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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1891
Page
7
A period ad from The Henry Republican touts low prices on staples including flour salt pepper honey sardines and coffee. It promotes reduced rates on sorghum and tobacco with bulk deals and warns limited quantities are available as it notes stock from Chase Sandboro coffee and various lamp and glass items.
Freece Burt returns from St Louis. Bank closed today. Thanksgiving services at MoE church at 10. W C T U meets at Maria Davis home. Frances Haaser visits Peoria. School term begins December 7. No acout due to holiday. Concert and singing school Friday at Congregational church. Mrs Hartley Malone buried near Fairbury. Varna visit over Thanksgiving. Orlando Fountain arrives from California to settle estate. Putnam Christians plan Thanksgiving dinner. First snow storm of fall 1891 on Nov 14. Dr Jones asks book accounts settled by mid December. Tattleback Tea Table club to host crazy tea at New Opera Hall in December. Wiggs sells hogs to Hayden & Holmes. Jacob Syphers moves to Graymont for business. Grace Blood visiting sister J A Williams. Express company auditor checks accounts. Thomas Real ill with pneumonia. Read Bloom Mayer's ad. paper offer for extra copies. Thomas Harrington’s new $1,000 dwelling on Thomas street nearing completion. Will Niblock builder.
The notice asks subscribers to settle a large batch of bills to honor obligations and support the publisher. It emphasizes pleasing the publisher and enabling him to meet outstanding commitments.
A miscellaneous Davenport page lists events and updates. Plans for a new chapel dedication led by Elder L L Carpenter of Wabash Indiana, a Deanery meeting at St Johns Church, and various social notes follow. Updates cover bank training tied to Davenport Business College, local races at Henry Fair Grounds, and community notices from Cr Baker’s move to Nebraska to a school exam schedule and upcoming photo business promotions.
The column lists various community notes from Henry including property sales and housing projects. It mentions Dr Powell's and J H Adkinson's locations, local postmaster Latback, and State Attorney Taylor. It records arrivals and health reports including Otto Schuster’s return from Michigan and Elia’s hoped recovery, plus farm sales and schoolhouse remarks. The piece also notes opium patients, granger efforts, and a women’s missionary event with a community dinner at the M E church.
The notice invites readers to Webb's Ticket Offices at 100 South Adams Peoria Illinois for cheap rail and ocean steamship rates advising travelers to seek reliable information before traveling.
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