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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
2
Local representative R A Ward handles Henry Republican business in Magnolia. Numerous residents visit relatives in Indiana Illinois Oklahoma and Missouri. Mag members plan Old Settlers picnic in Lacon Sept 3 and a Chi cago shopping trip for winter goods.
Bobbitt and Miss Bessie Roberts formed an auto party to Abingdon last week for a family reunion. The town opened Monday with a full line of pupils and Prof. Smith of Belleville W Va as superintendent Miss Scoville of Forksville Pa intermediate and Miss Ray of Hennepin primary Y S Glenn will be at the Princeton fair with Poland China samples. A N A lodge in Magnolia reports two candidates. The new telephone building drain is nearly complete a two story black brick structure trimmed with white stone located between the post office and the south alley. Grover Kidd and Maggie Henderson were married at the Parsonage with Rev McCormick officiating. Both are well known in the community.
Dr W H Weathers returns home from vacation while Henry Shields is seen on our streets John Dean Sr travels to Streator Will Chestnut visits southern Illinois Charlie Lormis Jr regains health Mrs John Deans mother returns home in Peoria Tena Pruisner stays with Mrs Simmons Mrs Z F Titus in Missouri after an uncle’s death Mrs Jack Johnson and children visit Henry Dr E A Hall of Henry consults with Dr Simmons Vaughn recently moved from Indiana injured in a fall Nellie Clemens improving Charles Johnson sick list Mrs Jesse Anderson and Mrs Rachel Anderson visit Wild Animals in Putnam County Nick Konrad paid 111 bounty for 255 ground hogs 8 foxes 8 wolves 7 crows Farmers praise pest removal Henry Casson of Madison Wis a former Hennepin resident is veteran Wisconsin politician and long-time Republican campaign manager
J F Hoge buys goods in Chicago for Hoge Monser store. Funeral for old friend in Knoxville. Mr Heflin vacationing in Michigan to regain health. Walter Howe and Ira Lantz home from Wisconsin outing. Beechers extend stay. Mrs Sarah Roberts returns from New York reunion of 148 relatives. Austin Garvin seeks land in Ohio. owns farms near Wenona. Mrs Hodge travels to England for her father’s illness. Public school reopens with new cement walks and safety features. New teachers listed alongside retained staff. Dr E W Oliver selling Venona property to move to Peoria. Big Bend reunion dates Sept 16 17 18 19 with eminent speakers planned. Miss Althea Hamilton dies at hospital. funeral held with Rev G D Heaver. Gillespie Moulton wedding at bride’s Wenona home. reception, gifts, and trip to The Dells follow. bride Nellie Moulton daughter of F M Moulton. groom Dr Edwin S Gillespie to practice in Venona after moving from Kilbourne Wis.
The Palatine school week begins with building cleaned but grounds still wild and overgrown. Local notes report visitors Mrs. Jessie Robbins of East St Louis and Mrs. John Dales and children from Tonica at G O Davis' residence one day last week. Longtime resident Peter Reisen dies at home Sunday night August 31 after brief illness. Charles Bishop and mother of Wenona visited relatives here last week. Gun club members joined a Tonica shoot, and George Huth returns from a Chicago trip.
The Wilson family held its annual reunion Friday at Amos B. Wilson in Magnolia, with about 140 attendees. Activities included music, poetry, and a family meeting led by Laura W. Smith, honoring past members Henry K. Smith and Margaret M. Merritt while noting two deaths last year and recalling Civil War veteran Preston Eyre.
Hennepin residents J. B. Albert Lyle H. Durley J. B. Bush Matt Hanson and W. F. Thomas attended the Douglas Lincoln debate semicentennial in Ottawa on August 21 returning home the same day except one judge who stayed to take children to a show boat.
The Aug 27 reception for Joaquim Nabuco drew crowds of dignitaries including Mrs. Lyle Curley and W. C. Patterson. The Aug 28 convocation at Leon Mandel Assembly Hall saw over 300 degrees conferred over two and a half hours. Glenn Raley broke his arm at Johnson's corner. doctors McCormick and Weeks treated him. Miss Durley departs for Des Moines to take a teaching position.
The Consolidated school started last Monday with 43 in the high school and about 27 tuition pupils enrolled Monday morning with several more expected. Local residents traveled to county seat, to Oregon, and to Virginia for work or visits. Friends gather for Illinois yearly meeting at the Lane meeting house on September 12, alongside a Friends conference at Winona Lake Indiana.
Annual meeting of the Putnam County Sunday School convention set for the Danish Lutheran Church in McNabb on Sept 10 and 11. Program includes devotions, talks on county opportunities, foreign population, training teachers, missions, and officer elections with a consecration service led by Rev W A Hutchinson.
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