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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
3
Sparland society news lists Rev McTeish's welcome back and multiple visitors from Henry Monmouth Chenoa and Peoria. It notes Mrs Anna Luft and Stella O Leary health, Deacon Dunlap's Riverside trip, and local families dining, shopping, and traveling. Tom Dwyer ill. Zeus family hopeful.
Walter Burnett returns from the country to care for his ailing wife. Mrs. Oscar McLaughlin aids. Grandma Smith improves and plans housing with daughter but stays at home. Church notes report Bethel Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs. Tanquary, church services Sunday at 10 30, Sunday school, Epworth League, and evening preaching. Sparland service 10 30 a.m. Everybody welcome.
Primary Room reports second grade planning an October border for the blackboard and writing lessons using Economy System of Penmanship. Dorothy Ransom absent from first grade due to whooping cough. First and second grades learn a new game A Trip Around the World. Intermediate Room notes third grade spelling booklets for October and writing lessons in the Economy System. Textbooks exchanged Gowdy Dexheimer Language Book I and II for grades three to five Frye's Home Geography for fourth grade Tarr's McMurray's Geography Book I for fifth grade.
Ralph Taylor spent two weeks in Moline and returned Sunday to visit family Mrs Garrett and his wife Adah Gibbs and Ethel McDonald visited Mrs M M Gibbs in Lacon last Friday and were Peoria visitors Saturday. Henry Sargeant and Arthur Kehlenbach visited Halleck La Prairie Atkinson Northampton Lawn Ridge Chillicothe and dined with John Reed family in Edelstein. Anna Belle and Emily Justice are ill with typhoid fever Dr Royce cares for them Mrs Justice’s mother Mrs Charles McKeel stays with the Jus tice family. Baptist church saw a large attendance as Hoogson bade farewell. Sunday school will be held next Sunday with a new minister expected. Marie Garrett visited Lulu Mae Russell last weekend.
Miss Elsie Aman hosted 24 friends for a birthday gathering with luncheon. Sunday school contest plans span several parishes, while epworth league hosts harvest social Oct 7. Other items include visits to Peoria, notes on meetings, and local church activities with announcements and invitations.
Multiple brief items report residents visiting relatives, attending entertainments, and daily life in South Whitefield and Whitefield Center. Notables include Nora Wunder at the Hofer home, Anna Ely assisting at the Hatten house, and several outings to Pekin, Peoria, and Harvey Hunter’s near Buda. An advertisement mentions Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for croup.
Fred Cornell expands concrete walk improvements around the house as rain loosens ground. Miss Billa Prichard assists Mrs Roy Gallup at Blue Ridge. Mrs Milton Gaumer visits from Peoria at her brother’s. Peoria implement show draws crowd. Apple crops decline due to drought, winter stock may be short. Mrs Wesley Nickerson ill. Mrs Hotaling aids. Joe Boxer’s wife visits from Kentucky. Possible shop buyout discussed. Mrs Mitchell returns to Jackson Tenn with niece Ada Smith and child. Rev A B Curtis reconnects with brother Walter Curtis after trip to Indiana. pastor’s wife delayed returning.
Real estate transfers show multiple deeds from property owners to named buyers across sections 19 20 21 24 and Toluca including lots and fractions in Varna Sparland Lacon Toluca and Santa Fe additions. Marriage licenses for several couples are also noted along with minor anomalies in the list.
fragmentary notes recounting a social event with names like Mrs Harty J and references to a table setting and entertainment. unreadable sections limit clarity.
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