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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1880
Page
3
The readable lines describe a cat on a roof and a dining room with a bizarre guest described as a Fiend of Africa-bido, noted for a white toothbrush and noisy sputter. The text reads like a fractured poem with odd imagery and unclear context.
An evocative piece on Barberry Island's quiet, grass covered townscape and a cliff front Dead Man's Point. It recounts a decaying main street house, a forgotten ship’s school, and a cemetery where many Barberry Islanders lie, their varied fates echoed in weathered headstones and faded memories.
In Batherry Island a graveyard tale unfolds through Deacon Jonas Battles and Elvira as chronicled by Sophie Swett. Jonas, a taciturn sailor, endures heartbreak after a lost romance with Kate, later meeting a near-miss when Kate returns incognito aboard a visiting party. Jonas saves a drowning woman before perishing in a squall, leaving Elvira to carry on with her life and Jonas’s memory.
A cave near Buena Vista hosts unusually large spiders whose webs dwarf ordinary ones. Discovered last December by sight-seekers, the spiders weave tenfold fibers that look like webs. A miner tested a strand the size of a No 12 thread and found it strong as silk, inspiring interest in spinning thread there.
The French Senate approves compulsory agriculture studies for elementary schools, with a 254 vote majority. Other items note women suffrage setbacks in Massachusetts, a Texas plan to colonize northern Mexico, and a fatal incident in the St Gothard tunnel. The report also covers a soldier’s home bequest in Troy, tea birds answering questions, and other varied items.
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