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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1904
Page
2
La Salle eye specialist W J E Carlson will be at the Camp House on Friday June 3 for consultations and examinations for vision and eye health, inviting local residents to attend.
A brief newspaper item from May 26, 1904 lists contact numbers for the Republican office and editors’ residence. The note functions as a public-facing reference for readers seeking party or editorial contact.
The article argues the Illinois and Michigan canal remains essential and urges the federal government to assume control, restore navigation, and create a deep waterway from the Lake to the Gulf. It cites Supreme Court decisions, past funding, and the need to connect to a continuous Mississippi to Chicago route.
Illinois Republican state convention draws high praise from long time attendees. Speaker Cannon declares it the most largely attended in state history with unprecedented balloting. Colonel Warner compares it to the Grant era noting no nomination imminent as three frontrunners block withdrawal.
Lorimer veteran observes 19 year convention attendance and praises orderly process while noting delegates largely know few peers. He says ballots could have doubled without changing outcomes and commends loyalty among delegates to their chosen candidate.
Marshall county inter scholastic contests are set for Lacon with entries from Lacon Henry Varna Toluca Wasburne and Boarland. The program features orations and declamations by students from each town and athletic events scheduled for Saturday.
Dr W W Dean, an elderly Marshall County physician who died in Lacon last week, urged cremation over traditional graveyards. He criticized elaborate burials as costly and ostentatious, argued cremation would prevent disease transmission from decomposing bodies, and urged adoption of crematories to end germ spread and water contamination risks.
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