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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1875
Page
2
Foreign news covers Herzegovina insurrection suppression efforts and Dalmatian volunteers, Spain Carlist action, and Austrian-Northern European diplomacy. Domestic items report cotton averages, Treasury receipts, a Washington postmaster rumor, a bank, and a fatal yacht and railroad accident with notable casualties.
The Louleyile Courier-Journal reports a McCreery majority of 36 189 and a House split of ninety Democrats to ten Republicans. It notes Maine delegates in Congress and Massachusetts and Tennessee political moves including a Tennessee Senate vacancy appointment.
A July balloon ascent by Prof Donaldson and N B Grimwood over Lake Michigan ends with Grimwood's body found on the Montague shore thirty three days later. The Chicago Journal notes Grimwood's diary fragments and gives a cautious account of Donaldson and the balloon's fate.
An array of brief items from Union County to Sangamon and beyond notes a legal embargo on prairie fowl recovery, a deadly accident at a hippodrome in Moline, coal mine reports, reunion planning, and numerous postal changes across Illinois. Names include Bripget McNascana, Edward Down, and local officials, with figures on treasury receipts and expenditures and multiple town postmasters appointed or discontinued.
A Chicago Inter-Arena report summarizes a legal debate on greenbacks and the promise to pay. It argues no dishonor exists in redeeming notes and warns resumption would hurt industry, not farmers or merchants, with a focus on the misfit of gold backing and public sentiment. A Virginian woman sues a railroad for hair loss damages.
A racist cartoon caption in the New York Commercial Advertiser mocks Chinese workers in a San Francisco shirt factory. It questions if Ah-Sin is under oppression and suggests he already receives mistreatment. The line reflects hostile attitudes toward Chinese laborers.
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