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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
11
Sparland note section lists Rev McLeish’s return, visits by Mrs Luft, Miss Hill, and families, plus travel to Peoria for an implement show. Several locals travel or host guests, with updates on health, schooling, and recent purchases.
Walter Burnett returns from the country to ailing wife Mrs. Oscar McLaughlin with Grandma Smith improving. Mrs. Lottie Duncan considers moving but stays. Wilbur Root's Speer visit noted. Bethel Ladies Aid to meet Edward Tanquary house. Bethel church services 10:30 a.m. Sunday with Epworth League at 6:30 and preaching at 7:30. Sparland services also listed.
The second grade plans an October border for the blackboard and begins writing lessons with the Economy System of Penmanship. Dorothy Ransom is absent from first grade due to whooping cough. The beginning class uses printed word cards for primers. A new game A Trip Around the World is shared by first and second grades. Intermediate room third grade prepares spelling booklets for October and writing lessons start in the Economy System. Several texts are exchanged for new reads: Gowdy Dexheimer Language Book I and II for grades three to five, Frye's Home Geography for fourth, Tarr and McMurray Geography Book I for fifth.
Ralph Taylor Steuben has worked in Moline two weeks and visited home on Sunday with Mrs. G Garrett and his wife. Adah Gibbs and Ethel McDonald visited Adah’s grandmother Mrs. M M Gibbs in Lacon then Peoria. William Gibbs and Mrs. Gibbs called in Peoria Thursday. Mrs. Henry Sargeant and Arthur Kehlenbach visited Halleck La Prairie Atkinson Northampton Lawn Ridge Chillicothe and had dinner with John Reed family in Edelstein. Typhoid illness sickens Anna Belle Justice and Emily Justice. Dr Royce treats them. Mrs Justice’s mother Mrs Charles McKeel of Henry stays with the Justices. Large Baptist church attendance. Mr Hoogson gave farewell sermon. Sunday school to run only next Sunday until a new minister arrives. Marie Garrett visited Lulu Mae Russell last weekend.
LA PRAIRIE notes recount Elsie Aman birthday party with a dainty luncheon and late departures. Community items include church socials, harvest home event, and upcoming Sunday school contest between local parishes, plus visits and travels of residents and a Halloween event at A J McCartney’s with goblins and witches on October 31.
They claim a pleasant purgative effect from Chamberlain's Tablets and a healthy condition of body and mind, producing a joyful feeling. Sold by T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger.
Miss Nora Wunder visits Charles Hofer home while Electa Trumpeter and Esther stay with Art Head near Varna. Anna Ely assists Guy Hatten. Henry Aukland family motor in. Dozens attend Peoria implement show. Alex Wunder joins Pekin excursion. Bastrams of Prince Albert cites Chamberlains Cough Remedy for son’s croup.
Local notices report a Whitefield Center church event on Friday October 10 in which Seitz, Leam Hannum, Bert Mead and Seitz’s sisters Clara and Louise perform music and a comedy to benefit Red Town school. Additional appeals promote an October 3 charity performance by Hans Otto, Frank Weaver and Louis Meier for the Ladies' Aid.
A patient testimonial asserts Chamberlain's Tablets aid chronic dyspepsia more than any other medicine. W. G. Mattison of Hornellsville NY reports success and notes local sellers T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger handle sales.
Women praise Mrs. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for aiding pregnancy and healthy babies. Testimonies from Mrs. Frep Youann of Kent Oregon to Mrs. A. A. Bareneer of Baltimore Ohio attribute successful births and strong infants to the remedy.
Local items report Fred Cornell extending concrete walks, rain loosening ground, and plows moving. Miss Hila Prichard aids Mrs. Roy Gallup at Blue Ridge, while Mrs. Milton Gaumer visits Peoria. The Peoria implement show draws many locals and an apple crop decline forecasts tighter winter supplies. Mrs. Wesley Nickerson falls ill. Mrs. Hotaling assists from Chillicothe. Joe Boxer’s wife visits from Kentucky and local shop buyout is discussed. Mrs. Mitchell and Ada Smith return to Jackson Tennessee with the Moody child. Rev. A B Curtis learns his brother Walter Curtis is visiting Princeville after a Greenville trip, leading to a reunion before Monday departure.
Real estate transfers list multiple quit claims and deeds in Richland Santa Fe Toluca and nearby townships with names Foster Moffitt Peterson Larson Spangler Thiedeler Lobe Strawn Siems Thiedehr Boers Lacon Toluca Santa Fe Toluca Fahy Neuhalfen Neu... Holden. Also marriage licenses births in Toluca and neighboring districts. An advertisement extols Dr King’s New Life Pills as a laxative.
Forbes Brasfield Davis Farms advertise sale or exchange options across agricultural states. Marshall County bargains highlighted along with Henry city dwellings offered at low prices. Contact via phone 90 for buying or selling inquiries.
Social week highlight was a Tuesday surprise for Mrs Mary Halladay with about 30 friends. She received a tablecloth and napkins, two served courses followed by refreshments. Nearby visits and family gatherings are listed from Tiskilwa to LaPere and Portland bound travellers, plus Erie railroad equipment costs.
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