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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
3
The Henry area reads as a bustling 19th century town page with dental ads, sales, gas stoves, bicycles, carpentry and sewing mentions, church events, school news, weddings, funerals, and local visitors. Residents include P B Jacobs, J Perry, W H Shields, J H Perry, and many more.
A detailed sale listing shows Oxfords and Ladies shoes discounted to 75c to $4 per pair. Henry Township Sauing School convention schedules June 21 with afternoon and evening sessions at Presbyterian and M E churchs. Also notes a May 31 social trip to Magnolia with church reports and a charity dinner, plus local business ad items and a monument builders update.
Mrs Sperry in Washington state sent mementoes to friends including sea coral shells and a moon stone. The Board of Education held a special meeting naming nine teachers for the upcoming year and requiring first grade licenses by August 1. Albert Ekstrom, 11, died from lockjaw after incidents with a rusty nail and a chicken bone, funeral held at the Swedish church in Varna with neighbors aiding the family.
Mendota June 9. J W Patterson Putnam Illinois replies that their cultivator knives fail to scour. He argues knives do not scour two inches deep in loose ground and claims drilled corn shows their implement is cleaner. The letter invites demonstration of the product.
The river steamer traffic peaks as the Svea Pleasure Club and City of Peoria service Henry and nearby towns with frequent excursions. Capt York tours Havana Beardstown and Riverside Park for the Retail Grocers Association, while city life faces a dog tax ordinance dispute ending in marshal and mayor legal action.
The notice proclaims Ballard's Snow Liniment as the most penetrating remedy from coast to coast. It claims to cure rheumatism neuralgia cuts sprains bruises wounds old sores burns sciatica sore throat sore chest inflammation and animal use with a price of 60 cents sold by Dr Powell.
The review praises quick success of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It claims constipation indigestion and sick headache are cured and promotes a 10 cent trial bottle and 60 cent or 81 cent sizes. It says users become walking advertisers after trying the remedy.
An advertisement from J. A. Meligce offers Armour’s best cuts priced at 2 pounds for 160, 4 pounds for 250, and 10 pound lots for 530. It claims the local home rendered option from nearby butchers may be more costly and promises no expense if not better.
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