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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1885
Page
11
Local notices advertise Harbor era goods and services in Henry Illinois. Merchants promote lumber yard paints wallpaper harness oil corn planters and calico themed events with upcoming dances and social gatherings. Community updates include marriages births visits and church announcements.
Prices at Weeks market list sirloin porterhouse at 124¢ and various cuts from 10c to 6c. The piece includes funeral notice for Joseph Caley's infant son. Also an emigration promotion for 480 acres free land under homestead laws and cheap private railroad and school lands with maps and train times from Webb's office in Peoria.
The week brings the war drama Andersonville or the Scout's Last Shot starring T N Wilson as Danger the Scout with local talent. A full house praises the production while Watch the dog features in key scenes and skaters perform nightly at the rink.
The teaser claims Hood's Sursaparilla banishes morning fatigue as a remedy. It notes a meeting of the treasury of Peoria in Knoxville on Tuesday evening, March 17.
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