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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1887
Page
6
Lacon reports Thanksgiving services at the Congregational church with Rev McDade. crowds attend the opening as painting completes the woolen mill siding. Revivalist Rev Jesse Underwood and Rev Barrett preach, temperance notes linger, and the new church holds dedications amid district meetings and social events.
Spariunda Ilaving reports Cairo has grown since the war with levee improvements and Bird's Point shifting four miles from the city. Fires from Cairo to Centralia threaten farms and stock as dry conditions persist. Local notes mention coal rights near Sparland, a burial, a phrenologist visit, and residents returning home for holidays.
The town notes the forthcoming marriage of principal N Spellman to Miss Clara Willey at the bride’s home on Wednesday evening November 23. Wishes for lasting happiness accompany the announcement. Other items include a November 4 church supper for unattached young people, an oyster supper at Bobbit’s hall hosted by Captain Carson and the Good Templars, proceeds about $18, and local news on August Hall joining MC W A band, John Audlin returning to town for school, and A V Esterdahl and Jamie moving to Moline with a new checking Clerk role in the plow company.
Oscar Peterson moved into the house vacated by Mr Es terdahl. Marino's orchestra will furnish the music for a ball by the band boys at Bob pit a hall on Thursday evening Dec. 8. Come and give the boys a rousing big crowd. Ask Lou Lenz where he gets the coat for the band room. If he tells you none of your business ask Chas Fogle Novice.
Magnolia report covers Odd Fellows activities in Cairo with J. A Lambert addressing dead fruit trees sales, Edward McCabe leaving the blacksmith shop for Spring Valley, and Wm Simonton joining the McCabe shop. It notes a fire near James Hulm's with insured loss and upcoming Lash store reopening, plus daily mail changes and local saloon competition amid WCTU efforts.
Local items report a wedding invitation, sermons at the Christian church, and social notes. Mrs Chittie Crawford of Dana visits. Rev J H Scott and Elder Boyer preach. A railroad collision near the depot injures one and wrecks 12 cars. Conductor Johnson aids passengers. A panicked night, smoky and dark, with a freight train collision follows.
At the LaSalle depot a wreck injured William Parsons of Chillicothe. An inquest was held the next morning as he lay in severe pain. A woman and child were with him. the husband had left her and whisky reportedly worsened the incident.
A Saratoga report states John A Coulter underwent a Chicago operation last Friday with surgeons present. The kidney was removed and the young man died Tuesday night, ending a bright career. A Whitefield correspondent in the Republican criticizes a Huffman residence gathering as improper, implying the presence of many young men and causing offense.
Local items from Oxbow recount visitors and social calls, a road bridge query, and family news. Campbell Shields shipped a car of fine hogs. Minnie Shields and Kate Ransom visit relatives. Union School vacation underway amid chimney and gas concerns. A scale of local issues ends with a sales pitch for Ayers Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier.
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