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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1880
Page
3
A poetic meditation on a woman artist as mother and creator. It traces her ascent from dreamer to painter, blending art with domestic life and loss. The verses liken art to sculpture and memory to marble, celebrating enduring beauty and sacrifice.
In a village kitchen Mrs Crofts weighs charity as Freddy Barton and others push for a missionary box. She recalls debt, starvation at home, and a sick neighbor family, finally sending aid without publicizing her name, while locals debate stinginess and generosity.
A nineteenth century portrait of Marshal Alexander Suvoroff famous for cheerful oddities. He wore shirtsleeves in cold weather and crowed like a rooster to rouse troops. He dined with the Empress yet slept on straw and puzzled others with odd questions to test wit. In a siege question he challenged a young soldier with a sharp answer.
In a winter tale from Harper's Young People, Suvoroff tests a sentry on a frosty Danube night. Vasili Pushkin counts stars to prove his wit and earns a corporal’s rank from the famed general.
In Americus Georgia a rattlesnake four feet eight inches long with thirteen rattles fought a large house cat for half an hour. Both animals died after the cat crushed the snake’s head, with the serpent wrapping the cat in its coils at least twice. Separately, Berks County Pennsylvania's Board of Poor Directors banned tobacco use by inmates at the Poor House due to fires traced to smoking-related sparks.
A playful verse describes Orr and Baby crisscrossing a dream like landscape. They travel slowly in a sleepy song toward a whimsical destination, underscored by a rocking accompaniment and imaginative imagery.
An explanation for young readers of longitude and the 180 degree meridian. It describes Greenwich time, how sailors calculate longitude, and how crossing 180 degrees can shift the date and day of the week, with practical examples aboard ships crossing the Pacific.
The Pennsylvania Railroad had been paid in full for goods destroyed during the 1877 Pittsburgh riots, but now it seeks additional freight payments on the same merchandise, prompting a renewed dispute over costs and liability.
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