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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1875
Page
3
A 50 year old memory in verse tells of a farm wedding on a sunlit road. A youth and maid exchange vows as a parson pledges payment and the bride drops a bag of beans in a playful, rustic scene. The poem ends with communal blessing and humor.
In a winter tale set around Christmas a Welsh squire William and his wary friend Meyrick attend a bachelor party at Plas. They hear of a white horse omen and encounter a chilling specter that links to past quarrels and a mysterious death in the hall. A surgeon narrator reveals the truth behind the haunting and the escape of a jail cell mix up.
Col Forney reports on Moody and Sankey in London praising their hymn singing and clear preaching. The scene features large audience boxes, a disciplined chorus, and Moody’s brisk exhortation about knowing Christ as savior amid vivid anecdotes and contemporaneous curiosities.
A waterproof, flexible patch for stopping holes in ships uses an outside-mounted mechanism. Lieut. Payer plans an eastern Greenland crossing, while Whymper’s west-side attempts are noted. The Coast Survey releases Dall on Aleutian tides and currents. Calcium chloride keeps roads moist but harms vegetation. A Cremona test proposes injecting ammonia under the skin to prove life. Voelcker studies manures showing nitrogenous fertilizers yield the biggest crop gains. Aspirations include tunnels under Mont St Bernard and the Dover Straits. Sperenberg near Berlin reveals a record salt-deposit bore reaching 4 104 feet with a 2 007 foot salt layer.
At London's Guildhall Court a naval captain named Perry lost 600 pounds after an elopement tale with Miss Nightingale unraveled. He had not spoken to her, yet a likeness and letters led to a proposal, then the match was broken off as a Cape of Good Hope appointment loomed. Baron Bramwell warned bachelors of dangers.
An excerpt describes Frank Walworth hiding when approached at an asylum and mentions efforts to obtain his pardon. It also oddly notes Massachusetts population growth and a large number of churches and church members.
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