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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
8
Henry scene crowded with visits sales and social rounds. People from Chicago Annawan Bradford and Peoria attend events, attend funerals, shop at Forrest Bros, Niece's Drug Store and Seidler's shoe sale. Local trades, births and illness noted along with weather tied disruptions.
A sprawling Henry Illinois column covers church events, social news, property transactions, local arrivals and departures, and assorted notices. It notes sermons at Methodist church, the Epworth League, a transfer of ownership in a Peoria paper, family births and marriages, autos on the roads, elections, scholarships, farm sales, and declining mail deliveries, with names like Rey Tullis, H. A. Pinderl, Holmes, Lippert, Lippert, and Krenz.
Our immense store features numerous summer bargains across furniture carpets clothing and shoes. Massive carload values include parlor suites rockers sideboards porch furniture and rugs with prices from 7.5 to 18 dollars and below in a wide array of patterns colors and designs.
Mre T. H. Williams of Putnam Indiana traveled with a granddaughter from Council Bluffs to Reno and Madeline by private conveyance, visiting churches on Farrell Street and Bush Street before arriving Wednesday evening dusty after an 85 mile journey. County Superintendent Perry notes Greer College scholarships for Marshall County top graduates Edward Bogner, Robert Turnbull, and Lou Anna Scott. Seidler Shoe Store in Henry Illinois advertises a July sale with prices under cost, promoting summer footwear clearance.
A 19th century dentist advertises safe gas anesthesia for extractions and other procedures. The copy asserts the gas is painless, without adverse effects commonly linked to injections, inviting patients to visit without fear of suffering.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a permanent cure for stomach, kidney, and bowel issues, liver stimulation, nerve vigor, and blood purification. It claims relief from nervousness insomnia rheumatism and malaria with a $0.60 price and Dr Powell’s drug store guarantee.
The piece extols Luther C Hinckle as a highly cultured orator whose masterful handling of theme and sonorous voice captivated Fourth of July audiences. It notes his varied delivery from humorous to pathetic to victorious, leaving audiences moved and impressed by his diction and rhythm.
The Marshall County Board of Supervisors met at the courthouse in Lacon on July 7 1902. A. L. Purves presided with eleven members present and the reading of last meeting minutes was dispensed. The board approved election judges for multiple precincts including La Prairie Saratoga Whitefield Steuben Yopewell Roberts Evans Bennington 1 2 Belle Plain Highland War Buck and Taree. Adjournment followed.
An advertisement offers an anti diuretic product claimed to cure incontinence of water during sleep for both children and adults. The seller lists J. B. and F. A. Powell, druggists, with a price of $1 and a note “Worth $100 to you.” The copy appears as a small classified notice.
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