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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
11
Prof J R Bouton is the Sparland local representative for The Henry Republican. He is authorized to handle all entrusted news items and conduct paper business with prompt attention.
N W Tanner paints W E Frisbey’s house. William Riddell Jr drives a new horse. Miss Kate Zint visits Mr Trompeerer in Peoria. Cement walks urged. Miss Sadie Reinbeck calls on Miss Gertrude Cartwright. Ten cent excursion to Peoria draws locals. Community asks about improving Sparland. McLaughlin brothers shell corn for Dewey Co. Mrs A C Rakestraw visits sister Mrs William Webster. Miss Pamelia Cumming visits East Peoria. Silas Cartwright homesteads in North Dakota. Mrs George Kiddell and daughter visit T A Barr. Mrs Riddell is Barr’s sister. Mrs Mary Spathe and Oscar Tanser visit. William Clifton Sr vows not to move to Wyoming. Miners cheer as shaft whistle signals wakeup. Miners win a just fight. Vernie Ketchum family visits Orrin Frisbey. Grandma Stephenson stays with Frisbey, four generations present.
A brief health note warns that the season's first cold may be mild but could linger if untreated. It emphasizes avoiding chances with the second cold and promotes Scott's Emulsion as both a preventive and a cure.
Cure claim for colds states take Doutt's Emulsion when infection begins to reduce inflammation heal throat and lung membranes and drive the cold out. The ad emphasizes rapid action and preventive effect during widespread cold season.
Mrs. F A Barr hosted the La Rose Dramatic club for supper last Saturday. The town hall performance of A Noble Outcast drew a full hall and netted about $50 for a new school bell. The old bell cracked in a 40 year old fire, its music long altered by the fall.
Sunday school at 10 a m and League at 6 30 p m with preaching at 7 30 p m welcomed by all. A birthday offering by Harry Anderson highlighted by five pennies. Thursday prayer meeting well attended and Epworth League led by Mrs Fred Gehr. Readings by Elsie Gehr and Anna McFarland with Bessie Tanquary poem. Duet by Fred and Mabelle Gehr enjoyed. Next Sunday Leslie Waugh to lead on Scrying by Example.
Miss Florence Spangler and Mrs Delbert Marshall visited the primary and intermediate rooms. A new bookcase cost 34 dollars from a basket social. Miss Pamelia Cumming of Hast Peoria visited the high school. The high school will debate the question Resolved that a poll tax is just on Friday evening. Civic Questions include presidents powers, state restrictions, federal jurisdiction, qualifications and tenure of officials, constitutional amendments, and terms like gerrymander and lobby.
Mrs J B Greens favorite driving horse sickened and died last week amid a barn fire. The Green family plans to rebuild the barn with Lewis Streitmatter as carpenter. A $200 rise in lumber costs compared with last year is noted. United States Marshal Tripp arrested Nick Miller and Rolla Donahey for mail threats to Michael Gerht. Miss Margaret Smith is secured as district teacher for next year with higher pay. Rev H M Burr read a letter from his son about his disaster experience on Sunday.
A San Francisco report describes an article on distressing scenes intended for parental eyes, followed by a Monday evening meeting to organize Decoration Day. Rev H M Burr to give the address, Thomas Martin to serve as president, Sheridan Grove as marshal, music committee aiming for La Prairie quartet, and a five woman committee handling decorations with plans to ensure a pleasant, successful event.
LA PRAIRIE CENTER community bulletin records a week of school closure for a picnic, changes in church and league leadership, and local improvements. Miss Edith Leigh invited to sing in Chillicothe. Epworth League officers elected. Memorial Day service planned May 21 with Birdie Leigh reading Gettysburg, Mendelssohn quartet singing. Children’s Day June observance noted. Local residents’ visits, health updates, and school reports plus legal blanks offered.
Mr and Mrs Adam Henkins spent Sunday at Putnam Ed Atkins and family of Lone Tree spent Sunday at Lee Hays Robert Maddox and family of Bradford were Sunday afternoon callers at J Eisler s Mr and Mrs Charles Moore and little daughter spent Sunday evening at Ben Burckey s Most of the farmers are through planting corn.
The ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Pierce's Golder Medical Discovery as open labeled remedies for nervous, run-down women and digestive and blood relating disorders. It stresses known composition, alcohol-free formulas, glyceric root extracts, and confidential physician consultation, concluding with constipation treated by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Whitefield Center reports guest visits from Magpolia and Henry, and notes on Ladies Aid meeting to elect officers on June 6. Decoration services set for May 27 and Children’s Day on June 10. Community members, including the Meirs and Seelyes, appear at local homes, with cemetery cleanup planned for May 19 at 8:80 AM.
Weather warmer and need rain. Will Hennessey returns home. Corn shelling 45 cents a bushel. Dr Blough and Miss Annie King wed. Strawberry and ice cream festival at the church next Wednesday May 23. Ladies bring cake. Ed Hennessey and Bert Welsh improving from mumps. Decoration services at church June 8. Carter Shearer at home. Vacation time coming. Peter Lewis elected school director. Saratoga Epworth League officers named for one year. Trial notes on Speer Hold-Up case. Donahue dismissed. Miller held on $500 bond. handwriting linked to Miller. officials suspect older conspirator.
Comparison of handwriting revealed not only penmanship similarity but identical spelling traits. A third man, believed to be involved, remains at large and has not yet been apprehended.
Circuit Court actions include appeals from justices of the peace and confessio ns involving Hodge Bros and Chase, plus Yaeger versus Schammel and Reddick as administrator of Eliza Meehan with a bill. Probate reports note guardianship discharges, wills, and letters testamentary issued. real estate transfers list several conveyances. marriage licenses record multiple couples from nearby towns.
John Casey born in County Cork 1827 landed in America at 25, settled Rochester New York then Illinois where he wed Sarah Gorman in 1861. They had nine children, five mourn him along with his wife. funeral at Camp Grove April 28 officiated by Rev Walher Kennedy was among the largest locally.
Mollie McGee writes of Mr Casey as a friend to all, his home open to strangers and the needy, his blessing in life and belief that deeds done for the least reflect the Master’s teaching. Tears are tender as they mourn his passing.
Mrs. Lucia Wilke of Caroline Wis finds lasting happiness not in wealth but in Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. A £5c box completely cured a running sore on her leg after 23 years of torment. Noted as a greatest antiseptic healer of piles wounds and sores, 25c at Powells City Drug Store Henry Ill.
In the May National Magazine issued in Boston Charles Ferguson urges the nation to charter university cities and grant them large shares of irrigated arid lands. He argues for rapid, practical scientific urban and university development to lead the world.
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