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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
5
Will Ehringer of Chicago is home on short vacation. Miss Barnes hosts a tennis party and farewell for the group. Mrs Minnie McClary of Denver visits the B. R. McClary household. Senator Barnes plans Peoria practice after leaving Lacon. Local residents travel to Lake Bluff Boston New York and Washington.
Sparland reports include Prof O C Watt and wife from Chicago visiting town last week. Moline’s Hd Grohore visits his mother Mrs I W McClanahan. Ulysis Barton of Peoria visits old friends. Mr and Mrs Gilkison near Paxton visit David Huffman and wife. Mrs Hou Nighswonger from Chicago visits her mother and sister. George Jacobs Jr of Chillicothe comes to see his feeble father. About 10 or 12 Hoplist church ladies take a Peoria excursion. Mr and Mrs Griswold near Ponching visit niece Mrs A G Cumming. Mrs Waugh returns from Des Moines. Regimental reunion attendees join Peoria event.
Cholera incidents have occurred but Dr Everett has guided all through safely. The Henry club lost to Sparland in a hot baseball game 6 to 8 on Tuesday. Mrs Frank Martin visited north and returned with Frank from Lacon for the Star meeting. Leary Debolt, Joseph Burson, and George Josephs attended Lincoln cottage addition dedication at the Odd Fellows Orphans Home. David Cumming plans to move goods to Kansas and his family to the south town house. Mr Smith will swap homes with D Cumming.
SUGAR GROVE. C. B. Burt lost a valuable brood mare last Friday. Ola Burdett visits Miss Harrie and other friends in Henry. Burtha Burt starts school in Conover district next Monday. Mrs Haines of Rock Island visits her niece Mrs Lyman Loomis. The editor and J. H. Jones faced calls in the neighborhood Sunday. Charley Aukland travels to Alabama to view the country. Sugar Grove school opens next Monday under Chas Worthington. Charley Aukland and Alice Bell drive to Streator. they return with Mrs Logan Bell and child for a week with relatives. Mr Chance and son drilling Charley Thompson’s well. they now bore O. BD Burt’s well deeper to find water. Elmer Quinn’s ax hit his foot while cutting a tree, cutting a deep gash. doctor sewed it, he will be laid up for some time.
Jimmie Vandyke returned to Hureka last week. Wm Longman and wife visit with children. Melvin and Flora Runnells attend school in Henry. H Munroes and O Fosdicks were visiting Steuben. Social at Mrs Fountain's enjoyable. Princeton Fair and Old Settlers meeting at Lacon this week. Bertha Swift began school in Saylor district. Florence Fountain at Center starts Monday. Ed Clark goes to Bradford for a drug store position and pharmacy training. Jenny Brown and her Iowa-born son visit. he is Grandma Johnson’s nephew. School starts with Wm Wright as teacher and 36 enrolled. Wm Nelson sells farm to Rufus Bassett. Tom Wable to move there. Grandmother Thomas recovering from illness. J Long arrives from Iowa. Widespread illness noted. A young man living with Theodore Tufton ill. Don Colehower family also sick. Visitors include Mrs Henry Griswold of Saugamin, Mrs J P Swift of Henry, Mrs Millard Bonham and two sons of Terre Haute, Des Moines resident Mrs Carrie Duncan, and Dean Swift of Chicago. Last regular preaching before conference next Sunday at 8. Bro Aten plans a sermon week later, his final one before conference.
An old advertisement touts Herbide as a cure for liver and digestive ailments. It claims symptoms like jaundice headaches and dyspepsia indicate liver trouble and promises a free trial bottle from Dr Powell, with a 76 cent price for a full bottle.
Letters from Gage Nebraska and Seward report failing props. Mrs George Jacobs of Chillicothe aids Grandpa Jacobs. Willie Waughop of Bloomington Iowa visits his brother R Waughop. Bonham school house finished and J R Hannum to teach starting Sept 9. Old Settlers picnic planned for Sept 10 with many attendees.
An ad urges all ages to visit for extraordinary shoe prices on Saturday and Monday. The shop claims strong sales and aims to grow by offering the best shoe grades to Henry and neighboring counties, promising high value and appeal to shoppers.
Ad claims leather prices surged and old shoes at $1.50 now worth $2. Dealers warn against these prices and urge customers to switch to a seller offering better shoes at $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50 with no announced price increase.
