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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1888
Page
6
Lacon notes health improvements from a Nebraska trip and a death from consumption. A London Assurance play is announced for Oct 17 and 18. Prohibitionist campaigning, visitors from Peoria, and travels to Aurora appear. Socials, horticultural exhibits, and a Republican rally with speakers are reported. Local auctions, choral events, and families celebrating new births are noted along with various local updates.
Whisdtota visits Champaign to see her mother while Bishop Spalding’s lecture draws praise. Local fairs and farms are mentioned with corn huskin, livestock shipments, and a pig loss. A Prairie township update covers Blessed knowledge, Prohibition meeting turnout, nightschool progress, and residents moving to new homes or trips to Washington territory.
Neighbors report Myrile Van Ostrand visiting No Wasisn A as husking begins last week. The brief note records local activity and confirms the presence of the visitor during early autumn.
Crow Meadow James Harrison plans two new corn cribs. Fred Blood, Mortimer Blood’s son, attends college. Otto Heinrich expected to attend school at Henry but poor health prevents work. doctor orders rest. Crow Meadow Grange to elect officers next Saturday. farmers may join by sending names. John Smith and family head to Peoria County. wife visits parents while he plows rent land and plans spring move. A neighbor reports a supposed tramp seen hungry. it was John Chambers en route to Mr Heacock's for work.
Long list of local visits and travel notes includes GenM Lanktree in Morris Jo ane Kneip in Henry and Carlie Barmore heading to Peoria for dressmaking. Political clubs and meetings surround the Cleveland Thurman and Fran ce groups with speeches by J M Palmer T J Henderson and J H Miller.
E H Charley Read visited Chicago this week. J R Veach was in Lacon last Tuesday. Postmaster Seaton of Hennepin called in our town last Monday. Several citizens plan to visit Hennepin next week for courting. A prayer meeting occurs at the Chutalap church every Thursday evening. Mrs Emeline Davis suffered a bad injury a few days ago when a rib was broken, confirmed by Dr Ktonear.
John Sparling suffers a chronic sore neck while residents report visits from Mr and Mrs C. L. Prutsman of Princeton. George Longman, Sr returns from Nebraska rustication and praises the trip. A cemetery improvement effort continues and local trips are described. Local meetings include a Normal bible class, a political rally for O G Lovejoy, and a Prohibition campaign event in Hunnepie. Uncle George Sparling narrowly escapes injury at Kine farm. Next Sunday's lesson is The Stones of Memorial with practical guidance for families and children.
Cottage DAM and apple mill bustle as Nelson Wilson travels to Aurora. The Studyvin family gathers at the home farm while Mulbleib brothers thresh and shell. A Wyoming claim adventure looms for Dad Studyvin, near Custer City a 50 mile post. A county treasurer dispute over slander ends in violence between two neighbors.
The will assigns houses and land in Peoria and Nebraska to daughters Mary C Blood Jenalon McCoy Minerva Grace R and others. It directs estate management for 15 years with equal shares to five daughters and outlines sale of underperforming real estate and sale of household items including books. Executors are given discretion to value and divide assets and to select items for special allocation.
A streetcar strike flare up in Chicago on October 10 led to police clashing with crowds at Garfield Avenue and Orchard Street. Officers used clubs on spectators and several arrests were made as strikers blocked cars and scuffles broke out near the West Side barns.
A wartime era notice cautions readers that many soaps imitate Ivory and are not equal. It urges buyers to demand Ivory Soap to ensure genuine quality, highlighting the distinctive attributes of the original product from Procter & Gamble.
The West division strike gates off 600000 residents from downtown, cars run from Larrabee to Yorkville with patrols. few ride downtown while sidewalks fill with pedestrians. A Peoria game sees Jersey Blues beat Sparland 8 6 as locals watch. Warner's Log Cabin Extract touted as life remedy amid market notes.
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