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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
2
Catalog of bracelets necklaces rings cuff buttons lockets and other items with prices for gold filled and solid gold versions. Items include bracelets sets with pearls jade amethyst and diamonds, signet rings, ladies and gentlemen pins and chains, cuff buttons hot pins umbrellas opera glasses and cut glass. Electric lamps and bronze goods are also advertised.
Trade ad lists watches described as reliable foreign and American timepieces, gold and gold filled cases. Includes mentions of sirer and heden phrases as part of the catalog copy.
Terissa in the What’s What column of the Independent Times quotes club women denouncing wedding showiness, promiscuous pre wedding finery, and vaudeville style ceremonies. Debates on matrimony as a sacred act versus social display reveal concerns about decency, vulgarity, and the impact on domestic happiness.
President Roosevelt argues for a national water highway system centered on the Mississippi and its tributaries with a deeper lake to gulf route. He urges Congress to begin immediate action and pressure Illinois and Mississippi valley representatives to push a definite lakes to gulf program at this session.
Ida Tarbell recounts Billy Brown a Springfield pharmacist who knew Lincoln and recalls the Illinois public’s doubt of Lincoln against Douglas. Lincoln faced ridicule yet resolved to run on principle despite low expectations and his own sense of failure.
Poem recalling beloved old hymns from memory and faith. The speaker cherishes simple church singing, cites lines like On Jordan's stormy banks and From Greenland's icy mountains, and longs to hear them again at last before death.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the First National Bank of Henry Illinois will be held at the banking house on Tuesday January 14 190s. T L Jones cashier and clerk signs notice.
Executor J Bruce Wilson notifies Marshall County Illinois residents to file claims with the County Court in Lacon at the February term. Creditors must attend to have claims adjusted and debts must be paid to the undersigned. Dated December 1907.
We have gone to considerable trouble this year to purchase a reliable brand of canned goods that will excel anything previously shown in the city. Our selection includes cherries pears plums peaches apricots and a full line for trade demands.
Local shop advertises olives salad dressings sweet salt extracts fruit coloring prepared mustard pickles and a wide holiday stock. Also offers fruit cakes crackers nuts nabiscos festinos potato chips cook ies cakes fruits vegetables and other seasonable groceries for a big holiday trade.
Our candy window presents a superior line with boxed candies in Opera Mixed Choice Selections Bon-Bons and superfine varieties. Morses leading brand candies include Maple Bars Opera Bars Nougets Chocolate Creams. Large stock of cheaper grades allows lower prices through bulk purchasing.
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