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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
8
Thanksgiving Day sale highlights a wide selection of Damasks Smapking and Towels from leading manufacturers. The ad promises flagship quality Rediable Linens at bottom prices due to large cash purchases and two-bip-starts.
An old advertisement promotes imported Irish and German Damask table linens. It highlights bleached damask patterns in 66 to 72 inch widths and weights, with prices from 26 cents to 2 dollars 40 cents per yard. The copy lists several patterns and values.
Drapery department reports a strong season with larger sales. Discounts of 96 percent on all odd pairs of curtains and half curtains are offered this week. Nottingham curtains, tapestries, and portieres priced from about 86 cents to $2.06 per pair or more, highlighting value selections.
A catalog entry lists blankets and comfortables with varied prices. Wool blankets in white red and gray appear at higher figures, while cotton fleeced options show 50c to 1.25 dollars. Union or brand names not clearly identified.
Merchant listings describe genuine martens scarfs moths furs and wraps with prices from 2 to 10 dollars. Various coats box front electric seal jackets and minklike items advertised with sale prices including 89 cents to 2500 dollars and multiple styles and colors.
A collage of short notices lists women gaining titles and roles from Chicago to Rome and beyond. Elizabeth Eval is named Superior Recorder of the Ancient Order of United Workmen while Mary Johnston of Birmingham is linked to Prisoners of Hope authorship. Other items cite Queen Wilhelmina gifts, Florida telegraph appointments, and female receivership roles in Ohio. The piece also highlights educational and philanthropic efforts led by women and the District of Columbia Federation of Women’s Clubs pushing detention reform and postal savings bank expansion.
A damaged column from Mt Palatine area editor Horace Mann quotes urges generosity and public work while reflecting on wheat crop prospects for 1900 and road improvement. The piece includes family memory verses and calls for kindness to old people and parents.
The note urges presenting a property well with good upkeep to fetch a better price, and applies similar care to home life and marriage. It counsels marrying a loving, steady partner from a good background, then building a shared life. It then reports cattlemen delaying winter feeding due to high cotton seed meal prices and elevated corn costs.
A mother from Argos Indiana reports that two thirds of a bottle of Weyer’s Cough Syrup given to her three year old stopped a high fever and severe cold overnight, praising Dr Q Wakefield & Co. for the remedy.
Legal blanks and stationery sold at The Henry Republican office with cheap school tablets, envelopes, writing paper, and engraving orders. The shop promotes printing services, wedding and anniversary samples, and first class work with prompt service.
Franks J Cheney and Co of Toledo bind to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured. The oath sworn by A W Gleason Notary Public on December 6 1886. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials and drugstore availability for 75 cents.
The Republican office seeks a boy to learn the printing business as a stepping stone to a career. The position offers both mechanical and intellectual development. Apply at once.
Fragmentary notes reference A A Beane and a signature titled The Kind You Have Always. Details are unreadable, but the items hint at a signature or inscription linked to Beane. The article fragment lacks clear dates, places, or event context.
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