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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
11
Sparland notes list Mrs. Anna Evans and Miles McCartney on sick lists, visits by Flossie Frisbey and others, Miss Della Taylor taking a school near Camp Grove, and many residents traveling to Peoria Springfield and Chicago. Reports mention school openings, a quarantine lift at the Newell home, and Red Cross activities as communities support wartime efforts.
Broadmoor and nearby towns see a flurry of travel and visits. Rees was in Chicago on business last week while John Poff traveled to Pennsylvania for an extended visit with relatives. Clarence Perkins and family of Plano visited Broadmoor friends. John X Brown and wife of Lom bard visited their son Sidney Brown over Sunday. Ena Jurgansen returned from Bloomington where she has been attending school. George Bean Jr. has been laid up with blood poison in his right hand. Mrs L EB Clifton and children returned home from Rock and visiting relatives. Emma Johnson visited her daughter in Whitefield earlier this week. Lucile Foster and Josephine McNulty of Bradford were guests of Olive Rees. W F P Shaw and family of Chicago and Mrs J T Kelso of Tiskilwa were guests of Mrs A W Shriver.
An old advertisement urges Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for children one year and older with castor oil after. A second note comments on rising prices hit farmers, manufacturers, and editors for higher costs and tighter margins.
Court House News reports probate actions including estate of Jeremiah Trone order fixing inheritance tax and Anna Kuss will probate with letters testamentary to William Kuss. Barbara Hopper guardianship hearing for Frederick Hopper, James E Hopper as executor, bonds of 100 and 1600. Conservatorship of Theodore Bickerman with September 9 hearing and notice requirements. Real estate transfers include Toluca Coal Co to Charles A Brown and Edna M Barnes to Jacob G Fecht. Circuit Court docket includes J P Henry E Jacobs attorney for plaintiff in partition suit. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ad and a political notice for Marshall County primary election September 11 1918.
A Mrs 8 L Clift address at a W C T U meeting argues food labor and life are wrecked by liquor. She cites 7 million pounds of food wasted last year and 300000 workers in liquor, urging prohibition to save food, labor, and lives and to elect dry candidates.
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