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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
3
Sparland Department notes a string of Sunday visits and hometown comings. Local residents attend church, visit relatives in Lacon and Peoria, and some plan travel to Chicago Heights and Moline. A new baby is born to DelValle, and community events include a male quartet from Abingdon and a misbehaving railroad crossing alarm.
Mrs. Dawson visits relatives from Chicago while families move into new rooms above Mr. OLearys saloon. An Austrian family relocates upstairs. Elmer Frisbey starts hauling work. Several locals travel, attend church, and report on the Baptist convention. The Epworth League hosts a social, celebrates its 21st anniversary, and elects new officers.
Isaac Cook of Kewanee Illinois, commander of Commander Julius A Pratt Post No 143 of the Grand Army of the Republic, reports lasting relief from backache and bladder pain after two months of using Foley's Kidney Pills. He says he will urge friends and comrades to use them.
Miss Mabel Mellon closed her school at Brown Run on Thursday and visited Miss Alice Scoon in La Prairie for a few days before returning home in Rushville for the summer. Mrs Bridget Connell, mother of County Clerk T A Connell, remains in poor health but is improving after months of illness. R Strumpfer, traveling for the Farmers Ledger Compendium, was home over Sunday. Lacon high school defeated Henry high school 7 to 0 in a Wednesday ball game at Henry. Miss Margaret McMahon, studying at an academy in Rents, visited her home over Sunday.
Mrs. Clara B Fort cut her Europe trip short to reach the bedside of Mrs Laura Bellows before her death but Bellows died Thursday and Fort did not land in New York until Friday. Mrs Hien DeKalb left for Champaign county to care for Mrs John Watchorns home and children during her hospital operation. Rev Father Hawley organized a first communion class with plans for two months hence. Mrs James Dillon and daughters return to Peoria after visiting Lacon relatives. The little girls suffer from whooping cough. Swain steamer took a crowd to Peoria on a 50 cent excursion and will run to Al Fresco Park next Sunday. Miss Gladys Scott spent Saturday with her mother in Peoria and runs a school in the city’s south end. Laura Bellows died at her home Thursday morning and was buried in Lacon cemetery Friday afternoon. She was the daughter of the late George Wightman and leaves three children George Cowan Willie Bellows and Annie Bellows. Mr Bellows died tragically on the C and A railroad in 1892. The community mourns with the children.
A savage lion in a Pittsburg menagerie reportedly fondled a child’s hand reaching into its cage, while an older health notice promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and croup. Mrs Davis of Flat Rock NC testifies the remedy helped her baby, with trial bottles offered free and prices listed.
Fred Gamble of Kewanee and Scott Aitchison visited Camp Grove and Peoria respectively while George Frank traveled to Peoria. Local residents attended events in Chicago and Castleton, with a ball game won 9 to 4 by Camp Grove. A rug giveaway at Lombard's store was won by Mrs. Wm Aitchison. Various residents moved, visited, or suffered minor injuries, and Chamberlains Liniment offered quick relief.
Local notes report corn planting paused for several days following a fine rain. Social items include visits among neighbors Miss Clara Ray at her aunt Mrs. Gus Hawksworth and Cora Darling with Mary Yergason. A sick horse and a death of a roan horse due to locomotor ataxia are noted.
Mary Rapp of Greene school wins Lindley Normal scholarship at the final Lacon exam held April 29 with the highest general average of nine La Prairie township pupils. Average 4. Other successful examinees include Ivy Myers Ver Nice Moody Estella Dodds Elma Barton Winnie Crady Annie Biggar and Margaret Webber. Also notes on local events and residents.
Residents note school nearing end as Miss Smith rests at home in Peoria and May Winkler and Grace Chapin finish Edelstein exams. The Reed family hosts visitors while local folks tour Chillicothe to see The Virginian. Chas Kilgore earns a Rock Island promotion. revenue officials praise P G Rennick’s reappointment as collector.
Charles Bishop visited a Peoria dentist on Monday. Adelbert Caldwell bought an E M F auto from Harley Brown. E E Stisser and family were business callers in Princeville Friday afternoon. Nick Staples and Frank Ives of Princeville were Speer callers Wednesday. Miss Lucile Curtis came from Peoria Friday to visit her parents over Sunday. O W Hurd traveled to Chicago on
Doan's Kidney Pills are endorsed by residents including Mrs. Harry Wood of Chillicothe Illinois. She explains three years ago acute kidney trouble caused back and neck pain and headaches, and two boxes of Doan's gave complete relief. When trouble recurred two years later, similar relief followed quickly. Foster Millburn Co. Buffalo NY sells the remedy. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
Steve Willard recovers from a two week measles siege and is back out. The Willcox couples and Clark family visited Peoria Tuesday along with Henry Aman James McQuilkin and Wm Hillebrand. Sam Stowell L R Greene returned to Peoria after tending land interests near town. Mahlon Gaumer moved to Ina for a job with Illinois Traction as oiler helper to the engineer Reuben Streitmatter raised a barn with neighbors helping and refreshments vanishing quickly.
A lively girl Susie climbs trees fences and ditches while earning scratches and bruises. Her mother applies Bucklen's Amnica Salve, touted to heal wounds ulcers eczema and sores. Available for 25 cents at A J Ironmonger's and T J Segraves' drug stores.
Cottage residents and neighbors share a weekend of calls and visits. Dawson hosts Draper and Holland families. Henry Smith ships cattle to Chicago. auto clubs demonstrate cars in Henry. Donovan and Donavan families manage absences. Piper and Halladay guests join supper. multiple calls spread among Chesney Miller Goodale and related households.
Frank Wigand has interior papering and painting by Mr. Monroe. Pratt family fished at the lake Sunday. Ambrose Tome and boys were in town. Frank Anderson and family visited at Putnam. Rain Sunday night froze potatoes and gardens. Comet sightings urged. Mrs. Wigand’s family attended church in Henry. School closed Tuesday with a fine program and picnic. Miss Berry leaving as a good teacher. Death of Mrs. Longman mourned by Lone Tree residents at her funeral attended by many locals.
Clarence McClane and Harold Reid spent Sunday with relatives in Princeton. The ladies will meet with Mrs. Gertrude Bentley on Thursday afternoon of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conover, Mr. and Mrs. Festus Bentley and Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Anderson and daughter attend local gatherings.
Byron Allen spent Sunday with relatives in Princeton. Mrs Orren Johnson and Mrs Frank Zeigler with their little daughter visited Oliver Wright. William Bentley and family were visitors at Frank Lidgard's Sunday.
Estate of Mary Rosetta Hoge probate granted with Charles Foster Hoge named executor and bond set at 2000. Real estate transfers list multiple warranty and quit claim deeds to properties in Toluca Lacon and Roberts, including lots in Santa Fe First Additions and Smiths Add to Lacon, with names Blagini Passini Dunne Fisher Cur tis Kosinsky Hoerner Sparling Hamilton Roberts.
A class of 49 eighth graders took the final examination conducted by County Superintendent Perry in his Lacon office. Names listed include Whitefield with Anna Gray and others, Saratoga students Blanch Lutes and John Thumma, La Prairie pupils Iva Myers and Vernice Moody, Evans participants Louise Dunlap and Keith Shipley, Roberts group Emma Jesse and Ethel Coleson, Lacon pupils Theresa Coffman and Edna Young, Belle Plain students Ora Foster and Clifford Martin, plus Beulah Cusac of Bennington and additional examinees from several towns.
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