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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
12
State board of live stock commissioners warns of tuberculosis spreading to swine from infected cattle or milk fed animals. Governor Deneen receives a report urging prompt laws requiring health certificates or quarantine for cattle entering the state to prevent further spread and protect human health.
The Kankakee marshes once renowned for waterfowl hunting are being drained and subdivided into small farms. Ditches and river dredging turned wetlands into productive onion and potato fields. Hamlet and surrounding areas expect large carload onion shipments this year.
The Frank Fowler saloon in De Pue was burglarized recently with about $50 stolen and a set of nickel plated wire nippers taken. Illinois figures from Galesburg defend alley removal as a public improvement. Congressman Lorimer and C J Lindley tour the state to back a $20 million waterway amendment. Governor Deneen declines to pardon Charles A Hensel, jailed for life in Bureau county murder. Tiskilwa issues $3,200 bond for a municipal building.
Attorney general opinion reinforces strict permit rules for druggists and physicians selling intoxicating liquors in anti saloon areas. Cities may grant licenses with restrictions for medicinal or other specified purposes. physicians lack a licensing path. Possession of tax stamps remains only prima facie evidence of sale, rebuttable by other proof.
Fragment describes intoxicating liquors sales and evidentiary requirements with revenue stamp or receipt as prima facie proof. Focused on legal standard for proving sale under prior outlined purposes.
John L. Mathews arguing in Everybody's envisions a fourteen foot trunk channel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. The plan would connect Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, easing trade and cutting inland transshipment costs. The piece traces a long advocacy arc from ridicule to urgent demand for this federal-scale waterway.
The notice warns that pneumonia and consumption can follow a cold and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for obstinate coughs and colds. It cautions against substitutes and is signed A. J. Ironmonger. Readers urged to subscribe to The Republican for full news coverage.
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