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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1897
Page
4
The piece surveys U S immigration aims stressing virtuous newcomers, praises Chicago leaders Lyman and Gage as Treasury choice, notes Boston to St Louis long-distance line, and critiques Illinois legislators over Revell libel repeal and canal taxation. It mentions Australia wheat harvest forecasts, Dolliver on McKinley timing, and calls for drainage board scrutiny and telecommunication carrier bills affecting Chicago access.
The Valley Association backs a drainage amendment to the Drainage law with three commissioners to oversee, between LaSalle and Peoria and between Peoria and the river mouth. It preserves original law protections, requires inspection of water flow, and maintains 900 000 cubic feet per minute plus 20 000 more per 100 000 population. The plan aims to safeguard valley interests if enacted.
Mr Powers delivers a humorous lecture at the Marshall County Farmers Institute in Henry about the horse’s decline in market value, contrasts with the bicycle, and argues for the horse’s enduring usefulness. He recounts farm life and the shifts in transport, using domestic scenes to highlight merit and affection for the horse.
A narrator surveys changing transportation as bicycles and cars crowd out horses. He notes Dolly the horse carrying a family, then laments idle mills, foreign-made goods, and factory closures. He urges farmers to keep horses, invest in coach and draft stock, and restore demand through better prices and pride in the noble horse.
An 19th century medical advertisement asserts deafness arises from Eustachian tube inflammation and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers $100 for a catarrah deafness case cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure and directs readers to send for a circus advertisement from F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio.
The National Armenian Relief Committee sent $35,000 to Turkey and the International Committee at Constantinople, chaired by the British ambassador, warns that funds are far from enough. They report at least 40,000 children have been orphaned by the massacres and urge rapid gifts to Brown Brothers & Co. in New York at $1 per month per child to avert further starvation and enslavement.
A Farmer City reader praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsie as an excellent medicine for their family. The letter notes the baby six months old uses the remedy and expresses strong approval.
Special transportation from Chicago to OregonWillamette Valley and other Oregon points departs Saturday Feb 27. Cars for passengers and colonists run through without change to McCoy. For details contact The Oregon Fruit and Farm Homes Colony Eastern Agency Room 134 Germania Life Building St Paul Minnesota.
Real estate transfers involve multiple parties including A Blackstons to Margaret Hancock and Mary Ann Thompson to Robert Thompson with described lots. Probate notices include Silas H. Weller probate of will, John W Grieves discharged as executor, and Robert Clark inventory approval. A report from Marshall County Patients lists names under Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville with convalescent notes.
It leads wherever introduced and is praised for curing constipation indigestion and a sick headache. Trial costs 100 for 10 doses 10 cents. Large size 50 cents and 1.00.
The article outlines the vast size and wealth of Greater New York to be consolidated under a new charter. It cites an area of 8088c square miles, population about 3.43 million, bonded debt roughly 216 million, and a tax budget over 355 million. It notes 64 monuments including Grant's tomb, 48 cemeteries on 3600 acres, and 7836 park acres plus boulevards under park control.
The Henry Republican offers bundles with The Weekly Inter Ocean Farm News and others for fixed prices. Subscriptions include The Henry Republican plus several papers at total costs shown, with options for social notices and wedding announcements to be published, upon receipt of event details.
The Grand Island beet sugar factory produced 25 000 barrels of granulated sugar in the just closed season. A farmer raising 63 bushels per acre at 170 dollars per ton earns solid wages, at least.
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