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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1900
Page
8
The advertisement touts several G. D. Corsets in various lengths and colors including tan drab black and pink with prices from 59c to 89c and a $1.00 line featuring W B G D and Cresco in multiple lengths. Also mentions new dress goods and wash fabrics.
The piece surveys women’s roles and education, noting 160 Japanese women divers, philanthropy paradoxes, and Elise Farrel’s business internship. It discusses China’s Dowager Empress, factory girls in Chicago winning wage parity, and a New Gloucester Grange talk on wives’ business involvement. It ends with Helen Keller’s Radcliffe exam triumph aided by Braille, time constraints, and teaching aids.
A rural column discusses farming ideals, soil fertility, and crop contrasts. It warns timothy hay removal depletes soil, suggests clover rotation, and offers household cleaning tips. It cautions against scrub stock, promotes selective breeding, and questions protein feeding in livestock.
An old advertisement touts Nir King s New Life Pills as a cure for constipation and various maladies. The copy claims benefits for digestion and nerves and promotes the pills as best in the world. Available at Dr Powell's Drug Store for a nominal price.
Advice on pruning evergreens in winter without removing large limbs. Humorous musings compare farming and law, urge self study, warn against frozen swill and poor seeds, and urge selecting good garden seed lists.
The Great Rock Island Route improves daylight service between Chicago and Des Moines by adding Parlor Cars to trains No 1 westbound at 9 00 am and No 24 eastbound at 7 00 am. The cars are new and offer a pleasant journey with advance seating reservations through ticket agents.
A Marengo grower, Clement Grover, wins 2.50 for an essay on cucumber culture for pickles. He describes ground prep, heavy manuring, midsummer planting, weed control, and frequent cultivation. He notes costs of 12 to 15 dollars per acre and contracts with seven local pickle factories paying 49 cents per small bushel and 15 cents per large.
An old advertisement promotes Cure a Col in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes a promise of refund if the remedy fails and mentions Grove's signature on every package.
The advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best medicine for babies and children with coughs and colds, claiming quick cures and prevention of pneumonia. It asserts success in tens of thousands of cases, cures croup, prevents roupy cough, and eases whooping cough symptoms, with sale by Dr Powell.
London the seventh session of the fourteenth parliament opened with the queen pledging to continue the war in South Africa. Oppositions leaders assailed the ministry while Irish factions signaled a united path with the government in harmony.
In McLeansboro Illinois on January 29 a notice touts Electric Ritter as a guaranteed cure for stomach liver and kidney ailments. It recounts Mrs Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin avoiding surgery after using the remedy and notes Dr Powells drug store sells it for 60 cents. Also reports the death of William McNabb the 49 year old man from Te linois, famed as the smallest man in the state, at three inches tall and about pounds.
A chaotic report details a widow near death from pneumonia saved by Dr King s New Discovery. Morristown near destruction by fire leaving 23 firms burned and 234 blocks ash. a Fargo bank robbery nets 8100. Grain-O advertised as coffee substitute. Supreme Court recess announced. Raith fire nearly destroys Pana Illinois vicinity with $25 000 loss and $10 000 insured.
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