06 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1879
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for various column widths and durations in Marshall county. Pricing includes one square inch at per insertion and annual options, with rates for half and full columns, business cards, notices, and obituaries. Transient ads payable in advance.
Local fraternal groups list meeting nights and rooms. Henry Lodge 119 meets in Hegalator building on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7 o clock. Maraboll Lodge 68 meets on the second Wednesday at 8 o'clock. Marshall Encampment 85 meets the Friday on or near the 5th at 7 percent o'clock. Glarron Lopax 812 in Sparland meets Monday evenings at 4 o'clock. Visiting brethren invited.
Mrs. M. B. Bidomsson writes on the dangers of infallible creeds and the value of independent inquiry. She argues that no single church or theory can claim absolute truth, urges testing ideas with reason, and previews a future where truth endures beyond sects. Also notes a light snowstorm and cold, unsettled weather.
Colorado incorporations launched for a Red Hill Fairplay and Leadville Railroad Company and a Mosquito Range tunnel and mining concern. Key figures include Gov. Pitkin and N H Meldrum with stock totals of 2.5 million and 10 million dollars. Proponents tout a short direct route with easy mountain grades and a tunnel advantage to Leadville, signaling bold state impact and rapid pursuit of construction. The item also notes literary offerings in current Scribner magazine and subscription details.
The Henry Reform club held a well attended Monday meeting with President Snotben presiding. Miss Maria Davis organized literary exercises including recitations by Elmer Hoyt Rollin Topping Josie Hall and Anne Tabor with Miss Sophia Kline reading Hunting the Door in the Wilderness and other musical numbers. An invitation was extended to Judge Parrett of Wenona to speak and Mrs J P Hall was named as committee on the November 17 program.
The November issue features several farm focused papers by P T Quinn Henry King E P Roe and Samuel Parsons Jr on The Agricultural Distress to Great Britain Farming in Kansas Success with Small Fruits Rare Lawn Trees and The Mississippi Jetties. It includes portraits of Bayard Taylor with Cole engravings and a Stedman critique of Taylor plus Clarence Cook on Morris Moore and Masterpieces with Cole reproductions of Raphael Apollo and Marsyas.
October real estate transfers list numerous transactions across Marshall County. Names include James Wescott, Sarah Southwell, Tsona Vaughn, George Rumney, John Thompson, Sarah Slack, and Willard Kenyon. Properties span blocks and lots in Wenona, LaPrairie, and Capitol areas with multiple lot and subdivision transfers recorded.
Vital statistics show births and marriages with names and places including Henry Davis and A Euon in Lacon and Bennington. The list includes multiple births with dates, marriages licensed in Bell Plain and dissolves into deceased notices and named couples in towns such as Evans, Whitefield, Lacon, and Bennington.
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