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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1905
Page
10
The Henry Republican designates Prof J R Bouton as Local Representative in Spurland with full authority to transact all business for the paper and ensure prompt attention to entrusted items.
Henry and nearby residents appear in a long list of visitors shoppers and letters with names such as Frank Bush Wilson Bush Charles Frommel and Mrs. Curtis. The column notes travel to Mt Vernon Peoria and Chicago and mentions school building work Peters Petri and Miss Nellie Thomas among others. A charity lecture Nat M Brigham in Sparland funds a school library and local social details fill the column.
A Brigham description of the Grand Canyon is lauded as brilliant and lucid, likened to Phillips Brooks in style. Admission costs 25 cents adults, 15 cents children, with proceeds aiding Sparland school. The event promises entertaining, Fatherly humor and vivid landscapes.
Albert Longman and Joseph Gubbins completed a transfer of Longman’s quarter section known as the John Monier farm at Henry for 18000 dollars. Longman plans Iowa relocation trips while Gubbins secures the property. Mrs. Sam Roof moves to Henry for winter schooling. Adolph Renzi buys two horses at a Speer sale, adding a fine black to his hotel stable.
The Illinois state board of agriculture presents county by county wage averages for 1905. Northern division shows 25 dollars with board and 33 without. Henry and La Salle 27 with and 35 without. Carroll 26 with and 37 without. Central division averages are 21 with and 27 without. southern division 18 with and 24 without. Saline has the lowest at 13 with board and 20 without.
The advertisement presents Scott's Emulsion in a fifty cent size for rapid relief in ordinary coughs and colds or as a trial for babies and children. It notes slower gains in other conditions, recommending the emulsion as nourishment for tired weak digestion rather than a medicine.
Fannie Perkins travels to Rantoul for choir duties and will stay with Rev Rannalls. Dan Shane and wife visit Kansas for two weeks. Mrs Winkler and daughters visit Burlington Io. Brooks Wilds breaks buggy and injures arm. Mr Brubaker declines our school. Miss Smith from Morton joins class. A three actor show arouses mixed feelings with prison and gallows past. John A Titus expands his house for elderly mother this winter. Rev Nesbit arrives from Morning Sun with household goods. he pursues a post graduate program at Princeton and plans a D D title.
Notes from La Prairie report Anna Hastings departing for Normal University Edith Leigh a noted musician at home undecided about the future Eva Stowell to attend Hedding College Abingdon with her mother Several locals visit Princeton Wyoming fair plans for Wyoming fair Farmers telephone company installing new lines Local visits and travel Wallace Show Company entertains crowd with animals and moving pictures A lively ball game Hurd threshing gang defeats Packingham’s Dr C Wilmot umpired Rev J P Nesbit to preach next Sunday and join Princeton University plans Riddell family in Scotland improving Congregationalists of Lawn Ridge host reception for new pastor and wife for nearby churchs Conference year ends and township Sunday school planning meeting Oct 5 at U P church
A humorous verse about a girl obsessed with ribbons in clothing and adornments. The poem playfully teases how ribbons color every aspect of her life from hats to stockings. It hints at future marriage and a cheeky image of tying a husband to a ribbon apron string.
Capt. Zeller of Spring Bay visits Lacon as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Woodford County legislature. He hails from a prominent Woodford family. his father founded Spring Bay and his brother Dr. Zeller runs Bartonville insane asylum. The piece also notes local notices on missing neighbors, schooling, oil land development, coroner’s inquests, and various reunions in Marshall county.
Letter to the editor denounces high rollers in gambling and insurance as a nationwide Equitable scandal. It accuses Hydes Depews and other officers of diverting policyholder funds to prop up rotten firms, calls for stricter government oversight, and urges Congress action to reform insurance practices and moral standards among young men.
Circuit Court files list partition and quiet title suits. Numerous probate matters include final reports and discharges in estates of Charles Martin, William Klevesat, Lula Watt, Margaret Clifford, Milo Jones, Bartin Daly, Sarah McFadden, Sarah Isenberg, Jefferson McLaughlin, and Wm Ong with hearings, bonds, and claims adjustments. Marriage licenses issued for Mills/Hanchett and Dunbar/Barnhart. Real estate transfers record conveyances in Varna, Henry, Wenona, Sparland, and Lacon. The Henry Republican notes wedding stationery services offered.
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