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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
11
Sparland department announces Prof J R Bouton as the local representative for The Henry Republican. He is authorized to transact all business related to the paper and will ensure prompt attention to entrusted news items.
Mr. Duncan still seeks his glasses and several residents travel orvisit nearby towns. Excursions to Starved Rock draw crowds while many relatives visit from Peoria and St Louis. Hay deliveries, new chimneys, and wheat yields appear alongside drought woes and drying wells.
Last Friday celebrated Randy Tanner's birthday with dinner guests Mr. Chessman and Mr. Schelick. E. H. Hutchins and Marshall Downey passed through Sparland on their way to Lacon. Darby Arment and helpers from Lacon lay a concrete platform over the well at Terry and Railroad streets. Mrs. Sabina Ray went to Chicago to be with her children. Delbert Taylor and Della attended Miss Verda Wells's wedding in Venona, a Miss Wells former Center school teacher, to a Ohio groom who will move to Dayton. Ice cream social raised about 16 dollars for band boys and the Orphans' home. Mrs. Dawson visited from Chicago. Mrs. Kline spent Monday with Mrs. Osborne. Union gospel meetings continue with confessions and convictions. Ball game Sparland beat La Prairie 15 to 1 with Barr pitching.
Advertising copy extols Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a cure for displacements, prolapse, painful periods, and other feminine complaints. It claims safety, low alcohol content, endorsements by medical writers, and urges readers to write for free advice and purchase the People Common Sense Medical Adviser. It also promotes Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets and the 1008 page adviser sent free with stamps.
Mrs Dominica Baratta died last Wednesday morning at 8 o clock. She leaves a husband and five children aged 14, 11, 4, 2, and 8 months. Interment followed at Catholic cemetery. La Prairie player Marland assisted Barr with pitching. Mrs Robert Daniels visited Mrs Bertha Rowe. Center church holds services with Rev. Alford preaching last time before conference. Casper Hoffman builds new corn crib with elevator.
Community updates include visits from Atwood and Nellie of Galesburg and McCullough Root families, doctor attendances from Sparland and Chilli cothe, and Edith Leigh recital plans at the Methodist church. Will Hillebrand sale to Frank Calder shocks town. Orpha Ide Kendall perfor mance praised. Lucie Calder commended for first social leadership.
Dry hot dusty weather accompanies a large turnout at the Princeton fair and Old Settlers picnic. Residents attend school openings in District No 9 and town hall district while peach canning fills days. Continued community updates include visits, illnesses improving, new babies, construction projects, social gatherings, and a hayrack mishap returning home after La Prairie entertainment.
Jerie Ketchum returned home from Fisher in Champaign county after visiting his brother JT A Seelye. Aukland of Henry harvested clover last Friday and Saturday. May Harrington stayed with Ethel Seelye over Saturday night and Sunday. Joseph Harrington visited James Barry Sunday evening. George Lutes shelled corn last [unclear text].
Revival meetings begin tonight at the Christian church led by Rev Price of Eureka and may last two weeks depending on interest. Joseph Sutherland died Sunday morning at 8. Funeral at the Christian church Tuesday afternoon. Ed Jennings and family visited F W Brokaw in Whitefield Sunday. Rev G E Alford preached at the M E church. next Sunday is his last before conference and supporters hope for his return. Ladies' Aid meets next Thursday with Mrs George Shorts. Township Sunday school workers meet Tuesday evening for home visitation planning. A McKeon and wife attended the Sunday school convention at Neponset and Bunker Hill. WFMCA met at Whitefield parsonage last Friday with 15 ladies.
Rev W E Lowther writes from Port Said April 2 1906 detailing travels through Burma and India. He describes Rangoon church services with soldiers present, meetings with Bishop Robinson and Miss Ayers, and visits to Moulmein Calcutta Lucknow Bareilly and the Theological school with 72 students teaching Greek via Hindustani.
The article extols pure white lead and linseed oil as the best combination for durable, good looking paint. It argues that peeling paint indicates inferior materials or preparation, not the fault of technique.
National Lead Company in State Street Chicago offers Shipman Pure White Lead made by the Old Dutch Process and Pure Linseed Oil for sale.
A traveler recalls touring India from Naini Tal to Agra and Delhi, admiring the Himalayas and the Taj Mahal, noting contrasts of beauty and poverty. He describes famine orphans, Rajputana hunger, Bombay friendships, and plans to join missionaries in Cairo and Palestine, ending with hopes to hear from a friend in Strasburg.
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan says her two year old recovered from a severe bowel attack using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad claims it is dependable even for cholera infantum and urges following printed directions. Sold by Powells City Drug Store in Henry Illinois.
The Moler Barber College in Chicago Louisiana offers rapid training with low expense and abundant job opportunities. An illustrated catalogue explains everything. Write them for details as noted in this Chicago notice.
A humorous reflection on dairy, stating that if cows produced butter directly humanity would invent milk. It notes milk is nature emulsion butter shaped for digestion and adds cod liver oil is nourishing but must be emulsified to be digested.
An advertisement from Scott & Bowne Coursers in New York proclaims Scott's Emulsion as the most strengthening nourishing food medicine in the world. It combines quality oil with hypo phosphites to aid digestion and boost health, sold at one dollar by all druggists.
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