Desirable Homes and Farms Listed for Sale in Henry Area
Real estate ads detail numerous houses on Edward Street School Street and Richard Street plus several plots near Monroe, Front and Main streets. Listings include a seven room house with two acres, a ten room home with barn, 167 acre prairie farm with water, and large tracts in Whitefield and LaPrairie townships with timber and cash terms. Also notes 160 acres in Nebraska and loans available for farmland purchases.
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Henry
Hoyt
Monroe
Richard Streeta
Hardy
Edward
Front
Adson
Deacon Hill
Ness
Splendida
Edward Street
School Street
Richard Street
Main Street
Front Street
Mato Streets
Hoeline
Western Avenue
James Bubbles
Whitefild Lownship
Wingell
Deary
Bureau County
Willsell
Arzali
Gasy Torme
Lawe Ridge
Stone Farm
Durham
Hughes
Marshall County
WaCres
Lacon
Gorea
Hopewell Township
Lucon
Richland
Whitefield Township
Buratogs
Whiteield
Tate
LaPrairie
Lawn
Putnam County
Bestion Tefield
Irvin
Smiles
Nebraska
Clay Co
Neb
Jay Center
Ashland Street Shop Sells Outdated Wash Goods Sale
Closing out sale offers 50 pieces Printed Charli es and 20 cases of Scotch Dimities at deep discounts. Madras, Cheviots, Mousse line de Soie, lawn Dimities, and Apron Ginghams priced per yard with many pieces reduced. Stocks include Covert, English Twill, and Blouse Linen with bargain rates.
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Madras
Ata
White Goods and Linen Specials Listing
A newspaper notice lists extensive fabric sales including 575 yards of fancy piques at a yard and 800 yards of white goods remnants in checks and stripes. It advertises multiple white piques, Wests, mill end white goods, and white duck suitable for suits and skirts with varied price points and values.
Our Big Cloak and Suit Room ad listing skirts and fabrics
An old advertisement promotes linen dress skirts and fabric lots at low prices. It lists Navy Duck trimmed skirts, natural linen skirts, white pique skirts, blue trimmed options, polka dot prints, and elegant pique skirts with embroidery. Prices range from a few cents to several dollars.
Courageous small beasts in wild Britain and India
The article cites the fisher a large water-loving weasel valued for its fur and feared for its boldness when trapped. It praises the fishing cat for surprising bravery by breaking from a cage to attack a leopard much larger. The Indian mongoose is praised for courage and cleverness against cobras and even a hostile greyhound, portraying it as an agile, valorous creature.
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North America
London Spectator
Europe
Garden Folly From a Long Island Country House Tale
A New York Commercial Advertiser tale recalls a Long Island woman visiting the city to boast of her garden and an odd misadventure with a farm hand named Franz. Franz pulled up all the big onions in the onion patch claiming they crowded the smaller onions and needed space to grow.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Long Island
Planne
Franz
Peter
Torpedo worms threaten wharf piles and coastal ruins
A report describes torpedo worms boring into cypress wharf piles as spring warms. The pests vanish after surfacing near the edge, then return yearly endangering piling. Cyclones topple cribbed wharves, while southern seaports face shifting structures and rising repair costs.
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Charleston
Tattooing Dogs for Identification and Status
The article notes London practice of tattooing dogs for identification and ostentation. It describes methods using a fine needle and Indian ink, places on legs or ears, and ties to pedigrees. It also mentions elites like the Astors and Vanderbilts owning tattooed dogs and compares to game chickens with private marks.
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London
New York Herald
Astors
Vanderbilts
Wr. Whitlity
Mr. Gould
I Started the Statue Idea With a Lie
A Washington Post writer recalls a prank by a rosy woman who claimed the Illinois legislature funded a Frances Willard statue. She confessed she started the rumor to spur the idea, admitting no state acted and warning that prevarication can create action.
