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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1871
Page
4
The publisher announces a new volume with a shift from folio to quarto and a higher reading matter quality. Readers gain increased, varied content at the old price, including agricultural columns and weekly market reports from major cities, with corrected data and popular quarto format.
Illinois editors gathered at Rock Island for the annual association meeting with over 120 members. They debated publishing notices and guarding publishers against dishonest ad agents, elected officers, and toured local mills, factories, and government works highlighting Rock Island and Milan sites.
The article notes Rock Island, Moline, Milan, Quincy, and Peoria with figures on employed workers wages capital and annual output. It describes a river trip ending at Quincy, a banquet in Peoria, and praise for the Grand Trunk Railway with agents Whitman and Brydgee.
A sermon urges young women to abandon idleness and seek productive work rather than fashion and parade. It calls for courage to begin, notes excess female predominance in some states, and offers guidance to support themselves and contribute to humanity amid personal loss.
Peoria Demoncrat writer Fishy Snively urges readers to choose weapons or reclaim remarks about the fishing party from the previous issue. Ife asserts he hashed a fish and earned credit for bringing it up, noting the phrase you pays your money and you takes your choice.
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