17 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
1
An ad-like passage describes careful selection and testing of furniture and furnishings to ensure lasting satisfaction. It emphasizes dependable quality, personal curation, and low prices consistent with offered qualities.
Immense assortments of new and stylish millinery from the Metropolitan Milliners. Prices are from one-quarter to one half less than elsewhere. Explore the season’s latest hats and headwear at reduced rates.
A new stock of ladies ready to wear garments arrives from New York featuring suits jackets waists skirts and a wide dry goods assortment. The line emphasizes the latest cuts and fabrics for inspection.
A Central Illinois shop offers a wide stock of clothing with men’s suits priced from 15.00 to 350.00 and boys’ suits from 0.50 to 7.50 in an advertised sale. The notice highlights affordable options and a large selection for families.
The store advertises complete shoe assortments in all sizes and widths with leather styles and the newest lasts. Prices are stated as 25 percent less than competitors, and daily deliveries bring immense quantities, with busy buyers and clerks presenting a large, premier stock.
Henry and nearby towns feature social visits from Chicago and Peoria, new house constructions, showboat excursions, and a storm that damaged roofs and trees. Clergy events, licenses issued, travel to Starved Rock, and civic updates on schools and banks are noted alongside ads for wagons, pianos, and instruments.
The notice notes a 1905 improved Iowa farms catalog from Northern Iowa Land Co in Independence IA and a plan to visit Miss Mary Barrett in Chicago. It also covers a Henry County wind storm during a family picnic, school board fall term plans for Henry public schools, and local events including eclipse observations, church and civic notices, a Henry Islands fish fry, and Old Settlers Day preparations with steamer excursions and Moonlight trips involving area communities.
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