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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1892
Page
6
Silk Novelties IFC advertises Glorias lawns Downes in Black and colors Plain China Silks from 296 up Printed India Silks 39c to 1 a yard Glaze Silks for blouse waists Brocaded China Silks for evening wear Crepe de Chine Silks Jailles Bedfords Armures Crystals Bengalines and other fashionable silks. Send for samples if you cannot visit.
Tuesday visits and travel note parades through Lacon Peoria and Chicago with residents and visitors including Burt of Henry Kysor and May Jenkins. Community life spans shops churches schools and a temperance lecture by Wolfsenbarger and Prof Huckins. new electric lights brighten main street as families welcome a new baby.
George Cumming visited Chicero on business for a run Wednesday. Wet weather continues and the river rose last Tuesday night. Frank Dwyer of Spring Valley called on old friends Monday. McClanabar confined to the house and not improving. Harry also poorly. Tonquary reports a hard rain Tuesday flooding his area. Daplist young people union to host a strawberry festival Friday May 20 at Good Templar hall. Old Mr Cumminey returned from Washington last week after supervising coal shaft sinking. coal thickness reportedly not paying. Prod Cooper an orphan seeks work with Wame Sarmar. Fred is a good boy and hope for success.
Several farmers press on between showers and plan planting, showing energetic resolve. William Bonham contemplates moving to Zambrata Minnesota to join his eldest son, we regret his departure. John Hensley and Katie Franks nearly drowned after a buggy accident near Lacon. the horse reared, went over a bank, but people freed themselves and help arrived.
Local column from Whitefield records corn planting, floods and humor as residents like Johnny Divilbiss and Mra Bramble return from trips, Henry Secelye builds a house, and road work improves bridges. It mentions Oklohama land rushes, Center Decoration Day, and a zealous pathmaster enforcing polls and taxes.
Reports of livestock losses and butter production by John Spencer. Farmers discuss early potato crops, hog shipments to Bradford at 4.80 per hundred, and repairs to roads and bridges after floods. Henry Mohler visits Whitefield, plans to stay near Bradford, while Will Wallace adjusts corn planters. Sneak of a man threatening violence ends with the crowd’s restraint. Stove purchases, payment terms, and dissatisfaction with returns cited. Rain and tile concerns dominate local weather chatter.
Our buyer returns from market with silks for waists and dresses in Sarah India and Faille, black satin, wool and cotton cords, silk umbrellas, gloves, hosiery, ladies waists, wraps, and summer clothing. Also a large wall paper selection with rooms papered for over $40 this week. Store promises fresh stock to meet decorating needs in current styles.
A reader questions Kirks theory of tile blockages as rain continues. The letter argues that after a period of extreme wet weather the soil remains saturated, causing extended rainfall and river flood conditions. It warns that evaporative surfaces lessen and future storms may bring continued surface runoff rather than rainfall soaking in.
Dr Willis and family at home report a pleasant scene as merchants note a business boom. Rev J B Dille to deliver Decoration address May 30 at Hennepin. Willing Workers event moved to Monday night May 28. Memorial day services at Center church with graves of heroes to be decorated. Indiana and Missouri farmhands represented locally with good work and homes.
Steuben district reports include James Bungell aged 13 on the arch list Jim Carver ill with fever but improving Bransley dangerously sick with heart disease Effie Thompson owns four new buggies bought from Ken McNeal Weatherwarmer week brings halted bridge damage hindering farmers Monday clear fieldwork resumes Last Tuesday Eve Odell and Mary Odell involved in an accident near Whitefield but both seen walking home with their horse and road wagon A frightful ride as Enos Al Garrett and two companions escaped injury when their team bolted and the wagon overturned near Sparland
In Saratoga a dance at Mr Hennessey’s on Monday night is noted along with a Sunday praise service led by Rev Bentley of the Epworth League who spoke on The successful man. A Decoration Day meeting is set for Saturday to arrange preparations, with further notices coming next week. Heavy rains have damaged fences bridges and farming fields, delaying field work for two weeks.
