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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1893
Page
4
The Boston Traveler quips on newspaper readership with a soap maker's line about washing. The Venona Index expands to seven columns as it reports laws, while The Republican urges repealing the old messenger system for electoral votes citing Washington travel costs and Enstow’s expenses to argue for law change.
The following lists designate the grand and petit jurors drawn to serve at the Putnam county circuit court term starting the first Monday in March. Names include jurors from Hennepin Granville Senachwine Magnolix and Granville with alternates and listed duties.
Mary L Boico of Lewiston Illinois writes to Julietta Johnston about a vacation with fellow teacher Grace Harwood in Sonoma County California. She explains planning a fruit ranch in the Russian River valley with three years of planting, soon leaving teaching to devote time to the home project and its income potential.
The Willing Workers society at Whitefield Corners celebrates its fifth anniversary on February 22, 1893. The report praises founding leadership, recalls past presidents, and notes ongoing efforts to build a vestibule for the church while thanking supporters and urging continued faith and service. Additional remarks recount personal anecdotes and practical farming guidance interwoven into the reading.
In a lighthearted reminiscence from Henry Republican files, Jimmie Crane recalls his father Bill Crane’s ill fated lyceum moment at Hay Center. Dressed in his wife’s calico, topped with store curls, he sang I'm dying for someone to love me amid misfired cues and a popping dress. The audience teased yet the scene ends with a nod to a lively, if chaotic, community program.
Illinois Board of Agriculture notes hog shortages driven by hog cholera and low on-hand supply at December 1. Prices expected to stay high after a long period with few hogs reported or marketed since 1870, amid wet spring 1892 and unfavorable conditions.
A Washington style pitch claims California land offered free by the California Land and Water Exchange of Dayton Ohio. It promises a free deed to one acre if investors help pay for irrigation and water, with five years of planting and cultivation funded by the company and guaranteed yearly profits. Also mentions poultry grit and a testimonial for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup from T Glidden of Philadelphia.
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