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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1891
Page
2
A Weston correspondent urges state to enter insurance business making compulsory insurance for married men passing a medical exam. Inn Knoxville Tennessee Mr and Mrs Stephen Osborne near 101 and 92 celebrate long marriage with 290 descendants.
The pneumatic mail system, tested in several European cities, now overcomes major routing challenges such as turning corners and switching off the mail, signaling a practical American experiment on improving rapid mail transport.
A Prussian diet member suggests ceding Lorraine to France if France commits to forcing Russia to disarm. The aim is a broader European disarmament plan.
A Boston firm is constructing a photographic telescope for Harvard University. It will likely be the largest and finest instrument of its kind designed. The aperture will be 24 inches and the focal length 11 feet.
Northwest tax news reports the Great Northern railroad extending from Assiniboine westward to Lake Pend d Oreille about fifty miles from Spokane. By July 1, 1892 its lines will be complete to Seattle, establishing the seventh transcontinental line.
A fragment lists the F C Almy murder case in Hanover warning women about violent rejected suitors. It notes Premiza Rupint’s alleged actions and Germany Britain France responses to China. It cites foreign residents in China, trade data, Teutonic ship subsidies, and Pasteur Institute disease debates in New York.
The United States and the British Provinces in North America may supply about 250 million bushels of wheat for export as crops in both regions exceed expectations. Manitoba looks to 25 million bushels for hungry millions, and Europe is likely to weather the famine period better than first feared.
The supreme sanitary board of Vienna prompts action as Boston considers new rainy day dress guidelines. Short skirts and light boots, with no corsets, are proposed to reduce dust and germs, with skirts possibly to the top of the walking dress or four to five inches shorter, drawing comment in the American Athens.
A Descriptive tour of Varna recalls its farms and homes of Forbes and Broaddus. The piece notes shops, farmers supplies, and local figures including Lenz, Whitney, Ong, Stateler, Reed, and Roberts. Community life, school, churches, and W C T U proceedings at Undercliff and Putnam are described with names and local places.
A travelogue notes ending the day as the group returns home from a visit to a bustling county town. An old time tonic advertisement promises English Spavin Liniment cures for horse blemishes and ailments with a $50 savings offer from J H Powell Druggists in Henry Illinois.
An old physician, retired, claims a vegetable remedy cures consumption and lung ailments. He offers to mail the recipe free in German, French, or English with instructions, to any reader sending a stamped request to Ww. Noyes, 820 Powers’ block, Rochester, N Y.
The Inter Ocean Sunday edition boasted an 82 page issue totaling 224 pages and included an illuminated supplement with a Cosman color view of a World’s Fair building planned for 1893. The paper, billed as America’s finest pavement, sells for 2 cents per copy like its rivals.
A August 81 1891 correspondence from E Surra secretary requests the insertion of a resolution in the Republican columns. Magnolia Grange No 179 of Putnam County Illinois urges active steps to enforce the states game and trespass laws.
The Illinois Peace Society will hold its regular annual meeting at the Friends meeting house in Clear Creek on the evening of September 18. Those opposed to war and in favor of arbitration are invited to attend. A J Fitzcraft, Cor Sec, 200 Randolph St, Chicago.
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