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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1889
Page
7
A brief, unclear item notes a child paying fifty cents for a pound of what appears to be Japan organ powder tea, with a canister referenced. Details are fragmentary and no further context is provided.
Itch remedy and woolford lotion advertised. Rubber iron bones rags bought for cash. Edward Street store offers cash for goods. Memory system prospectus and various goods including horse blankets and robes advertised. Poultry buyers canvasser to collect fowls. Art studio promises high quality duplications and photography progress. J F Coan hardware store invites cloths and washers demonstration. A C Weis music dealer expands sheet music supply at 10c each with catalog and orders.
Town report claims Kemp's Balsam brings remarkable cures for coughs sore throat asthma bronchitis and consumption. Drugstores offer free trials with large bottles priced 60 cents and 1 dollar, guaranteed to relieve.
Lookin upon J Water cott & Co for fall and winter supplies. The cloak department is complete with dress goods women wear boots shoes clothing carpet furniture and outfits. The store promotes a hustling trade with a mammoth stock low prices and quality as objects.
The week brings illness for R. N. Clark and a city council special meeting slated for Monday evening. Riverside District Grange convenes Friday Nov 29 at 10 a.m. in 6 A. R. Hall. Harry Marstall of Sparland was in town by road cart. Bell Jenkins returns home after summer millinery work in Evansville. W. G. Snyder and son Howard head to Chicago with hogs for the Fat Stock Show. Annette Wanger leaves for Horton Kansas to visit son William and family. Frank Krenz's Louisiana lottery winnings total $22 over two months. Religious services planned as Thanksgiving approaches with church bells and Bible study. Gertie Hall travels to How ard Nebraska to live with sister Mrs Harvey Leech. guardian Harrison accompanies to Peoria. Two strangers fined $14 total after a local minor legal matter. Wm B Steimles sells saloon fixtures to Thomas J Cooney of Bradford. Stemile contemplates Bradford move. Henry Martin Sr, returning from a funeral, passes through town en route to Baybrook. Duke Bros enclose half block with high boards on Main and west site. English Sprain Liniment advertised for horses and humans with savings at burden of $50 per bottle. The Waordsock steamer Mazieon undergoing upgrades to become faster and more stylish on the river. Luella H Taggart and Thomas C Colehower wed last night at Long Point. Henry invitees listed. Jne Schneiderman suffers severe wisdom tooth troubles. seeks Chicago treatment after swollen jaw worsens.
A union Thanksgiving service will be held at the M. E. church on Thursday at 11 a.m. Rev C. W. Ayling will preach the sermon and a collection will be taken for the city poor. Also notes on poultry show premiums for Henry and Griswold, Camp House lettering, and various church events and renovations.
In Magnolia the hog crop drops loom over farmers while traders urge keeping regional business local. The Railey store is slated to reopen Friday at 1 p m with uncertainty over whether the Rolley firm or the sheriff will lead. Officials state settlement talks continue among the sheriff Peoria creditors attorney and Rolley firm as bills remain unsettled.
A four year effort by the Children’s Union and Willing Workers formed Henry city library under 221 volumes and 90 shareholders. The library will be donated to the city council for future control, with ongoing community support urged. Also noted are local obituaries and a sale notice at the Boston Fair 5 and 10 store.
Grant Sexton visiting Mrs Hor rum's mother was injured Saturday while freeing a cow owned by Michael McBride. The animal was entangled by a rope around its neck and body when Sexton cut the rope and saved the cow, but not before sustaining a deep cut to his back leg. He is recovering with no permanent injury expected.
Thanksgiving sale items include cranberries at 10 cents per quart, table syrup 85 cents per gallon, three pounds of raisins for 25 cents, flour at a low price, and assorted fruits and nuts at Gates. A fashionable wedding occurred Tuesday at the Catholic church in Chillicothe uniting Martin C. Kelly and Annie M Kauf with a reception and evening dances.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve billed as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back with no pay if not resolved. Priced at 26 cents per box available at Dr Powell’s drug store.
The November law term of the county court convened Monday, November 18, with Hon W Evans presiding. Prospective petit jurors listed by locale include La Prairie James Williamson D Porch Ed Hammett. Saratoga Owen Doyle Henry Hatch Henry Applen. Whitefield Wm Duffield Clark Swift. Henry W D Horrom W H Ball Chas Booth R C McWilliams. Hopewell C F Anderson Frank amp Roberts Ivy Sinnington D 8 Wright. Evans John Kendall Durley Dunlap Albert Beckwith Sherman Lake. Belle Plain Geo W Conrad E H Ward Henry Wink Jr John Devault Sharp McCulley Samuel Jones Richland Fred Stroup Ralph Strawn Andrew Buck Lacon E D Fenn Frank Bean Atno EK Anske David Burns.
A drugstore promotion touts Dres storative Neryine as a cure for nervous diseases including headaches fits nervous prostration sleeplessness and mental fatigue. It claims wide reputation for relief from worry and overwork with offers of trial bottles from Dr Powell a druggist.
A sale advertises lamps at half price to clear stock for Holiday goods. Other items include a collision near Steyer & Co’s shops causing minor injuries to Mrs McDonough and A G Anderson, with a blocked wagon causing the accident. Also promotes Ely's Cream Balm Catarrh and Ely's Dream Balm plus Drunkenness cures from Golden Specific Co.
An and Webb's Ticket Office at 1241 Main and Adams streets offers poorin agents for all Railroads and Ocean Steam ships. Lowest rates to all points of routes. Compare before purchasing. Money saved.
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