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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1889
Page
3
Domestic fires, murders, political shifts, and disasters dominate a densely packed Week in Review. Notable items include a Bellaire cadet’s fire loss, moonshine raids in McDowell and Wyoming counties, Lincoln era arrests, and a Missouri bill limiting grain options. Civil war echoes, labor actions, and multiple weather and railroad incidents punctuate a broad panorama of American life.
Advices from Rome report a battle between Abyasiniang and devishes leaving thirty thousand dead. Indies tax rice output fell short by 18 360 bags from last year. English and European stocks sit under two thirds of prior two year levels. In Buckingham Quebec an Episcopal clergyman Evans drowned after a boat upset. Father Damien, famed leper priest, died at Molokai after sixteen years there. Ten thousand weavers in Thiry France struck for higher wages. Immigration to Canada declined. total to the 11th was 9 005 versus 14 738 last year. A Mexican bank project faces insurmountable hurdles and may fail to organize. A plot to assassinate the Czar was uncovered at St Petersburg with many arrests. In Elsenheim a land dispute left seven dead after gendarmes opened fire. Rio de Janeiro reports rising risk of war between Bolivia and Paraguay.
Reports dated the 14th describe a cyclone damaging roofing and fences in Danville Virginia and blowing down the Colored Baptist Church and a house under construction. Copper ore was found in Wayne County Pennsylvania while a landslide in Switzerland destroyed villages and forests.
Illinois legislature advances a wide package including 14,852 for buildings and street work, 44,600 for a new Chicago eye and ear infirmary project, and 23,000 yearly for a state historical library. It moves a prohibition measure to a special October election and targets public guard appointments, school attendance, and prison reforms.
London May 10 The body of Sidney Bolton aged years who died at Deptford in February last was exhumed and arsenical poisoning evidenced. The boy boarded with Mrs Winter a relative who forged the mother's name to collect twenty pounds on insurance. Since 1880 Mrs Winter has insured twenty seven relatives and five died. Police expect her arrest.
The text pools casual judgments about modern youth, manners, and social roles. It portrays young women as bold, nurses see heroes in policemen, and critics deride superficial cleverness. It notes class and wealth concerns, betting, and family status shaping behavior.
President Carnot and ministers open the Paris Exposition amid ceremonies and grand Display. The event features a colossal dome, vast seating, and a parade of international representatives. Night lighting, the Eiffel Tower, and allied celebrations showcase France’s industrial vigor and cultural grandeur.
An old advertising line proclaims Castoria as the remedy for a crying child at every life stage from baby to mother. The rhyme emphasizes consistent use of Castoria for infants and children and extends to maternal use with a playful twist.
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