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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
8
Cash purchase enables a sale on various petticoats in Bateeng Metallics and Taffeta Silk at half their usual price. Featured items include silk sateen petticoats, black mer cerized sateen skirts, striped sat een styles, and silk moreen petticoats with pleated knee flounces, with prices from 66c to 377.
The article notes Jessica Mies Peixote earning a PhD at the University of California Berkeley as the 14th and second woman to do so. It covers related university plans by Mrs. Hearst, Mary Garibaldi’s Paris Exposition honor, Iowa Mothers Congress seating, and the 14th Congressional District Federation Women’s Clubs meeting in Pekin with Mrs. Schenck elected president and officers named.
The piece discusses farm issues in Putnam county Illinois, including cattle sales at Chicago stock yards, polled Angus and Hereford genetics, and weighs in on oleomargarine regulation. It praises Grange aims toward better manhood, rural education via farm institutes, and keeping young men on farms through balanced work and social activities.
Citizens advocate replacing unfair statutes with a fairer system. Activists urge lawmakers to scrap outdated codes, citing inequities and rising costs. The discussion centers on tax equity, administration simplicity, and potential reforms tackling loopholes.
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