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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
7
Fragmentary text discusses cancer and blood disease treatment, condemning cruel methods and suggesting treatments hasten death. The source is highly garbled with foreign words and incomplete phrases, providing no clear events or entities.
Desolation spreads across Turtle Lake and surrounding regions as hundreds of families become homeless and many missing. Gov Scofield appeals for aid, Col William J Boyle coordinates relief in Milwaukee with shipments beginning at six o clock tonight.
Wisconsin State Bankers association opens its sixth annual meeting at the Hotel Pfister in Milwaukee with welcome address by Mayor Rose and reports from president W K Coffin of Eau Claire. About 150 delegates and guests attend.
A reader from North Brookfield Massachusetts recounts a yearlong illness with catarrh of the stomach and great pain. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as the best blood purifier and sold by druggists. Separately, a Minneapolis dispatch reports Indians seizing the tug Vera during a bear-wild voyage as Gen Dacon fails to locate the assailants.
Reports say Indians may retreat to Little Boy Jake and be moved by train to Lothrop before crossing the country. About 600 Chippewa fighting men in nearby branches could trouble if they join Pilligéers, though authorities expect a quick resolution. Gus Beaulieu, friend of the tribe, travels to Bear Island to secure Bog Ah Mah Le Shig, the trouble’s leader.
A boiler explosion at Laherty and Lee sawmill six miles from Verdi Nevada killed two workers and seriously injured three others. The plant was completely destroyed and no boiler fragments remained. The cause was the engineer running the boiler dry and attempting to refill with cold water.
Floyd E K Whittemore a Springfield banker and longtime Republican emerges as the party's unanimous candidate for State Treasurer. A New York native raised in Bycamer DeKalb County he held posts from cashier at the Bunn Bank to Acting Assistant Treasurer of the United States in Chicago and Assistant State Treasurer. He is a farmer in Sangamon and Madison counties with broad state ties and support from governors and officials.
Gen Bacon lands a detachment to quell the Pillager Indians after they held Lucian for interrogation near Walker. Troops from Fort Snelling and Duluth may guard government property as authorities anticipate a stand at Little Boy lake while settlers stay terrorized during a gale and snow.
In Memoriam notices record the death of Joho Black at his Wyoming Illinois home from Brights disease on October 4 1898 aged 74 years 11 months 23 days. Born October 11 1823 in Humphrey county Tennessee he married Harriet Ontler in 1850 then Lucy Pool in 1860. Survived by two daughters three grandchildren and wife. He served 30 years as yard foreman for Houghton Lumber Co and was an Odd Fellow of over 40 years. The funeral at Brimfield Congregational Church noted his Christian faith and peaceful passing with burial in Wyoming cemetery.
An underlined obituary note mocks a young wife’s death with a controversial line. The piece praises Davidson’s linguistic prowess while recounting his sleepy moment that produced the remark, and notes newspaper subscription offers from the office.
A man named Mr Johnson is confined to home care due to scrofula. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla he improves, regains appetite, resumes work, and writes a testimonial endorsing the remedy. The passage also notes business leaders supporting expansion and voters in November.
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