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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
4
The 1900 political calendar lists Judicial convention on April 25 and State convention on May 6 with a National convention on June 10. Dr Milton R Keeley of Dwight announces candidacy for State Senator in the Dwight Star and Herald. Wenona favored as senatorial nominating site. The Index promotes Wenona as central and suitable for the convention.
The piece argues McKinley is faulted for not following Mr Cleveland and pressing his views in Congress. It claims true strength lies in recognizing one may be wrong when others disagree, portraying restraint as wisdom.
President Mel Cinley shows willingness to set aside his own views when party leaders in congress favor a tariff plan. Chairman Payne of Ways and Means pressed a Porto Rican bill with a four cent duty, while Cinley pledged to sign any congressionally passed measure. The aim is to fund Porto Rico improvements.
The message argues for free access of Porto Rican products to U S markets. It notes Spain and Cuba closed markets to Porto Rican goods, harming exports like coffee and textiles. The call is to abolish customs duties between the United States and Porto Rico and open U S markets to Porto Rican products.
A Woodford County central committee meeting at El Paso set time and place for the county convention to select delegates. Reporter gossip notes Senator H. B. Fort seeks re nomination while Tan[e] Hammers weighs a senatorial bid, with reapportionment and Allen bill factors shaping the race and party leaders watching Merrick Portam tins support. Josiah Kerrick testified to committee work.
A. O. Loosely writes from China after arriving as a missionary, detailing the voyage from Shanghai to Yokohama, the arrival at Nyanking, and early studies of Chinese. He notes cultural shock, meals with Chinese guests, and the harsh toll of adapting dress and customs. He asks for prayers, frames the mission as a battle against darkness, and urges supporters to intercede.
In a New York survey, Prof McMasters argues world improvement since 1786. He cites end of debt imprisonment, regular wages, weekly pay, better food and clothing, labor force gains, women’s equality, cleaner health, and reduced disease. He asserts pessimist views show mental disease.
Frank Whiting of Granville born March 18 1885 in Lockport New York moved with family to Michigan then Tilouis later Granville where he married Cornelia Packingham in 1958 and raised six children. He served in Company A 20th Michigan during the Civil War and after typhoid fever and a health relapse resigned his commission. He practiced law from 1870 and spent much of his life on his Tinoly farm near Granville. He supported railway development and a local depot, and remained active in public affairs. He died after an accident near Gehn's corner and was buried beside his wife in Granville.
An ad proclaims there is no little enemy and urges expulsion of small impurities in the blood by flood’s Sureaparilla, presenting a health claim in period tone.
The Illinois Supreme Court in a contest case from EXffinghan County held that ballots lacking the back endorsement by the initials of either judge of election must be rejected. Ballots with pencil erasures of candidate names, instead of a cross mark, bear distinguishing marks that require rejection under the law.
A nineteenth century warning links nerve and muscle weakness to poor digestion and general debility. The piece cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic remedy that strengthens blood and nerves. A testimonial from Madison County Ohio claims improved health after using the remedy for general debility and stomach issues.
The article details Belva Whetzel in Varna taken in by Mrs S Wright for years. Money from James Wright and a later windfall funds a flight on a train. The narrative recalls prior checks and a missing sum, with a didactic note on the family’s ignorance and actions. Archbishop John Hennessey is credited as a leading Catholic educator and seminary founder in Dubuque.
The column lists transfers including Maggie C Webster to Matthew Jennett and heirs to David Aitchigon in Wenona and LA Prairie with parcel descriptions. Several Richland transfers include Joni A Antrim to Wm Kamp and Teuben Grimes to John Hodge plus Jonas P Marneth to John Vela. Also Edward Reilly to Levi Thompson in Bennington and Mary A Aukland to Vincent Schubert in Whitefield. Additional entries mention James Irvin to Samuel Burk in Richland and Frank Norris to August Bjork in Belle Plaine, with Amos Leigh to Win Leigh in Steuben and Anna Tracey to Fred Swartz in Santa Fe Ist add. Other transfers include Alexander M McKee to Arthur Black in Belle Plain and note about a health tonic advertisement and Arctic expedition literature inserted in column.
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