Aggie Seaton and others face illness while Fred Deyoe shows a new buggy. Farmers plant corn as Warmers hurry ahead. Preston Unthank travels to Florida to assist Peter Morine. Opera House foundation by Odd Kellows begins. W E Eddy recovers mobility after four months confined. Owen Bartlett Comedy Co to perform at G A R Hall for three nights. Rev Hankemeyer of Chicago preaches at the congregation. Carla Rousseau returns from Peoria with new spring millinery stock. Eighth annual high school commencement at M E church with graduates Allie Davin and others. Rev Douglass gives Columbus lecture at M E church. Recent rain damages Coffee Creek bridges. road meeting to raise taxes. Junior class '92 commences at M E church. eighteen members perform. Putnam and Henry folks attend Rex show arriving late from Spring Valley. Local lawyers Cash Bowman and Sandy Boyle invite legal inquiries.
Dr Miles's Pills claim to cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and related ailments by a new nerve based principle. Advertises 50 doses for 25 cents and samples offered at J. E. Powell's Drug Store Henry Ils.
Mrs Emma Bean spent Sunday in Chillicothe with Judge Buppapant and family. Elder J E Parker and wife visited relatives. Mrs Gilbert, formerly Sarah Taliaferro, spent weeks with her uncle J R Taliaferro. First ice cream sociable of the season by the Ladies Aid of the Christian church raised five dollars. Children’s Day exercises set for the first Sunday in June at the Christian church.
An advert praises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a cost saving remedy for cold and cough. It claims Mrs Brown saved money on medical bills by using the product and cites the proverb Whom the gods love die young to urge cure over neglect.
W B Mills buried their little babe Wednesday of last week. Abel Milla was summoned to McLean county for Benjamin Coale's funeral. Center school closed with a Saturday night entertainment featuring Mr Bliss and Mr Evans from Magnolia assisting in song.
Specimen Case describes H Glifford of New Cassel Wis relieved of neuralgia rheumatism and stomach troubles after three bottles of Electric Bitters. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Ill healed of an eight year leg sore after three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Amic Salve. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio cured of five large fever sores after one bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen’s Amica Salve. Bold by J E & F A Powell’s Drug Store.
James A Garfield Post A R of Magnolia and affiliated groups plan Memorial Day ceremonies. They meet at 12 noon on Monday May 30 and form at 1 pm to march in order Garfield Post Relief Corps Odd Fellows and friends to gravesites and then to the church for sermons by Rey Bliss and T F Cloverafteney with local youth contributions. All are welcome.
"A God send is Ely's Cream Balm" reads a Portsmouth testimonial. Mr M A Jackson says recurring nosebleeds and sores faded after using two bottles. C B McMillen of Sibley Missouri adds his nagal catarrh improved and he feels like another man.
A fragment urges readers to inspect an unsolicited pipe copy sent by a friend or polite invitation to subscribe. It promises the content is worth ten times its price in fresh reading matter across multiple departments, claiming value beyond subscription cost.
Purveyors claim Ayer's Sarsaparilla strengthens blood and vitality beyond compare. The copy praises the tonic as superior to legendary elixirs for improving complexion and vigor.
Minnie Wright and Ethel spent Thursday in Varna while William Parrett of Galena visited. The temperance lecturer failed to appear Wednesday. Gustafson former Swedish Lutheran pastor now in Joliet visits Varna. John Riley and Roscoe Bayne left for Quincy to enroll in a business course. The body of Martin Grill, missing over a week, was found in an inlet near Lacon and the coroner ruled accidental drowning. The body was brought to Warne and buried in Washburn Friday.
A brief mention notes a remedy named Peengal as a cure for consumption and cough, attributed to Kemp's pea ream. The item reads as an old time medicinal claim without reported clinical evidence.
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