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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1882
Page
8
A fragmented page shows a collage of verse, wordplay, and puzzle notes. It includes lines about love and reflection, a deletions teaser on letters changing meaning, and multiple cryptic entries like a charade and nameless riffs from Decatur Illinois, with scattered names and stray phrases.
Abstract from Fort court shows N W Orr estate letters of administration granted to Samuel J Orr under 225000 bond. Guardianships, claims, and final reports listed for multiple estates and real property transfers including Far West counties and Varna precincts with dates July through August.
Series of birth notices listing parents and dates from Henry, La Prairie, Bennington, La Rose, and other locales with names like Morvitty, Dianths Fra rey, and Dr J L Hoover. Also includes a death notice for Mrs Frankie Green and multiple pediatric age reports, plus licensed actions and midwife mentions.
In Peoria during July correspondents meet at The Republican editor’s home. The city weighs paying $43 400 to buy the old bridge versus $55 000 from stockholders. Growing construction includes an opera house and hotel foundation. A fund aims to raise $1000 for a monument to Enoch Emory. Other items note labor reform talk, a carriage accident, and local social updates.
Joseph Mullin, a respected Herag pit resident, died July 15 from liver congestion at age 74 years, 8 months and 22 days, leaving a wife and eight married children. Burial was in a handsome metallic casket. The column also notes visits, local social updates, harvest activity, farm improvements, and various light anecdotes from Ox Bow and surrounding areas.
A 1881 Cincinnati letter promotes Brown's Iron Birrers as a non intoxicating tonic that replaces liquor and kills whiskey cravings, claiming it cures dyspepsia indigestion biliousness debility overwork rheumatism neuralgia consumption liver and kidney issues with speedy relief and urges use to curb saloon indulgence.
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