Campbell Bros Clearance Sale of Watches and Jewelry
Campbell Bros conducts a July and August clearing sale on watches clocks jewelry with many items at half value. Ladies gold filled watches from 12 50 to 18, solid gold watches up to 30, gents gold filled cases with Elgin Waltham and Rockford movements, 8 day walnut clocks, silverware at 25 percent discount, rings chains cuff links and more, large spectacles stock with guaranteed fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Bros
Elgin
Waltham
Rockford
Resolutions Honor Dr Charles Davis WC T U Henry
The WC T U of Henry passes resolutions honoring Dr Charles Davis noting gratitude for his labors and extending sympathy to his daughter and sons. A committee sends copies to city papers and the family. The funeral for Dr Davis was well attended with relatives from Racine Lincoln Neb Steuben and Peoria among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davis
WC. T. U of Henry
Ossian
Racine
Lawrence
Lincoln
Neb
N. N. McLaughlin
Steuben Township
W. C. Reynolds
Peoria
Ellisville
E. E. Reynolds
Irank Davis
Putnam
Lone Tree
Whitefield Corners
Castoria Advertised Through Generations
A vintage advertising cadence highlights Castoria as a remedy recalled across generations from infancy to childhood to adulthood. The jingle traces use in family medicine as a trusted product through various life stages.
Local notes from July 2 1891 show mendicant weather and rail depots
The issue reports warm to cool week changes, new awnings and windows, street planks, and a busy week for undertaker Keller. It records civic notices, church excursions, a fatal accident risk at the curb, and multiple local residents traveling or visiting relatives across Illinois and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller
Cooney
Fotels
J. H. Jones & Son
Boston
Telegraph Grange Meeting Crowded Despite Heat
Telegraph Grange met Saturday evening June 27 with a full house. Master George Johnson led, and the new secretary spoke eloquently. Members debated the importance of a past question and planned a repeat discussion at the July 11 meeting.
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Telegraph Grange
George Johnson
Worthingtoo
Grange
Riverside District Grange
District Grange
Willis
Ladies Grange Aid Society
In Memoriam Dr Charles Davis Passes at 77
An obituary recalls Dr Charles Davis born June 1 1814 in New York. He lived much of his life in Fulton and Henry Illinois and practiced medicine after earning a Cincinnati degree in 1850. He embraced homeopathy and the New Church, aiding its local temple. Funeral services were held at the New Church Temple in Henry with a large gathering.
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Lizzie Horan
St Joseph’s Church
Father Lockney
Lizzie
Henry High School
Lake Senachwine
Y. M. Lincoln
Princeton Republican
Charles Davis
Columbis
Hickimer County
New York
New York State
Ellisville
Fulton County
Illinois
W C. Reynolds
Peoria
Lancaster
Henry
Electric Medical College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Davis
Aurelia Williams
Ossian Carol
Racine
Wis
Charles Lawrence
Lincoln
Neb
Maria Louise
Polly Aylesworth
Emanuel Swedoenborg
Witeh
New Jerusalem
Aibbord
Illnois Association
Dr Davis
New Church Temple
C Eby
George Field
Jerusalem the Golden
Lucy Mateer
Becker
J. C Townsend
W. W Heath
A. B. Clark
Moses Hartley
Israel Koehler
Henry Vogelsang
H. Tyler
Mary Love Justice Sketch Born July 22 1819
Mirn David Justice presents a sketch noting Mary Love born July 22 1819 and that she was married.
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Mirn David Justice
Mary Love
Unfortunate Accident Cripples Terrell Bros Circus
The Terrell Bros Circus suffered a major fire and tent collapse at Tiskilwa scattering horses and mules, injuring six of the educated Kentucky thoroughbreds and forcing cancellation of key acts. Management shipped injured animals to a Paducah hospital and planned a six week recovery. Rebecca Wilkinson of Brownsvalley credits Nervine with curing long standing ailments. Local saloons and a favorable reception marked Henry’s shows despite the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Tiskilwa
Hippodrome
Granite Mills
Horace
Aya
Errell Bros
School of Kentucky
Paskell
Atable
Barn Hospital
Paducah
Legislature Cuts Bank Interest Rates In Half
The legislature lowered the legal rate of interest from six to five percent and the one rate from eight to seven percent, signaling changes to financial penalties and lending terms across state statutes.
