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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1882
Page
3
An old Vermont Watchman tale recounts a hawk courting a white dove, wedding, and ensuing conflict as birds gossip about the unlikely union. The narrative concludes with the dove fleeing the harsh hawk life and a community verdict implied by the story.
In Belgravia, Josiah Smith attends an aeronautic society gathering where Capt. Mulberry recounts ballooning feats. Mulberry invites Josiah on a noon balloon voyage toward Paris, prompting Josiah’s mix of thrill and dread as the craft flies inland toward Canterbury and then over Dover. A dire calm leads to a dramatic moral choice as Josiah is prepared to be jettisoned to save Mulberry, only to awaken back in his King Street room with the night’s claret and cigars lingering as a dream.
The Boston Post notes toy pistols threaten children through lethal accidents and lockjaw from explosive charges. It calls for swift lawmaking to ban sales to minors, compares to alcohol restraints, and cites a Berlin case of ten years’ penal servitude for attempting to ship an infernal machine.
A survey outlines several scientific advances including an improved stanchion enabling animal head movement, a Hamburg wood wool fiber machine for litter, and cotton stem processing to adjust seed nutrition. Also noted are Austrian glass spinning outputs, an electric bell cord for rail safety, and French cameras capturing rapid bird motions.
An Episcopal congregation in Philadelphia cared for a poor and worthy old woman for more than a decade. Upon her death, investigators found she owned two houses and had Bibrian rong in her records.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from various papers notes marriages and temper, a rival lemonade business, kissing norms, wry country humor, and domestic muddles. Vignettes from the Chisago Tribune to the Lowell Citizen skim daily life with playful mischief and curious details.
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