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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
2
In this issue date February 28 1895 reports resumed work on the Hennepin canal with 2000 men on the east end. It notes income tax doubts and a 2 percent tax on sums above the threshold. It covers petitions for State Suffrage bills mailed to local legislators and presents a rebuke over portrait etching credit claims between The Republican and The Times.
Last rites for John Morgan were held Sunday at 10:00 a.m. at St John’s Episcopal Church after his sudden death likely from apoplexy as he returned home from church. The service, conducted by Rev P. K. Hammond, featured a sermon on blessed are the dead, with male quartet singing and a funeral hymn solo. The procession to the cemetery ended with burial in the family plot amid floral tributes and prayers for the sleeper. Relatives included Mrs Aspinall of Los Angeles and children in New York, Sparland and Streator relatives present.
Alderman Hutchins notes Henry city voters will likely back Water Works in a larger 1894 election. The Galva Standard recounts its 470 foot well drilled from May to August, a 116 foot water tower, 84 820 gallon reservoir and the modern pumping system that made Galva's water system a model of efficiency and fire protection.
Hands and Feet are nearly equally tender. The ad touts Selz Royal Blue and Selz Perfecto shoes by Belz Schwab & Ges Chicago, sold by J. H. Jones, claiming protection and softness for feet with durable leather.
An older drugstore ad touts English Spavin xainment promising to remove lumps and blemishes from horses and cure swollen throats and coughs with one bottle. Sold by Dr Powell druggist in Henry, Illinois, claiming a $50 savings and warranting exceptional effectiveness.
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