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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1905
Page
2
An advertisement extols female beauty tied to health and offers a $500 reward for cure of leucorrhea, female weakness, prolapse, or falling of the womb. It cites Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo and his Favorite Prescription with a long guarantee.
The Illinois Republican presses urge a state wide primary law allowing voters to choose from president to coroner. Leslie's Weekly notes parties favor younger candidates for president. It cites Roosevelt and Deneen and records a legal rule about cross ballots affecting multiple seats, risking several incumbents.
A New York commission finds overheating in luxuriously warm apartments fuels pneumonia deaths. Harvard’s Dr Dudley Sargent cites 40 percent US mortality from overheating, urging winter temps of 60 to 70 degrees with constant fresh air. The text also critiques a biennial uniform textbook bill as unnecessary and politically motivated.
J. M. Kirkpatrick argues underground tiling wastes soil nutrients by carrying water soluble plant foods away in drainage. He cites English experiments showing 60 percent lost in water, urging restraint on underdrainage where soils are dry enough to cultivate without it.
The Delineator issue for March presents spring and summer styles, plus essays on armorial bearings by Crozier, pewter by Moore, and a hymn story by Sutherland. It features Zimmer-like pieces on Robert and Clara Schumann, politics in Washington, and women’s roles, along with fiction by Zona Gale and Virginia Woodward Cloud and children stories by Baum and Cooke.
A common expression about run down health is discussed with cautions against self medication. The text urges consulting a doctor for an organic cause and suggests a concentrated fat food to enrich the blood and strengthen the system as a likely remedy.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as the best nourishment for the weakened and wasted. It claims it can rebuild run down or emaciated individuals and is especially suited for delicate children and pale anaemic girls, offering a free sample.
Mortuary record for David Wil son Danley details a life spanning from 1820 in Washington county Pennsylvania to Henry township and Hennepin Illinois. It notes farming ventures, grain trade, warehouse building, and public service as supervisor and school board member. He died January 81 1905 at his son’s home in Hennepin aged 84 years 9 months 12 days with services in Henry and burial in Calgary cemetery after a funeral conducted by Rev Mason and Rev McCown.
Sarah Giltner born May 18 1823 in Clark County Indiana married twice, first to Isaac Taff in 1889 and then to F C Balleweg in 1858. She lived in Henry and Minonk Illinois, bore nine children, and suffered from leg sores for over twenty years. She died January 31 1905 at age 81 due to age and a lung cold, with funeral services led by Rev D S McCown in Henry.
Adaline Green born March 15 1842 Union Hunterdon NJ died February 2 1905 Milo Illinois aged 62 years 10 months 18 days. Married to David D Shurts April 7 1866 Quakertown NJ. They lived across Bureau and Marshall counties before settling on their Milo farm in 1879. She joined the Methodist Episcopal church in girlhood, suffered asthma and a paralysis stroke last September, and passed after days of intensified pain. Funeral in the M and E church with Rev G E Alford officiating, burial in a vault south of the church. husband daughter and sisters mourn with many friends.
Several local obituaries detail the deaths of William Harry Pavis at 10 months in Medalia Minnesota, Sarah Fyffe Thornton in Pontiac Michigan, Dorcas Ann Shinn Shepherd in Norcatur Kansas, Onias Martland formerly of Lacon, Illinois, Mrs Wm Marshall of Rutland, Iowa, and Emma Kaatz of Varna buried in Lacon. The notes cover ages, immediate families, and basic funeral details with brief biographical remarks.
An old advertisement warns that many pain poisons come from food and promises Dr Kings New Life Pills will cure sickness from undigested poisons with a money back guarantee. It urges readers to try the product at Dr Powell's city drug store.
A Chicago Chronicle note advises starting the day with a glass of cold water regardless of glass size. It describes benefits, including cleansing the stomach, flushing secretions, and stimulating circulation after sleep.
The Republican office advertises wedding, dancing, birth day and anniversary stationery samples. It invites orders for engraving of all kinds and promotes first class printing services.
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