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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1895
Page
6
Here is an appeal to become familiar with stock of imported mixtures in Waal priced at 60c per unit. The advertisement mentions Tic at 100 dollars, inviting purchases this spring.
News from Whitefield Corners notes Orin Johnson enjoying a new buggy and George Snell reporting strong nursery stock and sales. Luella Johnston and Flo Fountain visit Mrs Nellie Moon north of town. W W society plans a basket social the first evening in May. Sabbath services announced with Sunday school at 2 and service at 3. Dr Willis travels for family illness. Assyria student to speak May 20 with Roy Aten to preach May 21.
Meetings at the Baptist church were discontinued last week. Mrs Zimmerman returned home in good health after a period of improvement. Lacon visitors rode bicycles from town last Sunday. John McClusky and wife visited en route to New Brunswick. O Coulter and Mr Rubens from Henry called last Saturday. Ira Parker returned from Kewanee planning a stay in Chicago. The Cummings have sold their implement business and may abandon the coal shaft. Sparland Coal Co is expected to take charge next Monday, April with. Roy Reynolds baptized 22 converts at the river last Sunday with a large, orderly gathering. N W Tanner did painting work for William Rickey, William Monthers, with praise. Fannie Miningham will start a millinery shop in F A Barr's store this week inviting all to view and buy. Doctors Haigh and Haigh performed a delicate cancer removal operation on Robert Reaz Tuesday. he is recovering well. Now is the time to set fruit and evergreen trees. nurseries from H B Rowley’s in Lacon are supplying stock, and local patronage is rising.
An old advertisement touts a tobacco cure claiming to quell nicotine withdrawal and restore vigor. It markets a book about io-to-bao with promises of positive care or a money refund, offered by The Sterling Remedy Co with Chicago and New York addresses.
Local Varna items report improving illness and community happenings. Elections and license tickets feature Lawrence Broaddus and village leaders, with comments on candidates, church events, and social visits. Community life includes a temperance focus, school events, and reminders of ongoing civic matters.
Sucklen's Arnica salve touted as the best in the world for cats bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands corns and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded. Price 2 cents per box sold by Dr Powell.
Adolph Kline spent Sunday with his breather Charles. Paul Nightwonger bought a new engine from Duke Bros. School elocution Saturday evening April 20. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Chas Kline on April 2. Hypathas in bloom and comical mule sighting by Istely.
Notes from Magnolia area with multiple family updates. Charley Willis and Al anticipated a duck hunt that proved disappointing. Also reports of land purchases, illnesses, funerals, and community events in Hopewell, Magnolia, Lacon, and nearby towns.
Mrs Leffler visits with her mother while townsfolk note illness and plantings as Oats are sown and fields prepared for corn. John Anderson enforces animal control, Levy Hynds takes Mossville agency on the Rock Island line, and M J McCormish returns from duck hunting with a promotion. Nearby deaths include Mathias Louis, and the Rock Island train robbery near Dover, O T is discussed with the Wheeler crew. Election notices outline school director voting and local religious services set for Sunday.
A roundup of criminal cases and violent events includes Robert Lund sentenced in Cheyenne for mail lottery crimes after guilty plea. masked robbers enter M G Van Wagner home in Greenville Pennsylvania stealing cash. prairie fire in Fawnee County Oklahoma devastates land. farmer John Stephens in Noble County Ohio allegedly murders his son over $2. outlaw "Railroad Bill" kills James Stewart near Bay Minette Alabama. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern ticket office in Auburn Indiana robbed of $20. Robert Boyer commits suicide in Abingdon Illinois. Luther Hayes in Boscobel Wisconsin sent to reform school for arson at a factory.
Ex Governor James L Kemper of Virginia dies at Orange aged 72 from heart trouble. He led a brigade in Pickett s division during the Civil War. Major George L Torbert ex postmaster of Dubuque Iowa dies suddenly at 64. Joseph Bender a German newspaper writer editor dies at 65 in Toledo. Mrs Paran Stevens a New York society leader dies of pneumonia aged 61. Robert Turner formerly of Chicago dies in Denver after a lingering illness aged 65.
Jake Schaefer returns to Chi Rae from a western trip with Frank Ves. Diggs price in the Chicago derby extended to 20 and 25 to 1 in some futures books after recent poor showings. Henry Young won the Boundless Handcan at Little Rock. Du Cat finished second.
The Supreme Court votes 5 to 3 that the income tax law is unconstitutional as to rentals and state and municipal bonds. The rest of the law remains decided 4 to 4 on related issues. Government plans hydrographic work on the Great Lakes at once.
The itemized notice details Mme Joinaux being denied a new trial while Admiral Meade’s squadron sails from Kingston to Port au Prince, and a proxy of imperial marriages. It notes a London report on Lord Beresford’s betrothal, German laborers arriving in Honolulu, and sugar export duty suspension in The Hague. It also mentions a Berlin German Gold Standard group forming, a Russian Podolia death toll, and Wilde’s cross-examination in the Queensberry case.
The report notes Wisconsin assembly opposition to a university library bill and Senate Illinois passage of a land title measure with three votes against. It mentions Speaker Meyer ordering civil service reforms, Winslow defeating Clementson for supreme judge, a state central committee plan for a Democratic convention, and Republican gains including Green Bay Fort Howard consolidation.
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