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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1871
Page
7
A collage of humorous items, pressed asides, and social jests from a late 19th century page. The notes touch on fashion, manners, and everyday life with sharp witticisms about dress, arches of speech, and small social observations.
A Columbus gathering of Democratic friends hears Grn. Eva explain Pendleton style plans to pay debts with new notes. The proposal would relieve interest costs by issuing notes equal to bond debt, making currency irredeemable and taxes unnecessary, amid sharp questions about feasibility.
A Victorian column mocks painters from Tintoretto to Berlin for inserting modern gadgets and fashions into biblical scenes. Examples include guns with Moses manna, spectacles on Simeon, periwigs on bystanders, flounced angels, smoke pipes, and a hunter with a gun amid Adam and Eve. The piece emphasizes incongruous modern trappings in classic subjects.
An extra freight train of fifteen cars on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad did not stop near Grinnell when rails were missing for repairs. The section master failed to signal, the engineer jumped, and the train crossed thirty six feet of ties and mounted the opposite rail without damage. Such an occurrence would be rare.
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