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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
2
A short notice reports Marquette Third Vein Coal Co operates a mine at Sparland. The item notes the site status and corporate involvement without detailing incidents or outcomes.
The Sparland Third Vein coal mine near Sparland and Marquette is profiled with details on its 1890 shaft history, recent $10,000 improvements, and upgraded surface plant. Managers Evans, O’Brien, Newell, and Cummings oversee operations as 60 workers mine about 66 tons daily with plans to reach 800 tons and 100 miners by fall, boosting local employment and county prominence.
At the World’s Fair a large U.S. government display titled Uncle Sam’s Six Acre Chart labels 819 plant species. Superintendent David A. Brodie oversees the Bureau of Plant Industry as 10 species appear in the map’s fire outlines. The exhibit cost about $10,000 with plants prepped months ahead.
The office stocks photograph envelopes in all sizes for mailing needs. Availability includes assorted dimensions suitable for standard and oversized photos and documents.
In a booster for Ballard's prebound Syrup MrA Peterson of 625 Lake Street states the product has never failed to give entire satisfaction. He claims it speeds cough relief and is sweet and pleasing in taste with stock priced at 250 506 and 1.00 per bottle at Dr Powell's drug store.
Father Thomas E Sherman, son of General Sherman, spoke to the Knights of Columbus in Chicago urging polygamy as preferable to divorce. He praised Pope Pius VII for opposing Napoleon’s divorce and called for scrapping divorce laws, arguing against 300000 divorces in twenty years and defending American women.
The Isthmian canal commissioners receive a fixed salary of 12000 dollars annually plus 316 dollars per day while on the Isthmus.
The article notes John D. Rockefeller plans to retire as his stockpile grows. It argues his vast wealth results not from uniquely clever methods but from a striking lack of conscience in pursuing schemes, yielding enormous returns.
A vintage advertisement urges treating consumption early with Scott's Emulsion. It promotes fresh air rest and a hearty diet, claiming the emulsion strengthens lungs like fertilizer for weak land. It offers a free bottle and lists Scott and Bowne as chemists in New York with a price of seven dollars.
Tazewell County Republicans hold their convention and appoint delegates to state, congressional, and senatorial gatherings. They endorse Governor Richard Yates for renomination and congressman Joseph V. Graff, instructing full county votes for both on every ballot and at all conventions.
The Name Witch Hazel salve, from A DeWitt & Co Chicago, is advertised as the original genuine remedy for cuts burns and skin conditions. The ad warns that many counterfeits exist, some dangerous or worthless, and urges buyers to ensure the name on the box before purchase. Sold by J E and F A Powell.
Trains leave McNabb daily except Sunday with East bound services including Wes No 1 mail and No 52 local freight and No 51 local freight. Connections at Zearing link to OB and 2 for points East or West. reading and destination details are partially garbled.
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