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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
3
Mary a married woman traveling with her husband and baby on an early 1900s accommodation train faces looming health crisis. She plans an operation to save her life while concealing her fears and placing her faith in her husband and doctors.
Mary Winslow endures a major operation as her husband David waits by her side. Dr Ellis and medical staff manage the risky procedure while Mary leaves a note to her husband and her gratitude to him. The doctors assure the patient’s recovery as David grapples with relief and fear.
Directors of climate and crop sections report generally favorable weather for cultivation and growth across Michigan Indiana Illinois Iowa Wisconsin, with good corn and oats color, promising wheat, heavy hay crops in places, and minimal frost damage. Local showers slow in some areas but overall conditions improving, oats and barley progressing, clover cutting starting.
A Northwestern road collision near West Chicago killed three passengers and a tramp, injuring fifteen. Two excursion train sections Nos. 4 and 5 from the Wells street depot at 11 and 11 15 struck at the West Chicago water tank. Engineer Charles Courtney of No. 5 seriously injured. conductors Woodworth and Fish escaped with minor injuries.
Secretary Sherman in New York argues monopolies are the day’s key issue. He states the United States will not clash with Japan over Hawaii annexation and condemns combinations of capital that interfere with competition.
Through a Treatle near Missouri City on the Wabash railway a train plunged after a trestle collapse. Seven postal clerks were killed and 19 injured. victims include W. B. Mills, O. M. Smith, Gustave A. Smith, Charles Winters, P. W. Brink, Edward Grindrop, and Charles P. Greasley, all residents of St. Louis.
In Key West on June 26 United States Commissioner Julius Otto discharged the Dauntless crew and Cuban passengers after finding no evidence they formed a military organization or planned hostile actions. The report notes confusion over the arrests and the ground for release.
A Detroit area incident on Jefferson avenue saw a man chase a woman off a trolley car at Me Dougall avenue after a claim she might be his wife. The car halted, the woman exited, and bystanders laughed as the next rider escorted her safely to ground.
A sponge fisher lies on the boat deck with a water glass and a long pole to locate and hook sponges. It requires trained sight and deft handling to detach sponges without damage while battling waves. Despite skill, an expert earns little beyond his boat’s keep, facing rheumatism and harsh conditions.
The Abyssinian ruler Negus Menelik and Empress Taiton plan travels to Russia and Paris, visiting Odessa St. Petersburg and the Pope's Italy amid Russia France invitations. Swedish explorer Sven Hedin recounts Lake Nor's wandering in the Gobi with wind and Tarim silt shifting the lake's drift southeast then south.
Hippocrates is regarded as the father of science by anatomists and died in 370 B C. Modern science arose in Italy in the thirteenth century. Early anatomical plates showing organ layout were colored by Titian. Great painters such as Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci advanced anatomical studies.
The Long Yearland railroad will discontinue suspensions and fines and instead keep a service record for employees. Marks will be good or bad based on conduct, with a demerit limit risking dismissal and good performance aiding promotion.
An adjourned circuit court session began January 28 and ran through the week. Verdicts include guilty in People vs Woodward for forgery, not guilty in John Conervo vs BBL, and verdict for Aaron Rapp in Rapp vs Howe. Foreclosure and mortgage reports were approved in several filings. various real estate transfers noted.
A historical advert lists ten claims for Chamberlains Calic Cholera remedy noting instant stomach relief, disease cures for dysentery, cholera infantum, and chronic diarrhoea. It touts safety and high life‑saving reputation, with Dr Powell selling 25 and 50 cent sizes.
Publishers announce a new uniform rate of six cents per line for all notices including church announcements festivals commencements lodge notices picnics fish fries games band concerts round table programs celebrations and cards of thanks and resolutions of respect starting immediately.
A 19th century advertisement promises deafness treatment by Hall’s Catarri Cure. It explains ear and Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness, claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh, and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured by the remedy. Circulas are free and the product is advertised as sold by druggists for 75 cents in Toledo, Ohio.
The last legislature passed a law to teach the effects of alcohol and narcotics in physiology and hygiene in all state controlled schools and reformatories. School officers neglecting the provisions may be fined from 85 to 25 dollars for each offense.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier essential for health. It claims impure blood causes diseases and asserts the remedy permanently cures when other preparations fail.
Ogden Gateway opens and the Rock Island resumes selling tickets to the Northwest via Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and the Senior Route to Bull Lake and Ogden then over the Oregon Short Line to Idaho Oregon and Northwest Pacific coast points. John Sebastine G. P. A. Chicago.
Advertisement proclaims Micro Germi restores color appetite strength and health. It claims to be prompt positive pure and pleasant with no medicine that can compare. Price one dollar.
The July 1897 Cosmopolitan issue features Julian Hawthorne’s India plague famine report, Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat rendering, Amelis Rives as a story-teller, a new Welle War of the Martians installment, a Becket piece with Peter Newell art, and stories by Chambers Reginald De Koven Gilman and others. It highlights the 10-cent magazine’s record price and anticipated impact.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as safe and reliable for coughs colds consumption and chest and lung ailments. It promotes a trial bottle at Dr Powell’s drug store and lists regular sizes priced at 50 and 1 00.
The author recalls spring work with brood sows and harrowing, then lets boys fly a kite to rest tired limbs. He notes a distant ancestral link to a kite over 100 years ago that brought electricity, urging allowing children time to play for benefits beyond labor.
Newspapers note broad improvement in business especially manufacturing agriculture and railroads. They praise quick advancement of a college graduate to a capable worker when a solid job opportunity appears.
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