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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
10
A 1919 editorial argues local buyers and cold storage create price surges. It blames trucked farm produce moving through intermediaries from farms to cities, keeping poultry eggs butter and more expensive. The piece urges tagging produce to reveal each handler.
In Henry a weary daily routine is eased by Doan's Kidney Pills praised by Mrs. T. P. Wunder of 3rd St. for bladder and kidney trouble. The ad promotes Doan's as strengthening the bladder and regulating kidney action at 60 cents, with Ostex Miura Co Buffalo NY as distributor. It also mentions Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion and constipation as a related product.
Mary Price writes from Maxbass North Dakota describing a harsh winter with blizzards, extensive snow drifts, coal and sugar shortages, high prices for butter eggs and meat, and hardship for farmers. She details crop failures, livestock losses, and rail service cuts while hoping the coal strike ends and sugar returns.
The almanac outlines 1920 as a leap year with Lent starting February 18 and Easter on April 4. It lists moving dates such as New Year’s Day on Thursday and Epiphany January 6, plus February 29 and eclipses in October and November. It also notes Henry City Bridge Co. stockholders’ meeting on January 3, 1920 in Henry Illinois.
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