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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1893
Page
4
A compilation of letters and reports on mail changes and new postal practices, wage disputes on Chicago Joliet drainage work, hog supply forecasts, and new farm telegraph connections in Michigan. Local exchanges critique ghost stories in LaCon papers and praise careful journalism in the Republican and Democrat debates.
A Henry Republican recounts a Hay Center winter Lyceum where students staged a noisy mock debate. A large audience of young men and a Miss Blossom on the bench set a lively schoolroom scene with playful mischief, feigned oratory, and a dramatic memory versus hope argument.
A lively school debate ends with an affirmative win and a tearful poem recitation. The column then reports the Stause York marriage on the City of Peoria, noting Col Ed Strauss and Miss Ora York wed aboard the vessel in Peoria with Capt Sol York and Edgar Howard present as witness and best man.
A dated collection lists heirs and property transfers with names such as Rouben Graves, Wm W. Twist, John, Bennington, and Belle Pleasantoland. It details lots, blocks, and towns including Lacon Toluca Bennignton and Smiths add to Janid Campbell to M. M. Sherburne. Also notes about Durango Colorado promotional text and then a testimonial for Salvation Oil and an “Always Ready Waltz” music note from publishers S. W. Straub & Co. 215 State.
In a Phenix Arizona message to Judge Shaw of Lacon the writer P B Perley declares loyalty to the G O P while lamenting McKinleyism and noting his 1870 conversion by Storrs to a low tariff stance. He asserts consistent honesty and signs off as P B Perle.
A columnist extols the printer as essential to modern life noting vast newspaper, magazine, and periodical circulations. The piece urges readers to care for health with Hood’s Sarsaparilla and describes large presses, post office second class matter, and widespread print distribution.
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