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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1891
Page
7
The Spot Cash Store advertises low prices on groceries and tobacco with a wide range of goods. It touts 95c per barrel Michigan goods, 25c Bu's Head tobacco, bulk discounts, and rapid turnover as new stock arrives.
An extensive artifact of period advertising notes the November 16 opening of a new opera hall, with tradesmen promoting goods and services. Items include sulky plows, press drills, wagons, buggies, coal heaters, stoves, axes, guns, traps, and musical goods from Campbell Bros and Coan. Public notices tease rent, milling, and transportation services, plus a Sunday-market closing pledge by Benny marketmen.
Nov 16 issue highlights local items under local miscellany on page 5. Henry public school offers high school at $6 term and other departments at $4.50 per term with a full course of study. Also reports social events, church services, weddings, millinery opening, and plans for the new school building and board of education proposals.
Watercott and Company announce rapid arrivals of new goods from New York by car loads in response to a telegram urging haste. The notice emphasizes quick delivery to meet consumer demand.
City and vicinity notes include visits to Wenona and Chillicothe, departures for Omaha and Normal, local commerce details, new clerks and sales at hardware and Spot Cash stores, agricultural prizes at West Union fair, subscription drives for The Henry Republican and Western Plowman, church conference plans, and residents traveling to Indiana Ohio South Dakota and St Louis. Premiums won by J A Melick and Daniel Oakley’s Centralia visit noted.
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