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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1896
Page
4
A muted mood in the wheat market suggests prices may hold similar to last year while early ballots cast for presidential electors set in motion transfer of certificate votes to Washington. Chicago’s tally exceeds combined votes of five western states, underscoring regional political dynamics.
The Rock Island Railroad is highlighted as providing excellent service with rapid trains. Locomotives are guaranteed to reach 90 miles per hour, and fast trains are noted for shortening travel time to meet demand.
The Christmas issue dated December 19 will feature short stories by Howard Pyle Captain Charles King John Kendrick Bangs and others with illustrations by Howard Pyle CO 8 Reinhart Frederic Remington Peter Newell Lucius Hitchcock and A I Keller The Christmas Life and Letters by W D Howell will be illustrated by Edward Penfield During the month Colonel George E Waring Jr continues his street cleaning in European Cities series.
The Indiana State Board of Health orders removal of slates and state pencils from public schools. It cites slate saliva and pencil use as vectors for disease spread, linking outbreaks of diphtheria typhoid fever and whooping cough to these items.
Col. Ingersoll, in a brief Grand Rapids sermon, credited Germans, Hollanders and Scandinavians with aiding national honor by resisting financial laxity. He noted their influence on keeping to a strict money policy and their shift toward Republican candidates in the last election.
The Montgomery News editor receives a dead crow with satirical notes about political foes. The piece mocks opponents while praising crow meat as a metaphorical feast, detailing crude verses and cannibal imagery in a tone of defiant humor.
A Quaker meeting near Clear Creek held a quarterly session on Saturday November 28 with attendees from another meeting assisting. Minister Edward Coale spoke on truth and the life of Jesus highlighting faith, grace, and personal conscience guiding each believer toward salvation and ethical living.
The writer addresses the editor about a previous article by M. O. M. and recalls 1854 in Marshall County. He describes cholera deaths, two elections, a street brawl, and a mock raid on a boarding house as well as personal memories of a buggy old hotel, a cook, a dentist, and the pest problem, including bugs and rat incursions in rooms and beds.
A reminiscence recalls 1864 city marshal duties during railroad construction from the Junction to Peoria. The writer and wife live in Welcome Minnesota with a shanty and open latch string, seeking friends. They report sending congratulations to Loton Prisby on his eighty eighth birthday and promote a business guide for patrons.
Kankakee Illinois December 3 state lawmakers toured the Illinois Eastern Hospital to learn conditions and improvements. They viewed the infirmary and new ice plant funded by saved appropriations. The farm showed a milk machine with twenty milkers run by two men. Dr Gane listed the 473 000 in appropriations. 308 000 secures the ordinary fund and the rest goes to improvements.
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