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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1888
Page
4
The piece notes a likely Hennepin canal survey funded by the river and harbor bill, and the consolidation of mail matter classes as a step toward postal efficiency. It mentions Democratic and Republican nomination dynamics, railroad service cuts, and Postmaster Pearson's precarious position amid mugwump tensions and Cleveland’s dilemma.
Mi Major Dubar confronted the Kicker office in her dog cart calling out the staff. She sent a poem titled When I am Dead and demanded printing. The editors mocked the request by creating and attributing a new verse to her, prompting insults and threats. The piece ends noting the trials of publishing in the frontier press.
Gen Morrison argues that reducing government revenue to match needed expenditures will protect town industries. He supports the Republican plan to cut revenue while preserving protection, contrasting with Democratic calls for tariff reductions and noting increased surplus under general tariff cuts. He claims the Republican system keeps imports down and supports American labor.
The piece recalls the Ripley turnout for William Henry Harrison’s 1840 bid, describing log cabins on wheels and a giant corn pone barbecue. It notes Gen Harrison as chief orator, the ovation of frontier veterans, and anecdotes from Capt Rankin and Sir Horace Norton about the immense crowd of 80,000 and festive logistics.
Francis O'Reilly of No 18 Prince Street New York testifies after forty two years in the far and hacking business that Allcock's Plasters provide weather protection and tonic benefits. He says they ward off cold aid rheumatic pains and back strains and that his family has used them for two decades with strong approval.
An exchange argues there is no local county weekly paper yet it is worth several times its subscription price. It asks readers to consider the year of printing fifty two weeks of effort in all weathers, forms prepared, notices issued, editorials, cheer for absent friends, business ads, and support calls, to support the paper as a civic good.
On the La Bourgogne voyage a famed aeronaut M Jovis plans crossing the Atlantic in his airship Atlantic from Long Island to European shores in under four days. The vessel stands 800 feet high with 100000 cubic feet of space and weighs 4500 pounds. He expects room for passengers and freight and a speed near 20 miles per hour based on prior vessel tests.
Log cabins were strong and full of love health and happiness with coon skins on doors as symbols of happy homes. Warners Tippecanoe and Gog Gabin Sarsaparilis and other Log Cabin Remedies are reproduced for teen age readers.
In Illinois Marshall County Circuit Court October Term 1888 the complainant Sbert M. Pool sues William Kilgore Mollie Kilgore Emily Kilgore Elder Sharpe Samuel Sharpe Martha White Mathew A. Thompson and Margaret Thompson to foreclose a mortgage. Affidavits note non residence of several defendants and a Chancery bill filed with a summons returnable the first Monday of October 1838 at Lacon Court House. James Wescott Clerk Fred S. Rotter Solr for Complt. aug24w.
Justice records show Charles A. Camp sues Jennie Teed Florence Shaw John C. Hall George Mary Blood Joseph Hall and Gortaut Hall in a Marshall County chancery case over foreclosure. An affidavit notes Jennie Florence Shaw and Mary Blood are non residents, with summons issued for the first Monday of October. Clerk James W. Excorro, attorney Fred S. Potter represents the complainant.
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