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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1914
Page
10
Henry E Jacobs of Henry Illinois operates a general law and collection business with a specialty in probate law and land titles. Contact by telephone 14 for legal services in the Henry area.
Magnolia residents and kin gather for Thanksgiving events and social visits as Dorothy Freeman and Wendell King recover from illnesses, Dewey Dean relatives visit, and many locals attend church, fairs, and bazaars. Numerous neighbors travel to Peoria Springfield and Champaign for family, football, and funerals while planning charity events and community gatherings.
The town notes two new electric lights at the Main and Bishop corners aiding pedestrians downtown a noted improvement. The Ladies Aid bazaar and dinner event set for Thanksgiving at the Masonic hall with prices 35 cents adults 25 cents children under 10 and a 15 cent supper.
The notice claims Chamberlain's Tablets move the bowels improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion. It states the product is for sale by all dealers and presents an advertising boast about health benefits.
The report covers a 23–0 girls basketball score, a two-batch advanced manual training class building playground and athletic apparatus, student-chosen projects, and supervision for originality. Fall weather aids distance school travel. oyster supper success. Bradley lecture Nov 26. six-week Consolidated course in English arithmetic agriculture and hygiene. seventh and eighth graders indoor picnic. next Friday game possible. Genevieve Fogerty visited. Louis Cook in Henry for manual training. many houseplants donated to brighten rooms.
The Lostant column reports numerous health updates and social visits. George Berry Nellie Curtis A H Ruble Mary Ryan and many others are mentioned with illnesses and family visits. railroad depot platform improvements are noted and several local residents travel to Chicago and Rutland.
Mrs J B Cook of Indiana Pa credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with saving her sons life during a winter croup attack. She states it reduced phlegm and coughing and expresses gratitude. Advertisement notes it is for sale by all dealers. The passage also contrasts outcomes in a separate legal note involving Pollard and Miss Doubleday.
Granville Echo reports J E Conlin of Lostant missed a legislative plum but secured a post worth 100 dollars per month. Carl Hay of Bradford tours Florida. Ramage travels to fetch sister in law Minnie Ray for school. Julia Harper hosts annual teachers’ gathering, leaving Kennedy out due to not being a lady. Also an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills and a note on chicken thieves near Orion stealing 175 fowls with some dying from doping.
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