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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1892
Page
5
The Countess of Clancarty once Belle Bilton, mother to a newborn twin, sends a humorous telegram to a friend claiming “Nothing succeeds like success. Double bill tonight. Pantomimes not in it.” The item sits amid a column of assorted 19th century dispatches.
Report from City of Mexico dated February 16 describes heavy fighting near Chihuahua as priests allegedly incite locals to oppose the government. Federal detachments battle revolutionaries at Temochi and Los Almas, with casualties reported and rebels gaining arms before retreating toward Sonora.
Report of mob violence across Arkansas and Alabama with two Black murderers lynched in Pink Bluff and one suspect hanged in Selma. Details describe crowds, firearms, and public spectacle as bodies dangled for hours. Also notes Native attacks by wild dogs near Sherman County after a wagon accident.
Six weeks after a Lombardy street fire in Prrrapurco on Liberty near Sixth, the Dalmyer building housing Saitta and Forgassi Italian fruit dealers burned down. A month later the corpse of an Italian worker known as Old Jack or Splittz was found. the coroner ruled Old Jack set the blaze but a natural gas explosion kept him from fleeing, burning him to death.
Disastrous blizzard lashes coast as multiple ships report heavy losses. The schooner Laura from St Jacques to Gloucester loses two crew overboard in midnight gale off Whitehead. Crewman Colin McKenna is not seen. Ella G. Thurston reports four men lost on western banks. S. A. Duncan founders southeast of Green Island. Sylph rescues captain and crew. A fishing boat sinks off Newcastle with five drowned.
The president transmits a message to Congress urging swift legislation to enforce a miners protection act in the territories. He notes the 1891 law lacks funds to implement and cites the Krebs disaster with sixty seven deaths, urging a special appropriation for inspector salaries and expenses.
In Chicago at Rice Sons stone quarry George an Italian injured while drilling for a blast carried a dynamite cartridge in his pocket. A crowbar strike caused a terrible explosion leaving his right leg torn and his body horribly mangled. He was taken to the county hospital in critical condition.
Washington reports that a London conference between Lord Salisbury and Minister Lincoln resulted in exchanging signatures on the Behring sea treaty. It will be signed by the American minister in London and the British minister in Washington to avoid delay, and is expected to go to the Senate next week. France Italy and Sweden have agreed to name neutral arbitrators.
A fire at the state lunatic asylum two miles north of town burned a confined patient to death. The inmate named Krown had escaped recently and was recaptured, with speculation he started the bedding blaze. Superintendent MITT suffered injuries from a falling ladder. Estimated damage about $200,000 as the legislature contemplates rebuilding plans.
Col H I Simpson a long time business leader in Darras Texas is missing. Reported grand jury indictments and rumors of crooked transactions surround him. He is believed aboard a ship heading to Europe or South America with at least 30000 dollars in cash stolen.
Deputy Collector W W Colquitt and Deputies Briggs and Jackson returned from a four day raid through Cleburne County. They captured four moonshiners, destroyed nine stills and all apparatus, spilled about 10 000 gallons of beer and several hundred gallons of whisky. In four months seventy moonshine stills have been destroyed in the county.
The Young Ladies’ Bazaar reports a rare Lincoln letter to Mary that pretends no romance yet seeks to define future acquaintance and possible marriage. Jesse Welk of Greencastle unearthed this curious draft showing Lincoln’s tutored mind and restraint before his marriage.
A Fort Wayne mother recounts a child’s severe cough that persisted for weeks before Bayard's Horehound Syrup rapidly cured it from the first dose. The notice also mentions various patent medicines and a county legal action over pauper care with several towns named in Fulton county.
Advertisement urges staying home and using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe or severe cold. Claims prevention of pneumonia and high recovery rates, cites 26 and 60 cent prices, and promotes subscription mailings from J W Nicco.
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