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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1893
Page
5
A wide range of topics fills the page from Mexico and French politics to Panama funds and American finance. The column mocks politicians, notes missing revenue, praises seafaring skill, and cites 1923 bank clearings along with a Bakersville tragedy hoax. It also covers labor shares at Sims Co. and Kenna’s political rise.
Reports from multiple states detail elections or reelections for the U S Senate. Edward Murphy Jr wins New York seat. Indiana reelects David Turpie. Missouri selects Francis Marion Cockrell. Minnesota notes Senator Davis reelection. Michigan Stockbridge leads with Campau and Belden. Tennessee reelects William Bate. Delaware reelects George Uray. Maine splits Senate Hale and House Hale. Massachusetts Lodge leads in Senate and Lodge wins House. Connecticut Hawley reelected. Calcutta note tells of a flying serpent sighting near Shutterat. witnesses describe a massive yellow and black creature with alligator like head.
A historical item describes the jerks a disease-like movement from prewar Tennessee and a slave owner who tried to whip participants before his own eruption of jerks. The text notes a carved horseshoe found in Albany Ohio and an Texas hotel manager reporting relief after Ballard's Horehound Syrup. The passage blends sensational anecdotes with medicinal advertising.
The piece surveys wide topics from gender imbalance and wine output to rail expansion, printing progress, indigenous foods, skating in Texas, and a string of local notices. It also includes a testimonial for P P P medicine from A M Ramsey in Comanche Texas and details of the Marshall County Farmers Institute program at Wenona with speakers, sessions, and dates.
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