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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1891
Page
3
A condensed roundup reports the Dallas beef plant fire causing 206000 loss, two workmen killed and six fatally injured by a Canton Washington landslide, and various other disasters. It lists bank failures, shipwrecks, lynchings, train wrecks, and notable deaths along with national economic figures and political notes.
Jesian Carpenter aged years died in Preston County West Virginia. Rev Faruen Peter Hayerwans marked the sixty first anniversary of his ordination in the priesthood in Troy New York. He is described as the oldest priest in the country.
Several hundred spectators crowded a bull arena in Guanajuato Mexico to watch a goat fight when part of the ampitheater collapsed killing twelve. Other reports described volcanic ash sightings Colima and widespread civil unrest in China and Europe.
A late news summary lists a public debt total of 1 646 961 695 with cash in treasury 748 856 750 and debtless cash 798 604 945, noting a November decrease of 2 570 188. Five die in a Detroit home blaze amid other fires, including a Grand hotel fire in Leadville, and arson by firebugs in St. Paul. Obituaries mention Maj Thomas Hanwarp aged 17 and ex Golamin No Jaan wx of Georgia. Additional notes cover a long serving postmaster in Scottsville, Italy health updates, a Springfield hotel owner’s double tragedy, Arkansas treasury cashless, famine in Mexico, French textile damage, New Orleans fire deaths, and dynamite accidents in Michigan and Texas. A Windom two-dollar certificate is issued and the Indiana-Ohio boundary error is corrected by Prof. Mendenhall.
Entries note Rhododendron ob tawbiense escaping Nova Scotia, artificial silk made by a German chemist lacking strength, underwater animal photography by M. Marry, and a comatula progression mode. London smoke as a sunshine killer, Regent's Park sunshine records, deepest Mediterranean depth over two and a quarter miles, clear African coast water plates at 144 feet, sensitive plates at 1600 feet, tin rabbit endures cold after freezing in ice.
A jumble of international items notes a fatal carriage accident in Edinburgh caused by a hatpin, a London based M A B society for befriending servants, two Bertin Zoo lion cubs nursed by a Newfoundland, France’s door and window tax varying by town, Corea’s view of unmarried men as boys, a multilingual girl in an English workhouse, and a German example calculating annual living costs for an invalid worker under the Old Age and Invalid Insurance Fund with detailed meal and rent figures.
Fragmented OCR presents varied facts on camels life spans monarchies republics and Navajo lariats plus a note on English letter frequency and a claim about dogs finding water in wells. no coherent event or subject emerges for a proper summary.
The excerpt notes Quxxx Vicroxta wed before turning twenty one, Avernta's emperor married Elizabeth of Bavaria at twenty five, the Prince of Wales wed at twenty two, and the Belgian monarchs were eighteen and seventeen at their weddings.
Asher Norton aged 66 years 6 months 8 days died of apoplexy at his Whitefield residence Marshall county Illinois on November 26 1891. Born May 29 1825 at Norton Hill Green County New York he faced personal losses, moved to Illinois, served as Whitefield township Supervisor and School Treasurer and contributed to Whitefield M E church. Funeral held at Center M E church with community honors. interment in Center cemetery.
Mrs Mary Chambers wife of the late William Chambers of Whitefield died Monday morning at the A. G. Stiles farm in Henry township. She had been feeble for some time but appeared well that morning. She died suddenly while being fed breakfast by her daughter Mrs Rachel Stulenberger, leaving a large family of nine children.
The obituary notes the death of a Pennsylvania native who lived in Whitefield for many years after her husband’s passing. Born September 2, 1814, she was a member of the M E church and described as a devoted mother and faithful wife. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Whitefield Center M E church under Rev. Dille, burial next to her husband in the church yard, with flowers from Miss Lou Dunlap and others.
An old ad claims Ballard's Horehound Syrup cures whooping cough and relieves night coughing in children. It is advertised as cooling soothing relief for consumption bronchitis asthma with no opium and claims to build new tissue and strengthen lungs.
A promotional notice urges readers to inspect a free paper sent by friends or the paper itself as a polite subscription invitation. It claims the issue contains ten times its cost in fresh and interesting reading matter with multiple departments offering worth more than the subscription price.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments with a money back guarantee and trial bottle offer at Powell's Drug Store. The notice lists letters uncalled for at Henry Illinois Post Office dated November 86 1801 and a second entry shows a December 12 1891 deadline.
The fragment notes various royal marriages: Minu Clumbent of Italy at a young age to Guerite of Savoy. Empsxogk Wriitax of Germ to Augusta Victoria of Holstein-Augustenburg. Dagmar of Denmark wed by age, and Alphonso XII married young to Mercedes while reigning king and regent. The text hints at age gaps and majority rules in royal unions.
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