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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
7
Sparland residents visit relatives in Chicago and Peoria. several locals travel for family, church, and lodge events. Many names appear with trips to Kankakee, Venona, La Prairie, and Starved Rock. a town platform project and Mystic Workers' lodge activities are also noted.
At a Thursday Boy Scouts gathering in the grammar room the annual election for next year elected Andrew Riddell as president Eddie Miles as vice president Harry Anderson as secretary Milford Marshall Robert Russell and Billy Osborne were re elected as captain and color bearer The group plans the annual contest for early November Flora Osborne returned from Colorado with her brother Scott and wife visiting relatives until Mrs Relief Mc Laughlin and sister Mrs Wm Osborne return from Colorado Osborne enjoyed Colorado but is glad to return to Sparland.
Everett Simpson and Miss Mabelle Pelz were secretly married Sunday at 3 p m in Peoria by Rev Sall of Elm Street pastor of the People’s Christian church. Lizzie Simpson and George Christman Jr attended. Both grew up in Sparland and graduated from the public school.
Annie Hawksworth of Sara toga and husband spent Friday with her mother on a small suburban farm for sale. Abe Colwell chopped wood east of Lacon and bached. John Riddell bought Asa Nighswonger cattle herd, purchase satisfactory to Nighswonger. Edith Johnson of Putnam visits Ephraim’s family. Mary Knox of Gimlet hollow gravely ill, daughter of centenarian Mrs Jane Davis who died last year. Newell house hosts Tenie and John of Lacon. Henry Sargent hosts nephew Amasa Garrett last week. Baptist Ladies Aid met at Mrs Ernest Carney’s home. Anna Rice Stock of Bradford visited niece Mrs Oliver Johnson. Elizabeth Compton recovering from malaria.
Rev Thomas Martin has been quite ill. Miss Charlotte Loveridge visited Miss Dorothy Scott. Mrs. Scodn and daughter Jeanette left for Denver. Fred Aman, Morgan Myers, Claude Doran and George Jones were in Omaha. A. J. McCulloughs left for California for the exposition and relatives. Ellsworth and William Weekley attended their mother's funeral in Indiana. Lynn Edminster left for Lake Forest to take a position. Hester Collins and LaVeta Scot attend high school in Lacon. Rev E S Busby attended a conference in Kankakee. Students going to schools: Margaret Turnbull and Leota McCullough to Bradley. Myrtle and Lois McQuillen, Ruby Rapp to Normal. Lawrence Turnbull to Northwestern, Evanston. Gara Gallup, Margaret Webber, Edna Calder, Howard Greene, Lawrence Webber, Donald Root to Abingdon. Evangelistic meetings at La Prairie Town Hall led by Rev Neil Stewart. Mr Cooper of Monmouth as singer. M J Scott visited Omaha.
Mothers trust Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey as a quick remedy for children’s cold ailments. Pine loosens mucous and opens air passages. honey soothes. Pleasant combination marketed as ideal for kids. 25 cents per bottle.
Rain continues with cool air as residents seek warmer clothing. Walter Holler sick with appendicitis, others busy with wood, hedge stamping, and visits by many families from Lacon and Steuben. Miss Rolley from Coulter school among Sunday guests. annual woods trip popular among youths. Frank Weichman and Roy Smith worked on telephone lines Tuesday.
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a satisfactory laxative that releases poisons and accumulated waste. It claims dizziness spots before the eyes and a misery indicate need for the pills and promises relief by morning at 25 cents.
South Milo visitors from St. Joseph Missouri include William Wright Mrs Wright and their son Howard Oliver to see their Bradford relatives. Walter Bentley and family dined with Roy Hill. Harley Reese and Alden Bentley away sick from Milo school. Mrs Cavanaugh visits granddaughter Bertha Colrs. Hazel Zimmerman plans a surprise party for Estella with forty guests and ice cream cake. McClane and Griswold families join John McClane for Sunday visits.
Miss Clara A. Diggoe of Bribe New York endorses Chamberlain’s Tablets as quick relief for headaches dizziness torpid liver and digestive sluggishness. Advert says obtainable everywhere and that they are worth their weight in gold.
Mary Thomas remains critically ill as age compounds risk. Funeral held in Lacon for Michael Kelly, formerly of Lacon, who died in Streator after hospital stay. interment in Lacon Catholic cemetery. Lenz resigns meter job with Public Service Co due to ill health. Romp succeeds. A baby girl Wilma Christine born to George and wife. Medical visits and travels noted for several residents including Dr W J Hayes, Rev R C Agno, and Miss Wilma McNutt. Anniversaries and family milestones mark week in Lacon and nearby towns.
Mrs. T. N. Witherall of Gowanda New York writes that after suffering severe summer complaint she began Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and found quick relief. The advertisement notes the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
Mrs. Maggie Hotaling and a granddaughter from Aurora visited local relatives while school settles into routine. Miss Webster stays with her brother Merton and Mrs. Hunt with Mr. and Mrs. Odell. George Jones tears down the old Trim place barn as threshing nears completion amid heavy rains. Charles W. Perkins marks his lap of life with a family gathering and cuff and tie gift, joined by numerous relatives for supper, music, and socializing.
A Gates New York woman, Mrs Chas Peck, says two bottles of Cham berlain's tablets cured her biliousness and constipation after about a year of discomfort. The ad notes the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
Circuit Court actions include partition bills for Leichter and assumpsit against Parker. Probate items list final settlements, hearings, and notices for estates of Hannah Wilson Bridget Martin Edwin Kunkle William P Burnett and Alexander McKee with claims, citations, and heirship orders. Property transfers and upcoming birth announcements in Henry Sparland Steuben Toluca and related local deeds.
To Mr and Mrs Charles Medearis Henry a daughter. To Mr and Mrs R D Kathary of Henry a daughter.
A public sale is set for Tuesday October 5 1015 starting at 10 a m at 4 miles west of Sparland and a half mile west of Bethel church. The listing covers three horses twelve cattle twenty three hogs farm machinery house goods and more with terms cash or 12 month credit and a 5 percent cash discount. Lunch will be served by Bethel Ladies Aid. Henry Supt Col McVicker Auctioneer John Riddell Clerk.
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