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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
4
The advertisement touts a Friday sale in Marshall County for a shoe store, claiming no credit, cash terms only, and one price for all. It notes original styles displayed in windows and urges men, women, and children to buy as prices are so low money will be turned into stock.
The legislature adjourned after four months with many measures passed. Changes include hiring shorthand reporters for cases, raising circuit judge salaries, and redefining state attorney pay and duties. Other reforms cover election officials, lunacy commissions, chattel mortgage acknowledgments, burial permits repeal, and inheritance rules. Wildlife laws tighten game protections, license fees, and harvest limits, while river drainage and road construction provisions adjust funding and flow.
TheRepublican ticket lists judges for the Tenth Judicial Circuit Leslie D. Puterbaugh Robert H. Lovett Winslow Evans and for County Clerk Otto A. Scherer. Memorial Day services, arrivals, editor health, a Hen story, lost pocketbook, and local events in Henry Sparland and McNabb are described along with a plan by Interstate Townsite Co to build at Sparland and a community cooking school fundraiser supporting the library.
Bennington township and Toluca area back Otto A. Scherer for County Clerk as a strong, acclamation-nominated candidate. The piece notes his ten years in Toluca business, multilingual ability, prior town service, and broad support, plus county-wide canvassing and endorsements. It also mentions related local events, crimes, and community notices.
The Lake DéPue Park opens for summer with a scenic shore scene and a long pier for boats. Beatrice Beats outlines the Tesoro Watering Place in Bureau County as a likely popular spot for locals. A Chautauqua program will run through most of the summer and Henry Patterson, editor of the Courier-Journal, will speak at the Perk Pavilion on Decoration Day.
In a historical advertisement a remedy named August Flower is promoted as a general digestive aid. It claims to cleanse the system, stop fermentation of undigested food, regulate liver action, and stimulate nervous and organic functions. The ad cites old medical practice and urges readers to obtain Green August Flower in 10 ml or liquid form at Dr Powell's City Drug Store for 25 or 75 cents.
Mrs Mary J Graff aged 84 of Peoria died Tuesday afternoon living with her son Hon J W Graff. She was mother of five children four surviving with husband having died in 1871. The Peoria Journal lauds her beauty of mind and notes she imparted strong qualities to her children. Interment set for Washington in Tazewell County.
Practical tests with X rays show catarrh of the stomach is not a disease but a result of repeated indigestion. Rhodol Dyspepain Cure is touted as curing indigestion and dyspepsia and preventing stomach catarrh. Kodol digestion product is advertised as digesting what you eat. Dr Powell sells it. The Granville Republican gains a weekly local letter and Putnam county correspondents.
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