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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
2
Magnolia Department Hay making is the order of the day. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed with movements, illnesses, social calls, travel to Chicago and Descriptions of events. The column notes arrivals, departures, new positions and community happenings around Henry Illinois including excur sions, fishing, shows, and a night riders tale.
Charles McCoy returned to Varna last Tuesday. L C Brown of LaGrange tended seed wheat interests Monday. W L Mills did a Chicago business trip last Monday. Edna Wilson came home Saturday for the summer. Several neighbors attended the chautauqua in Streator last Sunday. W L Griffith made a county seat call Monday. Erma and Ruta Bum garner returned Sunday from Streator and chautauqua. Mrs C C Mills and children visit Abel Mills this week. Kenneth McMurry from DeKalb visits W B Mills. Echart the experiment station director harvested wheat Tuesday. A group fished the river last Saturday night. Kathryn, Mary Griffith and Jessie Mills visit cousin Mrs Luella Flitcraft in Oak Park this week. Prof I A Madden visited Mrs Mary A Kays last week. Mrs Mary W Smith spent weekend at home then with daughter Mrs Whitney. Mattie Wilson returned to Peoria after visiting Lane friends.
Local residents return from Streator chautauqua while visitors call on McNabb. Reports cover a range of visits from Spring Valley, Bloomington, Cleveland, and Chicago suburbs, school matters in nearby Losantville, medical moves, and a sheriff saloonkeeper conference in the county seat.
Henry Brown former U S Supreme Court justice spoke to the Maryland State Bar Association at Old Camp Comfort Virginia on divorce. He argued divorce can aid welfare with notice to both sides while contrasting Catholic views calling it a monster. He urged reform if marriage ties undermine state interests and domestic happiness amid habitual abuse.
Scientists report 100000 year old human bones from a Swiss cave. Modern danger comes from disease, notes A W Brown of Alexander Maine who credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing his severe lung trouble and stubborn cough. It is promoted as a cure for sore lungs colds obstinate coughs and pneumonia with trial bottles offered.
The Farmers' Review summarizes a new Illinois stallion registration law passed by the legislature and signed by the governor. A stallion board will verify pedigree issue licenses and enforce rules. Public service stallions must be registered as pure bred cross bred or grade with vet signed affidavits and posted license copies. Violations carry fines from 50 to 100 dollars.
Attorney General Stead denounces the close of the Illinois General Assembly for forcing opinions on over 200 bills in ten days. He notes the workload and its costly impact on citizens, while praising records and condemning the rushed practice as unconstitutional and unjust. An army officer expedition from the War College tours Civil War battle sites in Virginia. Extra copies of The Henry Republican are offered. Ex-President Eliot urges reading classic authors over sensational news to strengthen the mind.
Rugless, Kentucky resident L. 8. Napier endured ten years of pain riding horses caused by piles. After all doctors and remedies failed, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. It’s advertised as infallible for piles burns scalds cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum corns at 25 cents, guaranteed by A J Trromonger.
The commission gains power to physically value railroad property and related interstate commerce assets within sixty days of law passage. The Bowers of Mississippi bill requires all railroads and individuals to report valuations and allows agency access for appraisals with appeals to the commission. Telegraph and dining car lines fall under regulation.
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