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Washington Post
Frances Willard
Capitol
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Miss Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Misa Willard
Illinois
Child and mother exchange tender tea time parting remark
A sick mother tells her children to be calm as she bids them a gentle farewell. The boy asks if being boisterous is allowed and the girl playfully inquires if she may be “girlsterous” as they depart.
Magnifying glass boosts strawberry sales in street booth scheme
A New York fruit vendor explains how a rival sold all baskets by using magnifying glasses to magnify berries and entice buyers while his own sales lagged. The trick, described as a shifty ruse, is noted as a clever, risky ploy for early-season fruit, with a warning that later boxes negate the gimmick.
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New—York
Country Lady Wins Drawing Prize in Eastern Gallery
A provincial woman stood before a landscape portrait in an eastern gallery and claimed the prize while quipping that the deer drawing was terribly bad. The moment captures a homespun critique turning into a notable win.
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Deeri
Wink Power: Scientist Counts Homer’s Eye Flips
An English scientist estimates that Homer opens and closes his eyes about 4 000 000 times each year, illustrating remarkable eye activity and the human blink rate.
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Homer
In Memoriam for Carrie Blackburn
A funeral epitaph left on John Blackburn’s door in Whitgiftield Marshall County presents a memorial for Carrie Blackburn. The verse laments her death while affirming she is now with angels in paradise, awaiting the final morn when loved ones join her.
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John Blackburn
Whitgfield
Marshall County
Carrie Blackburn
India series and new serial in Harper’s Weekly
Julian Ralph writes an India series under the title An American Sovereign with illustrations by Welder, portraying Lord and Lady Curzon in splendor. The magazine also starts The Conspirators by Robin Chambers, a fresh serial in the same witty vein as The Prisoner of Zanda.
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Harper's Weekly
India
Julian Ralph
Ralph
Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. Claims prompt relief of bladder and back pain in male or female and immediate relief of water retention. Sold at Dr Powell's drug store.
Supreme Court declares slot machines a gambling device
The court ruling classifies slot machines as gambling devices and treats them like counterfeit dies and burglary tools. It states a crime exists when money or other value is involved and "chance" is present, with a third offense punishable by a penitentiary sentence. Municipalities may seize and destroy such devices.
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Supreme Court
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Vigor
An 19th century testimonial ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as America's spring medicine. It claims it purifies the blood, strengthens the weak, heals nervous complaints, and cures various ailments from bad blood to running sores and consumptive coughs, with several named individuals asserting positive results.
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Hood
America
Andood
Kate
E. Thomas
Annapolis
Matilda Bridgewater
Pearl and Chestnut Sts
Jeffersonville
Ind
Cemetery of folly and fatal acts from an old tale
An odd montage describes graves of individuals who died by reckless acts or accidents. A gun test, a near‑miss with a train, arson, mule mischief, a bicycle feat, fishing on Sunday, poisoning cupboards, and a schoolteacher who tried to run a newspaper.
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Jiemn
Tescher
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cure for Lung Ailments
An enthusiastic advertisement extols Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds bronchitis asthma loss of voice hay fever hoarseness croup and throat and lung conditions. It claims it saves lives and offers trial bottles free with regular sizes at 50 cents and 1.00 sold by Dr Powell.
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Iangang
Powell
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Ohn-Hartley
Joan Hartlay
Henry II
Alice Brasfield
Alice Brasfeld
Mataball
Illnois
Tilinola
Rey
Batea
von Maur
Peoria
Flousekolad
John Gately & CO
Adams St. Peoria, Ill
Republican
Rabbiens
Jace
Syg von Maur
Seaboard
Corean
Kunsan
Corea
Drew
Birds of Prey
Doli
Angel Band
Hhat
Phe
Paradise
Golden Shore
Canaan
Happy Land
Dred. H.mclean
J.B
B.A. Poweit
Menry, Ml
Harper's Bazar
Julian McDougall
Pratt Institute
Hibbard
Featherstone
Perry Hardware CO
Henry, Illinois
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