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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1889
Page
5
A playful verse by S. W. Foss in Yankee Blade invites readers to a mythical realm called Lollipop land. It describes a limbo world and a cloud island, located beyond the Mountain of Mist, in Chaosville, Hideangoseck, and the Bay of Bimeby. The piece promises wondrous sights and timeless freedoms.
Har ley, wounded near Atlanta and sent to a wartime New England home hospital, receives Ruthie s letters. A nurse helps him recover on crutches as Ruthie s care and knitting of socks deepen their bond. He fears lifelong injury but her steadfast love promises a shared future.
A guide to making fruit shortcakes with light thick pastry and generous fruit. Layer technique improves texture by placing fruit between crusts and buttering liberally for best flavor. Also notes that good shortcake pairs with seasonable fruit and that health varies between individuals.
In Milk's Grove township Miss Saul, a schoolteacher, struck a boy in her care. The boy's father sued for assault and battery. a Clifton court jury fined the father five dollars and praised the teacher's pluck. The editorial warns parents are their children's worst enemy.
The text describes a slang phrase for a stock option and contrasts it with a medical ad for Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It also references a Demorest’s Magazine frontispiece and assorted notes on poison ivy and Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to purify blood.
A Rochester Herald writer critiques a summer trend as not universally popular. The piece humorously traces a blouse through a family, from husband and father to the 12 year old son and baby, then Betsy’s doll and finally vanishing, with the washtub as the last sight.
A dated advertisement warns catarrh as a growing disease and promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as the only effective treatment. It emphasizes reaching the seat of ailment and cautions against self dosing with quack medicines. The piece claims scholarly backing and urges timely use.
A Bloomington dispatch recounts Mrs George Brown, wife of a McLean County farmer, struck unconscious by lightning. An improvised burial with earth over her body reportedly revived her after four days of treatment. She has since recovered. Also promoted are hair tonic uses and tax relief rhetoric from unrelated items.
Information says Tate the Kentucky state treasurer defaulter is under arrest at Scottsboro Alabama. The arrested man answers Tate's description, uses the name Livingston, and talks little. Tennessee investigators and Governor Buckner plan to verify identity and bring him to Frankfort.
A Milwaukee committee fails to obtain a one cent railroad rate to the National Grand Army encampment after talks in Chicago. Delegates from Indiana and Michigan plan for thousands of arrivals. General Sherman pledges attendance amid some opposition from Southern Illinois veterans. California comrades are urged to attend the Milwaukee encampment as well.
National League games in Chicago New York 10 8 Chicago tied 10 8. Other scores include Indianapolis 4 Boston 2 and Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 3. Western Association Des Moines 14 Sioux City 9 Milwaukee 6 Omaha 6 and Paul Denver 0 6. American Association Philadelphia Athletic 4 Baltimore 0 Columbus 4 Brooklyn 3. Inter HIAts Peoria 18 Evansville 2 Buckeyes 6 Xenias 4 after seventeen innings in Circleville Ohio.
In Gurmiz Oklahoma on August 7 Dr Twomley a senior member of Twomley and Winters wholesale grocers shot and killed George Stevens Tusa during a dispute over land ownership. Twomley surrendered to Captain Cavanaugh and is in custody. Stevens leaves a wife and child in Niles Michigan.
The advertisement touts Drink Moxie as an albuminoid nerve food that nourishes the nerves when digestion fails. It claims to remove nervousness and fatigue from overwork and dissipated habits and notes it is sold by Dr Powell Henry.
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