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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
9
Samuel Parker, aged eighty two, reflects on life, death, mercy, and faith in a birthday poem from Glendale California dated January 21 1913. He thanks God for years and kindness as he contemplates the end of life and the journey beyond.
Four weeks of regular use stimulate the liver improve digestion and cleanse blood. Pimples and eruptions vanish from face and body and you feel better. Begin at once. Buy at A J Tronmonger and T J Segraves.
J H Price writes from North Dakota describing a wet fall with good general crops except late frost on flax and uncut acreage. He notes high wind and cold snaps, sleighing as the season, and the livery business busy with many teams and horses. mentions political editors Henry Ill and George Burt & Son.
A Pittsburgh man claims to have discovered an electric method to hurl shells faster than powder, with a single motor powering a line of guns. The piece notes global interest in air warfare and cautions that such a breakthrough could hasten destruction, while urging peace.
Illinois reports 48 railroads with 12 618 miles of track. Illinois Central leads with 2047 miles of north and south trackage. Burlington follows with 1685 miles. Northwestern 751 and Chicago & Alton 744. McKinley lines of Illinois Traction and C P total 652 miles, with Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul at 413 and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern 388. Santa Fe 283, Chicago Peoria & St. Louis 235. Illinois Interurban system claims largest in the nation, with McKinley electric lines and early adoption of automatic electric block signals.
A curious bacterial contamination was found linked to a Dickinson company canning line. Researchers at Champaign's Illinois Canners' Association lab, led by Prof Bronson Barlow, investigated bursts in storage and concluded cooking cooled product sparked bacterial growth.
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