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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1882
Page
3
An excerpt from Fannt L Hodges in Interior voices contemplation on death and the afterlife. The speaker questions bliss beyond the grave and the weight of sorrow for the living, invoking memories of gardens, roses, and lilies as symbols of loss.
In a mirrored tale of loyalty and intrigue, Captains Borlinder Wattles Holstius pledge to find Cap en Armiger alive. They vote by straw draw to assign three independent quests among cannibal islands northwest of the wreck site, while Lal receives steadfast support from her friends.
Captain Berlinder sits alone amid troubling thoughts about chasing a rival across the seas to win a woman. He scorns the plan to seek the man who would take her away and questions whether anyone should sacrifice their own happiness for another. He mutters of Norwegians and Yankees and imagines the danger ahead.
A narrator ponders a fake voyage as a safer path to outwit rivals. He weighs temptation against prudence, imagining cannibals, shipwreck, fever, and natives, while fearing his American cousin’s deeper scheme and the risk of being outsmarted.
The article recounts the 1255 arrival in England of a royal elephant presented by the King of France to Henry II. It details its London transport to the Tower, a custom house for the creature, the keeper John Gooch, and maintenance costs. It notes Matthew Paris’s and John of Oxenford’s chronicles and compares earlier 1229 elephant gifts to the German Emperor.
The article surveys a water-cooled pile installation using a barge-mounted pile driver and dynamo machines near Hatfield Park, plus observations on annual lightning strikes, a tea consumption shift favoring India over China, and an illustration of hand-imprint wear on a hickory hammer handle. It notes dramatic teak and board usage and an example of wood wear from hand pressure.
A collage of light pieces from Chicago Tribune Judy and other papers notes fashionable glossed confections called glucose tensions, spoof quotes about honesty and writing pretty phrases, zulu household notes, and a streetcar incident ending with a witty retort about footing and dignity.
Lieutenant William Hoffman warns druggists and apothecaries nationwide to search records for any poison orders tied to Fort Bennett or the last two years. An arsenic attack nearly killed a local family, believed to have been mailed in and traced through correspondence. readers urged to help hunt the culprit.
Advertisement extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a preventive and curative tonic for spring weakness. It claims the non alcoholic remedy strengthens muscles, enriches blood, clears complexion, and fortifies the system against seasonal illness, listing uses such as dyspepsia indigestion malaria and general weakness. Sold by all druggists.
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