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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
1
The nation reels after President William McKinley is assassinated as Vice President Roosevelt takes oath and prepares to lead. The piece honors McKinley as scholar statesman and notes public sorrow, Lincoln era echoes, and the transition to Roosevelt amid national calamity.
Memorial services at the M E church last Sunday featured mournful drapings and blacked portraits of McKinley Roosevelt Lincoln and Garfield along with the G A R flag. Rev Tullis praised McKinley as a statesman diplomat and leader in tariff policy while noting his 50 years in the church and his courage during illness and death.
Mrs MelXKinley in New Orleans speaks of Maj. McKinley as her husband not the President. She praises his kindness and patience while she battles illness and hopes he retires to a quiet life at home after his term ends.
Memorial notes describe Rev A. K. Tullis sermon at the M. E. church last Sunday night. The mayor issues a daylong saloon closure and business hours pause to honor the late Chief Magistrate. Duke Bros building hosts memorial exercises with Henry Cornet Band escorting students and playing hymns including Nearer My God to Thee. Marshall county sends Hon. R. B. Fort to Canton for President McKinley funeral and as 16th Senate district representative. Ushers named include Theodore Bickerman C. E. Burt J. P. Sparling John Barry Thomas Monier and Alex Brown. The new Duke Bros building will be dedicated during the memorial events.
A reader from Bagwell Mo speaks in support of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after three years of bronchitis and sleepless nights. The writer credits his relief to the medicine and notes it is sold at Dr Powell's City drug store.
The city of Henry issues a memorial proclamation honoring the late President William McKinley. It requests saloons close sunrise to sunset on September 19 and nonessential business suspend from noon to 5 pm with mourning drapes on buildings. Citizens are urged to gather at Duke Bros' on Edward Street at 2 pm for memorial services led by Mayor A G Humphrey.
Memorial services are listed for this afternoon at the Dukes Bros store on Edward Street. Prof. Win Calhoun presides with a program including dirge by Henry Cornet Band, opening hymn America, readings and prayers, solos by J. E. Parry and Edna Powers, multiple addresses by Rev Fr Zumbuehl Rev J Barrett and Rev R L Campbell, and a national funeral hymn procession. The event honors President McKinley with a formal tribute to the late president.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight or new shoes and deliver instant relief for corns bunions swollen feet blisters callouses and sore spots. It claims to cure sweating feet and is sold in druggists and shoe stores with trial packages by mail from Le Roy New York.
Henry Seelye of Laurens Town remains owner of his Saratoga township farm despite rumors of a sale. He would take a hundred dollars per acre if sold but prefers to keep the property for its value and income. The notice ends with a drug advertisement for Herbine to restore a diseased liver, sold at Dr Powell's City drug store.
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