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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
7
A column describes the Father of Waters riverbank as a bleak scene with old boat houses rotten planks mud and sewers while nearby stockyards emit strong odors and squeals. An unrelated ad promotes Bal d a Horehound Syrup at 25 and 50 cents from Dr Powell's city drug store.
Samuel M Kohler trades lot 7 block 8 Varna to Hartley Miller. Cornelius E Squires to James Briscoe lot 297 Henry. Samuel T Wilson to Geo T Vander graft jot 8 block 17 Wenona. C E Gr Mn to J A Hoppel lots 10 11 12 block 55 in Banta Fe 1st add to Toluca. John Downey to Mary W Turner lot 1 block 2 Downey's add Wenona. J A Hoppel to Hale P Jackson jot 11 12 block 55 Santa Je add Toluca. Leroy Newell to Elizabeth I Hill lots 5 6 Cotton's 4th add Spar land. James R Newman to Margaret Z Aleg ler lots 30 31 Hoyt's add Henry.
Curator letters reveal Mrs S P Whitaker’s chronic bronchial trouble greatly improved and cured by Dr King’s New Discovery. Husband claims the medicine also cured their granddaughter’s severe whooping cough. Advertisement notes bottle prices and free trials, with Dr Report to Montague Illinois.
Maud Witherspoon turns rag dolls into a self supporting business, painting them as southern mammy figures and selling to northern firms. The piece notes women joining clubs with men, Rush Medical college admitting women, and plans for a Mary A Livermore home for workers. It mentions Mrs Urquhart Lee’s California professorship, Nancy Hanks Lincoln monument in Indiana, and Olena Webb representing the Arkansas mineral field at Buffalo Exposition.
RioEensipe District Grange editor H Smith reports on corn price forecasts reaching 75 cents per bushel by September, record exports at 313,673,443 dollars, and the 1901 peak exports. The column urges soil care, irrigation plans from desert land proceeds, August’s bounty, and improvements in dairy and horse shoe design. It notes Secretary Wilson’s crop inspections, Kansas Nebraska Missouri outlook, and premium ideas for county fairs to reward ornamental farming.
Experts say corn production in the United States has reached a limit while demand will rise. They foresee prices moving from 15–24 cents per bushel to about 40 cents, potentially increasing the crop's value by 25 percent over the next decade. This foretells higher meat prices since corn is a key feed.
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