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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1895
Page
4
An Illinois farmer sends a 28 pound turkey to President Cleveland for a Thanksgiving roast. The item appears among a collage of notes on population estimates, road laws, political conventions, and regional news from Indiana and Virginia, with comment on newspaper price wars in Chicago and New York.
Narrates a Lookout Mountain view trip ending at Chickamauga National Military Park. Describes scenery, points of interest like Sunset Rock and Moccasin Bend, park monuments, battlefield tablets, park origins, and memorials from Illinois to Kentucky. Mentions Craven’s house and Craw ford Springs with a 60 cent dinner.
Illinois editors recall the Chattanooga and Nashville campaign details, Grant’s 61,392 vs Bragg’s 47,321, and the three-day battle’s 26,000 casualties. They tour Atlanta’s expo, note Tennessee progress, and praise southern hospitality while urging northern readers to consider southern settlement prospects.
The Pineok Balsam is said to be more agreeable than common cough mixtures and provides immediate relief. It claims to cure ordinary coughs in days and helps bronchitis and asthma, priced at twenty five cents for the remedy worth trying.
A Cuba Illinois Journal reader champions Old Glory over schoolhouses across Illinois. He recalls the flag’s cost in blood and toil and argues the stars and stripes should have the first place of honor, even if it costs a few cents a year to keep it flying.
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