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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
10
Magnolia area notes show Emma Hult returning home near Pattonsburg after illness. Several residents make trips or host relatives including visits to Streator Henry Peoria Granville Rockford Chicago and Oklahoma. Names include Ray Wal ker Johnson Simmons Downey Peters Jewell Hull Lane Lackland and Merritt among others.
A round of visits and travels includes Mrs N B Thierry to Starvy ed Hock Deer Park Ottawa and Streator. Arminda Ray arrives at Magnolia to begin fourth year as primary instructor. Murray Merritt returns to Hoopeston National Bank duties after vacation. Mrs David Chestnut and three children visiting Indianapolis relatives. The Misses Mae Dee Ollie Spencer and Margaret Lackland with Milas Rolley attend a teachers institute at Hennepin. Henry McDermott suffers a paralytic stroke and dies. burial at Cumberland cemetery. Fred Thierry collapses on train and returns home Sunday. A white parasol lost at Big Bend Reunion grounds. finder to return to Spencer store. Households visit en route to Sycamore and tours across Bureau Lee Stark counties. Big Bend Reunion a success with ideal weather and Jessie Colton Co. plays. For Sale two thousand white oak posts near Magnolia. Obituary notes for Lewis Carlson 1841 1912 Swedish church Varna burial. Foley Kidney Pills praised by Garden postmaster Antoine Deloria. Interlocking crossing progress north of McNabb and river bottom road safety concerns. McNabb school opens with 50+ students and staff assignments. McNabb John McNabb returns from Chicago. Panzer upper grades and Miss Davis lower grades. John Swaney high school opens. attendance good. Local banter about a baby’s presidential prospects.
A bustling update from Quaker Lane recalls school reopening with full seats and new pupils. Relatives visit relatives in Peoria and Lostant, auto repairs, summer school at Normal, and visits to W. G. Griffith’s. Magnolia Grange Fair’s night attractions, Sept 24 27, Pomona’s Day at the Grange, and local builds including silos and a large water stand pipe. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised by dealers H W Hendrickson Ohio Falls Ind. for coughs and colds.
Hennepin hosts teachers institute and reception for visiting staff at M W A hall. High school opens with full attendance under Principal F L Marshall and staff. Local residents attend reunions, hunt trips, and social events while Al bert Matern cares for a typhoid stricken mother.
The Illinois State Fair holds its final day on Saturday October 12 with top drivers entering a A mile race featuring aeroplanes automobiles and motorcycles in the closing event.
Miss Bessie Hannum wed James McAllister in Wenona with Rev. J D Calhoun officiating. A wedding breakfast and a later shower followed. The groom will farm west of town. Miss Ilda Baldwin died in Ottawa at 29 and was buried in Wenona. Several residents returned from trips and others visited relatives as community events and services were noted.
Mrs. J. N. Hill of Homer Georgia says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cures coughs and colds and prevents croup. She uses it for her five children and endorses its efficacy, noting her family would be without it. A. J. Ironmonger. A fleet of airships appears at the Illinois State Fair daily except Sunday with funny mule races each day.
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