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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1895
Page
4
An ad from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo promotes the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute. It claims relief for exhausted men from debility and intemperance, offering a book on diseases treated at home for ten cents postage. The notice urges young men, parents, and guardians to read.
In a March 14 1895 issue discussion at Ottawa Illinois residents rail against Chicago drainage plans claiming a ship canal is preferred to a drainage route for sewage. The joint waterway and drainage committees vow to press for a ship canal as originally intended by the 1889 law, opposing Chicago’s proposed sewer canal and urging action by Springfield authorities.
The Ottawa Republican notes Lacan Democrat objecting to its tardy report on the recent Farmers Institute in the city. President Parkinson recalls missing content in the pamphlet. The piece questions the practical value of the reports to farmers and warns on a canal bill pushed by Senator Crawford in the Illinois Senate, allowing canal commissioners to sell or lease land strips.
An Irish World quote proposes a second measure to curb gold outflow by reducing foreign purchases and restoring protective duties on foreign commodities while favoring home made substitutes. The piece notes Hon John McGuire's bill to empower removal of the county superintendent of schools for neglect of duty, and mentions Woodford county's Republican candidate with only seven votes. Congressman Graff attended the Ottawa drainage meeting on the Illinois river valley as part of ongoing efforts.
Ottawa March 7 Over 2500 delegates from Joliet Beards town and La Salle attend a waterway convention at the Sherwood Opera House. Speakers including ex Lieutenant Governor Lyman B. Ray Captain Ellwood and Frank Wenter press for a navigable drainage canal and challenge the board of sanitary trustees over plans and funding. Debate centers on rights damages and the act of 1889 with calls to resist or reform the legislation in the legislature.
The London Spectator analyzes the Chinese empire's collapse as a stunning, decades-long constancy disrupted by a small Japanese incursion. It notes 60 million armed, unified Chinese, trained to accept centralized rule, who nonetheless fail to mount resistance, revealing a deep paralysis among rulers and gentry despite vast fortifications and manpower.
Important facts describe catarrh symptoms such as forehead pain nasal congestion and nasal discharge with nose soreness and occasional bleeding. The advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as an immediate relief and mentions Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder as a world’s fair award product.
A narrative questions why brave men fail to resist foreign invaders while officers and soldiers retreat. It notes a shift toward fear, cites Prince Kong’s view China is lost without intervention, and mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as remedies for nerves and indigestion. It also reports a charge about Soldiers' Home dissecting remains and promotes a newspaper combination offer.
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