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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1875
Page
4
A Republican analysis laments discontent with party management and the Kellogg Louisiana episode. It argues the factional split weakens the party, questions leadership, and warns a Democratic victory in 1876 would threaten liberty and justice amid shifting support.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt argues that those who fail to condemn the party's errors or who attack reformers undermine restoration of Democratic ideals. It critiques partisan rigidity and urges support for those who would salvage the party from what it calls moth-eaten misrule.
A Saturday Review piece laments amateur nurses in homes and the careroom. It warns insufficient training leads to disruptive routines, poor meal timing, needless chatter, and unsafe night preparations harming recovering patients. It urges experienced, knowledgeable nursing for convalescence.
A terse note from the New York Sun cites a Bartlett pear tree as a natural barometer. The Erie Tribune mocks the idea, saying the man who cannot tell a barometer from a thermometer deserves the term natural.
Summary of scattered Illinois notices includes a Romeike incident where a man cut his throat and survived amid reports of suicides, abductions, and violent acts. Other items mention a large Beardstown flour mill fire, a Rockford quarry blast, a Chicago jail escape attempt, and varied county events, with state legislative actions and local notices interspersed.
A Pall Mall Gazette writer contrasts past and present in Constantinople, noting historic restrictions on ambassadors and brutal ceremonial rites. He cites Lord Stratford Canning and Lord Amherst to illustrate shifts and enduring arrogance from Yeddo to the Sublime Porte.
In the Senate on June 20 bills passed include a fund for disabled police officers and allowing cities to control gas pricing quality. Introduced measures cover relief eligibility residency, dog control by collar, county assessor election, and consolidating county treasurer and collector roles. Other items amend taxes interest and justice costs, with a bill on estate administration defeated. House actions include establishing a Chicago Court of Common Pleas with circuit concurrence and requiring druggist bonds for taxes while repealing part of the railroad law.
A joint resolution proposed amending the Constitution to remove the Electoral College and presidential elections. A committee report recommended authorizing several salaried companies to build union depots and condemn land. A separate resolution to form a joint committee to revise the revenue law was laid on the table and adjourned.
General Chanzy advised division generals and prefects to adopt Cyprus style insect control against grasshoppers and marching crickets. Cypriots deploy silk band barriers forming trenches to trap and bury masses of crickets as they advance.
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