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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1883
Page
2
An uneven fragment recalls a maiden and a mouse in a fable style scene. A cat named Grimalkin confronts the mouse as the maiden’s affection and fear twist the action, ending with a dramatic, mythic note on love and fate.
John Alden, plain and homely, loves Milly Jones since childhood. His brother Lance, polished and ambitious, also seeks Milly. John helps Lance’s case, Milly confronts emotions, and the couple reveal mutual love while family humor and tension unfold.
Cauliflower became a valued food plant in Europe and Britain by the late seventeenth century with Holland and Belgium now leading in production. It travels to markets like New York and Chicago, with growers earning substantial profits per acre. The article explains cultivation, nutrition, cooking advantages, and methods from early greenhouse starts to late-season plantings, including irrigation in ideal regions.
The report notes Florida's shifting toward cotton processing and canning, with a brief look at mohair breeding in Connecticut Valley and Seymour, Conn. It mentions an Indiana inventor’s stomach mounted device to enhance hearing, critiques corset fashion, a Parisian fireworks rocket for burrows, a deadly vapor device for predators, and a new instant steam formation method in engines.
Mary Wager Fisher advises warming foot-blankets for all family members who sleep with cold feet. Use ordinary woolen blankets cut and hemmed for four usable coverings, warm them at bedtime, and teach children to lie straight in bed. Rubbing feet is better than fire warming. use warm shoes for sick persons.
A collage of quotes from various papers pokes fun at human nature. It notes Steele Mackaye’s long days, self reliance, club life, petty fame, and humorous exchanges about wit and wisdom, ending with a sly remark on costs and courtesy from Texas Siftinga.
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