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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
2
Reports from Henry include visits by J W Chandler from Evanston and Frank Nostrum of Chicago, family gatherings near Constant, and updates on Mildred Spencer home life. a social hour follows a teachers meeting, with a church rally week and an evangelism push. An auditorium lecture and Sunday school activities draw crowds as Rally Week unfolds.
Idell Thompson ends primary work as parents move away. Hefner children absent from school. Fifth and sixth grades try basket weaving while grammar grades read The Vicar of Wakefield. Indoor basketball prep replaces outdoor sports. Prof. Hieronymus gave his Alps trip lecture. Hollis Dugan enters high school.
The Thursday Afternoon Club hosted a Halloween party at Mrs. James Philips's home on Thursday evening October 30. Guests entered dimly lit rooms and encountered ghostly figures with yellow features as part of the festive scene.
A Thursday Afternoon club gathering featured witch craft theatrics and fortune telling where guests moved through a witch’s den, cast wishes on a cauldron, played games, and enjoyed pumpkin pies, ginger cake and cider before midnight. The event closed with poems and reminiscences as laughter faded.
A nature lesson prompts a shy student to call a caterpillar an upholstered worm. The playful exchange shows curiosity shaping how children name the insect.
An old fashioned advertisement touts Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo. It promises grease removal, no color change, pleasant fragrance, and easy application. The Rexall Store in this community sells both products for $1.00 and 50 cents respectively through Harmony laboratories in Boston.
Quaker Lane notes community events and personal updates. Neighbors share illnesses, visits, travel, and social activities including dinners, shopping trips, Halloween events, and club meetings. Residents mentioned include W G Griffith Virginia Studyvnn Julian Smith and many locals.
Sunday visits by Mrs Meier's mother Mrs Chance and Adam Deininger spanned Missouri and Kansas travel. Mabel Shepard hosted a halleloween party at Mrs John Henning's home. Deininger bought a car load of cattle in Kansas City while visiting. Helen Edwards returned home after teaching in Tonica. Local buyers continued to stock up on winter potatoes from Dave Clemens and Henry Hamm. Sadie Hetrick visited her family.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Chamberlains Tablets tonight if feeling dull bilious or constipated promising relief tomorrow. Sold by A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves.
G B Hostost and Hager of Dwight visited on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sheldon Winans and wife of Rutland came in between trains on Monday. Several people are moving with locations to be announced. Mrs Byron McElhaney of Red Oak Iowa guest of her cousin Mrs A H Bell. Mrs Newton of Memphis Tenn arrived Friday to visit Mrs A J Will for two weeks. Mrs Clifford of Chicago and Mrs Koehler of Varna visited Mrs Dora Barber Friday. Mrs Harry Tarbill and two sons of Sac City Iowa recently visited her parents GCC. Spring and wife Mrs Ben Wallace and children and Mrs J M Black of Washburn were Sunday guests of their sister Mrs W D Evans. Mrs Susie Willis returned to 702 W Virginia Ave Normal after visiting with Canton friends. Mr and Mrs A Lynch and relatives of A W Herwick left for New Castle Pa. Rev and Mrs Evans announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Mary Jane to Charles W Lusher of Gridley on November 20 at the M H parsonage. Mrs Emily Dugan Mrs L Schoenneshoefer and Mrs B Merritt attended the Sunday school convention in Ottawa last week as delegates.
Preliminaries for the Chicago event run November 29 to December 6 are finished as entries are tabulated and preparations accelerate. The display promises the best ever collection of food animals and draft horses with more entries than previous years. Construction crews expand show facilities and buildings are enlarged to handle the expansion, offering unsurpassed accommodations for exhibitors and spectators.
Cary Maine woman shares a testimonial about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing severe side pains and restoring health after a year of suffering. She urges others not to fear surgery and to seek counsel from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co with confidential response.
The U S Geological Survey and Illinois State Water Survey reissue Water Supply Paper No 239 detailing water quality along Illinois streams. The study explains daily US city water use 50 to 150 gallons per capita, about half a gallon for drinking, and stresses purity, clarity, taste, and mineral content for drinking and industrial needs.
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