, and trips to Peoria Streator Amboy Champaign and Lincoln. A rheumatism cure ad follows with Chamberlains Liniment and local shop postings.
Clarence Phillips welcomes guests for his new auto venture while Mr Gray of Gardner visits his son Wm Gray. Miss Vera Hillabrand visits Lena Gray on the farm. Decoration Day plans by Woodmen. a May wedding for Etta Hothwell and John Anderson at Ottawa. Dr Evans and son spend time in Magnolia. Schoenneshoefers band rehearses for open concerts. pipe organ funds plan at MEF church. teachers chosen for next year in Normal and Champaign. picnic at Marion French timber ends school term. Mills family returns from Decatur, heading to Korea for missionary work.
Alderman Albert Gately plans to drive instead of walk after building a new barn. Vandals in town have intensified damage to flower beds with several gardens already ruined by teenage troublemakers. A suggestion to revive the curfew law is floated. Granville school exhibit showcases student work and praises teachers and Superintendent Petty. Assessor W. L. Child notes many old horses in town, some aged 18 to 28. The Woman’s Missionary Society meeting is set for Friday May 16 at Mrs. G. W. Bunt’s home. Subscribe for The Republican.
Santa Ana California reports a dramatic rescue as John Avis, a Woodford County pioneer now living in California, battled a 10-foot rattlesnake in Black Star Canyon. He used a shoestring noose from a sycamore branch to hold the snake’s jaws while his son Fred trapped it with a forked stick. The clock-case exhibition specimen, with 10 rattles, was later shown at a local bicycle shop. Avis credits luck, nerve, and agility, saying the ordeal was the most excitement since his Civil War service with Company B Forty-Seventh Illinois infantry.
A family doctor notes women seek help for female trouble but improve after kidney and bladder treatment. The ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as the best and safest medicine for such times, describing them as tonic in action and quick in results. Advertising copy by A J Ironmonger.
A weather beaten woman in stylish attire marches Sunday morning as a sudden shower arrives. With no umbrella she catches her skirt to shield her hat and jokes about ankles. A companion quips about ambition and being stung, reflecting light humor from Harper’s Bazar.
A long passage discusses talking pictures reshaping cinema as a global educational and artistic medium. It notes the talking picture’s growing popularity on vaudeville stages, predicts broader scope beyond mere entertainment, and mentions phonograph comparisons. Also mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve ad and a local note about Twin Cities race meetings being canceled in La Salle due to attendance.
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