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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1884
Page
3
A man recounts marrying a rosy cheeked girl and a kind mother in law who brings gifts and support. He describes warmth and heartbreak as poverty and work strain mount, then a cold winter morning when his wife dies leaving him with two children. His mother in law appears as a sudden angel of sorrow and care.
George Warren returns late from the club to find his wife Fanny eager for country life and a plan to move. After moving to Peachville and a harrowing night of burglars, a frightened Miss Jones, and a missing baby teddy, the couple reunites, the wife shaken but the husband confessing he was driven by homesickness for the country.
The article outlines simple dyspepsia and acid dyspepsia, noting higher prevalence in men and sedentary individuals. It details delayed stomach and intestinal activity, after-meal weight, flatulence, heart palpitations, disturbed sleep, foul tongue, constipation, and variable appetite. It also covers sensitivities to late suppers, foods raising acidity, and general thinness or occasional corpulent cases.
An esteemed man is arraigned for shooting a friend with a leaden bullet. The defendant claims no bullets, only powder and a horseshoe nail. The judge notes the indictment should read nail, not bullet, and the prisoner is discharged.
A Chicago Tribune scan praises Irving saying his intellectuality is luminous and widely horizoned. The note suggests the description could mirror a red sunset. Henry plans to send a copy of the paper home, per Louell Citizen. William Hi Craft reportedly chalked three hands and two miles at Syracuse, NY, appearing to travel without sleep.
A compilation notes figures like Frederick L. Ames directing fifty two railway companies Jay Gould twenty four and Hugh J Jewett twenty Dr sore Fordyce lived healthily on one meal a day Frances Hodgson Burnett's illness and family Washington papers salute American women Pall Mall Gazette praises American girls The Oswego gentleman maintains a long subscription to the New York Evening Post Rev Dr John Hall earns a vast salary Charles K Salamon sold song rights for eight pounds to yield eight hundred pounds yearly income Sallie Maclean described as unusually pretty two New York artists crown her as the prettiest Miss Maclean Newark World editor John A Cockerill earns ten thousand dollars salary plus stock in St Louis Post Dispatch Pulitzer funds Lieutenant Rhodes of the Dexter praised for wreck work at City of Columbus disaster saving two ships in a thirteen year old tornado event.
A collage of light verse and quips from various papers notes witty exchanges about first ladies in Philadelphia, silly remarks about hats and vibrations, a Maine boy’s question about Samson, sledding poetry, a courtroom joke with an Irish defendant, frost bitten eyesight, a boy’s diary of a winter day, and a New York editor’s New Year remarks about a poet poodle in parlors.
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