The note notes a wedding invitation for Cary Diehl to wed Maud Walker at the bride’s Belleville Kansas home on Wednesday Sept 3. It also shares Grandpa Jacobs’s precarious condition and thanks neighbors for abundant assistance. A social gathering at Hunt home featured a supper with a lavish spread and praise for Mrs Cummings and her grandsons.
A testimonial from William Horne of Janesville Wisconsin praises Chamberlains Balm as the best external remedy for neuralgia. He claims to have recommended it to many people and notes it is sold by Dr Powell.
Weather cool and pleasant as Jele Divelbiss works for Frank lin and visitors from Henry and Saline arrive. Old Settlers picnic at Lacon on Wednesday. Simon Divelbiss from Saline, Kansas visited. Hankison and Mattison returned from Missouri without land. A buggy incident near Castleton injures none. Coulter school opens with Charles Daugherty teaching and Miss Corcoran at Coulter.
Bella Watt fell from the hay loft in her grandfather Webber's barn last Thursday breaking her arm just above the elbow and dislocating it. Dr Willis set the broken bone and she is recovering nicely as her parents stay away for two weeks.
A social at Jerial Root's on Tuesday evening highlighted visits from Mrs Frank Weir of Lacon and her mother Mrs A Leigh. Ed Leigh hosts an annual watermelon party while grandpa news and student Eddie McCullough returning to Lombard University in Galesburg added local color.
An ad promotes Hill's Double Chloride of Gold Tablets as a cure for drunkenness morphine and tobacco habit claiming no patient effort is needed and stimulants may be taken unknowingly. It guarantees cure and offers mail order from The Ohio Chemical Works Lima Ohio for 31.00 with tea or coffee dispensing.
HENNEPIN. Harry Stouffer is sick. A Rex Nast three day excursion drew good patronage. Wissard Oil Company work continues on town streets. Road commissioners met last Saturday. A B Zenor visited Tonica and spent Sunday with a friend. Lottie Greiner visiting her brother George and family at Tonica.
A large local crowd attends the Bureau county fair in Princeton while Granville band excursion to Elk is small but enjoyed. Ida Seaton visits Mina Zenor in Stuart Iowa and will be away the rest of the summer. Ice cream festival at the Congregational church is well patronized and the ice cream sold. Hennepin high school opens with 150 scholars under Principal Jones Stella Motter and Edith Wilkerson in charge of departments. Alex Moore recovers from a congestive chill. Henry Trendt falls ill but improves. Charley Wood leaves confinement and expects to resume work with Weeks Bros and Deyoe in a couple weeks.
Frank Roberts is in Varna this week and W H Stever of Henry was in town Tuesday. Several residents left town last week while many plan to depart soon. A Sept 14 M E church entertainment and Sept 8 Mineral Springs Camp Ground picnic are announced. School resumes with Prof Zoll and teachers Mary Ray Louise Triplet and Celia Spencer hosting a dinner for friends before they depart Magnolia.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers announce a Digestive Cordial that combines a digested food with a digester of foods to quickly correct stomach derangements. They say it helps pale, thin people eat with less pain and may make them plumper. A free little book is available at druggists. Also notes Laxol, castor oil flavored to be palatable for children.
Putnam James Giltner has been very sick with paralysis noted as the trouble. A 8 Dawson has repaired school property recently. J J Huard and F C Cook returned Tuesday from a trip through. Chas Podd of Iens visits daughter Mrs Elijah Henkins who is quite sick. Billy the smith reports a new blacksmith at his house. J W Williams is building a steel bridge east of JFE over the creek. M Parker and Nellie Farlan, visiting the family of John Anderson, have returned to Peoria Inst Fridre.
Fragmentary report mentions Lavi Wright with eye trouble and hopes to work, E O Henkins in Pendleton County West Virginia involved, a school house renovation, and William Wescott as teacher with Boyer in charge.
Mail comes with several notes of residents returning home from tours and visiting neighbors. Oliver Mills returns to Wr county from a lecture trip. Lara Spargrove and Abel Mills plan to attend local events and schools. Joshua, Able Mills, and families prepare for weekly routines and quarterly meetings.
A Canajoharie resident says Dr New Discovery always helps his family and is never without it. A Catskill druggist touts Dr King's New Discovery as the best cough remedy used in his home for eight years, claiming it never fails. Trial bottles free at Dr Powell's Store. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
Residents share visits among neighbors at the Broaddus and Packingham homes. Local schools plan new terms with Geo Morse and Zenor as teachers. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla advertised as a health aid. A lightning casualty in Ogle County prompts readers to subscribe to the Henry Republican for state, county and city news.
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