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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
9
The Henry area reports social visits from Peoria St Louis and Chicago with notes on Grange fairs, home renovations, and new hotel operators Rice and Reeder. Probate marks the Elliott Brewster Green estate worth 19000. Registration sessions set Oct 15 and Oct 29 with voters urged to confirm their names on the registry.
Civic Committee of the Woman's Club highlights progress from a modern post office and improved streets to quieter air and fewer flies. It lauds Amelia Bloomer era newspapers, the Lily and The Balance, and celebrates the Henry Republican editor’s 47 years of service while urging women to wield influence against saloons and vice.
Teachers meet weekly to discuss classroom management and the daily program. Lloyd Hunter serves as pianist this week. Report cards issued Wednesday. records show steady progress. High school plants thrive. Peoria visit demonstrates physics apparatus. Domestic science and art classes report soup projects and dresses. seventh to eighth grade work on undergarments. eighth grade pupils make coat hangers. Six fourth graders and twelve fifth graders had perfect attendance in September. Marie Williams returns to first grade after three weeks absent. High school team defeated by Swaney last Thursday. Remember Jack Crawford's advice, boys.
An old fashioned pitch advocates custom tailoring over ready made. It promises superior fit and style with 500 new patterns on display and invites readers to visit the shop before choosing a suit.
On last Thursday afternoon Ran kin Forbes took Charles McManus Louis Applegate and Ora Baker for a ride in his Buick touring car. After McManus exited at his home the driver sped at about 30 miles an hour striking a large shade tree on Edward Street. All occupants survived with injuries described as minor for some and unconsciousness for Baker who recovered the next day. The car was wrecked beyond repair and to be shipped to a factory.
A through coal train derailed Tuesday night when break rods near the engine loosened and lodged in the ground. The west rail spread, seven cars left the track before the train was stopped. Rock Island wrecking crew cleared the line by noon. The coal car was removed by a crane after the coal was dumped beside the track.
The Commonwealth Edison company is buying up many local electric light plants across western and central Illinois. It is the chief rival of the Mississippi River Power company, which is building the large dam and power plant at Keokuk, and the rapid purchase of Illinois plants signals the start of a power battle between the two firms, according to an exchange.
Mrs. Lois A. Wood née Blanchard born December 25, 1823 in Ellisburg New York. She married Timothy Wood July 29 1848 and lived across Illinois and nearby farms before settling on the Senachwine homestead in 1861. She died December 20 1906 at age 88, respected as a sturdy pioneer and good wife. Funeral at her son Charles Wood’s homestead. Interment Putnam cemetery. Also reports death of Mrs Sarah Jane Rogers diabetes and funeral at Missouri Valley Iowa. Governor Wilson praises President Taft in Minneapolis remarks. State fair housing info offered by Springfield Commercial Club.
The Putnam county circuit court will convene in Hennepin on Oct 21 with Judge Green presiding. Wenona faces scarlet fever but schools stay open. Various local visits and road improvements are noted, including a 40 mile stretch report and the Sunset Trail blaze by local auto clubs.
Illinois Traction and McKinley interurban plans to connect Joliet with Chicago’s Metropolitan elevated road at Clyde. Through traffic options include routing trains via Rockdale to Joliet traffic and a west side river crossing. Joliet & Southern Traction aims to reorganize under Chicago bankers who hold most bonds.
Judge W. W. Wright long served as county judge at Toulon and died at his home on Sept 80 after a long illness. He retired from the bench years ago due to health and lived in retirement. He is survived by his widow and two children. Wright descended from English and Irish nobility through both parents. His wife was a daughter of ex-Judge Hopkins of Putnam County and was regarded as a leading Toulon citizen.
The sermon schedule lists Sabbath school at 9 45 a m communion at 11 a m and preaching at 7 20 p m with Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. A morning collection will aid Home and Foreign Missions and other church boards. Pastor George T Griscel urges all connected to attend and contribute generously.
The Christian Church will have Rev H C Reichel in the pulpit both morning and evening next Sunday. Sunday school begins at 10 o'clock. The girls class won the banner for the first time in a long while, and the Ladies Aid plans a chinl en dinner on Oct 26.
Henry county supervisors chose the same site five miles from town to rebuild the infirmary destroyed by fire. The brick facility will cost 90000 dollars after opposition to placing it near a railroad. In Adams county the poor farm was renamed The Adams County Home to sound more humane.
A humorous exchange reveals the speaker’s full name as Peter H Hancke, explaining that a minister’s stutter led to the initials. The anecdote attributes the unique name to a baptismal mispronunciation.
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