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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1910
Page
11
Peoria Illinois dye and cleaning shop advertises prompt attention for express shipments with guarantee. Gents garments cleaned by steam or dry methods, pants and overcoats priced, and dry cleaning rates listed. Garment dyeing offered for suits pants and overcoats with price ranges. Express paid one way on all orders.
Sparland residents report visits to Henry and Nebraska, relatives in Earlville, and a Sunday gathering east of the river. Local events include a December 10 bazaar and supper by the Ladies Aid and W B P, plus election day turnout and a royal neighbors dinner.
Miss Anna Becker wed Nathan Hancock at Hale Memorial Peoria with a reception and a mock wedding. The Becker family plans a move to Lincoln Nebraska. Harriet I Meacham Parker died October 31 in Kewanee at 76 after a long illness. Bethel Aid society and church reports listed with officers and finances. Foley’s Honey and Tar endorsed as cough remedy in yellow carton with black lettering.
The report covers social visits and daily life in South Whitefield and Henry including Alex Wunder and Terrance O Mor row, Ingram Smith selling grapes, Miss Hunter visiting relatives, Prof. Ira M. Ong promoting a fraction chart, and various family updates. It notes the infant Cecil Jacobs death in East Peoria, a funeral service, and thanks from the grieving family. Also praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with local druggists selling it.
The record lists births, meetings, visits, and small-town happenings. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Falk on Wednesday is noted along with an upcoming Ladies' Aid meeting at Mrs. John Phelps this Thursday afternoon.
Bond ten cents and name of paper with this advertisement for Sayings Banke and Child's Sketch Book. Each bank contains a Good Luck Penny. SCOTT AND BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Saratoga records unseasonably warm November weather and corn husking fashion. Frank Farling works for Will Kelley. Arno Reinbeck’s horse was taken at Astoria Saturday night and left with Bob Kelley until Sunday. Will Rickey returns from Minnesota on Wednesday. Joe Clark ill last week but improving. Mr. and Mrs. James Claycomb of New Florence Pa welcome a baby boy born November 3. Mrs. Claycomb formerly Susie Hayline, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hayline. Ethel Hollingsworth works for Mrs. Arno Reinbeck. Little Minnie Sarver remains ill with a swollen face from ulceration but shows improvement.
Rev and Mrs Black host a farewell reception at the U P church as they prepare to move to Allerton Iowa where Rev Black will be pastor. J M DeVault and spouse visit Wm Scott and Ruth Greene spends Sunday with family. Dorothy Scott and Una Watt host a chafing dish supper for seven guests.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century paper notes a supposed vote by women and promotes Dr King s New Life Pills at 25 cents. It lists local people and events including Epworth League services and residents like Floyd Turner and J O Mallett, with school pupil names and grades.
Mrs Francis Turpin of Junction City Oregon praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as superior for whooping cough and also effective for colds and croup. The product is marketed by A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves.
The miners union prepares a November 14 observance in Cherry to commemorate the St Paul coal mine disaster in which nearly 300 workers died. National figures will speak as the mine reopens with about 150 miners back in the third vein. The second vein, fire damaged, will likely remain closed. A Fulton Peoria drainage district around 5000 acres along the Illinois river to be reclaimed at $185000 includes a nine mile levee and six miles of ditches. Also note major land sale in Fulton county, and long-tenured teachers in Shawnee Town and Pittsfield as well as the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Illinois to meet November 15-18 in Springfield.
LAWN RIDGE news mentions Mrs Neff of Peoria visiting with her son Charley and sister Mrs Prichard. Clifford Nurss bled from rowel for a short stay with his grandma and friend John Menoher. Miss Emily Bragg adds a concrete porch floor and plans winter enclosure. Otto Symmes and Mrs Nickerson swap homes. Emily Bragg attends cousin Bassett’s funeral in Champaign with Mrs VanTassel. A family death from consumption is noted. Sterling and Moline Traction Co plans a Princeton to Sterling branch. eight engineers survey route and enter Princeton from the north, headquarters there until completion.
D. T. Sanders of Harrodsburg Kentucky recalls friends doubting his survival of consumption. He praises Dr King’s New Discovery which stopped his lung cough and restored health. It treats coughs colds grippe asthma croup hemorrhages whooping cough weak lungs with 50c 1.00 prices trial bottle free guaranteed by A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves.
Probate Court reports the estate of Peter Jacobs Jr with appraisement and widow's award approved. Guardianship letters issued for Arthur Cleveland Ryan with bond set. Writ ten order authorizes guardianship fund loans. Final reports and adjustments noted for multiple estates and minors.
A series of deeds and transfers recorded in Bennington Toluca and nearby towns includes Frank Ehrnthauer to Charles J Devlin and trustees, several quit claim deeds to parcels in Toluca and Santa Fe add to Toluca, and by-laws reference by Toluca Northern Rail Road Co. Marriages Licenses list George F. Dick Jr. and Helen A. Marsh among others in Varna Wenona and St Louis.
An advertisement extols Foley Kidney Pills as upbuilding strengthening and soothing. It claims tonic action and quick results attributed to A. J. Ironmonger.
SPEER William Gray has replaced his furnace with a steam heating plant and donated the furnace to the Lawn Ridge parsonage where it will be installed soon. Monday evening Mrs Moran hosted her Sunday school class at her home in honor of John Menoher. Fire destroyed two corncribs containing several hundred bushels of corn at the farm of R R Streitwal ter Tuesday. two buggies were burned as well.
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