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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1892
Page
5
A new book on conjuring reveals the Indian basket trick. A child is placed in a wicker basket while a sword is shown and the basket supposedly emptied. A second child is produced off stage and the performers depart with donations collected, exposing the ruse.
The Washington Post notes the rarity of regular army retirement at age sixty two and features Private Thomas Kelly of Battery K at Washington barracks who is now near retirement. Kelly, a robust Irish American, served since 1862 with the Thirty-ninth Massachusetts and later the regular army, earning discharge after Civil War service and later fighting Nez Perces and Cheyenne.
The piece compares the speed and method of the historic pony express from Missouri to San Francisco and the modern Trans Sahara railroad project. It notes the pony route covered about nineteen hundred miles in seven and a half days at roughly twelve miles per hour with relays and infrequent fatalities. It then describes French efforts to build a Trans Sahara line from El Guerrah toward Lake Chad, with 250 miles laid and trains reaching Biscara where a large oasis supports a sizable population.
The issue of King’s United States of Today marks completion of a grand enterprise a comprehensive handbook with maps and 8000 engravings detailing the beginning growth and present resources of each state and territory Prof Greenwood and other noted figures laud its usefulness An office reference sold by subscription for 2500 Chicago publishers C B Beach Co Lakeside Building Jeriah Sowham of Sparland seeks Republican State Senator nomination highlighting his experience integrity and fitness Minonk Blade
A claimed day long remedy called Mystic Cure promises to cure rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 8 days. It asserts immediate disappearance of symptoms after first dose priced at 75 cents. Sold by J KE & Powell druggists, Heoryll.
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