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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1887
Page
3
Recap of Senate actions including credentials for Turpie and Hiscock, naval and territorial bills, eulogies for Pike and Logan, and pensions. Domestic items cover a coal of accidents, storms, fires, robberies, embezzlement trials, and municipal disturbances across Kentucky, Colorado, Arkansas, Illinois, and beyond.
Businessmen offered a capitol site and a $2,000,000 building plan on the 21st. Across notes, pensions, laws, and political shifts surface as state legislatures address schools, black laws, and public monuments while disasters and royal jubilees punctuate reports. Names include Mary Howett, Japes Cuuier, and A Oakey Hall.
A cyclone tracked near Oroville California on the 32d, destroying fences and cabins over six miles. Reports list Milwaukea grocer Epwarnese hanged, Rhode Island Prohibitionists nominate a statewide ticket, and Albany hosts a Prohibition session. News also notes Congress, Indiana bankruptcy, and key political changes including Senator Pike's death and Sherman’s Senate presidency ending.
The Illinois Senate and House tabled a varied plan: closing hours for stores on Sunday with exceptions, anti nepotism rules, abolishing grand juries, and harsher penalties for office usurpation. Measures target railroad service, consumer protections, militia pay, and jury terms while funding the Soldiers' Home and cattle-damage damages. The session adjourned to the 21st after adjourning at five.
About 1 400 district messenger boys employed by the American District Telegraph Company protest manager Wood Sanford over a company circular titled Dear Parents and Guardians It warns against agents seeking to recruit boys to disrupt peace and order The youths accuse the company of misalignment with their grievances seeking better pay and ten hour workdays and accuse the manager of encouraging bad company and dismissal threats
In Washington on February 15 the House amendments to the trade dollar redemption bill faced Senate opposition. Senator Morrill was referred the measure by President pro tem Sherman, ensuring the Finance Committee review. The bill likely dies in committee, halting trade-dollar redemption for this Congress. Ottawa merchants shift freight to Marseilles to reduce rates, saving one firm money on barrels.
The St Josephs Catholic church fair at Bickerman's Hall in Henry Ill raised 782 70 in three days under Rev Father Lockney. Donations included silverware watches and books with broad participation from adults. proceeds fund a bell for the steeple and church repairs. Organizers thank contributors from Henry and beyond for the success.
An MOB circular claim markets Dr Haines' Golden Specific as a covert cure for liquor habit. It promises rapid permanent sobriety whether a moderate drinker or alcoholic wreck, with no harm from administration and a guaranteed cure. The ad directs readers to request circulars from Golden Specific Co in Cincinnati Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Harter were honored at a surprise party by nearly 60 neighbors on their 16th wedding anniversary. A J Jarvis gave a china tea set, guests provided supper and music, and Mrs Harter expressed gratitude. The event was hosted by C A Coats at their rural residence a mile from the town.
Curative claims tout Hood's Sarsaparilla as especially effective this season for purification and vitality, aiding appetite and overall tone. Edgar B Claybaugh, age 4, died at Toulon on February 4 after residence in Putnam county and church conversion near Hennepin. Halls Peerless Cough Syrup advertised for coughs and asthma with a money back guarantee and Cobb's Little Pills included in each bottle.
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