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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1894
Page
2
The Chicago Inter Ocean promotes a world’s fair picture set to new subscribers without a coupon. It notes delayed postmaster appointments as many republican commissions expire. The piece then reflects on debt, charity, and hard times urging work rather than handouts to avoid promoting misery.
Licensed to wed shows Frank Rutan Ida Horner Wenona John Hanley Fanny Strawn Lacon James Barry Johanna Doran Saratoga Chas Gustafson Anna Rose Roberts Robt W Dodd Amatia Anan La Prairie Harriet Tanquary Sparnud and Hartley records sixty births in 1893. Real estate transfers include Henry Durham to Richland Hiram Etzel to Mary Barnes J T Waddell to Leonard McMurtrie Peter Petrie to Katharine Patrie EmmalL Saylor to Howard Taylor John Kendall to Sarah Roberts Wenona Hopewell and Wenona parcels in various townships.
Hon W J Calhoun of the Decatur Republican delivers excerpts from an address before the Republican Editorial Convention. He argues the party’s origins lie with the Revolution, praises its economic and anti slavery reforms, and defends its Civil War era achievements. He closes with a dramatic Underground Railroad anecdote and calls for ongoing defense of free ballots and national unity.
Letter recalls threats faced by a writer protecting enslaved people and cites a proslavery paper. It argues that motherhood, not race, makes slaves, and shares a 1894 subscription deal: three papers for 1.75 dollars, including Henry Republican, Weekly Inter Ocean, and Turin Journal, with prompt-pay discounts.
A boy facing punishment asks to go to his room and prays to God for help. He kneels by the bed and says a brief plea to the Lord, asking for mercy for a child who errs. The account ends with the prayer being answered.
An old Toledo advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 8100 reward for an incurable case. It quotes Cusney & Co as proprietors and lists West Trnax Walding Kinnan Marvin as Toledo druggists. The ad touts the product as an internal blood and mucous system remedy priced at 75 cents per bottle and offers testimonials free.
The term cuckoo arisen from Senator Morgan of Alabama during the silver question. It linked to the president owning a cuckoo clock in the White House. when it strikes, other clocks follow. The clock has been ordered out or silenced due to irritation and descriptive use.
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