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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
4
An advertising blurb promotes a newspaper as the most complete global news service with extensive society, drama, literature, art commentary and reliable financial and stock reviews. It notes pricing: 6 cents a week by carrier and 3 dollars a year by mail.
The Republican office sells promissory notes receipts mourning items and stationery at low prices. Envelopes plain and printed. wedding and engraving orders available. Also advertises White's Cream Vermifuge for worms at Dr Powell's City drug store with a 25 cent price.
The notice records a singing school to start Friday at the Presbyterian church with J Barrett and others, plus a sale led by Schlosser and Teaux near town expected to gross around $8000. Other items include visits, appointments, And purchases such as Jersey cows, a stallion sale, and local social events with names like Simma Poozer, Ransom Conover, and Miss Mattie Tullis.
A singing school under Miss Ednie Viola Pater begins Friday January 31 in the Presbyterian Church lecture room Henry IL. Terms: 10 lessons 2.00, private lessons 4.00, group 2.00. All members of the Presbyterian Sunday School receive free tickets. Miss Powers brings notable training in elocution and music from Oberlin and Boston and aims for sight reading and ear training without instruments except a pitch pipe. Contact Miss Powers for details.
McKinley Birthday Anniversary program planned for Wednesday evening January 20 at the M I church. Clergy will deliver addresses and the event features a full program with readings choruses solos and multiple speakers including Rev A K Tullis and Rev Fr Zumbuebl. Spearhead of Speer town growth noted with planned housing and business development in Princeville Republican notes.
The Woman's Club committee has secured Alfred Bayliss, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, for a free lecture on Tuesday January 28 at the M E church. His topic is The Educational Ideals of the Nineteenth Century and citizens of Henry and vicinity are urged to attend. Free lecture to fill the church to capacity. An ad promotes Herbine tonic for influenza aftereffects at 50 cents.
Advertised letters list includes Misa Rose Barnes Mra Auva Frank Hans Larseh Gaha Mra M Scovill and R C Wilson to be sent to Dead Letter Office January 30 1902 John Kline POM
A May meeting of the alumni is announced to be held at the home of Miss Stella Motter Cir Satimayove, Tai, LOS, BCSCS, called to order at 8 o'clock p.m. by order of the President. It Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry recommends Allen's Foot-Ease for damp feet and chilblains, available at druggists and shoestores. Frank Green, recently away canvassing for nursery stock, has returned and resumed his job at C. Ke. Jones's, reflecting on lessons learned from his time away.
The piece argues that newspaper men do not ride free on steam railroads and contrasts paid advertising contracts with free passes. It warns politicians and officials are “dead heads” who receive no direct rates, while editors invest capital and labor in their columns. It also touches on Booker T. Washington and the soil’s role in industrial history and migration.
Fragmentary OCR notes show scattered terms like PROVISIONS and POTATOES with cryptic codes such as BE 004 60 and 1840, interspersed with unknown phrases. The readable text hints at a catalog or inventory from the era but lacks coherent sentences or clear events.
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