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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1880
Page
7
The piece contrasts gracious hostessing and everyday warmth with showy entertainments. It praises intimate gatherings that comfort guests, noting French hospitality as a model of cheerful sociability and moderation. An anecdote from Burdette adds a lighter travel moment.
A diverse group of passengers converses about wheat as the train travels. They debate color, ripening, and the differences between spring and winter wheat, with guesses about harvest times and varieties.
The narrator describes the English moor's face as a strong character like the ocean or Alps and recalls a drive across a moorland between Devon and Somerset. He notes scent of heather and earth, moist brunt air, and changing skies, with vistas of villages, churches, and wild uplands under stormy light.
A striking tigress described as beautifully marked and splendidly striped was sold in London for fifty two guineas. Earlier in India a tame tiger escaped in Jeypore and killed or disposed of over twenty villagers before calm returned, and another gentle tiger reportedly wandered off with its keeper near Baroda.
Two miners who had not seen each other for years exchange a bantering plan to visit next day if spared by the Lord. A second miner jokes that the Lord will be short of hands. Also notes on beating eggs, spinach salt, and a misread washing tip. Mentions Denver Grand Central Depot plans and a Governor-General and Princess at a fishing date.
A collage of home farming notes covers vermin deterrents with copperas and whitewash, feeding grains like Batley, poultry care avoiding sulphur, charcoal use, and a curd milk egg lime paste. It also includes clover crops for field fodder, Bokhara clover for bees, a sponge cake recipe, cow self-sucking prevention methods, corn starch puddings, and a lemon butter bake method.
A Peculiar Pawtucket man named Josh Thompson sits in the Lindell Hotel rotunda boasting a $25,000 sight draft and three mineral claims with ore sold for $70,000. He says he will visit Pawtucket to care for his father before returning to the Black Hills to develop his mines.
In Saratoff a peasant family is set for murder charges after a sorcerer at a wedding was attacked and mutilated by relatives who feared an evil sign. The case centers on the conjurer who, though invited, displeased the bridal party, prompting violence and the body’s near destruction.
A long reader letter collage touts Hamburg Drops as a cure for liver issues and promotes other patent medicines. It cites testimonials from individuals in Normanville and Chicago, endorses Dr Pierres Golden Medical Discovery, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, and Warner’s Safe Remedies, claiming cures for skin, bronchial, kidney, and bowel ailments.
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