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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
8
A collage of puzzle items, poems, and club notes from a Newark page includes multiple readers’ submissions, prize listings, and club officer results. Names such as Aspiro and G. U. N. appear along with locations in Philadelphia and Bergen Point.
Probate court proceedings list final reports, discharges, and commissions for executors and attests in the estate of James Sowarde and Croesus Bozier. Tax deeds, transfers of property in Lacon Sparland and Varna are noted, with dates in December. Births, marriages, and deaths in Lacon and surrounding towns are announced, along with a local drug advertisement.
The readable text conveys a vague note of an enjoyable gathering with references to Romulus and names like Bellz Lenox and Sergeant Fat Stine. It hints at a farewell until next week but lacks concrete details or dates.
Ladies and gentlemen gather on a hotel veranda to swap bathing stories. Miss A confesses fear of entering the surf while Mrs B shares ribald advice against chills and Mr C boasts of swimming feats as the group jokes about Voas’s indifference who notes bath talk lacks novelty and interest.
The Pontiac Sentinel warns Bualosa men that customers should pay creditors promptly. Merchants extending credit to farmers must be repaid, even if corn and hog prices are low. Farmers commonly buy groceries on time but hesitate to raise money when due.
Captain Eugene Sullivan, Boston diver hunting E L Dunklee, reports Eagle Island is a hill top, a vast eel grass plain harbors hornpouts, with cool water springs surrounded by quicksands where a drowned body could vanish, explaining unrecovered remains.
Prof Fallon Wilmot leapt from a seventy foot wooden tower into nine feet of water amid a full tide and a cheering crowd. The top platform was missing. two boys in tights also dived from the tower. Reporters note the event drew screams and puzzled reactions from onlookers.
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