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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1876
Page
3
A Scots verse recounts a parent soothing children to sleep with tender imagery. The narratorial voice describes bairns cuddling doon while the world outside looms with care and hope lingers that He who grants a boon will whisper comfort to the sleeping family.
George Scott travels by canal boat and befriends a rough crew including Joe and Clint Bowers. Kirby, a quiet thinker among the workers, devises a scheme to impersonate Clint to secure his uncle's fortune, hoping to aid Clint and secure a better future for himself.
A fragment from Laurent Stockton’s Atlantic Monthly narrative depicts Clint’s ghostly return and a plan to marry into a trapeze troupe. Kirby’s true gilt is praised as rumors spread that Clint sent letters from the South where he vanished after buying a circus share.
A planned surprise tenth anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Potter ends with chaos as the couple quarrel over a rolling pin scene. Mrs. Potter hides the rolling pin, while Mr. Potter exits to the yard. Guests retreat as the couple jokes about tableaux amid a domestic flare up.
The article explains how annealing reduces glass fracture by cooling slowly in heated air. It describes ovens and kilns that maintain a controlled temperature just below glass plasticity, drawing away heat with currents of cooler air and cooling articles over many hours or days to minimize later breakage.
A retmever dog killed a favored cat in a garden. The dog seized the cat and dragged it away, then buried remains behind bushels and replaced soil to avoid detection. The incident was observed, revealing the crime and method.
The piece trails the Feely Volsapyre Arms suit Blithe and Gordon, claiming a Democratic plot to undermine freedom and push central power. It cites Morton’s resolutions for election investigation, alarming voter fraud figures in Mississippi and arguing for accountability in ballot handling.
A Boston Journal Washington correspondent reports a burly Democrat who long sought the payroll of Congress was rewarded yesterday with appointment as custodian of the flag. His duty is to hoist the flag over the hall at meetings, but an attempted ascent through a garret scuttle failed, forcing a switch to a slimmer appointee.
The Nation comments on ex Senator Henderson being dismissed as government counsel in the St. Louis whisky prosecutions. It notes the president’s need to act under the circumstances and cites the offers to Glover and Broadhead as evidence against claims the move aims to weaken the Babeuck case.
Tas Gramme magneto electric machine has long supplied tech at the Houses of Parliament London. It runs on a steam engine 480 feet away from the source, with current carried by copper wires 2.6 inches in diameter. The magnets are arranged with massive rectangular blocks and rotate at 98 revolutions per minute, delivering about 2 3/4 horsepower and a light output exceeding 100,000 English standard candles.
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