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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
6
Kasota Minnesota farmer's wife testifies the remedy eased a year of pain and weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and urges others to try it. The notice invites letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential guidance.
The writer visits Savanna Illinois on the Mississippi River, praising its rail facilities, banks, library, schools, and parks. Mayor Charles N. Jenks leads a reform city with clear laws, a brick street boulevard, and plans for a riverfront park. saloons restricted hours, and elections run by petition. A Masonic lodge and Eastern Star events reflect community activity. The visit includes tours with F H Jenks and a Buick outing to nearby towns.
A Kansas letter describes a mild winter with little snow but heavy rainfall totaling 15 inches since January 1, 1915. It notes warm spells aiding growth of wheat and alfalfa, alfalfa ready by May 18, corn planting underway, pastures improving, and trees in full bloom.
The Steel City, first steamboat under Chicago St Louis and New Orleans Navigation Co colors, arrives at Peru after passing Cincinnati. Captain H. F. Brown commands the 240 by 40 foot vessel with eight foot hold, set to carry freight from La Salle to New Orleans May 8 and possibly be renamed La Salle, with insurance inspections planned.
Captain York a longtime river steamboat man who operated on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers for decades died at his Peoria home on Friday April 23 aged 72. He began as a mule driver at ten, earned captain papers at twenty, and last commanded the York which sailed between Main Street and the upper beaches. He is survived by brother Sol and nephew Frank Inman with funeral held at the Houser home with Rev Parks officiating.
The Chicago Journal argues that Illinois should fund livestock protection far more than wildlife. It estimates Illinois livestock value at $435 275 000 and notes 1914 appropriations of $37 340 for livestock vs $161 600 for fish and game and just $120 000 for public protection of 5 638 691 residents.
A 65 year old Houston man writes that after suffering over two decades with indigestion doctors said no cure existed. He credits a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets with relief and relief within two tenths of improvement. The advertisement is presented with other notices about mail contracts and carrier routes.
A Springfield subcommittee drafts a fish and game bill to ban trammeI nets used by fishermen. It proposes fines of 10 to 50 dollars and makes explosives or chemicals in fishing a felony with 1000 to 2000 dollars or one year in prison. The bill also envisions farm land owners and tenants hunting without licenses while striking a ward en provision on seized game.
Speech argues women vote would counter vice and crime, notes Nebraska penitentiary figures with few women inmates, claims women attend church more than men, questions who dares say women cannot vote, and attacks opponents who fear female voting.
Advertisers claim Chamberlain Tablets aid digestion without pepsin and strengthen the stomach, obtainable widely. A Denver juvenile court case involving Judge Lindsey is cited, noting public sentiment about reform and changes in the court system.
Numerous local ads offer room and board at five dollars weekly, second hand survey equipment, nursery stock from Worley Greenhouses, baby chicks and dressed poultry, rheumatism treatment at Peoria Mud Baths, a Bartles-Sweney gasoline deal, residence sale on Main Street, seed potatoes, Barred P Rock eggs and baby chicks, farm equipment, and seed corn. Also a notice enforcing stock-owners to keep animals off highways. Varied buyers, local businesses, and individual sellers in Henry and surrounding townships.
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