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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1880
Page
1
JH Jones & Co offer 6139 yards of Calico and 2679 yards of Muslins at rates 4 to 9c and 1-8 to 5-8c per yard below rivals. They sell 329 suits for men and boys 50c to 2.50 under ads, 2713 pairs of Boots and Shoes 20c to 5.19 with Kip boots at 1.42, and 27837 dollars of other merchandise at ten percent savings versus previous newspaper prices.
Announcement states a forthcoming free goods distribution at the establishment with further notice to appear in newspapers and on posters.
Henry County column details local campaigning in Sparland and nearby towns. Mentions Republican and Democratic activities, speeches by Otnie Hamilton and T. E. Gapen, a Garfield and Arthur club, a Chillicothe picnic, a wedding, school changes, new store construction, and community gossip on temperance meetings, unsold stock, and local figures like Rev Seamon and Rev Tragg.
The Whitefield Center and Whitefield Corners sabbath schools announce a picnic on Saturday, September 11 at Gynt Brown's grove. Sugar Grove school begins Monday September 6 with Miss May Hamaker as teacher. all are invited.
Joseph Greenlee dedicated his barn in Saratoga Monday night, built by C. H. Kellogg with about 140 attendees enjoying music by John Fosdick and lively dancing. A Sept 11 picnic at Daniel Hickey's Saratoga township aims to aid a distressed family, featuring a raffle of a valuable mare donated by H J Hickey, proceeds to the family.
Fragmentary input notes a summer harvest ending in Whitefield Corners with thrasher noise replacing reaper song. Vague farmers’ relief and possible descriptions of fields and weather hint at a rural community scene.
In Lawn Ridge near the Congregational church wet roads and rain contrast with drought nearby. Archie Williams and wife with Miss Gracie Blood visited the Locka home. Hullands from Danville called on friends. Farmer William Anderson mourns his ninth Berac suspected poisoned. Frank Stone buys the Stark cheese factory to revive local dairy. Three new buildings rise on Chillicothe and Lawn Ridge road. Annie Powell and sister Arminio staged a reading at church for the radical society. despite rain, a large crowd attended and praised Annie. Receipts total 45.
Seavore of neuralgia prevented attendance at the republican meeting. Armory hall hosted speeches by Judge Cassell of Woodford and L. E. Payson, with Prof. Barrett's Campaign Glee Club. Cassell urged Republican support. Payson praised state rights and Jeffersonian democracy. Domestic notes report illnesses, family visits, and a burial in Wenona cemetery.
Dr Jaeffries after visiting Kansas Missouri and Iowa returned to Illinois seeking a spot to settle. Locals urge him to rejoin Magnolia. Keller offers affordable goods for undertaker needs. G H Hume and family head to Great Bend Kansas. County convention at Hennepin next Saturday. Cassel and Stowell visit Magnolia with Thornton. Granville and Hennepin trip noted. Magnolia public school opens Sept 6 with Grace Harwood Whitney principal and Caspar Gurney and Ela McGinnis as assistants.
Friends plan attendance at a quarterly meeting in Benjaminville and a yearly meeting in the neighborhood with notices to follow. The temperance central association met in Lostant led by G M Bane of Lacon, who spoke earnestly though some felt the political angle too strong. Joshua Myers of Varna spoke to the Center club. The Lagsea firm begins squeezing and skimming this week. schoolhouses in the county are being repaired.
Castletown reports several community events including the death of Mrs. Reardon at 56 from typhoid fever, the Pratt family losing a nine month old baby, and Mrs. Tosse’s wife ill though unspecified. Gharrett and Miss Griffin return to old friendships as Wood Fleming adds a new wing, Shafto Bros build a residence, Clark leaves for Grand Ridge, and Hoe moves family as Wood Fleming succeeds AM Clark locally.
Several travelers stop in Milo this week including three lawyers from Princeton and a dozen from Pennsylvania. John A Griswold of Iowa and Miss Roberts of Canton are visitors, Uncle Charles Mason returns from Boston, and Mr Bavingers hosts Ohio guests. Alexander Fairbank is recovering from a fall. Mrs Charles Lombard is buried in Mound Cemetery after cancer battle. Rev E H Brown of Sparland conducts services. Sylvester Sutherland and wife plan a Livingston County visit. John Griswold returns to Iowa. threshing ends, crops poor. Will Steven visits from Chillicothe. Wm Kelso and Miss Sunderland marry. Eli Bentley of Milo dies after long illness born in Kentucky over sixty years ago.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption as the greatest medical remedy for throat and lung ailments. It claims thousands found relief, promises cures for coughs colds asthma hay fever hoarseness and more, and offers trial bottles at low cost to prove its merit. The seller Kalb is highlighted as distributor with a 31 size bottle offered.
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