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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1889
Page
5
Regular correspondent from Wasuretox reports on March 25 noting New York factions secure main offices while others await future postings. Robert T. Lincoln, Allen Thorndike Rice, and Patrick Egan receive diplomat roles, with Patrick Ford and Wanemaker affecting Philadelphia and Pennsylvania politics amid broader cabinet moves and looming Senate actions.
Wm Zilm was the republican candidate for supervisor of Bell Plain township on Tuesday. Charles E Vernay of Lacon graduated from the Chicago college of dentistry on March 26. Mrs Charles Parker has been very low for weeks. J R Taliaferro writes from Saybrook that his daughter Mrs Bell Worley is very low with consumption. Fort and Axline Naye sold Bon coeur No 18 644 to William Harney of Saratoga. H B Taylor of the Venona Index is a candidate for postmaster. James B Wright of Venona graduated from the Chicago veterinary college and will remain as professor. he won second prize, a package of books on horse anatomy. In 1890 Evans township Chicago First Louis and Jacksonville R bonds totaling 8000 become due and the town meeting will discuss options. I M Stancil’s five daughters visited and weighed 947 pounds total. his four sons weighed 910 pounds total. Mr Stencil himself weighed 252 pounds. An Index photograph device by M Amedee Denisse uses a rocket to raise a multi lens camera for aerial views, cheaper and safer than balloons. The piece on health urges a vigorous body and regular athletic activity for longevity and happiness. A horse that can talk is discussed as a marvel, likening it to medical breakthroughs such as Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for curing consumption. Rev Cyrus Cort denounces prohibition as unscriptural, arguing constitutional government and temperance reform are undermined. Syrup of Figs advertises a gentle laxative remedy sold by Dr Powell.
The article compares national boiler counts and locomotive capacity. It cites 12,000,000 boilers in the powers, 2,800 Joes, 50,000 stationary or portable boilers in France, 7,000 locomotives, 1,000 boats’ boilers, and global engine production in the last 25 years. US steam power equals 7,500,000 horsepower, with 4,800,000 in Germany, 9,000,000 in France, and 1,500,000 in Austria.
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