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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1887
Page
2
The notice lists one year in advance pricing, extra postage for outside Marshall County, and comments on the Magnolia railroad survey passing through the village. It notes locals are confident the road will be built and mocks Arizona climate as unnecessary this season.
The committee of ladies led by Mrs C Barnes Mrs L Young Mrs G W Brooks Mrs L P Bush Mrs H York and Drs Austin Matthews ran the donation festival last evening. Gross receipts totaled 40.40 with thanks to Mr Geo Ball for cream god donations and to the Cornet band for volunteering their services.
The supervisor's report was received last evening but its length prevents timely publication. The assessment of the towns remains as reported by the assessors. The Henry Fisher case against Marshall County was not appealed, decided by a strict party vote.
George W Zimmerman played the fife during the grand parade at the inter gale, joining the Cornet band drummers to supply martial music. The writer praises him as one of the best fifers in the section and notes the omission was an oversight.
Mrs James Gillmer called Saturday, a surprise as she recovers slowly from a serious car crash. Doctors say disfigurement and injuries like bruises, fractures, and lost teeth have caused lasting inconvenience, but she is improving and out again. Her brother Henry Rummel and wife of Galesburg have visited twice to offer consolation.
In Heanton the G A R committee and citizens met at New Opera Hall to appoint a finance committee led by E H Butchins J F Leavitt El D Watercott Henry Yaeger Sam O Banion J L Jones and A H Zimmermann Adjournments set for Monday and a reunion planned for Henry August 23 24 25 1887 Henry Townsend L A Meier Walter Scott Burt P W Wykef W Voxelsang and Howard Young named to the executive committee The groups will meet at Post headquarters this evening to appoint sub committees and frame a program
A fragmented obituary record citing SINcLA voudey of the American News Company in New York aged seventy two, Morzine of PIU Jaras College, J ar as, and F Jange UO. BS. LOGUaRE a noted jurist in the South died in Allants Georgia, heart disease claimed Una Rhode Island Legislature adjourned sine die on April 174th, the Union Labor party of Kentucky held a convention with Ta Grange support, and an elderly traveler nicknamed the great Amesices traveler died in Chelsea Massachusetts aged seventy six.
Obituary notes Darius P Fyffe of Magnolia age 70 dies in Hastings Nebraska July 4 1887. He allied with Magnolia lodge for 86 years and served as secretary or treasurer while guiding his family through business and education. His two daughters attend to burial in Magnolia per his wishes.
A Saturday afternoon blaze at the John Whitney farm near the town center reduced the dwelling to ashes after a quick spread from a faulty flue. Occupants Edward Motter and family, along with Reginald and others, escaped as assets were saved. Motter’s loss estimated at $75 plus items from the second floor, with Mrs Motter bearing about $1500 in losses, insured for $600. Motter has moved to town while aid from locals supported the family. Levi Clisbee earlier owned the farm, later sold to Jordan plant and then John Whitney added a two story front. owners and residents are named in this report.
The stretch between Palisade and Wells is described as Nevada’s coldest area with thermometers often at fifty degrees below zero. The item also threads through brief notes on a New London County lawyer’s colorful phraseology and a Colorado hunter found frozen after a trap incident.
The Industrial World surveys vast production feats in 19th century North America. It notes Canada’s first steel steamer with Scottish engines, Maine cone gathering for French and German markets, a California farmer’s $50,000 potato yield, and Pittsburgh’s dominant natural gas supply to factories and homes. It also covers cheap pocket cutlery produced from sheet steel, silk worm disease pebrine linked to Pasteur’s era, California wine and grape exports, Holland wooden clogs in upstate New York, and Mansfield Ohio inventor Cook’s electrical ventures aiming at a $25.6 million payoff.
A Boston dispatch reports famine across the Cilicia plain in Asia Minor, near Adana and Tarsus. Harvest failed after a harsh winter, villagers desert farms, and people sell copper, furniture, and cattle at a fraction of value. Over 100,000 inhabitants, 80,000 destitute, prompt an American Board appeal.
Bijou, a famed 75 year old African male elephant weighing about 4500 pounds, was poisoned at the World's Museum on a Saturday night. Capsules filled with poison were hidden in chocolates and caramels, and Bijou ate them deliberately, dying 46 minutes after the first bite.
A man identified as Trigg of Washington committed suicide by jumping from a bridge on a third tester Island after being seen with his hat off and riding on the rail. He left passes and money, and friends were notified. Harris & Co shipped their 16th carload of horses to Boston this week, with $48,000 distributed locally for road and draft horses.
A collage of satirical quips and quibbles from multiple papers. Snippets touch on gender and manners, humor about women, currency and debt, pickpocketing, parting gratitude, twins gossip, sleigh rides, hydrophobia, language changes, and a cautionary note on speaking brave.
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