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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1875
Page
3
A reflective verse by Burt Jr editor on attitude shaping life. It contrasts pessimistic minds who see only storms with hopeful souls who find sun in clouds and keep hope blooming regardless of adversity. The poem urges proactive living to banish grief.
In a harsh mining community, Timid Sims rises from timid to bold when his life is at stake. After years of drifting and taking in strays, he confronts danger to rescue a Chinaman from the Stanislaus River’s deadly Big Canon, proving grit where others doubted him.
A collage of quirky items from towns like Chicago Reading and Paterson. Notes on a cemetery for dead dogs in Reading, humor about inbreeding, Cuba questions, and a joke about hair worth two thousand eight hundred dollars in Topeka. Also mentions turtle meat prices in Cedar Key and life insurance by Johnson.
Republican fractures after last fall’s results are blamed on internal dissension, economic hardship, and opposition to President Grant. The piece argues dissidents did not desert to Democrats, cites hostile reactions to Grant, and notes Grant’s letter removes cohesion from enemies who now “howl and make a noise.”
The Brooklyn Union accuses Democratic papers of not blaming Republican policy for Duncan Sherman & Co’s failure. It argues Duncan Sherman had no pro Republican leanings, backed cotton and the South, and distributed antiwar material to demoralize troops. The piece cites the Chicago Tribune comparing blame.
Maryland taxes rose from ten to twenty and five sixteenths cents per hundred dollars over ten years, noting a sharp increase since Republican policy a decade earlier as reported by the Washington Chronicle.
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