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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1895
Page
9
A brief humorous note recounts a football match in England where military officers host a luncheon for visiting barristers. After the meal the officers’ Indigestibles stumble, and the visitors realize the playing team misidentified themselves as the other side.
A vivid tale about Lord Nelson at a royal levee where after praising his military victories he deflects credit to his comrades. Nelson honors Captain Derry by saying his severed arm is less significant than his friend's continued loyalty and support.
A young naturalist recalls a summer park incident where a flock of English sparrows attacked a red chipmunk. The chipmunk was wounded, nearly dead, and finally set aside after the sparrows ceased their assault.
An English periodical excerpt tells of a young Scot at Aldershot who refuses a bath and is taken to a hospital. The scene shows his fear and a clamor for a doctor as he cries for help and declares he cannot drink. The account conveys hospital hardship and a child’s struggle with medical care.
A pair of large rare brown owls roosted in the woods by a creek on a Manitoba farm for fifteen years. They charmed the farmstead with their nocturnal calls until settlers arrived and the owls attacked neighboring pigeons, one was shot, leaving the mate to linger on the old oak where they once shared quiet winter nights.
The text blends a tale of a hotel scare where a building roof nearly falls on a man and conversations about safe escape. It shifts to an informal zoological note on penguins describing their inability to fly, upright posture, nesting, parental care, diet, and their dislike of humans, noting their three foot height and social colonies.
An amusing toy aess to make a brownie figure using an apple pins cloth and wire. It explains forming teeth from pins inserting wires and a cloth robe to create a walking wobbling figure that dances toward a finger when scratched on the table.
An odd tale from New Orleans claims a sharpshooter named Pardon can fire bullets that play musical notes or chords. The story notes rapid shots produce a musical effect, but provides little detail on Pardon's actual skill or method.
A Hungarian woman, claiming poverty, asks the finance minister to allow her to issue a lottery of 790000 tickets at one florin each. The stated prize is herself as the capital. The winner would be required to marry her under the terms described.
W. L. Wilson, new postmaster general, is described as a retiring, health limited woman who prefers Charlestown West Virginia to Washington society. She attends few social events, avoids public life, and may reside at a relative’s house or a hotel. her health and family keep her away from the capital unless needed for duties.
Dr William S Rainsford rector of St George s New York is described as an aggressive modern preacher and organizer who has built a strong social and religious program at St George s parish in Manhattan His wife Mrs Wilson supported his health and family life in Charlestown and Washington while he pursued church and reform work in municipal purification and broader charitable efforts and he is praised as a leader in Protestant Episcopal circles.
A fragmentary excerpt discusses women’s roles and moral censorship, blending poems and prose with references to Phoebe Hassel born 1715 and her devotion to Samuel Golding. It notes Hassel’s life from enlistment and marriage to Plymouth hospital visits, aging to 106, and a royal blessing labeling her a “jolly old fellow” with a yearly pension and tombstone.
A social piece lauds a hostess as a jolly good fellow and cautions about public recognition of women. It extols devoted wives and mothers, urges refinement and true womanliness, and warns that fame can wreck a woman’s reputation like jagged rocks along Bohemia’s shores.
A London women's club plans a discussion on whether women should police morals. The piece argues men have long controlled morality and praises the pedestal of societal virtue, while questioning if matron led censorship truly improves public and private propriety.
The article tells how Jennie Holdredge loved Ira Johnson and, disguised as a boy, followed him to sea on the American Eagle. The tale centers on gender disguise, seafaring life, and the couple’s entanglement aboard the ship.
A cautious treatise extols reticence as supreme in social life. It praises pleasant chatter without commitments, guarding confidences, and shielding speakers from gossip and harm while maintaining charm and social harmony.
A meditation on deteriorating manners and the loss of courtly politeness. The piece recalls Marie Antoinette era decorum, contrasts past restraint with present egotism, and laments how modern society overlooks valuable lessons from history while praising progress.
The piece traces corset origins to male innovators from ancient Greece and Rome. Cinesius and Aristophanes are noted for early fashioning, with Antoninus Pius adopting a wooden cuirass. Roman women later popularized waist bust coverage, expanding to modern full torso use, and Catherine de Medici is cited as introducing the bust-corner in France.
A columnist discusses facial hair among women, noting 8 percent reportedly have mustaches. In Latin countries such as Italy, Spain, and France, downy upper lips are common and admired, including the Queen of Spain, while Teutonic nations show squeamish distaste due to rarity. English women are not embracing mustaches as a broader trend.
The ancient leader Julius Caesar reportedly wore a laurel wreath to cover a shiny bald head in hopes of concealing an apparent deformity.
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