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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1875
Page
6
A long regional summary lists incidents from Illinois counties including deaths from heart disease at church services, a Polish emigrant family found dead, a shooting in a saloon in Milton, and various rail, school, and temperance debates. It covers courthouse actions, investigations, and legislative votes, plus weather and revival reports from multiple counties.
Bills introduced cover warehouse law amendments, changing corporate names and business locations, and real estate purchaser protections. Resolutions seek clerks for Judiciary and Revenue Committees and a joint committee to revise the Revenue law. Petitions urge modification of the Grand Jury system.
The House debated the Temperance law and Copperas Creek Dam bill. A postponement was decided on the temperance measure while the Copperas Creek bill moved toward an amendment to submit to popular vote pending further action. The city incorporation bill passed fully and other measures on depots and stations advanced.
The Illinois State Board of Agriculture offers a 100 dollar premium for the best one half mile earth road built in 1875 under a three member committee. Entries due by May 16 with trials to be announced a month prior. location, soil type, construction devices, time and cost all to be considered. Prairie Farmer.
Changes in Illinois during the week ending March 18 include established post offices in Fulkerson Cumberland County and McCandish as postmaster. Lennox discontinued in Kane County. Yellowhead renamed Grand Park in Kankakee County. Appointments include Chalfin Monroe County Levi Davis Cisco Hancock Newton Hurdle Latham Logan William Oren Oakford Menard Charles L C Bradfield Polar City Vanderhoof Savoy Burroughs Scottville Coons Summum Baumgartner.
A London inquiry at Windsor Castle examined the death of 21 year old Sarah Phillips who drowned in the Regent's Canal. Her uncle Samuel Leech, a Bethnal Green trader, was accused of extortion and heartless conduct leading to the tragedy, with a coroner urging moral responsibility and a verdict of death by own action in a state of unsound mind caused by abuse and debt.
A medical note argues for acid foods to aid digestion when fat-rich meals are eaten. Fresh fruit is preferred over preserved forms, and lemons or vinegar can curb cravings for sour foods. Canned fruit and pie fillings may hinder nutrition. moderation in acid use is advised, especially with strong acids.
A health excerpt warns that claiming lemon juice cures bilious or other diseases led to dangerous weight loss practices. It condemns dieting by vinegar as harmful, noting many feeble women and early deaths, and advocates balanced eating of well cooked vegetables and fruit to satisfy natural appetite.
The Pall Mall Gazette describes powder tea or kiocha and usucha prized by Japanese taste. Consul Robertson notes it as a luxury imported by enterprising tea dealers. Leaves are grown, shaded, fermented, ground to powder, and prepared with a bamboo whisk to produce froth and ceremony.
The Baltimore Sun notes four nearly identical newborn daughters of Mr and Mrs Hahn born on Low street and examined by physicians from Washington and Philadelphia. The babies Sarah Mary Kate and Jennie are christened by Rev Father Malloy and may weigh about five pounds each. Subscriptions flooded hotels and bars as locals donated to the family while Mrs Hahn recovers.
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