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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1890
Page
7
The Henry Light Guard Band has completed arrangements for a grand Maypole dance and related activities. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 21, 1890, with cooperation among local organizations and residents.
The column advertises Able's new cigars Smoke Able's High Life and Pretty Star, sewing machines for sale, and various rental notices at the fair grounds and offices. It notes promotions for Reynolds Bros shoes, violin lessons, and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion, alongside an offer to inspect washing machines and a Derby industry leather product.
Sparnand lodge A F and A M held a special conclave inviting Lacon Chilli Cothe and Henry lodges. Two candidates Messrs Henry Luft and A J Martin received the Master Mason degree with Lacon aiding. The event featured conferrals, fine work, and generous entertainment, marking a gala local Masonic reunion.
Local notes record Riverside Grange session and farmer’s institute in progress, visits from Leo Krenz and John Dillon party, and a rainy Tuesday dampening events. Auctioneer L Care spoke at Whitefield sale while World’s Fair 1802 to the west sparks praise. Miss Polly Broaddus visits Henry, church socials planned, and St John’s services announced.
J Watercott & Co sold 108 yards of carpet to a customer yesterday and heads to Grand Rapids to buy carloads of the finest furniture for Central Illinois. The firm advertises Whitney baby carriages, 25 styles, wallpaper sales, and a spring millinery line. George H Holton becomes manager of the Plattsmouth Herald. The paper teases a serial Tom Tyler's Tombstone and urges Republican support. Local thefts and Camp House hotel upgrades are noted along with social visits and a stone found in a creek bottom resembling a petrified turtle. A horticultural society gathering is planned for Marshall County, and Dakota relief aid is solicited. Langdell vs Clover libel dispute is introduced with a forthcoming reply.
Correspondence from Lacon dated February 21 1900 corrects Mr Gastons claim of official support for a Marshall County Fair. The Marshall County Horticultural Society denies any affiliation or sanction and states its duties require two annual exhibits. A meeting at Henry is planned in March and a semi annual gathering in August to promote horticulture in the county.
Letter from L A Moren & Bon and Henry IL, dated Feb 26, 1890, disputes a Reverend’s pulpit remark claiming they charged too much for steeple repairs at the church. The contractors recount agreeing to $12, painting and extra $2 for additional work, paid by the committee led by Peter Tommes and Joseph Bogoer.
A long letter from T F Clover, attorney, rebuts W H Langdell on libel and ethics in a recent litigation. Clover admits lack of awareness of facts, pledges to ensure others pay costs, and defends his role while criticizing Langdell. Details of a prize ball at New Opera Hall on April 15 are announced. Worth McVicker to oversee the event with ticket sales encouraged.
A light pitched note explains that a paper may be delivered as a courtesy by a friend or the publisher inviting the recipient to review the issue. It contrasts pure, fresh reading matter with the subscription price and hints at the value offered by the paper.
Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offers reduced rate excursion tickets from Chicago and points along its 5700 mile network for the 1890 N E A meeting in St Paul Minnesota July. Other railroads will sell to St Paul and return for the occasion. For details write W A Carpenter Milwaukee. Bludbildder is claimed as a vegetable remedy priced at 1 dollar sold at Powell's Drug Store with broad health claims.
John Halcock, Monday, presented poultry including a 43 pound gobbler and a 25 pound hen. A Henry Republican item noted a Whitefield turkey at 81 pounds, nearly a third larger, while Halcock’s bird surpasses Diehl’s 86 pound gobbler by six pounds, earning him bragging rights.
Mr C H Morris of Newark Ark says he was told he was incurable with lungs but after using Dr King s New Discovery for consumption he recovered enough to oversee farm work and now has third bottle Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Ohio credits it with saving his life and health Try it Sample bottles free at Powells drug store Large bottles 1
Two papers read at the farmers institute on Tuesday will appear when space is found. The Progressive Farmer by HK Smith and a paper by Hon J H Jones on the Improvement of our Highways are lengthy and could not be printed in full this issue.
The ad touts Kemp's Balsam claiming thousands of bottles are given away yearly as a warning that it could ruin advertising if it were not a perfect cough and throat remedy. It promises immediate effects after the first dose and offers a trial bottle free at druggists with large sizes priced at 60 cents and one dollar. It also notes upcoming spring dress goods arriving next week at J.H. Jones and Sons with a claim of always low prices.
In a New England villa Old Peter Rice, long a critical husband, recalls his late wife’s virtues as mourners gather. He appears with a large yellow bowl of doughnuts, declaring them the best her baking ever made, a tearful attempt to honor the departed spouse.
A quirky old tale tells of tired travelers who entered a house with an odd sign and demanded oysters. A courteous man replied the place was not a restaurant but an aurist, while a sailor party asked about a hanging “oyster” that was really an ear. A separate incident with American sailors at the German consulate led to dinner demands and a German eagle coat of arms as the decor.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a customer delaying a large grocery order since Friday, while the grocer insists a $40 debt must be paid before any further orders. The discussion mentions a wrecked wagon and a forgetful clerk as possible excuses.
The Pall Mall Budget notes cleanliness became a modern virtue among the English upper class, contrasting eighteenth century habits with new daily washing. It says earlier generations bathed or rinsed for health or pleasure but did not wash daily, while the new custom spread as a sign of gentility. Tomorrow marks the last day of winter, questioning if winter truly arrived.
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