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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1872
Page
5
A lyrical piece from Atlantic Monthly evokes a Norse wedding feast in a fjord setting. It celebrates maidenly beauty birch sunlight and starry skies with a refrain of enduring love and communal merriment. The verses reference Saga legends and a Norwegian home brewed drink as revelers dance and sing.
A storyteller recalls Highlanders as strong yet moral in crisis. Peter McTavish touts true strength as stubborn integrity, while Jon McDonald and Allister test courage, jail, and a father’s perilous choice. The tale contrasts bold acts with quiet mercy and ends with Allister’s trial and a fatal quarry blast.
A collection of short items notes social and economic curiosities from 19th century America. It covers railroad industry roles for women, large engines in Lehigh County, debtors in Suffolk Jail, fashions and hats, odd terms in a Tennessee wage paper, oat meal costs, a Newark smoker, man sentenced for manslaughter in Utica, an insane asylum practice in Maine, vaccination stats in Prussia, Dorsey’s greenback tracts, and Cincinnati seating rules for theaters.
On January 1 1872 Iowa printed 20 daily newspapers 234 weeklies 2 tri weekly 2 semi weekly 7 monthlies 2 bi monthly and 1 quarter ays There were 7 Arman language papers 1 Norwegian 1 Bohemian and 1 Holland Politically 167 Republican 42 Democratic The rest were neutral or devoted to educational agricultural or religious matters.
The famous Mad Elephant of Mandla is dead after months as a terror in Central India. He roamed the region tearing down houses trampling crops and killing fifty three people in his wake.
Washington dispatch quotes Vice President Colfax denying any bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He states full support for Ulysses Grant's renomination and says he would accept the nomination if the national convention chose him, but he is not a candidate. He pledges unwavering support for the party and for the ticket if another man is selected.
A garbled excerpt references suspicion, a large Republican majority, and names like Tron and PcPienerix with unclear context. The fragment mentions Indians and altered lines, but no coherent event or outcome is identifiable. Further readable details are not present to form a complete item.
Advice on proper horse feeding emphasizes not overworking and avoiding cheap bad hay. It recommends oats for hard work, hay for lighter work, chaff for old horses, mixing chaff with corn or beans, chopped hay from a manger, salt water rinse, and bruising oats for older horses due to dental issues.
A Western Rural column argues farmers should keep simple farm ledgers to track costs and profits per crop, noting a detailed 110 acre wheat run shows an average profit of 5.88 per acre. It contends bookkeeping reveals best crops, reduces risk, and justifies costs even on small farms.
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