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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1880
Page
3
An archival fragment notes a departing scene with imagery of a cool ocean stretch and cloudless skies. The text references Heng Fegublican and GEO. BURT, editor, though names are partially garbled. The piece reads as a poetic or editorial aside within a larger page.
Mrs. Jasper Jackman recounts a stormy November night at Jackman’s Nook when housebreakers raid the home. A bold plan to lock the door and retrieve her baby leads her to Mulligan’s Tavern for aid, where her husband and Mulligan confront the robbers, revealing the mistaken risk and Jasper’s forgiveness.
A collage of light vignettes and quotes describes a London Punch style cartoon of a rain soaked meeting on Washington Street, a young man offering to be a rain deer, and two souls with one umbrella. Other items recall juvenile club chatter, a San Francisco tea party, and a New Haven Register note on a rosy faced girl delaying dinner.
A border figure from Fort Bridger Utah Jim Bridger visits New York and adores a performance of A Midsummer Night s Dream He cannot name Shakspeare yet loves him and after losing his oxen yoke to a reader of Shakspeare hires a reader for fifty dollars a month and listens to the plays until he reaches the murder scene He threatens violence when the reader nicks the Princes in the Tower but the scene ends as a sincere compliment to Shakspeare.
A visitor tours the Louise Home founded by W. W. Corcoran in Washington for widowed women of modest means. The tour describes Moorish style halls, galleries, Beatrice Cenci copy, old master Judith, and portraits of Corcoran and his wife. Inmates recount his Christmas scene and the founder’s lifelong devotion to their comfort, including a dining room with a silver tea service for those unable to join meals.
The passage extols a man’s tenderness toward the aged and infirm and the joy of receiving blessings from those whose lives he enriched. It underscores his liberal spirit and the desire to grant what God has given him without expecting reward, as celebrated in Youta's Companion.
A London Saturday Review critique argues girls education is set too high and risks brain exhaustion. It cites overburdened students, less rational schooling, and calls for more careful handling by parents and teachers amid medical warnings.
A four year old boy from Mrs. Wagner's family on the Avondale free excursion was presumed drowned after disappearing Thursday. Detectors scoured the grounds for days until a passerby in the marsh found him trapped in mud up to his waist. He was revived at Avondale House and is expected to recover.
A Bavarian ruler, Kine Lovers, is described as an uncomfortable sovereign who rises late and stays up until dawn. He awakens the Secretary in the middle of the night to conduct state business, leaving the official perpetually alert and energetic like a cock crowing at daybreak.
In Socorro a doctor exploring near a long-forgotten El t mine entered a crawl space and faced a nine rattled six foot rattlesnake. He retired, relit a taper, and killed the snake with a rock and then a revolver, returning to the surface shaken but safe.
A Rural New Yorker note explains best practices to protect new trees and shrubs after transplanting. It covers puddling roots, mulching with hay or leaves, and refining watering approaches to ensure moisture reaches roots, while avoiding soil baking. A casual aside contrasts with a Boston Post quip on crime and a snail paced race remark.
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