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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
2
Opinion piece comments on taxes waste and the coal miners strike. It argues miners seek gains by halting output, urges readers to resist coercive tactics, and contrasts wage demands with typical living costs. An unrelated ad promotes digestion and Chamberlain's Tablets after supper.
In Lostant on November 28 1919 Mr and Mrs Lewis Y Dugan marked fifty years of marriage to Emily Fell. A rain storm delayed guests from Chicago but celebrations proceeded with flowers gold purses and a buffet lunch as relatives and neighbors joined Rev C S McClure and Mrs S B Merritt in congratulating the couple.
The late Patrick Hennessey of Henry had his will admitted to probate this week. It dispenses a large estate with 15000 dollars in personal property and bequests of 25 dollars each to Catholic priests for requiem masses for his wife if she survives him. Provisions cover a tombstone, rents and profits to his wife, and eventual distribution to his sons Thomas Edmond Hennessey James F Hennessey and John C Hennessey and daughters Mary Cremins and Sarah Jane Finnegan, with further details on homestead sale and prior property allocations to sons William Dukestand Edmond.
A 19th century reader suggests conserving fuel this winter by reusing ashes. The proposal uses one pound salt two ounces oxalic acid and water to create a preparation mixed with coal and ashes to form a coke like mass that burns as readily as coal.
A proclamation discusses quarantine measures due to the spread of a forest pest and related insect threats. It notes the removal of shipments into the state and cites the need to protect forests and ornamental plantings from harm.
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