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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
3
Sparland community notes record sickness visits and social events. Visitors include Mr and Mrs B A Kline and Miss Sadie Stouffer. Activities cover harvest suppers, Ringling Bros. attendance, school sport results, and student clubs. Notable incidents include a fatality verdict by inquest and a broken arm accident.
Local man Michael Milan of Wenona Illinois reports backache and frequent urination from kidney weakness improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy with ending the lameness and pains and says he is now well. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY_props.
Sloan's Liniment relieves neuralgia and muscular pain quickly without rubbing. It soothes stiff muscles rheumatism gout lumbago sprains and strains and reduces pain from injuries and insect bites. A 25c bottle available at your druggist.
A son born to Mr and Mrs Harry Dewey. Mrs Brown of Brimfield visits sister Mrs George Krueger. James Campion returns from Ohio trip seeking land. Neighbors buy new automobiles. Banaut and Casteton painters at George Lombard's. Hickey plans an elegant new house. Mrs John Weekly visits Indiana. Local cinema draws large crowds. Morgan Myers and Agnes visit Ohio relatives. Adolph Renzi and bride return from wedding trip to old farm residence. Mrs Thomas Reily hosts sister Katie and husband from Kewanee. Eugene Reily operated on for appendicitis at Proctor hospital. Frances Jones returns from visit with uncle Jay Thatcher. Maggie Flood rehired as Camp Grove schoolteacher. 34 pupils. Robert Fennell and Mary Peoria visit. Mary to attend Rock Island school. Dr James Gill’s family mourn death of his daughter Aileen in Brooklyn. remains brought home for burial.
Changing seasons bring cold symptoms such as stuffed head clogged nose tight chest sore throat. Dr King's New Discovery provides relief with antiseptic balsams to soothe membranes clear the head loosen phlegm and ease breathing. Take until the cold is gone. 47 years as a favorite remedy for young and old. At your druggist.
Circuit Court filings include suits by Frank N Ireland & Son and by The First National Bank of Lacon. petitions to modify decrees. a bill for divorce. and assumpsit cases. Probate orders announce final settlement notices for Joseph and Anna Thompson estates. Marriage licenses issued for multiple couples in Lacon, Toluca, and nearby areas.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for every family noting its quick relief during sudden illness before a physician or other medicine can arrive. The second passage reverently praises a person's noble qualities and role in history.
In a noted bequest, Tedwig Swanson, longtime servant in the Peek family, will receive a $2500 legacy from Peek who died recently after two generations of service.
The river is exceptionally shallow with only four to six feet in key points. The U S Comanche recently soundings from the elevator to the locks show navigation hindered as the dam back eddy fills channels, dredging is promised but delays persist, and the La Salle turning basin and Peru area cannot pass Swain boats. The Comanche continues upriver on its annual lightkeeper voyage and fishermen anticipate a strong season despite the low water.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and biliousness, claiming they keep bowels regular and liver healthy to look younger. Separately, Marseilles paid Rock Island railway 50000 in freight for July, with raw material imports swelling freight, prompting added side tracks and plans to build 4000 extra feet of switch track.
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey claims soothing pine forest relief for irritated membranes and antiseptic action to loosen phlegm break up severe colds and ease stuffed up chests and sore throats with a 26 cent dose at druggists. Also a social note recalling women lifting skirts from sidewalks.
Col. Charles W. Thatcher founder of the Washington Trans Continental Highway Association toured a city with a ramshackle wagon loaded with relics. He told listeners he has spent 12 years on the road and traveled over 50 000 miles while advocating road improvements. He spoke of meetings in Seattle New York Denver and New Orleans and planned talks toward Chicago.
A vintage advertisement promotes Wolf's Lice Killer powder with claims of rapid louse elimination. The copy urges readers to request a post paid trial package if a dealer does not supply it, from The Wolf Chemical Company in Quincy, Illinois, USA.
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