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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
10
Dr Carrie Weatherly osteopathic physician offers acute and chronic care with special attention to diseases of women and children. Treatments available at home if desired. Calls answered day or night. Office in residence on east side of Main street one block north of Central Park. Phone 261.
Reports of illness in Magnolia and Marion Hull keeping students home. Social visits include Mrs Alex McKirgan in Toluca and Mrs George Golden. December lectures and bake sale planned by O E 8 ladies. Death of T E Gallaher noted. School activities, pic show events, and various local movements referenced along with farm and family news from Mt Palatine to Henry and Dana.
The Country Woman's Club met November 9 with Mrs. Irving Broaddus as host. Officers elected were Mrs. John Bumgarner, president. Miss Hines, vice president. Mrs. Howard Ash, secretary. A Thanksgiving program followed, including a poem by Mrs. C. B. Allen and Alma Broaddus on the holiday. The club will resume in April 1917 with new committees named. Mrs. Williams stepped down as president, praised for her work.
Mrs Thomas of Geneva New York reports her husband suffered for years from indigestion with stomach pains and distress after meals. Chamberlains Tablets relieved his spells immediately. Obtainable every where.
Lostant local society notes record visits juries and travel among residents. Mentions include Mrs M Ruble and son visiting, Fred Patterson on jury duty in Ottawa, H C Barton returning from Chicago, Lela Moore visiting friends in Peoria, Tim Haley calling on former Lostant friends, Anna Hill aiding at Roscoe Kelley’s bedside, and George Hillabrand in Tinley Park tending farm interests. Community announcements cover church fan entertainment December 12, a death and funeral for Samuel Lippincott, and multiple small items on visitors, revivals, and local business.
Amid campaign talk Democrats warned the fate of the Joliet to Utica waterway hinges on Governor Dunne's re election and a pending Supreme Court ruling. Experts say eight feet depth may suffice and fourteen feet through the valley is unnecessary, with work possibly starting near Joliet next year as a favorable court decision nears. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ad follows.
The trapping season starts in Illinois with muskrats, minks, skunks and other fur bearing animals taken in large numbers. About 2000 muskrat pelts were shipped to New York last week as trappers earn 25 cents per pelt. High prices stem from Limited fur imports during the European war, boosting home market demand. Estimated Illinois trapping value tops 1.5 million dollars annually as season prospects look bright with colder weather likely pushing prices higher. Farm boys constitute a large portion of trappers, supplementing spending money during the dull season.
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