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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1882
Page
5
Col N We Orr a grover aged 66 shot himself in the kitchen with a revolver of 32 inch caliber. The bullet entered behind the rantear passed through his head struck a door and rebounded. He died as the revolver fired. He had suffered a low mood of spirits and friends express deep distress and sympathy. The coroner has been summoned with further details expected next week.
Ads and notices highlight upcoming sales including A H Hyde moving saleJuly 1 at Gregory Bros corner with livestock and house goods. Community notes mention church services tax book inspections band engagement social events and visits among residents and visitors.
Henry community reports include city marshal vacancies unresolved by council, John Tomasson sworn in as special police, and local safety updates. Obituaries note Mrs Lewis Buck’s 86 years. social events cover ice cream sociable by reform club, horse trade by Harry Smith, and multiple parades and church events. A burglary attempt, wagon works injury, and a sewing machine case against Joseph Jonas are detailed alongside agricultural demonstrations of twine binders.
A letter to the editor recounts three Magnolis youths from Henry stopping at the City Hotel. Poyer led the group in drunken, unruly conduct, cursing, and boasting while others showed lesser but still improper behavior. The piece ridicules their actions and contrasts them with cadet ideals. Spectator criticizes the youths and the general deportment of General Boyen.
A letter responds to a previous piece signed Heathen Chinese critiquing behavior and calls for verifiable charges or payout. The second paragraph praises the faithful wife and mother, touting Electric Bitters as a remedy for disease, with price and availability noted.
Chicago to Waukeshba and to Milwaukee, Marquette, St. Paul, Madison, Sparta, Green Bay, Monasha, and Green Lake offer multiple daily trains on a single direct line. The Chicago and North Western Railway touts Pullman cars and dining services north of Chicago and urges travelers to use excursion tickets. May 23 1907.
Dr Powell's drug store offers free trial bottles of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds to all afflicted with asthma bronchitis or throat and lung ailments. A card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends who assisted with care and floral offerings for the funeral of Francis L E Green.
Advert for Dr 3izolow’s Positive Cure claims to subdue coughs colds consumption and whooping cough and other lung diseases. Free bottle offered at Dr C Kalb’s drug store as proof. J W Heastlee grows rye at Tecumseh Nebraska this year a 4 inch long measurement noted.
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