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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1910
Page
5
A late 19th or early 20th century newspaper ad touts spot cash shopping with guaranteed quality and the lowest prices. The list features flour varieties, sugar, coffee, oats, salt, soap, pepper, lamp chimneys, yeast, and more. It promises the store pays top cash for butter and eggs and asserts unbeatable overall pricing.
The Republican notes Santa Claus will visit the Fair Store on Saturday December 3 from 11 to 3. He invites all the little ones to come. Also mentions local events, weather, and community notices including travel, sales, and theater matinees.
Community events fill the week with bazaars at St Marys and Methodist church, a fair store opening, and Santa promises. M E ladies host rustic sales, quilts, lunch and a quilt with 200 names. notices include postal changes, theater humor, and local civic updates.
A disjointed OCR fragment references J W Watercott and Co, a man named Harry Nieceland, and Sunday gatherings. It touches on hunting in the region, bird protections until December, and notes about agricultural policy, transport workers, and mail handling with scattered political figures and numbers. The text is garbled with misread names and dates, but hints at local commerce, hunting permits, and public service issues.
Theoe Rollins widow of Henry Illinois area resident Mrs Rollins died after ailing for some time. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at the Sheffield Congregational church with interment in Sheffield cemetery. She leaves a husband a daughter and a son, prompting sympathy from relatives and friends.
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