Things I Don’t Like to See Correspondence
A citizens letter in The Republican outlines ten dislikes about Sunday behavior and public life. It condemns weekend travel by Adam Eye for various acts, names concerns about church members and seating, sanitary patrols, street weeds, mutilated public posters, and unfair advertising. The writer requests space to share what they do like to see.
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Republican
Adam
Eye
Adaux
Eve
Health Commission
Fresh Air Fund Country Week Plan Appeals to Readers
The Chicago Daily News invites private citizens to canvass rural and village homes to host two weeks visits for children or a mother with infant or working girls. It will select guests, arrange dates and rail stations, and cover executive costs while sending only eligible children for fresh air and country life.
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Chicago Daily News
Daily News
Fresh Air Fund
Hyer’s Sisters To Star In New Musical Comedy
The renowned Hyer’s Sisters with a strong company will appear in a new musical comedy with a fine uniformed band at New Opera Hall Henry on Tuesday July 21. Also noting a humorous local remark about a boy unable to carry a large sugar pile from the grocery.
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Masonic Order
Thompson
Lacon
Bros W. B. Bolton
Geo M. Bane
Sparland
Hyer
New Opera Hall
Henry
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Saz
John A. Daniels
Whitefield
Forrest
St Ma 4
Daniels
Pitcher’s Castoria
Castoria
Mies
Childeva
The
Henry Republican
Grorcze Burt
EpiItor
Frank Coe
Wherry & Goltra
Ella Hutchins
Chicago
Maud C. Hutchins
John C. Hesaler
A W Hutchins
N & G Taylor Co
Philadelphia
W C Patterson
Putnam Co Bank
Hennepie
Wwm Fosdick
Henry Baseball Cine
Chillicothe
Ossian . Davis
Fort Sheridan
Eurptove
Major Webber
Venona
Milton
Picking
Mra
Clarence Burt
Abba
Lawrence Davis
Aix
Hastings
Clyde Darby
Frink
Newton Maxwell
Humphrey
Bureau
Frank Murden
Edna Colson
James Murden
Denver Col
W R. Brokaw
Mra M
Denver
Price Kellogg
Daugher Zella
Haney
Kellogg
J. H Reeder
Maetawora
Charles Disosway
Squire Disosway
Valparaiso
Ind
Porter
Charley
Rock Island
Wm Owens
Owens
Hanna
Violet Republic Sun
Charles Thompson
Miss Thompson
Our High School
H. M. Henry
Boyd House
Wayne Neb
Samuel Maxwell
Mark Gregory
Plymouth Rock
Mra Gregory
Reeves
Josiah Bonham
Hiram C. Wright
Baxter
Col Dagaenport
Wright
Mineral Point
Harney
Joseph Tozier
Nathen Brumsey
Marshall County
Boston Clothin Store
Brumsey
Jones
Tely Pure
Memoriam
Dr Charlies Davis
David Justice
Justice
la Rose
Shickly
B. F. Justice
Adram Hunter
Strang
R. Williams
Saonemin
Ill
A. W. Jenkins
R. W. Justice
Varna
R. M. Justice
Hoover Cemetery
Rey Marah
A W. Jenkins
Church of Christ
Jesus
Terrell Bros. Circus
Rebecca Wilkinson
Brownsvalley
Norelief
Boldyn J.E
F A. Powell Druggists
Henry Ill
Henry Market
George Nicholson
WHR
Ghollod
Whita
Xod
Grincold & Do
Sant
Lenox
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