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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
12
Magnolia residents report marriages Mina Hall and Charles Hoopery in Toluca. Numerous visits and travels among locals include Knox College professor Hakes in Magnolia, Mrs. Lackland hosting domestic science lessons, and Rebekah circle activities in Toluca. Several trips to Streator, Tonica, and Minnesota frame a busy social week.
What We Never Forget recalls how Bucklen's Arnica Salve soothed burns boils and cuts from childhood. Forty years of cures prove its merit and it is touted for piles corns and cold sores at 25 cents. School Tablets two for a nickel are available at The Republican office. You'll like them.
Local items include Dr Pletsch’s new operating table improving animal care, Mrs Kostan and Miss Davis visiting, George Ziegler delivering five M F cars to several towns, Rev Cady’s anti saloon lecture, Martin Keller buying a 10 acre Iowa fruit farm, F E Kerns adding a bath, Marie Gallaher and Mrs Gallaher hosting a music evening, Toot Simonton leaving the McNabb butcher shop, Jack Seibert returning from South Dakota, and plans for the Grange fair and a Ziegler hall dance. Also notes on Lake Senachwine visits and a promotion for Chamberlains remedy.
Hennepin hosted a harvest home with attendees from Granville McNabb Magnolia Putnam Depue Henry Princeton Dana and Ottawa. The event featured church rallies, a grand dinner and supper, county fair exhibits including fruits vegetables paintings and flowers, a baby show with winners Baby Bush Baby Downey and Baby Hamm, and an evening entertainment raising 416 after expenses.
Next week at Magnolia Grange features evening entertainment and a bigger Premium total this year. Local residents including W L Bumgarner T J Smith and many others posted bills while festival events note auctions exhibitions and ball games between the Chicago Union Giants and Leland Giants. Community updates cover gardening farming travel attendance at fairs visits and a health tip endorsing Chamberlains Tablets.
Rev Norman Barr of the Institutional church Chicago called on relatives here Thursday of last week. One landmark the Larned brick south of the village has been torn down. Henry Weingartner bought a half lot south of Everett P Davis heirs. Neighbors attended the Streator fair last week and reported a wonderful show. Mrs Carrie Droll was quite sick the past week. HE Laughlin trip to Champaign and back last week. G O Davis in Hennepin Sunday. his son Hart has been there the past week returning home. Ice cream social at the school house last Saturday evening was well attended despite threatening weather and rain. Proceeds something over $17. Miss Nell Powell returns to Decatur for school duties this week.
An advertising note urges readers to try Dr King’s New Life Pills for quick results, claiming easy safe and sure relief for liver derangement constipation biliousness and indigestion. Pills priced at 25 cents sold by T. J. Segraves and A. J. Tronmonger's.
The Urbana fair featured over 70 heat races with top performances in under 2 14. Harold Brown, son of Mr and Mrs Wim G Brown of La Salle, has been named to the Naval Academy in Annapolis from this district.
The Modern Woodmen of America argues in Des Moines that without new rates the society would face a deficit of 1 billion dollars. The answer asserts two thirds approved the January by laws in Chicago and that state and provincial camps properly elected delegates. It claims assessments were paid in advance and that contracts allow by law changes. Rates are claimed reasonable and not discriminatory except younger members subsidize older ones by about 22.5 million dollars.
The piece cites Mr. Perkins as a director at Northern Securities, National City Bank, International Harvester, and United States Steel, linking him to major prosecutions. It quotes Governor Wilson noting there is no indispensable man and argues that one man domination is over.
The Washington Post wonders aloud about presidential runs amid friends' disclosures while the Indianapolis News mocks the appeal of new parties after personal career setbacks and failed goals under the old party.
Two thousand white oak posts offered for sale at 12 cents each on Bent Law farm one mile west of Magnolia. Seller R W Spencer notes date 8 15.1f.
A trial recount shows a defendant bribing an Irish juror with 100 dollars to secure a manslaughter verdict. After the verdict the prisoner thanks the jury and jokes with Pat about the effort, noting the other eleven wanted to acquit.
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