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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1887
Page
6
Our Vicinity reports Lacon host for second horse sale on Wednesday September 21. Typhoid illness strikes Maria Gage. Percy Taylor dies after eight days of sickness. Local events include WC T U convention turnout, Christmas old settlers day mishaps, and school plans for Cornell college and Valparaiso.
Newspaper column records visits and relocations from Nebraska to Kansas and Illinois. Names include William Atwood and family, Mrs Blackman, Mrs Littlefield, J B Saggers, Mrs Scott of Chillicothe, Dr and Mrs Tesmer, John Brewer, Ernest Bower and sisters, Mother Kinney, Alfred Burnham’s mother, Mrs Neville, Mrs Parmalee, Mrs Gapen, George Gallop, Uncle Jim, William Atchison, Scotum’s Doc Ridgeway, Leary, Fred Stebold, and William Osboro. Local travel, arrivals, departures, and farm duties noted amid scarce water and ongoing threshing activity.
Julia Ross of Princeton visits James Wilson this week. Will F Spencer stays at home a few days before returning to Chicago for the final term of his medical course. Emily Bonham starts teaching the art of shooting ideas at Sugar Grove last Monday. Twenty two young soldiers enroll. S E Loomis of Scranton seeks a wife. Clyde, a noted ladies man, accompanied the Putnam girls on a Peoria excursion but fell ill on the return voyage.
Local notes recount Willie Wright starting a school in Whitefield and various town characters. Items include visitors from Milo, a new bus feared for its speed, threshing plans, and humorous digressions about residents, travels, and a mock sermon on life in the Illinois countryside.
During a voyage companions watched a sailor drop the testament and rush to the deck singing wildly a rescue refrain. He then clutched his stomach and vanished below, later seen wandering Sugar Grove cemetery with a grave digger indicating where he wished to die.
News briefs report a birth in Saratoga to Henry Eagle and his wife on September 11. Miss Wilson opens a new school in Greenlea district. The Watercott sisters visit Henry Sunday at Mrs Holmes’s. Mrs Joseph Ray endures a severe periodical affliction but she is improving. Owen Doyle returns from Europe with four horses, three Normans and one English Draft, praised as fine stock.
Maurice Bosley greets locals on Monday while Ed Lynch welcomes a 10 pound girl born last week. The city council adds 12 street lamps. Chas Howe injures his knee in a saddle incident. Burgess Bros win seven premiums at the Iowa state fair. Sim Barrett returns from California as crowd favorites Adams Combination brings crowds back to Venona during fair week.
Minoie Shields is on the sick list. Jerry Trono visited his brother W F. Warm weather with hope for rain. A Kays attends Wenona fair in full swing. Will Houck ofSportland returns home after visiting brother Larry. E H Wilson plans a sale next Saturday to relocate to Canton Acotah. Morris Kinsey bids farewell to Oxbow to join son in Tribune Kansas. Picnickers disappointed by cool weather but program praised. LW Farr to Peoria for business and will be missed in church and Sunday school. Union school machinery oiled. Mattie Dunbar operates at the helm with safety and gas pipe supervision.
A H Gaston of Lacon visited Putnam while many citizens attended the Princeton fair. May Campbell the county superintendent moved to Hennepin. Dr Willis from Whitefield attended church in Putnam. J H Jones of Henry attended Christian U S services last Sunday. Charles Gray moved to Henry. Clell Duncan sold property to Jack Grubs and moved in. The Sabbath lesson will be The Solemn Warnings from Matthew 7.18 20.
Vacancies in area schools with teachers from Princeton Sparling and Gilter districts. A carriage accident near Princeton injures Elmer Hunter and his wife lightly. Mrs W. B. Robinson gravely ill with Bioline spell. Rev Kirkpatrick preached at M E church. Annie Sparling departs for Bloomington Wesleyan University to study. Nettie Sparling to teach during absence. revival ends after three weeks with Elder Boger in charge. List of church members and attendees compiled. Death of Elijah Hopkins Sr at 96 years after long cancer struggle. funeral at M E church led by Rev Scott. obituary closes with poem about no death and springtime.
Advertisement declares Dr Haines Golden Specific can cure drunkenness without patient knowledge, to be added to coffee or whiskey. Claims thousands cured and urges readers to write for details from Cincinnati address. Also notes travels of Mr and Mrs J G Miles to Chicago with grandchild Epbra ogelsang and mentions Hill's and Dr Powell's drug stores as sellers.
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