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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
7
A local ad lists buckwheat flour and buck wheat options from a German farmer, plus maple syrup and sugar from Vermont. It promotes lamps, tobacco varieties, and various prices, noting limited stock and direct factory purchases with favorable terms.
Christmas candies and confectionaries are offered at J J Herry's with a broad selection including bon bon trays fruit dishes and china fruit plates. The Camp House rear roof has been repaired and Oschenmer's features cup and saucers for holiday presents. Jon Kenney notes ample coal at his bank with usual price per bushel.
City and vicinity listings report church services at ME and Congregational churches for Christmas Eve, and a sermon by Rev C O McCulloch. A number of meetings and sales are announced including WCTU, Riverside District Grange, Lookout Mountain WR C No 2, and John Kline closing out sale. Real estate notes highlight Conant farm in Lee County selling after a $20,000 purchase last year.
Gresser of Clear Creek shipped hogs this week and fetched the top market price of 3835 dollars for two car loads averaging 840 dollars per hog. Also notes church services, Sunday worship topics, and local notices including newspaper offers and events.
The Davenport business college reports graduates employed at over 100 banks in Iowa and Illinois. In Iowa 80 bank cashiers and 16 assistant cashiers trained there. Community notices mention a Peoria burial, a Christmas cantata in New Opera Hall, and a Marshall County Prohibition Conference in Lacon.
Dr Miles's Pills speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and regulate the liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. A new discovery advertised with 50 doses for 25 cents and free samples at J. E. & F A. Powell's Drug Store Henry Island.
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