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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1891
Page
4
A fragment from The Republican traces a 1845 house robbery planned by the Longs and Birch gang. It names Jeremiah Strawn’s residence, Ursuline details of concealment, and inspection visits by Birch and Fox before the raid, with background on their Peruvian hideouts.
Jenn Bonita of Springfield Illinois recounts a violent robbery at the Strawn home. The gang forced entry with an ax, seized cash and papers, and fled after a pursuit. Birch’s confession ties head Lewis of Peru to planning, with Birch later killed by associates to silence him. The piece notes other gang members sentenced or killed as justice pursued the Reeves gang.
An old physician, retired, claims a discovered formula from an East India missionary can permanently cure consumption and related lung ailments. He offers to mail free of charge the recipe in German, French, or English with full preparation directions from Rochester, NY. He urges readers to request details at his address.
An advertising claim notes Dr Miles's Pills regulate the nerves to affect the liver stomach and bowels, curing biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and more. The pills are offered in 50 doses for 25 cents with free samples at Powell's Drug Store.
The Republican reports the corner stone laying at the new City Hall in Washington Park with 2500 seats and 5000 spectators, noting mayor absent and Cyrus Walbridge standing in. It also previews the June race week at the Jockey Club with fashion, weddings, and social pageantry surrounding the season’s events.
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the strongest endorsement from user to user. It asserts the medicine’s unequaled cure record, aiming to persuade readers that its proven results speak louder than claims.
Col Madden encountered a long unseen friend Mrs Thompson of Lacon at Dr Tuttle's Hazel street, learning he had lived in the same city for years. Recounted Vicksburg siege days when she was a child visiting Capt Vernay's family and him as a young officer. Mr Thompson, a Lacuna banker, shared in the reunion at Danville Daily Press.
An 19th century advertisement claims deafness can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It explains blockage of the Eustachian tube from catarrh causing hearing loss and offers $100 for an incurable case, urging readers to request circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
Plans by Treat & Foltz call for a seven story Grand Palace Hotel replacing the corner lot at Clark and Indiana with a large block development. The 800 room hotel will extend to Illinois street and include hollow brick and terra cotta walls, bay windows, and additional stories to match the front. Project cost around 300000 under G P Newberry’s ownership.
The passage lists folk cures for sciatica, insomnia, and tender feet. It advises applying flowers of sulfur to the limb, brewing a dandelion root tea for nerves, splitting a lip with poison night and morning to fuse it, and rubbing cold cream to prevent chapping. It also prescribes a tepid wet towel on the stomach for dyspeptic insomnia and a foot bath with rum and ammonia to relieve tired feet.
Warnings on water management and hoe sharpening to save labor. Fence tops should have signaling boards. Plant trees along fences and roads. apples may suit certain regions. Forthright claim that agriculture is a born science with botany zoology geology entomology chemistry from soil to crop and animal life.
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