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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
9
Mrs Diua Bethune of Sikeston Missouri says she suffered seven years with cramps backache and nervous prostration and could barely walk. After refusing surgery and trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength can do housework garden and entertain.
A dated column discusses veterans pensions, farming needs, and political responsibility. It notes a 30 million annual pension fund, comments on agricultural production, mentions a Baldwin insurance story, Bible society milestones, and public attitudes toward reform, elections, and accountability. It also reports a counterfeiting find in Princeton and local uses of Chamberlain's Liniment.
In a pending United States court case in Peoria, Straus Bras company of Ligonier Indiana seeks to enforce a 1911 option to buy land in Wood county Ohio from Charles Pearson and Ellen Pearson of Putnam county. Pearson contends no written purchase contract existed and only an option signed to obtain his wife’s consent. The matter involves a stopped $500 check and disputed farm trades, with defense counsel named Barnes Magoon Jacobs and others. Foley Kidney Pills touted as beneficial in medical ads follow.
A humorous essay on fishing as time passing, patience, and varied motivations. It contrasts practicing fishing as toil, rest, exercise, or excuse, and notes that catching fish depends on luck while storytelling about catches often builds a career for a skilled explainer.
A column notes reader endorsement for Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney complaints. It cites personal use over years and recommends the product, with a mention of Foster Milburn Co as the distributor.
Mrs. Merritt of Parsons Kansas writes of a lengthy journey to Henry and surrounding places. She describes hospitality, cemetery visits, family gatherings, and tours from Sparland to Peoria and Bloomington while noting traffic and health, and mentions her son Frank returning home and plans to renew correspondence in The Henry Republican.
Letter from Mrs R D Shields of Los Angeles dated July 18 1912 enclosing a $1.50 fund check for paper and requesting an address change to 2100 Thompson Street. She notes moving nearer a high school and mourns the loss of Roberta saying she was poisoned from vaccination and suffered for two years.
Silas Runnel formerly employed on a Princeton area farm killed himself with strychnine in a Bureau County jail cell after an attempted $2750 robbery of his former employer Clark Norris. Norris reported the attempted robbery and later, while Runnel awaited arrest, the incident concluded with Runnel’s death.
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