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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
12
The passage extols fine china and glassware as valued gifts. It argues that good china remains desirable, keeps the giver in lasting memory, and outshines other goods. The more it is kept, the more it is prized, never going out of fashion.
The Peterman Bros Fair Store advertises mammoth stock from world class factories. It lists cups and saucers, fruit plates, salad dishes, trays, boxes, sets for dining and tea, lamps, vases, mirrors, pickles jars, framed pictures and more.
An extended list of assorted goods including toys, dolls, toy cabs, pianos, books, paper, wax seals, jewelry, watches, rugs, buttons, albums, vanity items, hair ornaments, silver novelties, curling irons, brushes, musical instruments, toys, trunks, dishes, frames, clocks, pens, medicines, candies, cigars, pipes, tobacco, purses, sewing tables, and related objects. It reads like a catalog of merchandise available for purchase.
A state teachers committee urges consolidation of rural schools to counter shrinking enrollments and high costs. Transportation at public expense, already used in Massachusetts and now in twenty states, would link pupils to larger, better equipped schools with health, attendance, and high school access improvements. The plan envisions fewer schools, better facilities, and closer supervision, plus roads and rural mail benefits.
In Stark county in the 1850s a Mississippi planter named Ephraim Lombard kept a slave known as Old Mose at Bradford. Villagers aided his escape to Owen Lovejoy in Princeton, leading to a public row in Congress where Lovejoy’s defense helped secure his lifelong electoral success. School tablets offered at two for a nickel.
A collage of ads and brief items: Green's August Flower testimonial requests for digestion cures, a notice about a possible special session after March 4, tributes to Reed's death from urmic poison, commentary on coal trusts, a weather caution about a cold wave, promotion for One Minute Cough Cure, Mrs Austin Buckwheat, and a Roosevelt message excerpt praising Civil War era virtues.
A vintage dental style advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as digestion aid and blood builder. Gov G. W. Atkinson of West Virginia testimonials its effectiveness for stomach ailments and recommends it to friends. Available at Dr Powell's City drug store.
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