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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
2
Magnolia community headlines social calls, visits, business trips, school news, and upcoming events. Residents from Henry, Lostant, Streator, and Toluca are mentioned along with changes in local leadership, theater and cinema activities, and a forthcoming event at Magnolia Grange.
The Thursday Afternoon club held a Nov 16 meeting at Beulah McAllister-Fople's home with Home Economies as the day’s theme. A seal sale committee was appointed, and new member Mrs. W Harvey Young joined. guests included Mrs. Reynolds and Miss Cora Reynolds.
The Ladies Aid Society hosts its annual Thanksgiving dinner in the church dining room at 2 30. Rev Young will give an address. The ladies also host a bazaar for Christmas gifts and serve supper. The Sunday school department will provide an entertainment.
The Henry Republican urges every household to subscribe as a necessity not a luxury. It promises prompt home delivery and a weekly price under a dollar to bring news, entertainment, and profit to families in the community.
Joseph Morris returned home from Bloomington Saturday. Mr and Mrs Utech left Saturday to visit relatives at Farm Ridge. Parret and wife of Chicago were guests of Max Whitney and wife one day last week. Mrs Dorman and daughter Mazind of Streator are guests in the home of Mrs Roscos Phillips. Mrs Robert Lippincott went to a to see her parents who are in poor health. Rev W D Evans of Washburn was a guest in the home of L Dugan Wednesday night. R W Philips came up from Bloomington Saturday for a visit with relatives and friends.
A mixed column reports Arthur Arenz recovering from appendicitis surgery, Mrs. Emily Dugan and granddaughter Hollis visiting Ottawa, and Georges Schiffbauer decorating his restaurant with pink lighting. It notes deaths, auto calls, storms damaging horses insured for 480 dollars, a fire at the Richland rectory, and a near accident involving H A Barr’s grandson.
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