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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
3
Henry area notes report students botanizing, residents visiting and returning, with updates on local homes, funerals, and a new attorney Forrest moving in. Also public notices include fire losses, canal inspection trip, and a farm land dispute resolved by a local justice.
Memorial Sunday May 28 1899 at 10 am old soldiers and marines assemble at the Post Room under Post Commander Henry Hoagland and WRO president Clara Coleman then march to New Opera Hall with reserved seats. Memorial Day May 30 1899 at 2 30 pm in Central Park weather permitting then in New Opera Hall with Rev John Rogers giving invocation and Rev J P Nesbit delivering address followed by cemetery prayer and taps. Soldiers of Civil War and Spanish American War invited to assemble. flowers welcomed for GAR headquarters Tuesday morning.
The Woman's Club met Monday May 15 at Mrs Evelyn Jones home with Paskell presiding and Mrs Evylyo B Jones delivering a paper on The Development of Tastes in Picture Story and Song. Illustrations included pictures books Indian blankets and other art pieces as Grace M Baker and Beulah Nicholson read excerpts and two vocal solos were performed.
Mabel Dennis and Miss Ramsey visited the high school on Monday and Wednesday. The Excursion bills are out. Students plan a moonlit river ride. The Virgil class is practicing Latin poetry with rhythm. Botany class works on herbarium projects. A school song, The Crimson and the Black, is adopted for the coming contest. Graduates include Victor Kaye Fred Williams John Locke Eva Harrison Clara Jones Edna Stoner Agnes Dennis Susie Harrison Howard Stoner Andrew Charles Harney Cora Canery Flora Annells. Clyde Emerick’s death saddens the school and echoes Julia Hughes’s upcoming graduation. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is advertised.
Nice showers and a successful social drew residents from Putnam Henry and Whitefield. Lindsey Anderson and wife visited Henry trading last week while Gramer and Rettigrew of Tiskilwa bought cattle from Frank Bell. Ray Anderson and Marion McAfee of Henry attended the social. Sunday school was canceled due to rain but will meet at 2 pm next Sunday with preaching at 3 pm.
Resolutions from Verdi public school teachers and pupils express heartfelt sympathy to the widow Mrs John Montz and order publication in the Nevada State Journal. Committees from Grammar and Primary Departments sign, with names listed. Sheriff Paxton reports local news from Hennepin, mentioning a man named Red Jack and a recent shooting, noting he occupies the key cell in the ancient jail.
The notice recalls Norman Clyde Emerick born 1881 in Norman Clyde died 1899 at 17 ages. Services May 20 at 2 30 p m in the ME church Albuquerque New Mexico home of 546 a m arrival. Also tribute to Laura Y Wood and Francis Downey family in Henry Putnam area. Other obits note Jane Walsh Downey death 73 at Putnam county church services. George Eritz dies aged 78 at Henry with German origins and long residence near the depot.
Lavina Croft 6th year? age near Varna JTL died at home Tuesday morning at 6 30 joining late husband James Croft. Mother of Hutchinson Croft she was hospitality itself and beloved in Evans township. Interment Cumberland cemetery Evans township.
The Memorial resolutions note the Heavenly Father has taken our dear husband and father Mrs Hoyle and Miss Hoyle. The circle extends sympathy and prays for comfort for the bereaved family. A copy will be sent to the family and published in local papers. Committee members sign.
An advertisement touts a South American Nervine Ko valids claim to cure stomach weakness and indigestion. It promises immediate relief and a universal remedy with guaranteed success, asserting safety and rapid effects regardless of duration.
A compilation from the May 1899 term recounts verdicts and dismissals in Marshale County cases. Defendants won jury verdicts in Miller vs Frishey and several defaulted actions. Goodrich vs Costello and Monahan vs Santa Fe RR were dismissed. others settled or continued. A May 2 1899 circuit court adjourned term lists weapons, burglary, partition, foreclosure, and probate actions with multiple timely dispositions and adjournments.
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