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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1898
Page
5
A reader describes a battle with cancer that began as pimples and spread despite multiple physicians. After months of treatment a first medicine seemed to help, but the disease returned ten years later, with the patient noting initial relief before relapse.
A Henry Republican editorial argues against teaching children Santa Claus, calling it deception that harms faith. It cites Jesus warnings about harmful influence on little ones and includes reactions from Miss Cecelia Hedenberg and a Sunday school teacher, urging adults to rethink holiday customs.
Summary of U S military plans and political tensions from war with Spain. Reports note shipments to Manila, troop movements, and peace negotiations in Paris. Casualty tallies, pensions, and naval logistics accompany updates on Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
Letter from C. A. Jamiron outlines Illinois Sugar Refining Co plans to build a beet sugar factory near Peoria with 250000 capital. Factory aims to operate by 1899 harvest, suspend contracts with tributary farmers, supply beet seed from Germany, and pay farmers 4 dollars per ton for standard beets.
The notice lists advertising rate changes mocking moral labels such as a progressive citizen and a lamented figure. It ridicules references to a "eminent divine" and a traveling quack, and includes ad text for Ely's Great Balm and Herbina with dubious medical claims.
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