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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1889
Page
2
Long item reviews recent local politics and laws, including temperance measures, education acts, and literature restrictions. It notes a wedding in Topeka, the republican perspective on Morton's hotel licensing, and upcoming officer meetings in Marshall County with appeals for active community involvement.
The Henry city council on November 4 1889 or 1880 approved Ordinance No 83 defining and punishing misdemeanors. It lists offenses from drunkenness and breach of peace to gambling, obscene materials, animal cruelty, and weapon possession with penalties set at three to two hundred dollars, subject to council abatement. The meeting also reviewed the treasurer’s report and authorized sidewalk work on Third Street Edwards Street and East Park Row.
The text items list prohibitions on obscenity, posting notices without consent, obstructing streets, trapping or harming wildlife, tethering animals, blocking sidewalks, litter and debris, damaging monuments, alarming fire, noise from bells and cannons, displaying indecent acts, throwing missiles, selling diseased meat, tampering with notices, unlawful street signs, improper signs over sidewalks, impersonating officers, and failing to aid in arrest. Various sections specify penalties, consent requirements, and enforcement by the mayor, streets superintendent, or police.
The Henry city council enacts sweeping rules restricting liquor sales. Licensing, bond, and enforcement details govern wholesalers and retailers, with penalties rising to 100 dollars per offence.
Hundreds of shoppers flock to a harvest sale featuring hats bonnets tips wings and more from local millinery shops. The event showcases a wide array of headwear attracting a steady stream of buyers and curious passersby.
The sale of Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets is said to exceed all others because they are small sugar coated granules easily swallowed. One pellet often suffices for a dose as they are purely vegetable and harmless. They claim to relieve constipation biliousness sick headache and liver stomach or bowels derangement as a gentle laxative or active cathartic depending on dose.
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