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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1891
Page
7
A 1891 newspaper ad lists Spot Cash Locals offering kitchen staples and cigars at low prices. It promotes ground pepper, rock salt, corn, buckwheat, maple sugar, and various tobaccos with discounts for large purchases and mention of Michigan barrel salt and German-grown buckwheat.
The notice lists items sold at Jos H. Perry's including guns and ammunition, loaded shells, sewing machine needles and repairs, sewing machines such as New Home Standard and Wheeler and Wilson, and Lane's Family Medicine products claimed to move the bowels daily. It also mentions publishing opportunities at The Republican office with price and savings notes.
Burlington Ohio young man Alr Frank Huffman says two doctors declared his consumption incurable. After using Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and colds he quickly improved from not being able to walk across the street to enjoying good health. Trial bottle free at Dr Powell's drug store.
Local column lists residents and visitors from Champaign to Peoria, with updates on travels, illnesses, church services, and social events. Mentions include Brumseey, Richard Huntis, Charles McClanahan, Morgan Camery, Bishop of Evans, Will Warner, Geo and Fred Becker, Henry Hennike, Ike Echard, Ina Diverbiss, Kemp's Balsam, Kate A Thomas, Rev William Woolley, Miss Annie and Hattie Conarow, Alfred J Martin, Andrew Vogelaang, and many others. Also notes church activities, a dinner item, and legal updates on court fees and deputies.
Local items report a Silver Laced Wyandotte cockerel sold for 12 dollars by a Iowa seller, notes on Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, a meeting of Crow Meadow grange on Wednesday, Jan 46, and an infantry volunteers organizing at the empty John Riley room. Also mentions Gus Newfine returning from Missouri Valley, farm weeklies sample copies, and Davenport Business College alumni in banking.
George Helper bought the market building from AL Hupp for 1100 cash and plans to overhaul the structure to expand the salesroom and boost the Helper Adams market. Also lists M E 8 school officers led by Superintendent Alex Brown and notes a 1891 local-events review in The Recussi sian.
A Jan 5 gathering at Dwight Morgan's home marked Clara E Morgan's 65th wedding anniversary with 165 present including eight children two grandchildren and other relatives. A feature on George A Lawrence's grand residence appears in the holiday issue with analysis of its grandeur.
An old advertising jingle highlights Castoria as a remedy used by a mother for a sick baby, a crying child, a grown Miss, and a mother giving it to her own children, illustrating enduring brand trust across generations.
The Demorest Family Magazine January issue offers common license suggestions for managing boys and a holiday feast. It highlights the water color A Slippery Spot and the engraving Eloquent Silence. The issue includes over 200 pictures and departments such as Our Girls Sanitarium Artistic Notes and World’s Progress. Published by W Jennings Demorest in New York City at $2.
The papers carry notices about eloping girls described as nervous and impulsive by Dr Franklin Miles, who promotes Restorative Nervive and a New Heart Cure via Dr Powell's drug store. D B Turner, Hennepin artist, toured the city Tuesday with a fruit design in pastel and a landscape for a Sparland customer.
An item advertises a grand ball on New Year’s night at the New Opera House in Henry Illinois. Also promotes mucklen Arnica Salve claiming to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands and more with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price per box at Dr Pollwe’s drug store.
Ole Olson records indicate Lookout Mountain W. 1k C No2 will hold an installation of officers elect on Saturday January 2 at 1 30 pm. All members are earnestly requested to be present by order of President Mrs Lypra M Raymonn.
Medical authorities warn many insanity cases stem from neuralgia of the head and face. The advertisement urges Ballard's Snow Liniment as fast relief and a cure for rheumatism lame back contracted muscles old sores corns bunions and related pains. Sold by J E. Powell Henry II 2.
Mrs James Frye dies December 19 in Eureka Springs Arkansas from consumption. Born Mary E Cook February 11 1848 in this place she was the eldest daughter of Watson Cook and sister to Robert B Milner. She married Henry Spencer in 1865 and later two more marriages, ending with James Frye.
Webb's Ticket Offices in Peoria Illinois offer cheap rail and ocean voyage rates with reliable information for travelers seeking the lowest fares before traveling across the globe.
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