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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1894
Page
2
A humorous newspaper debate frames Coxeyism as the growling of workers versus the World calling it growlers work. The tariff bill shows Democrats absorbed Republican speeches after six weeks. The digit 9 dominates dates marking 1894 to 1900, predicting long use into the next century.
Democratic committees of the 14th district set the convention for Monday June 25 in Peoria with delegates by county: Peoria 20 Fulton 13 Tazewell 9 Mason 8 Marshall 5 and Putnam 2. World fairs abroad loom, but none compare to Chicago’s last year.
The Toluca Star praises the strike for boosting the town’s profile with 15000 visitors while noting no strike exists at Toluca, only a wage demand. Sir George M Pullman laments his workers strike as painful, claiming loss showing his kindness in building cars at a loss. The company holds a $4 million reserve and just declared a 2 percent quarterly dividend.
Omaha dispatch notes surveyors on the Beatrice Nebraska to Harrington Kansas line to build a new Rock Island shortcut. The route will cut 100 miles from Omaha Texas travel and push livestock rates toward equalization with Kansas City as the shortest distance from Omaha grows closer to that route. The shortcut would connect the Rock Island zigzag south from Omaha through Lincoln Bellevue McFarland and Harrington. A local editor’s verse mocks the Lacon Democrat and its poet Schafer over a lighthearted fly and cherry lips satire.
The state supreme court rules that the county superintendent of schools is a constitutional office and thus not subject to female suffrage. Other school posts fall under statutes and may have different voters. AG Maloney notes that foreign born women must naturalize to vote, and marriage to a citizen does not naturalize.
Henry Kirkpatrick addresses the Marshall County Barmers Institute on using red clover to restore run-down soils. He explains soil elements nitrogen phosphorus and potash, how clover supplies these, and its deep roots. The talk covers proper seed quality, sowing with rye, harvest and storage methods, biennial nature, crop rotation, moisture needs, and farm management tips including mail and post office notes.
A Mississippi planter recalls a night when the Northern lights lit the sky in vivid color. The strange display frightened the enslaved communities, who feared judgment day as prayers rose and a distant steamboat whistle was mistaken for Gabriel's trumpet.
Valuable vegetable remedies are prepared to retain full medicinal value. Hood's Sarsaparilla combines economy and strength and claims 100 doses for $1. Hood's Pills do not purge or grip but act promptly and easily.
The article notes a broad suspension of work in soft coal regions nearing three weeks since the strike began. It describes the movement as widening beyond miners' expectations and spreading across coal areas, with hopes for a prompt settlement benefiting owners, workers, and the industry as a whole.
The J. C. Ayer Co. of Lowell Mass promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier within easy reach of the poor invalid. They warn against cheap substitutes and claim the best is the cheapest in the long run.
The Henry Republican offers new subscribers a limited time deal with Inter Ocean and Farm Journal. For 1 75, readers receive three papers for one year, including the weekly Inter Ocean, the Henry Republican, and Farm Journal. Prompt payment by January 1, 1895 secures the price. orders encouraged nationwide.
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