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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1885
Page
9
It promotes holiday shopping with 50c dollar millinery, dress silks at big drives, new stock of flannels blankets and yarns at lower prices, and easy sale of 40 or 50 men and boys suits on Saturdays. Stock is all new and well known for low prices.
A bustling assortment of shop notices from Marshall county vendors. Dr Powell's offers new style lamps. B A Kline's sells guns and buck saws. Niece's drug store showcases holiday goods and a corner move. L A Meier & Son advertise tinware and tools while Gates the grocer sells 500 bushels Michigan potatoes next week.
A densely packed Henry county column reports frosts and rain on Tuesday, obituaries and family visits, a big list of local trades, farm sales and woodwork projects, with opera hall events and church sermons. It notes Ida Foster’s arm amputation in Peoria and Brennan’s drowning at Lake Senachwine, plus market prices and upcoming auctions.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a unique remedy prepared from herbs like Barsaparilla and Dandelion. It claims to cure scrofula, salt rheum, boils, indigestion and more, touts 100 doses per bottle, and offers a price of 1 dollar with six for five dollars. It cites Lowell Massachusetts production and invites readers to request a cures book.
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