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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1886
Page
6
Local reports show Alderman Cook ill, Susie Muir unionizing plans, and a busy week with Union church activities. Highlights include a successful Venona Union Fair with large crowds, a horse sale in Peoria, St Louis fair attendance, temperance meeting planning, and a push for a Congregational church restructuring.
Rev A Bower M E minister who has served three years in Sparland prepares to move as the conference limits to three years in one location. He and his family leave with many friends and best wishes for a pleasant new location. Mrs Zimmerman, Mrs Moline and Jotumie Fay noted visiting relatives in Pike county and Delavan.
The ladies society held a farewell social at the M. E. parsonage with a name quilt on display that netted about $40. Frank A. Barr returned from Watseka. his sister visited. Frank Duncan left for Ann Arbor to resume law studies. H Barr won first on Elmont and Mont for roadster and work at Wonona fair. Several locals attended concerts and visits, with health notes and a tile factory restart announced.
Ed Snell visits Whitefield Corners from Kansas where he moved last spring with his ants. John Powell arrives from Cherryvale to take possession of T. J Brasfield's farm. Mrs Laban Cox buys Spellman parsonage for a future home. Temperance meeting at Center elects Chas Aukland as president for three months. J A Coulter speaks. Rev Garretson delivers farewell sermon at Center before conference. The J W Brown festival netted $18 to clear RR debt. W S Spencer returns from Geneseo to study medicine in Chicago. Farmers plow as rains arrive. plans to move to Henry. Will Harney marries Maggie Burke. Whitefield guests attend Wenona fair. John Coulter heads to Chicago for treatment. N J Stringer returns from the West. Louise Crook of Davenport visits Brasfield. Will’s buggy horses loose after temperance talk. caution urged. James Aukland considers moving to Nebraska. John Coulter tours Peoria area. Mrs Blackburn travels to Nebraska. John Smith goes to Kansas to view Powell place for rent. Mrs C Clark returns from Wichita after 10 years. met at Bureau Junction. Johnny Lawr.
Putnam items note Mabel Sparling and Jessa Anderson sick but improving. Mrs McFean of Keota Iowa visiting relatives. W L Kelso in Chicago part of last week. Grangers met for fall plowing talk advising early work to kill weeds. J M Williams hopes to kill morning glory vines by plowing in August. Wheeler remarks on education and its value. Geo Sparling discussed schooling plans. recitation by Charley and Lissa Wheeler. Charley North offers life insurance policies. Sparling canvassing as township Bible Society agent. Ider Steward of Bell Plain preached impressively at Johnsly. Rev EB Taylor to preach farewell sermon next Sabbath. M E church grateful to Christian brethren for church age. SM E services will be conducted.
John Swaney of Clear Creek had a valuable horse shocked by lightning in a recent storm. The animal could not rise for several days afterward. A rain postponement hit a Varna Magnolia game. juveniles from Magnolia and Varna also postponed. Lostant mail carrier John Ramage shows a new phaeton from Cincinnati Carriage Co. Oliver Twist Holmes greeted friends at the fair and played center field for Sandy in a game with the Venonians.
Mr Palatine born to Mr and Mrs Fred Geitz with Dr A C McGee in attendance. Barne's Popular History of the United States advertised by agent J Taylor. Heavy rain in the region brightens pastures aiding fall plowing. A baby of Victor Wolf ill but improving. G O Davis grocery advertised. William Smailie selling red Wethersfield onions quickly.
Heavy rain hit Poverty Hill last Saturday night. Harmon Williams’s children ill with diphtheria. Mrs Taylor and daughter from Peoria visiting this week. Belle Evans teaches at Norris district amid general fall plowing and corn cutting. Mrs Perdew ill with ague. J Mathis plans westward land purchase. Old bachelors seen buggy riding with girls in a lumber wagon. details from Carry ANONYMOLS.
The community reports church repairs, local jobs for John Mullen in Spring Valley, Yount selling household goods, and a barber leaving Putnam for Princeton. Sibley visitor S. Parker tours for a reunion. his mother, 84, will winter here. A serious accident claims J. L Worley’s son Elijah Worley’s child. funeral and faith messages follow. Bible meeting led by Elder Parker with plans for Oct 8. prohibition convention nominations listed.
A family birthday joke ends with a 21st celebration for John Hatley and a late grand father Nesmith dies at nearly 91. The column notes a lively party, a corrective note on a horse price, and local anecdotes from Heathran.
William Haws Magnolia returned Friday from the Knight Templar conclave in St Louis reporting a pleasant trip and a large gathering. The Wenona fair drew wide local representation with Magnolia and vicinity well represented. Thomas Flowers of Clear Creek suffered a mild stroke resulting in partial paralysis but shows improvement. Burt Roberta won first prize in the boy equestrian contest at the fair, displaying strong riding and leading in several events.
The article lists Putnam county races set for next Tuesday and Wednesday and notes a grand ball at Zenor's Hall next Wednesday evening. It reports Harry Mumma on $1000 bonds with bail posted by Lawyer Barnes from Lacon, and bank cashier changes with W C Patterson in charge.
Milton Shimel returns from Iowa visit. Byron Swartant hosts a brother from the east. Ida Keerns of Dallas county Iowa visits relatives in Milo. Frank Skelton and family were guests in Milo. John Gallagher of Dallas county visits Milo. John Ellard of Pennsylvania visiting Milo. Wheat acreage increases in Milo this year. Rain improves grass growth. Esquire Sutherland made a business trip.
The narrator travels Wednesday with the editor of the Gazette to Spring Valley, viewing mining work and a future school foundation. He notes grand Catholic church, fine residences, and a proposed railroad survey from Chicago to Kansas City with a depot planned near John Aut nagel's store. Corner lots rise as the town grows.
Dr Powell Joseph Funk Sr promotes Bosanko cough and lung syrup as a remedy for coughs colds croup and bronchial affections claiming quick relief for children with croup and potential cost savings. The ad notes prices 50 cents and one dollar and mentions a Texas winter visit by Funk Sr and a son located there.
E. C. White reports from Peru describing boys and girls public schools. He notes loud recitation, strict separation by sex, corporal punishment, and limited furnishings in adobe buildings. Books focus on Catholic religion arithmetic reading Peruvian history and geography.
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