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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
5
News notes a wide array of incidents and political shifts, including a veteran bounty denial for a transferred volunteer, factory explosions killing workers, a hanging in Uniontown, and a spate of bank and treasury reports. It also covers elections, criminal cases, fires, rail incidents, and international tremors.
The national democratic convention convened in Indianapolis with 824 delegates from 41 states and territories. Senator Palmer chaired the opening, ex governor Flower served as temporary chairman, and the body later named Senator Caffery as permanent chairman amid speeches endorsing sound money and free silver.
Democrats nominate Judge Bundy in the tenth district with Republicans backing Judge Parker. Teigan district selects Charles G Squipton as Democrat. Cambria works in Johnstown pause, 2000 jobs lost. Lynching of Dorman Musgrove and C A Dingmars in Glencoe after sheriff’s killing. Niagara river yacht wreck, two drowned. West India fruit firm H Dumols & Co fails for 253000. Jackson County Bank in Risci River Falls closes with 50000 in liabilities. Benton Harbor opera house fire kills 11 firemen. Moonshine fight in Bell county leaves four dead. Starvey A Meyer carriage firm in Syracuse goes to receiver with 320000 liabilities. Lightning strike kills James Marta and daughter near Shark's Ferry. Taswell wreck injures fifty, three fatally. Cairo cholera claims 100 weekly deaths. Smithsonian official Dr George Gooden dies in Washington at 45. Boiler explosion near Edwardsville kills Elsie Black, George Black, Dan Turner. Baseball league weekly standings listed.
A collage of jokes and witticisms across topics including price ethics, pricing with cents, reputations, polite exchanges, and social situations. The snippets feature punchlines about money, honesty, manners, and daily life, capturing vaudeville style humor and newspaper miscellany.
A Kansas City board manages a church extension fund that lends 4 percent to struggling Disciples of Christ missions to build chapels. The fund has grown from 35000 to 124000 in eight years and aims to reach 250000 by century's end, with no loan losses reported to date.
An advertisement extols self improvement through health and purity of blood. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood, cures salt rheum, scrofula, catarrh, dyspepsia and rheumatism, and notes retailers profit from newspaper advertising as proof of usefulness.
Buckien's Arnica Salve promising cures for cat bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with money back guarantee and 25 cent price. Dr Powell sells it along with subscription bundles offering The Henry Republican The Weekly Inter Ocean Farm News and related titles at discounted rates.
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