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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
10
Fulks Bros advertise glasses fitting and storage battery charging and repairing at Camp House. Service offered Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with prompt, guaranteed work.
The Illinois Public Utilities Commission authorized new telephone rates for Toulon Toulon and nearby towns in Stark and Marshall counties effective May 1 1919 with a 25 cent monthly discount if paid by the 15th. Business lines rise to 24 annually individuals at 21 four party lines at 18 rural party lines at 18 and extensions at 6 in Toulon and Wyoming with 24 hour service. Camp Grove 16 hour service cuts extend rates by 1.20 except extensions. A proposed Marshall county electric rate increase was reported but suspended until August 29 1919 for investigation.
Illinois reports the dandelion as the year’s prolific crop with oddities about its uses and imagined fame for root sales while discussing mob lynching data from 1889 to 1918 across the North South and West. The piece notes a new Illinois tax sale law mandating funds reach the state auditor by July 1 with a light delinquent count and mentions county treasurer Osborne on delinquents and payments.
The ad extols growing hogs from birth to market age and health as key to profitability. It promotes B. A. Thomas Hog Powder claiming it prevents cholera removes worms and cures thumps with a money-back pledge if ineffective. Vendors listed include Duke Bros Henry W H Weathers Magnolia W H Quiram Lacon T BE Gapen Co Sparland M M Henkins Co Putnam and Dr E R Bradley. Also urges farmers to keep an accounting system to track profit and loss.
The piece questions coal pricing after World War I and cites the Buffalo News on surplus coal and costs. It notes a shift from wartime shortages to postwar surpluses and asks why domestic consumers pay high prices despite plenty. An obituary fragment ends the page.
Guidance on dairy, grain, and poultry care for farms advising butter quality, beetle pests, bread flour bases, popcorn and pepper use, lice control, vermin prevention, roost sanitation, and livestock disease prevention. Emphasizes hygiene and preventive measures for livestock and home uses.
Mrs Bella O'Dell wife of Lewis C. O'Dell died May 6 1919 at her home near Speer after two years of illness. She leaves a husband seven children and several siblings. Funeral from Blue Ridge church with Rev A A Waters officiating. Mr John G Eckhart of Peoria dies at 88 after long shoemaking career. funeral in Peoria with interment at Springdale cemetery.
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