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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
7
A race to be the season’s best seller shows Hart Schaffner Marx overcoats and suits leading with a large line. Suits available single and double breasted, advertised as fitters and wearers. Prices reduced on all lines to clear stock before moving to new store.
This field lists various town notices and ads including bird sales, household bargains at Fair Store, the Republican subscription prompt, Thanksgiving greetings, visiting relatives, and local moves. It mentions Station Agent Gray, Dr P B Jacobs, Lehigh Harddeal Camp, and James Harrison hosting relatives.
A collage of notices from Henry and nearby towns details house sales, musical engagements, funerals, auctions, weathered roads, and daily life. Mentions Henry Bell, Isosway & Smith painting, undertaker work, contractors, visitors, a Thanksgiving event, and local advertisements and sales.
Winter is Gaming advertising promotes a broad discount sale on capes jackets overcoats clothing shoes rubbers dress shirts and furnishings for families and individuals. It claims the Watercott store offers the lowest prices with a complete stock including jewelry and home goods to suit all tastes and purses.
J Watercatt Co presents a Dec 7 program titled Wit Humor and Pathos of Irish Poets with a short lecture. Admission 25 cents. reserved seats free. Tickets on sale at Stevers. Also notes Wenona Henry football postponement due to bad roads and local community updates from Lookout Mount Post and area figures.
A fine boulder monument weighs a ton and a half and bears names of Mr and Mrs Blackstone and their children on one polished face. The design marks a family monument at the grave of the late G F Blackstone in Bullman cemetery.
The Henry column reports the Henry Male quartet singing at St Joseph’s benefit hall this evening and notes Rev John Rogers adding 25 volumes to his pastor’s library. Union-Thanksgiving services planned at the M Church with Rev Rogers sermon. Miss Lucy Dennis chaired the Christian Union meeting with a large turnout.
In Hancook Wisconsin on November 21 residents discuss a claimed elixir of youth. D. Sweat, 70, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with relief from chronic head and heart pain after using two boxes plus six more, asserting renewed energy and potential to live 80 more years. The notice also promotes Rev. Hicks Almanac for 1899 and Word and Works monthly journal with forecasts, advertising rates, and subscription details.
An early advertisement notes Lange portraits for framing after arranging with a leading house in the United States. It promises superior quality at attractive prices and urges readers to place Christmas orders at once, promising no mistake in selection.
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