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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
2
The Springfield Journal notes Gov Tanner’s push for a special legislative session and the administration’s failure to sell bonds. It reports a fiscal year end cash balance near 233 million with a slight decrease from November, highlighting Treasury状 balance and differing projections.
In a Nashville reunion speech Governor Taylor urged veterans who wore the gray to salute the national flag with uncovered heads and join in honoring the Union. He said time has enriched the land and gilded its skies with brighter hopes.
The Streator Free Press reports the Allen bill, praised by the Chicago Tribune, ends street tearing for blackmail and bans new gas or electric firms from tearing up streets after July unless a majority frontage in each mile is secured.
The piece urges hard work and links exertion to strong living. It cites a Denver convention on mining and notes Western gold is the dominant precious metal, with cyanide methods expanding profitable mining and prospects for 10 to 20 years of gold production exceeding silver.
The article recounts how for 89 years American flags used imported bunting, with Butler prompting a 40 percent tariff in 1865. After overseas competition, twelve looms were set up in 1866, and the first U S flag of American bunting was raised over the National Capitol. Prices shifted from 26 to 335 dollars per bale to 18 dollars under protection, with a Wisconsin note from Commonwealth June 18 1897.
A discussion notes the government’s entry into advertising via the Bureau of American Republics, extending the franking privilege to official matter. The move, seen as a reversal of postal law, boosts the bureau’s advertising bulletin and harms trade journals competing for the ads. The piece urges Congress to restrict franking to original purposes.
A July 1 enactment prohibits nets seines and traps for fish from April 15 to July 1 with restricted seining afterward. Ice fishing is banned, and near dams all fishing is forbidden except with hook and line. The law bans sale of many fish under specified lengths with fines from 25 to 200 dollars and half to the complainant.
Printers' ink argues sensational papers publish columns showing political change fails to bring immediate gains and attack capital in every issue. They undermine confidence and deter investment while posing as friends of labor, undermining the very channels that could relieve current conditions.
From Our Own Correspondent Washington July 3 the 16 Republican party in Congress has completed a rapid tariff bill passage unprecedented in speed and scope and conferees expect a brief meeting with the Senate. The bill could reach the President by mid July and become law. Protests from foreign nations are seen as impertinent and inconsequential to U.S. commercial relations. The Sugar schedule faces scrutiny but the bill remains generally satisfactory and not a favor to the sugar trust. Debate over a currency commission continues with two sides.
The discussion centers on whether to defer action on the currency question until Congress meets in December or to push a currency commission now. Officials stress there is no intent to delay the currency issue beyond tariff concerns and aim to avoid trifling with it.
A Decoration Day poem honors brave soldiers who wore the grey and blue and fell in service. It mourns a mother grieving a son and cherishes enduring faith, patriotism, and national remembrance on the holiday. The verses evoke nature, celestial bloom, and the heroism that endures beyond death.
The Supreme Court named new appellate judges for districts outside Cook County. In Second District Ottawa judges John D Grabtree Dixon Dorrance Dibell Joliet and Francois M Wright Urbana replace judges Crabtree Lyman Lacey Havana and Oliver H Harker Carbondale. In Third District Springfield John G Glenn Monmouth and Oliver A Harker Carbondate replace George W Wall Daquoin George W Pleasants Rock Island and Carroll O Boogs Fairfield. In Fourth District Mt Vernon James A Creighton Springfield NE Worthington Peoria and Hiram Bige low Galva replace N W Green Pekin Alfred Sample Paxton Charles J Schofield Carthage.
Mrs E G Gregory of Fredericks town Missouri reports her sick grandchild found quick relief after Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy failed. Dr Powell supplies the product. Mrs Partington extols Isaac s ride on his new bicycle noting romantic tires and long hours in the saddle with two centurions completed.
A Macon Georgia reader describes using Mother's Friend to ease multiple confinements. She cites shorter faster labors and less pain for herself and others, noting one case with three children and another with a fourth confinement. The letters reflect consensus on relief and quicker deliveries.
A humorous observer reflects on modern morals with Moses and the Golden Rule, notes a town Fourth of July fatigue, and recounts a July celebration in Henry. A back porch chat with Sally leads to a debate on suffrage, gender roles, and the relative strengths of men and women, ending with the remark that the wisest and greatest man is matched by the wisest and greatest woman.
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