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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1881
Page
6
The piece surveys upcoming spring fashion with mentions of new hat shapes, bonnets, and lace trim. It highlights light crapes, bayonnaire fabrics, and Ombre satin merveilleux sashes, noting colors like Persisian mauve, steel gray, pale lac, and corn color, plus mourning glove embroidery and delicate straw hats.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher notes that sudden illness often fails when help arrives quickly and calmly. The piece stresses avoiding crowds, improper remedies, and frantic fanning, urges quiet handling for fainting and heart trouble, and recommends swift medical aid and returning to routine after initial relief.
A letter dated April 9 1881 from a former chief engineer of the Republican campaign claims long labor for the nation and seeks a port of New York surveyor post or other high offices in Brazil Italy Spain. The writer cites support from bankers and other Republicans and pleads for reward of his eminent services.
A Charlotte Observer report describes Dr Daniel Asbury’s flying machine with a birdlike frame and three wings totaling about thirty feet, operated by foot power and gearing. It claims the device can ascend, then glide with extended wings via propellers, and descend by shifting weight.
Selections note exuberant remarks about Garfield's sons in the White House, King Kalakaua's reception in Shanghai, a white headed robin with a color robin mate, a Monaco death count debate, a snow castle in Prince Edward Island with public sales and concerts, Arctic search vessels, Mexico's winter damage, and Burman views on a changing Buddha amid steam and electricity.
A rough tale unfolds as a stranger boasts of grand game hunts and a disastrous elephant trap. He explains buying a steamboat, lashing hog-chains, and trapping an elephant with an ostrich, then claims the escapade wrecked his farm and finances while leaving a yard of skin and seven hundred bars of ile.
A Brooklyn Eagle report recounts a tall tale from an Oyster Bay resident claiming he walked on bluefish to reach Great South Beach and found a massive ivory haul with gold plates. He mixed in desertion of other wild claims about animals, weapons, and travel from Nevada to New Haven, ending with an invitation to a hunt at his house as patrons dispersed in silence.
An observer recalls Whistler decorating a Belgravia mansion with a daring ceiling scene. The artist lies on a mattress using a long bamboo pole to apply paint while peacock feather motifs and a sea of color dominate the vista.
The St. Louis Republic highlights Dalton merchant R L Lloyd who trained his mouth to write after losing both arms. A letter he dictated to his wholesale clients describes his injury at Lexington in 1851 with the battle names and his resolve to “never give up the ship.”
A short nursery tale describes a lonely kitten whose life changes when two little pigs arrive. The pigs greedily share milk from the basin, causing mischief until they all frolic together and the kitten finds happiness again.
A girl named Hattie dreams of becoming a scholar or writer. Her sister Agnes helps her face practical study with a daily page of writing and a vow to master spelling. A river adventure follows for Pollie and Peggy, saved by a passerby after a tub boat mishap.
Polly and Peggy, two little girls with brown and blue eyes, promise to be very good while their mother is away. They plan a simple afternoon with bread and butter, baked apples with cream, and sugar cakes for supper, using their own pretty tea set.
A mother explains a boy’s odd exchange with a boy in the garden and wood. The child recalls a echoing dialogue where prompts are met with counter replies and a promise of reciprocity as taught by a biblical verse.
W. H. Gilder recounts harsh Arctic living conditions including scarce water, freezing towels, and improvised cleanliness. He describes encampment life with dirty surroundings, eating from a shared trough, and using animal skins as napkins, illustrating cultural differences and hardships in a harsh climate.
A dog waking its owner with barking alerting to danger saved human inhabitants of a dwelling in Newburyport Massachusetts but the dog died from suffocation amid the incident.
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