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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1885
Page
8
A land surveyor with a bright three legged instrument pauses at a district school. Children stare as the theodolite is mistaken for a photographer. A frugal school-maam pays two dollars for a view of thirteen pupils grouped by the door. the sketchy photo is promised but not delivered.
A narrator recalls reading a Cornhill story where a curate kills his obstacle to love, then confesses plotting to murder his own uncle. He rehearses methods, nearly succeeds, but a bungled plan ends with the uncle inheriting an annuity and the narrator vowing never to attempt murder again.
Angelo J. Leus states in Belgravia that he will devote his energies to care for his ailing uncle and safeguard his life with a life insurance plan. He argues restraint and duty over suppression, aiming to keep the relative alive as long as possible and secure peace of mind.
A legislative Educational Committee visits Shakerag County to inspect schools and meet residents. They encounter a sharp, illiterate farmer who questions their purpose, mocks reform, and dismisses the visit, asserting he has no use for schooling and hints at whisky bribes. The exchange ends with the man warning officers they cannot be fooled.
A robust Hamilton man is poisoned by egg and experiences sickness from a single egg. Even a tiny portion unsettles him, and contact with broken eggs irritates his fingers. He believes eating one egg could kill him, and coffee mixed with egg aggravates his stomach.
A brief exchange from the Hoston Post recalls a husband asking about owning the earth and his wife replying that the man should be owned first. The playful line reflects domestic humor in a post matinee chat.
An item surveys universities in Australia ranking with Oxford and Cambridge, and compares Yale and Harvard student origins. It notes an English professor in Cincinnati and Harvard student rule discussions, then discusses health, Vassar ridicule, ex Governor Sanford’s memorial university plan, church leadership roles, a rural meeting anecdote, and Pope Leo XIII’s priesthood jubilee celebrations with Vatican offerings and pilgrimages.
A collage of humorous clippings and quips from various papers includes a buckles and Barnacle exchange on politeness, a St Louis editor’s sudden wealth story, romance banter in a Chicago parlor, a darkey road joke about directions, a Lowell journalist ghost tale involving a Christmas towel, and a Dakota tenderfoot tale about a sprouted cane in rich soil.
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