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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1871
Page
6
A speaker recalls a love unpledged and unfinished as she notes he is free to marry, while memories linger of summer glances and a ring worn by a lady. The poem reflects on fragile vows and the cold, hard truth that hearts rarely die for love, even as bells and legends endure.
Susan King, famed for a solo journey to China, returns to share the tale of funding a new enterprise. She plans a Woman's American Tea venture with a Broadway warehouse to employ women as traveling agents, selling pure tea at $1.50 per pound and promoting a female‑run business model.
A vivid scene shows an elderly man near a town edge watching a kite rise hundreds of feet while catgut strings whisper prayers to messenger-gods. The strange device, shaped like birds and cylinders, is part ritual worship linking earthly act to heavenly mail routes.
Karl Muller works on a grand allegorical marble relief for the Williamsburg Savings Bank facade. The piece illustrates the Parable of the Talents with the Lord and two groups of servants, right and left, amid Oriental animal motifs. The design, praised by connoisseurs, marks a first in stone by scriptural text for commercial art.
A king vows his daughter will wed whoever brings apples to cure her. Three brothers fail with frogs legs and sow bristles while the youngest, Jack, succeeds. He brings apples, builds a land swimming boat, and, after passing three trials, wins the princess by outwaiting hares with help from a magical Iron Man.
Jack earns the king’s daughter and a grand wedding after cleverly routing a hare race. He vows to help his brothers and friends pursue truth over deceit. An Iron Man bestows a gold ring ensuring happiness and victory while Jack remains true.
A portrayal of Chicago’s burnt district after dusk shows eerie nightscapes and flickering blue lights among smoldering piles. The moon, ruins, and distant fires create a ghostly grandeur, with silent streets and lonely guards amid the vast destruction.
M Tuiris voices hope a peaceable settlement of the Alsace issue as Germany agrees to evacuate French territory within weeks after ratification in exchange for the third indemnity payment. The timeline hinges on ratification and the French Assembly schedule, with Germany retaining a postponement option. A stray classroom exchange about behavior breaks the text flow.
A fragmentary verse scene contrasts cold outer night with a warm inner memory of rose, sunlit meadows, and scented blossoms. The speaker fixes on a red rose as a symbol of summer joy that fills the heart and resists solitude and chill.
Newport correspondent recounts a hotel mishap where a veiled medical plaster was misapplied to the wrong guest due to a misplaced room. The discovered error caused laughter and a hasteful departure by the embarrassed wife.
A newspaper correspondent cites two reliable observers who saw a wasp ride a green worm about one and a half inches long. They followed as the worm moved twenty five feet, paused, and the wasp spurred it along. The wasp then buried the worm in a shallow hole, covered the site with gravel, and soon the worm was found dead when the wasp was killed.
The text describes large velvet bonnets with corded silk, and a palette of dark garnet lapis maroon bronze amaranth and dahlia tones. Lighter hues include turtle gray and aluminum gray with fawn and lavender, maroon and mastic, and various color pairings for piping. It notes costly bird plumes as ornaments and reports on shop-worn coats being passed off in Washington.
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