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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
8
Varna weekly notices cover social calls, school plans, church activities, and local updates. Doctors Coggeshall and Massie visit. Miss Nellie Weeden and Ethel Carter teach in Varna public schools. residents attend confirmations, festivals, and commencement exercises. new piano purchases. news of illnesses, recoveries, and travel. a Swedish Lutheran church funeral. and registration boards forming for Uncle Sam’s service.
A fragment suggests critics urge firm standards in clothing design and tailoring. It emphasizes authoritative styles and cautions against mistakes by designers who notice distinct marks in fabrics. The text hints at a debate over authenticity in garment tradition.
A fragment from Whitefield Center reports a barn and contents lost by fire on a Thursday afternoon. Insurance covers the loss estimated around 800 dollars. The piece also carries a prolonged local social snapshot including deaths, visits, club meetings, and community notes across Speers and nearby towns, with names such as Hoffmann, Sharp, Trobaugh, Brokaw, Davis, Burnett, Grove, and Hakes.
A fragmented local item reports the Quinn brothers six Todds of stock and a misdated school closure. It notes Elmer Rollins and Pearl Thornhill's graduation at a Peoria ceremony where Thornhill, trained at Deaconess hospital Pyrita, is praised as a nurse currently continuing duties. The report mentions Henry Kapraun, John Engelbre, and Charlie Hofer with a sick young horse and a Studebaker car in Overland.
Robbot and many friends in and around Henry will be in rerented in her heaping of her preccess. Mrs Samuel Howard and daughter Nina spent last Saturday in Peoria among relatives. A niece from Ohio stayed with them for a visit. Burt and family entertained her niece Mrs Arvid Selman and sister Myrtle Chandler of Ohio last week. Nellise Putnam Rhoda Kunow visiting uncle Roy Park in Chicago. Murphy and family motored to Chillicothe Sunday. Mrs Park spent Friday with Mrs George Finley. Sunday school and May party at the Christian church. Samuel Chesney and family and Mr and Mrs Bart Sparling were at Princeton Sunday. Guy French and Minoak visiting with grand Mrs Raymond Thomas. Decoration Day observed with cemetery flowers and flags. Milton Ball of Silvis spent Decoration Day here with Harry Stipp. Mrs Hominghouse enjoying a visit from her children Mr and Mrs Henry Bearward and two children of Milwaukee and Mr and Mrs Jobin Hominghouse of Henry. Senachwine Consol School closes Friday and rehiring all teachers for next year. H R Loomis of Marseilles spent Decoration Day with family at H Soper home. Chesney of Magnolia was town and took dinner with Murphy.
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