Graff and Evans to Speak in Central Park Address
Hon J W Graff republican candidate for Congress and Winslow Evans will address Henry and vicinity on political issues at Central Park at 2 pm Saturday October 6 1894. Open air meeting invites all. Graff praised as eloquent and intelligent. Lem H Wiley Cornetist entertained with Bugle Calls and Henry City Cornet Band will attend. Graff also to speak at Sparland October 5. Democratic vote in Arkansas fell over 15000 this year.
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J. W. Graff
Congress
Winslow Evans
Henry
Central Park
Graff
Lem H. Wiley
Peoria
Henry City
Sparland
Republican Candidate Graff Draws Large Audiences
The piece touts Hon Joseph V. Graff as a strong, convincing speaker with the Republican Party behind him. It urges voters to back the party’s candidates in what it calls a Republican year.
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Joseph V. Graff
National Republican Text Book 1894 Key Political Volume
The 1894 National Republican Text Book, 330 pages, is issued and available for 25 cents via Thos H. McKee at 210 Delaware Avenue N E Washington DC. Hon Walter Reeves is the Sith district congressional candidate. Streator Siftings praises Reeves as patriotic, liberal, and persuasive, with a warm personality. A Republican rally at La Prairie town hall drew a strong turnout with Joseph V. Graff as guest candidate.
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Thos H. McKee
Delaware Avenue
N. E
Washington, D. C
Walter Reeves
Congress
Sith
Siftings
Reeves
Worley Seeks County Clerk Post With Call for Change
Stephen A. Worley walks among voters urging support for his four year term as county clerk. He is described as a capable penman of high character, though poor and missing a hand, with an active temperament and reliable business sense. He argues for breaking a ring and electing a clean popular officer for the county's welfare.
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Stephen A. Worley
Travel features highlight Harper's Magazine illustrations
The magazine announces lavish travel content with illustrated pieces by Poulteny Bigelow on Russia and Germany, Weeks on India, Parsons on Japan, and Richard Harding Davis on English and Paris life. Upcoming issues add Northern Africa travel by Bigelow with Frederica Remington’s pictures, modern India features, and Julian Ralph's illustrated stories of Chinese life.
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Harper’s Magazine
Richard Harding Davis
English
Paris
Alfred Parsons
Japan
Edwin Lord Week
India
Poulteny Bigelow
Russia
Germany
Africa
Frederica Remington
Indias
Edwin Lord Weeks
Julian Ralph
Golden Wedding of Geo C Sell and Jemima Sell
From Norwalk Reflector report, the fiftieth anniversary of George Custer Sell and Jemima Sell of Olena Ohio celebrated Sept fifth 1894 with about eighty guests. Their children and grandchildren were present. a commemorative paper detailed their life from 1824 birth of George in Carroll County through relocations to Knox, Silver Lake Indiana, Richland and Huron counties, and their long married life.
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Norwalk
Ohio
David L. Travis
Magnolia Township
Putnam County
George Custer Sell
Jemima Sell
Olena
Collister
J.8. Tilton
Carrie Ward
Fitchville
Thomas Sell
J. Myrtle Travis
Henry, Ill
Daisy Belle Andrews
Lucas
Sarah J. Parry
Lucas, U
Maggie F. Farrell
Waterford Mills
Ind
Sell
George C
George Auster Sell
Carroll County
Benjamin Sell
South Caro Wing
Mary Fowler
Lord Horatio Nelson
Trafalgar
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
General Grant
Harrison County
Daniel
Elizabeth Norrick
Daniel Norrick
Jemima
George Custer
Jemica Norrick
Holy Wed- Rock
Knox County
Silverake
Indiana
Richland County
Huron
George
Mahala
Golden Gate
Sarah Jane
Benjamin
Dark Sea
Maggie
Carrie
Tommy
Sira
Dame
Minister Tests Debt Paying in Crowd Publicity Stunt
A preacher after his sermon asked the congregation to stand if they were paying debts. Everyone except one worn man stood, and the minister pressed the point asking why he could not meet his obligations. The man explained he runs a newspaper and his subscribers stood with him.
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Fis
Jefferson
Burlington Hawkeye
Atlanta Constitution
Albia Democrats
Lynx Union
Medical Age
Cal. Med. Journal
Railway Age
Chicago
Western Medical Reporter
Lippincott's
Dr Caldwells Syrup Pepsin Promises Quick Relief
An advertising notice touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as highly effective for constipation indigestion chronic headaches and stomach or bowel troubles. It claims lasting results and free trials with bottles priced 10 cents 50 cents and 1 dollar and sold by Dr Powell. Also lists several real estate transfers in Lacon and nearby areas including Anna Day Elizabeth Tidmarsh and Edith M Austin among others.
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Caldwell
Powell
Ieal
Anna Day
Elizabeth Tidmarsh
Elizabeth Riel
Lacon
Mary Ann Wicoff
Margaret Wicoff
Bazzil McMasters
R. A. Carleton
Santa Fe
Touca
Edith M. Austin
James Reeder
R. M. Barnes
Henry Wombacker
Mystic Cure Promises Fast Rheumatism Relief
A patent remedy claims to cure rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. It asserts the system action is remarkable and mysterious, removing the cause and making the disease disappear after the first dose. Price 75 cents. Sold by J. E. & I. A. Powell, druggists, Henry.
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J. E
I. A. Powell
Henry
Campaign rally entertains crowd for J W Gray in Mason City
A large audience gathered Saturday at Dixony Hotel for Republican candidate J W Gray in the Fourteenth district campaign rally. The event featured campaign songs, a male quartet, and a strong address by Gray, with notable Democratic attendance observed.
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Mason City
Wagey
J. W.gray
Fourteenth
Dixony Hotel
Lem Wiley
Peoria
Kentucky
Graff
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