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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
2
The slate includes County Judge MENRY C. MALLS, County Clerk HENRY EK. EDDINGFIELD, County Treasurer EE. WONSER, Sheriff JASPER CECIL, and Superintendent of Schools GEORGE W. HUNT. The names identify election candidates and official titles for the upcoming vote.
The Magnolia school presents grade enrollments with 138 in eighth grade and 15 tuition pupils overall. A furnace is being installed as classes consolidate literature and history to cut daily recitations. The Magnolia Tennis Club, age 20 members, has a clay court ready and in use, with officers including Harry Ramage president and Mark J. Sweany secretary treasurer.
Desen Kirkendall died reportedly at his daughter's home Sunday September. The notice mentions Mrs. Barber and a town area. Unclear details note feeble health prior to death and reference to descendants, including Renae and Mya.
McNabb residents hosted and hosted visitors through the week. Attendees included Walt McNabb of La Salle, Mrs W L Meath, Miss Edith Harkins, Miss Lucile King, and J M Downey among others. Three local baseball games were played with McNabb winning two of three against Priscilla and Florid on Saturday.
Local residents visit G O Davis and others in Palatine while a funeral in Odell honors Josiah Puffer. Joe Bing is praised for cutting ten cords of wood and eight loads of hay in Luscomb’s grocery store setting. Hooker T. Washington will lead efforts to raise funds for the Frederick Douglass home memorial in Anacostia.
John Skeet and spouses travel through Iowa while residents report illness including Mrs. Rudolph, Mrs. H Myers, Mrs. Emma Phillips, Miss Eisie Zilm, Wm Jones and A W Merritt. Nearby visits follow, a fatal heart condition claims Jesse Kirkendall in Hope township, a buggy accident injures Mr and Mrs Flannagan, and a town dance featuring the Metropolitan Orchestra entertains the crowd at the opera house.
A West End man went to a station on Tuesday to meet his supposed cousin Jennie Blake. He asked any blue clothed girl if she was Miss Blake, explaining his sister Kate only knew Jennie. A tall brown girl identified as Tam confirms Jennie was present, but the scene ends with awkward tension as no clear meeting occurs.
W H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont lauds Dr King s New Life Pills as a quick cure for headaches constipation and bowel issues. He states the pills keep his family in splendid health and notes availability at J E A Powells City Drug Store. Subscribe for The Republican.
A 1809 Carey atlas compiles 49 maps including a 1795 United States map showing Illinois territory and the Mississippi valley layout as perceived by early Americans. The piece notes rivers, a Joliet to Galea range, and misplacements of Illinois and Wisconsin features, with dialect and spelling quirks from the era.
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