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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
3
A selection from the best stocks is highlighted for a large variety with emphasis on suitable goods. The note mentions needed trade and submission to choose only items with a favorable fade or value, aiming to identify winners.
Local seller pledges top quality Candies Nut iratts with the best stock ever shown and the lowest prices for the quality.
A sweeping, though error-filled, chronology traces Illinois from the Mini tribe name through Marquette and Joliet’s 1673 discovery, Fort Chartres, statehood milestones, railroad and canal builds, Lincoln Douglas debates, and early banking notes. It ends with a speech by Wallace praising penny savings in Savanna and a tiny banking-loss figure.
A long text from the Kewanee Civic Club warns that undue sensitiveness to credit and leadership hinders local cooperation. It cites business men who demand status and financial returns before supporting movements, and urges support for good ideas regardless of origin. It also notes a Rural Free Delivery issue about postage losses from catalogues, asking who benefits.
The report describes cornstalk disease affecting horses and other livestock alongside foot and mouth and cholera. C A Laffert y of Bloomington notes many dead horses and cites the disease appears worse in southern counties, spreading north as corn fields are harvested later. The cause remains uncertain with theories ranging from cornstalk toxins to smut.
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