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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
8
A historical ad warns that doctors overprescribe for female ailments caused by womb disease, billing patients for multiple unrelated issues. It praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe, plant based remedy for irregularities, pregnancy nausea, and aiding labor to shorten confinement.
The column discusses Kate Field's burial in Honolulu, the Avilah club in Florida preserving Indian relics, a Los Angeles suffrage benefit for Phoebe Couzins, fashion norms at club meetings, and reflections on child training and parental influence emphasizing Christian love and reasoning with children.
Farm column discusses oat growing, mustard usage, fencing with live trees, katydid timing, and frost forecasts. Notes on sugar cane as grass, sugar beet origins, and vegetable development. Reports low oat yields, rusted straw, and costs for hogs and corn. Mentions rail freight shifts aiding grain farmers and a 1896 harvest outlook.
The piece urges farmers to test soil practices, noting varying seed depths for wheat and clover across soils, and describes sowing methods for winter wheat with corn shocks. It laments neglect of the young helper, praising the small boy as a future farmer and stressing patient education and value of youth on the farm.
The passage criticizes doctors' prescriptions using mercury or potash for blood diseases, arguing they poison the system and dry up bone marrow. It describes joint stiffness, rheumatic pain, and eventual decay including hair loss and bone fragility as a horrific outcome for patients.
James L Francie and Rev John Burgus extol Dr Kings New Discovery as an ideal cough and cold remedy based on long term use and favorable relief. Trial bottles were available at Powells Drug Store. A benefit soup dinner at Point church raised funds using a vast ingredients list and total 8750. Subscription offers bundled The Henry Republican and related papers.
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