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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1885
Page
8
Henry Republican notes poet Edgar Jones with a reflection on sin and virtue. It cites a message about temptation, selfishness, kindness, and the idea that goodness shines despite flaws in the world.
Clemmy defies caution by skating on a frozen pond as his mother warns him. After a ducking and a stern lesson on discipline, a split second choice leads to a severe accident that tests fear, duty, and the family’s faith in strict obedience. The parents confront guilt over lost chances to instill obedience early.
A Philadelphia letter recalls Grant as kind and tender hearted despite his duty bound role. Friends say he feared bloodshed, valued peace, and supported soldiers with aid. The piece cites Randall and Mann on Grant’s antiwar stance, and notes Africa’s ostrich feather industry with 70,000 tame birds yielding 3 million dollars.
A school of poetry is discussed in connection with Texas State University. George Bancroft funds a $10,000 Worcester scholarship in memory of his parents. The Bible Church of Salford links vegetarianism and total abstinence to membership. San Francisco’s Methodist Episcopal Church raises $6,000 for an episcopal residence and hopes for a Bishop Fowler home. Freshmen are teased by a cold classroom. a London professor opens a memory training school. Lehigh University is noted as highly endowed with $2,000,000 endowment, $600,000 in buildings, 120 acres, and major bequests. The Massachusetts Board of Education praises the free textbook system for boosting attendance and leveling pupils. A New York school for deaf children demonstrates lip reading and sound interpretation with a staged lighting lesson. Waldensians now have 17 congregations and 12,400 members with 5,500 scholars and 200 teachers in 7 Sunday schools, centered in Turin Florence Rome and Naples. growth slows as Catholic schools recruit nearby students.
A collage of humorous misquotes and witticisms from newspapers and columns. The items touch on voting, politics, travel, bee movement, a lawsuit twist, and a seaside romance interrupted by painting. The tone is pithy and satirical.
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