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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1888
Page
3
A digest of congressional actions includes bills on education land indemnity and Indian affairs. Domestic items report clerks’ notes, a murder sentence in Fort Smith, weather extremes across multiple states, fires and explosions, labor and railroad issues, and several criminal cases with outcomes noted.
A pardon petition for Toneph Go Meyoklr was presented to Governor Oglesby on the 10th. The Rowan County Kentucky committee urged abolition or transfer to a different judicial district amid a wretched county state. Explosions, deaths, storms, financial shocks, crimes, and political notes fill a sweeping digest from Illinois to Dakota and beyond.
The dispatch records political maneuvers with Blaine declining a presidential bid and Maine Republicans planning a state convention on April 26. It notes Obituaries of Wira m Kui and Coronel Taney, plus foreign events from Canada to Italy, including a Manitoba bridge completion and a British parliamentary session.
The House Banking and Currency panel agreed to report a bill authorizing 20 to 30 million dollars in fractional currency in 5 10 20 and 50 cent notes. Other items noted include Dayton Republicans naming delegates to the National convention for April 14, a Brookyn streetcar crash killing four and injuring nine, and multiple regional incidents from Alabama to Wisconsin.
Alonzo Holly a negro was dragged from the jail at eight yesterday morning by about fifty men who overpowered the jailer and hanged him at a nearby tree. Earlier, Holly had been held on assault charges after escape from Perry County jail. a deputy hid him in the woods before moving him to Belleville. The mob, sober and undeterred, acted swiftly with the lynching.
A collage of brief items notes a four inch beard in Wayne County West Virginia, curious snail pace measured at nine miles in fourteen days, a Paris police ban on women in men's clothing outside carnival days, and photographic outfits aboard US warships. Also included are light quips about the water lily, a Chicago dinner scene, a prayer for pleasant weather, and cotton worm damage estimates across Georgia Louisiana Alabama Mississippi and other states totaling potential losses up to 30 million dollars.
A discussion debunks the belief that room draughts cause colds. It argues that foul hot air and rapid shifts from hot to cold trigger illness, while proper ventilation with outward air flow prevents danger. Healthy individuals tolerate cold air if not overheated.
A prominent Bridgeport lawyer, weighing 250 pounds due to sedentary habits and a liberal diet, loses 42 pounds through walking. He reports 10 to 12 miles daily and clearer thinking as his energy returns, and views walking as an enjoyable routine. The report cites a San Antonio telegraph special about a Vera Cruz death of Jesus Valdonado at age 164 with his three sons aged 140, 120, and 109 attending the funeral.
Prominent writer Hon G Edwards Lester, former U S consul to Italy and author of The Glory and Shame of Hogland and Americas Advancement, contributes views that stir public discussion on national progress and policy.
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