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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1888
Page
3
Long dispatch from Washington outlines Senate and House battles over the Bond Purchase Bill, Direct Tax, and pension amendments for war veterans including Kilpatrick and Anderson widows. Domestic news records fires, shipwrecks, drownings, bank failures, and notable accidents nationwide with mentions of MeToo measles outbreaks and a grand 100th Marietta settlement anniversary speech by Senator Hoar.
Prohibitionists in California met in San Francisco on Sunday to nominate delegates for the National convention. Resolutions favored woman suffrage and condemned grape industry prostitution. New York Democrats to elect two delegates in May. Taft leads Rhode Island governors race. James G. Blaine-era figures and naval officers noted amid a broad run of election returns and international events.
Numerous items mark the 10th across regions. Tariff League in New York urges foreign-born to oppose free trade. Damage reported in Austin and Fergus? Arkansas Republicans elect delegates in Little Rock. A cyclone devastates parts of Washington County. Michigan Greenback State convention set for Lansing. Iowa General Assembly adjourns sine die. New York women pursue a Washington status gift to France. Grenoble factory explosion kills nine. Kootenai depredations prompt militia inquiry in Montana. Mary Tupling murder hanged in Charlottetown. Omahan murder and injurious family quarrel. Dakota bridges washed out. Minnesota towns suffer flood damage. Fink’s saw mill blast kills four in Baldwin. Cumberland Gap clash leaves five dead, twelve wounded. Cedar Gap fire burns Georges Amoux family. Binghamton offices burned, $75,000 loss. Hubbell milk poisoning cripples family. two children die. Weir accounts alleged $70,000 short. Cuban matanza foliage. Senate passes alien mineral land sale bill. North and South Dakota state moves advance. House pensions gridlock over Direct-Tax.
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers returns from Cleveland and refutes any move to end the strike. He asserts the Burlington road underperforms while the Brotherhood funds sustain the fight, predicting the stalemate will continue as workers wait for shareholders to tire. No coalition with Knights of Labor is noted, and negotiations depend on company willingness to confer. The Burlington offices report ample engineers and 200 to 300 more applicants, while freight business remains strong.
Mayor Hewitt dispatches a sharp note to New York aldermen opposing their plan to curb the mayoral power over flag raising at City Hall. He cites Irish representation among officials to argue residents will resist any move toward recognizing alternate sovereignties within the United States. The message warns against privileging symbols other than the national flag.
A memorial to the President urges Judge Rufus W. Peckham to be appointed to the Supreme Court to fill Justice Waite's seat. Peckham, a leading Democrat and friend of Manning and Cleveland, recently moved from the Third Judicial District to the Appellate bench. In Albany, Edward A Maher led a Democratic sweep for mayor and city offices by margins of 2,600 to 3,200. In Jersey City Hoboken, and nearby, results show Mayor Orestes Cleveland reelected by about 6,000, with Labor support weak. Hoboken’s mayoral race was tight, and Edwin Jerr is reported defeated by August Grasaman.
The Republican Council of Nord warns electors that electing General Boulanger would bring dictatorship and war. In Fourmies electors meeting, they unanimously endorsed Boulanger, while Paris Temps notes Republicans backing him aid Bona partists and divided opinion persists.
The Arkansas Republican State convention met yesterday and chose delegates to the Chicago convention. Resolutions praise Blaine critics of President Cleveland’s tariff and denounce Democratic corruption and ballot-box stuffing in Arkansas. Delegates go uninstructed.
Advices from Matanzas state that the crops of the cane fields and all the houses of the Dolores estate have been burned. The fire spread to three adjoining catates the Ties the Andrea and the Hantana destroying large quantities of cane and killing a large number of cattle.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions rains and farming in April and spring seeding for winter and spring wheat. Details are garbled. No clear entities or events emerge besides general agricultural timing and ground prep potential.
A essay on white furniture traces the rise of light colored rooms from the Villard mansion to a practical example in a neighboring town. It highlights white rooms with ivory, gold, and plush fabrics, and details a thrifty yet stylish self made project costing under twenty five dollars alongside a neighboring mansion’s ten thousand dollar white room.
The piece explains a simple carpenter method to find a circle’s diameter or a pipe’s area using only a square corner and a rule. It notes that two diamieters laid on a board allow diagonal measurement, and that multiple pipes can be combined into an equivalent one for addition. The excerpt ends with a quoted dialog fragment about a reception and a humorous exchange.
A Republican rain receipt accompanies a box of raisins grown at J. W. Reese's Nevada vinye yard near Fresno California. B W Moodey promotes California Resources journal and Fresno as a prime home region. Moodey and Bretsner land agents offer information for homeseekers as the Fresno area gains prominence in Southern California wine and raisin country.
A letter to the editor claims a positive remedy for consumption and offers two free bottles to readers who send proof and post office address. Also reports installation of officers at Marshall Lodge No. 68 I O G F with names and titles listed for the ensuing term.
The piece warns against imitations of Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure and promotes Dr Powell's genuine remedy for coughs and throat illnesses. It notes horse fatalities around Tonica and lists losses of eight colts, a mare, and two mares. Griggs' Glycerine Salvo is advertised as a universal healer, with money-back guarantee. G. F. Syde is reported as captured and jailed bound for Jacksonville.
A vintage advertisement emphasizes Castoria as a remedy for children across generations. The repetitive jingle asserts trust from babyhood through parenthood, highlighting the product as a staple for infant and family care.
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