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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
2
Dr Carrie Weatherly osteopathic physician offers acute and chronic care with focus on diseases of women and children. Treatments available at home. Day and night calls. Office at residence east side of Main Street near Central Park. Phone 261.
Magnolia society items record visits and travels of local residents. Mrs. McDonald attended the State Fair in Springfield last Saturday. Miss Amy Wade plans study in Hope while visiting Mrs. Phillips. Dr. Swein and family dined at East Side Inn. Residents report trips to Chicago Peoria La Junta and Starved Rock with friends, sales visits, and family plans for winter.
A condensed Henry area update lists visits, travels, and social happenings. Howard Wilson begins six years at Rush Medical College while T J Smith travels to the State Fair for ten days. Various residents attend harvest events, shop, visit relatives, or travel to Peoria Princeton Venona and Standard are mentioned among frequent local names.
Readers report many trips to the Springfield State Fair and nearby towns. Families like the Griffiths and Wilsons visited Amboy and Champaign while others traveled to Decatur Sedalia and Indiana for relatives, farms, and work, with Magnolia Grange Fair promotional notes at week’s end.
An old ad notes rain triggers rheumatism and neuralgia and promotes Sloan's Liniment for fast relief. It claims deep penetration without rubbing, soothing sore joints and tired muscles, with quick relief for bruises, sprains, and minor injuries. A 25 cent bottle is urged.
Miss Minnie Turner recovers from a fall and arm fracture. Local groups meet at Mrs. I. F. Douglass home and Swedish Lutheran church, while Wenona public school opens with strong attendance. The Venona band plans Peoria show, and several residents move, visit, or return from medical care or travel.
Mrs. King entertains her mother from Henry. L W McBride and Frank McCuskey visit Streator. Stillwell family and Miss Brown call on relatives. Taylor Reesberg of Toluca in town. Alan Ash visits. Edgar Scarborough from Los Angeles comes for weeks with wife. Nettie Weeden visits El Paso. Samuel Myers takes Jeannette and Ozell Stateler to Galesburg. Knox freshmen. McBride displays Halloween items. Haws sisters to Galesburg for Knox assignments. Reverend Chatten attends Peoria conference. McCuskey attends state commissioners convention in Peoria and theater. Three new church members added.
Local notes recount residents in Peoria Ottawa and Streator visits. Reports include births illnesses travel, a 77th regiment reunion in Peoria, and a car accident injury to Ed Ryan. Several families, including Comisky and Foley, host guests and attend events statewide.
Last week the state aid road project between Lostant and Tonica started with a contract awarded to Peopla Service Co of Omaha. Local social notes mention visitors Fred Phillips of Washington and James Cole and relatives from nearby towns enjoying weekend visits and a church youth tennis court nearing completion with concrete lines and backstops.
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