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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
13
Professor J R Bouton is named Local Representative in Spurland for the Henry Republican. He is authorized to transact all business for the paper and to give proper attention to entrusted news items.
Sparland residents gather for visits and meals as neighbors frequent nearby towns. Lawrence Tanquary and Sun dayed with parents, others took the Chicago excursion, and local changes include new paint for F A Barr’s store, housing moves, health concerns, and planned church leadership shifts.
Illinois public charities report a gross per capita cost of 40.75 and a net cost of 87.37 for state inmate care last year. The bulletin notes strong social welfare activity and includes an endorsed testimonial for Chamberlain's Pain Balm from John G. Bisher of Gillam Indiana, advertised by Henry Illinois druggists.
Residents recount reunions and visits, with Hiltebrands returning from Germany and a German guest moving in. Veterans discuss church moves, school rallies, and the region’s early history from Kentucky migration in 1831 to Wenona’s 19th century development, including rail lines and first town officials.
Miss Anna Scheerer visits Peoria relatives while others report on farm sales weather travel and local happenings. The Wenona feature extols the town as a thriving eastern Marshall county hub with mines factories grain trade waterworks and landmark buildings.
J P Klote of Edina Missouri touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior for stomach trouble biliousness and constipation. Sold at Powells City Drug Store Henry Illinois.
A 1905 Chicago poem by Samuel Parker observes the fragility of daily greetings and farewells. It ponders how each moment might be the last as time moves on from dawn to dusk. The piece urges guarding every day, hour, and action.
A long column covers farm mishaps including a mower accident when a team ran away, a noisy bout of coughs at the Webber home, a welcome reception for Rev Burr and wife, and local changes in Lacon and Toluca. It notes real estate moves, a school principal’s resignation, a pumpkin record, road work between Lacon and Sparland, a legal training step for Andrew Tracey, and a proposed local baseball league with new umpire rules.
In the democratic camp a push emerges to bring the minority representative to Marshall county. The speaker asserts entitlement after Woodford and Livingston counties held the honor in turn and urges selection of a capable square toed Democrat with unity to nominate him for probate court proceedings.
The item lists political districts by counties and regions. It then shifts to an advertisement praising beauty and health, urging a drug dose after meals to prevent constipation and aid digestion. A testimonial from Mrs. Stroud of Midlothian, Texas, claims eight years of use with success for constipation, bilious fever and malaria, with sale at a local drug store in Henry, Illinois.
Circuit Court filings include Hodge vs Guess and Pufahl mortgage foreclosures. Probate matters list estates for Margaret Clifford Eva Schmitt minors and William Ong with guardianship bonds, real estate leases, trustees named, final reports, and discharge orders. Marriage license issued for James L. Griffin and Christina Berry.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy claims to aid nature by soothing the cough clearing the lungs aiding expectoration and opening secretions to restore health. Sold by J B Powells City Drug Store Henry MI.
The state mining board announces new districts to include Grundy Kankakee La Salle and Will in the First District Bureau Henry Knox Mercer Rock Island and Warren in the Second District and Livingston Mar in the Third District.
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