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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
3
The item lists residents and visitors such as Clare Brown from Chicago and George Worley from Joliet, plus weddings and honeymoons in town. It notes church Christmas festivals, charitable efforts, a hospital training story, and local illness and weather impacts on the season.
Advertisers tout Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism while local church gatherings, weddings, and holiday events fill Galesburg life. The piece narrates Mrs Charlotte Waterfall McAfee's death, a Christmas Eve cantata, and a church reception for the new pastor with details on community welfare and local misdeeds.
A reflective verse urges youth to assess their year with God seeking heavenly readiness. It asks if they have spent time well, nurtured virtue, and prepared their souls for death or summons. The note explains the piece was buried for about 30 years and is now printed again.
Sixteen barbers in Peoria were fined for Sunday law violations. A Philadelphia street car strike was settled by John Wannamaker’s offices, with 5000 workers involved. Congressman Graff joined committees on fames and mining and post office expenditures and proposed a Pekin post office building and a pension raise for Caroline A. Hough widow of Brig Gen John Hough. Four acres of Chicago canal land sold for 125 an acre were resold for 7500, leased for a lumber yard and to be used for coal docks. Modern Woodmen of Peoria facing brewery-related suspension will contest via law, claiming paid assessments. A new New York advertising wagon with revolving cylinders showcases business notices, reflecting readers’ different attention spans.
Mrs Hamilton of Cambridge Illinois reports rheumatic relief after using Ballard's Snow Liniment and recommends it to neighbors. Chas Handley, clerk for Lay & Lyman of Kewanee Illinois, says it cured his rheumatism and endorses the product for inflammation wounds sores and sprains. Sold at Powell's.
The article describes preparations for a Wisconsin Swede exodus to an eight million acre area in Northern Tennessee to form a Swedish American colony. It outlines settlement plans, religious and cultural goals, governance by counties and bishoprics, and the aim to imitate Swedish customs and landscape while basing livelihoods on agriculture mining and forestry.
An advertisement proclaims Ballard's Horehound Syrup as the best cough remedy in the world, claiming it cures tor consumption coughs colds sore throat chest pain pneumonia bronchitis asthma croup and whooping cough with universal satisfaction and urging buyers to trust testimonials and pharmacists at Dr Powell's.
A Chicago report claimed Cook County Clerk Knopf refused to pay the sparrow head bounty, prompting Hartley of this county to suspend payments. A Ottawa inquiry elicited a reply stating no application to pay existed, clarifying the law remains in force and Hartley must pay on all sparrow head submissions.
An old advertisement touts Herbine as a liver remedy curing dyspepsia and related symptoms priced at 76 cents with free trials. In court William Whallen faced larceny charges for eight rolls of butter from J A Melick & Co, with bonds set at 100 to await grand jury. he pleaded not guilty.
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers rise rapidly as Missouri towns including Warsaw and Eldorado Springs suffer flooding. Homes and crops are lost, families displaced, and telegraph and railroad lines severed. Illinois fears repeat of Missouri as rains continue and rivers stay high.
Dec 25 reports from Bureau and Decatur Illinois describe the Illinois River at Hennepin widening to four miles above flood stage and overflowing the valley. The river rises steadily with heavy rains swelling the torrent reaching sixteen feet above low water, the highest in years.
The Missouri River rose eight inches on Tuesday in Omaha but then stayed level despite no local rainfall. Experts link the rise to recent warm weather to the north releasing moisture from sand and ice along the banks, with river men not expecting further increases and noting potential implications for the South.
The Arkansas river is rising past danger lines with inundated towns above Little Rock and farms in the bottoms severely damaged. The Dardanelle pontoon bridge washed away. White River higher than since 1890. farmers drive stock from flooded bottoms as overflow expected.
Snow covers Iowa as reports from the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern line indicate general rain with a heavy snowstorm north and to the west. Iowa Falls and nearby areas report heavy snowfall and dropping temperatures, with continued storm conditions across the state.
Oshkosh Wisconsin, December 26. Rain fell steadily and heavily all day Tuesday and intermittently for several days, and the water power question appears ready for a natural adjustment.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on December 25 the 18 000 Connelsville coke region workers received a 10 percent wage hike effective January 1 The raise applies to mining coal from 95 cents to 1 05 per 100 bushels and drawing coke from 50 to 60 cents per oven with proportional rises for other labor Furnace coke prices may rise to at least 2 dollars per ton The move follows Frick Coke Company acquisition enabling price control and surpasses prior increases this year making the new scale the highest wages in the coke region.
In Joliet on December 25, seven men including George McFedrich Bernard O Rourke Lewis Carnte Hugh O Rourke John McFedrich John McFedrich and Michael Harrison survived injuries from the drainage canal explosion on suction 14 and hospital care. An inquest into the deaths of James McKnight and Daniel McAllister at Smith Hastman camp returned an accidental death verdict. jurors found no proof against John Bowen who was arrested for wiring the battery and was released.
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