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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
6
A garbled want ad column references Doane’s Kidney Pills and various remedies. It cites testimonials from Lewis Black of Lacon and a Mr. Diack of Buffalo, praising kidney regulation and relief, plus mentions of cemetery work ads and land sales notices in multiple towns and states.
Docket of Magnolia community events includes Sunday school at Magnolia High School auditorium and church services with teen activities, Red Cross meeting, and patriotic drives. Local reports note travels of residents, illness recoveries, and shifts in area society, with dispatches from Magnolia soldiers at Camp Dodge and town notices.
A veteran ad describes a woman recovering from a severe cold that settled in her lungs after illness. Doctors prescribed Vinci and six bottles restored her strength enabling her to resume housework. The ad claims Vinci cures nervous conditions and general debility with a weekly supply.
Postoffice officials say Christmas mail to northern abroad must be posted by November 15. Each package should be conspicuously marked with the recipient’s name and address, and in the upper left corner the sender’s name and address. Packaging must be secure for easy inspection by the postmaster.
Community updates from Lostant feature social visits in Mendota LaSalle and Colfax, a rally day church push, operetta performances, trips by Mills family to Amboy, a land price remark from Otto Iowa, a 21st birthday surprise for Ray Barr, a young Doris Schiffbauer birthday party, and obituary for Mary BE Barnhart detailing life in Lostant and family roots.
The Saratoga church reports 27 in Sunday school last week with 92 cents collected, up from 24 and 56 cents a year earlier. Rev. Waters led the Bible class, Henry Aukland led the evening session on Trials and Theft Object, with singing by Mrs. Herbert Doyle and a reading by Miss Cutlip.
A notice explains that letters from U S military personnel abroad may be sent without extra postage and will be collected on delivery. It also describes the U S government Liberty Bonds offering 60 payments in 25 years, redeemable after five years, bearing 4 percent interest, semiannual, exempt from taxes.
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