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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
6
A compact survey of religious sketches and social items from various churches and figures. Highlights include Baptist church charity eggs, Turkish scripture moves, Congregational statistics in Connecticut, and pension lists with dozens of names and disabilities.
A collection of wry sayings from various papers includes a man named Darling who makes women blush, a grasshopper joke about decapitation, a Darwinian jab about a Norristown boy, and a quip on counterfeit coins returning to a storekeeper.
Baltimore witness Major B. White says he suffered ten years from spinal stiffness caused by enlarged glands. He claims after using St Jacobs Oil he regained mobility and feels himself again.
Excitement rises as A. H. Zimmerman’s drug store offers free sample bottles of Dr Bosanko’s Couch and Lung syrup. The remedy, popular for coughs bronchitis consumption and cattle ailments, is on the market with regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
Brown writes from Los Angeles to N G Stringer about a long journey from Peoria to California. He describes Kansas City, Santa Fe and the Raton Pass, a pause in Santa Fe with soldiers and a serenade, then the arid Colorado desert and finally Los Angeles with its climate, growth, and diverse population including Americans Spaniards Mexicans and Chinese. He closes wishing well to Whitefield associates.
H P. Day of the Peoria Democrat sustained a severe head laceration after a fall at the skating rink in the Masonic Temple. He was attended by bystanders and later treated for the injury.
A fragment reports a man named White loading two horses on a Peoria train Thursday night. One horse escaped through a door, and a following train hit it, cutting the animal to pieces. The horse had cost $250. Other notes mention the Wyoming dramatic company seeking to stage Rascal Pat in Bradford, social events, Edna Ferguson's wrist fracture in Wyoming, rabbit hunting in Henry County, Sunday laws in Hoopeston, and a Peoria boatman's daughter found guilty with $1500 damages. Consolidation of La Salle Democrat with Press and Peru’s Twin City News and Herald is noted. Fire in Chicago on December 30 damaged Bradner Smith & Co and others, with substantial insured losses. Chicago & Alton earnings rose to $8,773,000 for the year, up from $8,215,000.
Dr King’s New Discovery trial bottles are given free at E and F A Powells Drug Store as a public offer. The article lists Illinois House chairmen including Payson on public lands, Culloms on agriculture and pension claims, Henderson on rivers and harbors, and many others shaping fiscal and national policies.
A string of patient testimony from Carmel Indiana describes derangement of the liver causing a general system disorder. The writer credits Taraxine with a cure after three days of relief and notes lasting health for over a year. Local drugstore Powell City Drug Store offers the remedy.
The notice lists mail and postpaid Sunday and morning subscriptions for one year and shorter terms, with prices and a requirement that weeks accompany all orders. It specifies paper stoppage at expiration and directs readers to Monger Bros. at 202 Main St Peoria Illinois.
An ad-like passage touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia chills rheumatism kidney issues and nervous disorders. It cites Mr Brashear Baltimore Mr Berlin Washington and others including Rev J Marshall West Ellicott City as relieved and calls it great family medicine.
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