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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1890
Page
7
The notice advertises low prices on Hyson tea at 80 cents and a wide stock of china glassware lamps and hardware. It highlights decorated tea sets, peppered with English wares, cheap kerosene oil, Buckwheat flour, and Heinz Keystone condiments. J F Gates signs the short retail catalog-like appeal.
The column promotes holiday goods at the Fair 5 and 100 store in Henry Illinois with low prices on washing soaps eggs poultry and furniture. It notes farm rental ads and various local goods including Read s German Cough Cure and Old Crow. The notice invites subscriptions and showcases multiple merchants and products.
In Milo, Dr Bowell offers free trial bottles of Dr Klug's New Discovery to relieve coughs and lung ailments. The promotional push, praised for drawing large crowds, coincides with a social note about Mr and Mrs Harry Katie’s November 30 marriage and family photos taken by R. E. Griswold.
Local items note Fred Becker's return home Lois Dunlap in town and visits from many locals. The Rinehart Sisters Musical Opera Co will perform at the New Opera Hall on Wednesday December 17 with El Wright leasing space for his barber business and concert preparations underway.
Over $3000 in four days and more than $4000 in six days mark strong sales. The store expands its clothing, cloaks, dress goods, and overcoats while promising another Saturday sale. Rubber boots shoes and furniture move quickly as winter ends and spring purchases loom.
Al J. Eckhart returns to visit his parents and friends in Stelle Nebraska, recounting his rise from salesman to successful hardware and implement business owner and landholder. A shipment of corn sample from L Lippert of Putnam County travels to Europe, while the community gathers for a Demorest medal contest and church society events.
A mixed read of holiday ads and community items notes a Merry Christmas push with diamonds watches and jewelry plus references to pork sales in Henry Monday and outdoor photos of local residents. It covers stump pulling with dynamite by Jobo O Kidd Magnolia, sympathy notices for a surgical institute trip, Ely Cream Balm praised for colds, and a correction about a turkey donation for Lookout Mountain Post No 04.
An advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam cures coughs and colds with pure ingredients and urges inspecting the bottle to judge quality. It promotes a free sample from William Eagleston, a businessman connected with J Gf Jones & Son in Wyoming, who was in town Monday.
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