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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1912
Page
7
Fragmentary lines advertise legal and real estate services in Illinois with names FRED W. POTTER and HENRY ILL, including estate settlement and land titles. Disjointed phrases mention office location Park Row and a telephone number 14, reflecting damaged OCR.
Arrests for drunkenness and fines sent to Dowling Bros. to serve in jail. Major McClaughery, former Third Illinois Guards adjutant and Pontiac resident, dies in Leavenworth and will be buried in Pontiac. A new nonperiodic comet spotted by Prof. Gale may appear in the southwestern sky soon. Farming notes highlight scientific methods, acreage plans, and coon and possum hunts in Metamora. Obituary details a Nebraska man, Philip T. Bender, with family ties and funeral plans. Porto Rico reports a success of Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles, with local distributor details.
Mrs M E Halladay and Mrs Frank Doty visited Mrs Lee Brokaw from Wednesday to Friday. Mrs Grover Paul died in Iowa Friday. Ed Finnegan of Bradford visited Wednesday at Wm Perry's. Temperance program at Cottage church Sunday. Mrs Wm Chesney Mrs Travis Esther Chesney and Willie Chesney visited Henry Monday. Mrs George Milier visited Young and Brookie in Princeton Tuesday. Grandma Griswold returned Monday from Princeton. Rude Miller and family were entertained Sunday at Frank Doty’s. Concrete foundation being laid for a barn for John Julander. Wm Bentley and family at Frank Lidgard’s Sunday. A number helped Mr and Mrs Samuel Chessey celebrate their wedding anniversary Wednesday near Putnam. Uncle Edwin Merritt somewhat poorly. Mrs Otto West ill with rheumatism. FP M Charles delivered hogs in Broadmoor Monday. Glaus Swanson and family visited Otto West Sunday. Harvey Merritt painting for Reynolds Bros.
A scrambled OCR page mentions Kerrick range and Roosevelt, with references to gage numbers, ships and whiskey shipment amounts. It references Congress and Senate in 1804 style, and names Donal and Chamberlain with vague policy and freight details.
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