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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
2
Local Magnolia paper notes election returns preparation and lecture plans. Obituary for Thomas Haws postponed to next issue. Recitals, lectures, and social events including Royal Neighbors program and visits from residents of nearby towns are reported with names, places, and dates.
Special Correspondence notes Dr S O Hendrick as a caller in the area last week and J G Clemens set to retire from mercantile work. High school program committee met Miss Lara Simmons to plan first entertainment. Attendees included Swindler brothers Oslie Roberts Margarette Balderson and Florence Wells. Arthur Thompson visited Toluca Sunday. Mrs Dora Simmons has returned home from visits at Henry Whitefield and Lone Tree. Mrs Fannie and Miss Hattie Reymer plan to move to town after renting farm to David Chestnut. Funeral for Mr Thomas Haws drew a large crowd despite dry weather. Samuel Potter expands stock and storage ahead of new store opening. John Davidson and Alf McKirgan families visited in Henry Saturday. Lloyd Kidd reports strong livestock trading business.
Mr and Mrs Simon Beck entertained about 20 friends for dinner last Sunday. Charles Allen and family planned a week with friends in Kewanee starting last Saturday. Mrs Wm Chilton left for a week with her son in Decatur. Albert Daily and family from Sprinkleburg visited Florida friends last Sunday. Wm Munnis took his mother and sister to Wenona for a few weeks with return to Kansas. Harry Humphrey of Joliet is visiting the Watsons for a few days. Gust Deininger, ill with blood poison, is improving. Peoria music store Janssen and Jootsen at 6308 Adams Street listed.
Townsfolk of Palatine and nearby areas are mentioned in a sequence of social notes. Names include Daniel Williams, Kate Matern, T E Gallaher, George Burger, Joseph Newkirk, Robert Revenaugh, I C Johnson, Clarence Edward in baptism, and Mary Bishop with visits to Rutland Venona and Granville.
L A Kaiser and wife visited his sister in Wisconsin on Monday. Mrs Emma Lipply attended the Eastern Star grand chapter in Chicago last week. Mrs BE Williams visited La Salle friends Saturday and Sunday. F M Weis returned from Ottawa where he served on the grand jury. A large crowd gathered at J Warnock's home to celebrate Willie’s 20th birthday. J H Dales and family stayed with George Kaiser in Oregon. Mrs S J Bayley returned from La Salle hospital where she had eye treatment. Rev Small conducted the funeral for Mr Winder in Odell. Mrs Bert Tomasson visits Henry after a week here. Mrs Philip Dose and Miss Mary Dose of Mt Palatine called in Tonica Monday.
Dr. G D Heaver resigns after nearly nine years as Wenona Presbyterian pastor to join a Los Angeles church. A reception was held and a $120 purse given. Another minister, Gustaf Erikson, leaves Wenona for Bertrand Nebraska. Samuel Harter buys L J Hodge residence for 8000 dollars and moves in while Hodge winteres in California.
Mrs W C H Keough, a noted Catholic speaker, delivered a free Wenona address last Friday evening. Her lecture blended humor and pathos as she urged support for the home and childhood from a Catholic woman’s perspective.
Hodge Bros. bankers announce prizes of $3 first and $3 second for the best ten ears of corn exhibited at their bank basement before December 1. A work crew moves on the Charles Burgess Jr brick factory to be 40 by 100 feet one story with a concrete foundation and floor. Burgess and foreman Eugene Weber will tour England Germany and France to introduce the spring to auto factories. Evans Township Farmers Mutual Insurance Co reports a strong past year with only one major fire at Owen Bassett's barn near Dana. An assessment of 1 1/4 mills on the dollar funds this $1,500 loss, while other minor losses were covered without raises. The company holds policies totaling over half a million dollars.
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