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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1891
Page
1
Scattered article fragments mention Jonny Port Hennessy a rising Irish politician alleged as the model for Anthony Trollope's Phingas Finn. The page also references pensions misappropriations, New York Jewish connections, voyage distances, and assorted health and railway notes.
A distorted account describes a son learning telegraphy in college and sending messages from a moving car. It notes John Wheely claiming a new force to revolutionize locomotion at age fifty four and references a company with half a million dollars in capital and financier Sloomfield Moore.
A maiden visitor at Bracing Hall in the Catskills must take No. 87, hailed as the best view with a dry yet haunted room. She endures odd suspicious talk from staff and a young maid named Salina about ghosts and a prior gambler’s specter.
A narrator awakens to a violent scene in a haunted room at racing Hall. Four visitors plot to kill, a knife and pistol clash, a man dies, and the narrator fights for escape as doctors and witnesses assess the bizarre incident.
The article explains that weight equals gravity toward a center and that the sun's pull and other planets balance with earth. It argues the earth would shift far from its path if drawn by other bodies and notes the thinness of other atmospheres would prevent life. St Joseph Herald.
A station near Cheat River becomes a dramatic scene as a sleeping switchman spots an approaching train and halts a runaway freight by toppling a tie and diverting cars into the river. The incident ends with the freight cars wrecked and passengers unaware of the danger.
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