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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1895
Page
4
The legislature moves slowly yet decisively. Frederick Remann dies in the 18th district and a Chicago recount alters the Belknap McGann result. A new law bars county officials from preparing guardians and estate reports, forcing them to handle or hire counsel for reports.
Senator Sherman declares he will not run for president, stating at 72 he is too old for the office. He argues future leaders should be men of leisure, with cabinets handling policy details, and officials to manage petty duties.
July 1 marks a shift in state criminal law transferring sentence setting from judges and juries to a five-member State Prison Board for all offenses except murder or treason. The board can fix terms within statutory ranges and parole inmates, while trial courts must supply histories. critics call it misfit despite touted reform. The Greenville Advocate notes Minnesota's success cited by reformers and questions the plan's implications.
A historic note highlighting Ward's Pair as top models and a diploma recognition associated with Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder. The item reflects early advertising culture and prize culture around product branding and consumer trust.
A Salt Lake City portrait from 1895 details the Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young founding the settlement. It describes the Temple and Tabernacle, the Bee Hive and Lion House, Amelia Palace, the university-like public schools, and urban growth from adobe housing to a developing metropolis with grand public buildings and cultural notes.
A reflective note warns that youth embracing wider literature will reshape society and significantly impact the Mormon church. The author opines that delaying statehood would have been prudent, though acknowledges the broad social shift already underway.
A dispatch from Atlanta to the New York Tribune reports President Cleveland’s third child prompted a letter he wrote before Christmas 1890 to Col John Temple Graves of Georgia inviting his upcoming Rome Georgia wedding to Miss Anna Cochran. Cleveland praises marital joy and hopes for the couple’s felicity in a refined letter shared by Graves.
The LatHarper urges local merchants in Warren county to outdo outside peddlers by advertising low prices and stock, arguing traveling dry goods and salvage firms dupe farmers. It notes $35,350 in sales by a company canvassing the area and urges staking effort, quality returns, and territorial loyalty to keep shoppers from shyster-peddlers.
Chicago plans a 1150 foot tower while the city directory lists nearly two million names. Yom Read hides at a Maine summer home. The Lincoln monument passes to the state, and St Louis seeks new police recruits amid heat and crime reports. Prominent figures and local events fill the pages.
An 19th century style advertisement claims a liver and bowel remedy Worbine cures biliousness constipation jaundice dyspepsia and indigestion. It touts a 76 cent price and offers free trial bottles at Dr Powell. The ad emphasizes blood poisoning from a diseased liver and urges readers with headaches fever and foul breath to try the product.
The article recalls the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia with ships saluting, a Hessian prisoners band, a military parade, and night fireworks. It also notes the 112th Illinois veterans’ reunion at Geneseo, plus several personnel changes and local notices including appointments and a swindler warning for Geo P. Turner. Public notices include medical testimonials and product endorsements.
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