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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1872
Page
3
A Boston Daily Globe verse fragment recalls a secret orchard meeting with a beloved, while birds and bobolinks gossip of romance. The speaker envisions future moments under blossoms as summer fills the air with twitter, warble, and joyous song.
Saratoga letter describes a young man of wealth arriving quietly after his mother’s death. He arranges mourning decor in his Congress hotel rooms, shunning the ballroom, imports Egyptian furniture, and plans somber entertaining. He will ride in a four in hand with mournful livery, costing about $500 weekly. Public opinion labels him odd yet calls him a filial, though peculiar, son.
The article lauds the administration for peaceful reintegration of conquered states, booming cotton markets, a break in gold speculation, stable trade, vast railway growth, protected Pacific routes, new lines north, and civilizational progress with Native Americans. It credits Boutwell Creswell Morton Wilson Schenck Dawes Garfield Schofield Scott for finances and legislation, and praises President Grant as calm attentive and wise, asking what statesmanship is.
A curious note wonders if a paper beef-steak could replace leather ones in daily boarding house use. The piece also comments on isolation and self-centered living by an implied character.
The Hon. B. F. Parks of Aurora Illinois spoke at Joliet urging Democrats to stay loyal, denouncing Horace Greeley and endorsing U S Grant. He warned that deserting the party would betray its history, praised Democratic leaders, and attacked Greeley’s secessionist and pension positions while praising Grant’s record and leadership.
A traveler recalls a Swiss contraband racket where dogs are trained to carry watches and goods across the border. Dogs are starved and beaten by a uniformed trainer then chased with peas or whips to teach evasion, guiding the animal to return home with loads. Six dogs can support their master.
A long compilation covers global populations, rail and crane wear on locomotives, and the life of boiler components. It reports on a Lunatic at Sing-Sing, agricultural fairs, typography letter frequencies, and English legal debt imprisonment. It also details stove emissions, safety safes by Marvin & Co, and Chicago warehousing.
According to M Renault of Paris a drawing on strong glaze paper with glutinous ink can be pressed onto sensitized paper after covering the lines with bronze powder. The metal forms a black print by chemical action. by softening the ink with alcohol vapor and renewing the bronze, many impressions may be produced.
The captain of a Massachusetts whaler returning from a South Pacific voyage recovered an iron anchor taken from the ship Catawba of Nantucket about two decades ago after capturing a sperm whale.
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