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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
2
Gladys Brenn sick list updates. residents like Dawson Glenn Jr and Eva Sweet visit relatives. Shoppers frequent Peoria and Chicago trips. C E Griffin family hosts in Magnolia. Henry and Tonica connections noted. Monta tonica visits by A D Hillabrand. various commutes and social calls across Magnolia, Lacon, Galesburg, and surrounding towns.
The notice details a Saturday ice cream social at the Palatine schoolhouse with Elias Rolley teaching after illness, Miss Margaret Lackland starting Monday, and substitute Miss Mae. Updates cover visitors, travel to Champaign and Chicago, church events, school hours in heat, and thanks to local helpers. Electric Bitters praised in ad.
Lostant area obituary notes Henry McDermott born in England died August 31 1912 at the home of E R Moon Burdette Illinois after a brief illness of paralysis. He was a brickmaker turned farmer with family ties in Lostant Magnolia and Tonica and recently took a 2000 mile auto trip with his sister and her husband. Burial at Cumberland cemetery with Masonic service conducted by Perry Dakin.
Local items from McNabb include social dance at Ziegler's hall with 30 to 40 couples, music by Henry Standard Orchestra, and town travel tales. A church preacher Nerut Sands plans final sermon before conference, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised by dealer H W Hendrickson of Ohio Falls. Sales listings note TJ Segraves and A J Irmonger.
J J Tomlinson visited Henry on Monday afternoon. L F Boyle toured the Lane Friday in a new Chalmers. A school lawn party Friday evening. Paul Jones visited L H Lassman over Sunday. M A Wilsons visiting Carroll county last week. R A Wards M J Frenchs and Mrs Hattie Wierman dined at T J Smiths Sunday. J H Price of Streator transacting business at the farm last Monday. J oN Wilsons and Florence Given at the Princeton fair Wednesday. Several citizens attended Streator fair this week. T J Smith and W G Griffith joined Will Bumgarner to the Princeton fair Thursday. WB Mills starts on Farmers Institutes tour this week. Mr and Mrs Cofford Mills visiting W G Mills for a few days. Miss Anna Toemmes of Lostant visited M A Tomlinson Bon several days last week. WB Mills and family went to Bloomington Wednesday for a nephew’s wedding. T C Sutherlands trip to Chillicothe Missouri for land interests. Frank Griffith of Heyward California has been in Chicago and plans a visit locally.
For sale two thousand white oak posts at 12 cents each on the Bent Law farm one mile west of Magnolia. R. W. Spencer. 15 tf.
Mrs. Wm. Cleary Sr. is ill while Miss Mae Mulvihill opened district 27 school and Miss Margaret Weber teaches in Patterson district. Several visits and travels are noted including J S S Wilcox in town, Cal Freeman family in North Dakota, and a Pohl family reunion in Mendota. Thomas Flanagan returned from Chicago after an operation. Hope Township bought a Hart-Parrall tractor.
Mary Cleary and Margaret Shea hosted sisters Bernado and Cordula from St Angela's academy in Morris Illinois along with a Tampico sister and children from Buckingham. The group joined for a last week gathering noting the band Schoenneshoefer led by their captain with new uniforms and caps bearing the name. L Parks of Murraysville Georgia, 73, reports kidney relief after Foley Kidney Pills, claiming cure of kidney and bladder troubles with no habit forming drugs.
Rex author of The Spoilers and Neer-Do-Well receives first publication rights for The Net a thrilling love mystery with Black Hand intrigue. The Chicago Record-Herald will publish exclusively starting next Sunday making it a major event in national literary news.
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