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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1874
Page
7
In a Leslie's Weekly poem reminiscence Binley pilots a locomotive through night and storm toward Bridger's Gap. The engine labors against drift and sleet until a fatal freeze halts the run. Next dawn a snow plow reveals Binley found dead at the throttle, a grim end beside his trusted machine.
A comic tale follows bachelor Robert Archer whose feud with Charlie Barton’s mischief ends when Archer rescues and falls for Miss Rebecca Fletcher after baby Daisy Barton is found. The infant’s antics lead to Archer’s engagement to Fletcher and a lighthearted resolution amid village scrutiny.
At a Providence sale a Rhode Islander bid up to two dollars and fifty cents for an unopened express package, hoping it contained valuables or cash rewards, and secured several such parcels.
One fourth of Congress has signed a total abstinence pledge. The initiative aims to reduce alcohol use among lawmakers and promote sobriety in public service.
A mishmash of puns and anecdotes from the Detroit Free Press and Weekly Brunswicker. Jokes about cows butter at forty five cents per pound, a humorous Irishman tale, a silver spoons bequest, a fashion remark, tobacco use, a stove fire peril, and an odd umbrella mix with a shoe store owner.
A compilation of diverse statistics from 19th century sources covers grapevines in Sonoma County Pennsylvania oil wells Lake Erie's human toll tobacco costs in Wisconsin and glove shades. It cites Philadelphia mortality a Cherokee flume gold yield Atlantic steamers losses France Sweden U S wool and pig iron production literacy voters champagne imports Denver Narrow Gauge Railroad New Orleans population decline and Kansas buffalo to civilization shifts.
A fragment from Athens Georgia notes a man who owns a dog famed for charming birds. The item questions the habit of striking hard blows by spitting on hands as pointless, with the primed suggestion of abolishing such custom.
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