Nation’s News Roundup Highlights Elections and Global Affairs
The Henry Republican reports official election returns in tabular form two days after the vote and notes the seven mile distance from the county seat. It cites Alaska's 176 introduced reindeer thriving to meet demand and sugar refiners switching from barrels to bags to save weight. It also notes over 200,000 U.S. women in professional service, a Chicago burglar case, and political shifts as the Senate balance inclines toward Republicans. International items discuss German army expansion, Mexican duels, Gladstone cabinet education, and calls for disarmament amid Russian tensions.
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Henry Republican
Tribute to President Harrison Ends One Term
A tribute notes Benjamin Harrison will leave office on the fourth of next March after a single term marked by public service and no major scandals. It lauds him as a man of intellect and elevated character admired by Democrats and Republicans alike. CT Lane's Family aids digestion with daily movement or similar note.
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United States
Harrison
New York
San
Henry City Welcomes Growth and Arts in 19th Century Illinois
A citizen extols Henry as a growing river town on the Winds river with steamboats to Peoria, an artesian well, a new bank, multiple churches, a fire department, three grain elevators, a race track, and proximity to Senachwine lake and Undercliff resort. The piece notes a 1880s bridge, rail access via Rock Island road, and a booming commerce with new residences and schools.
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Henry
Elias Thompson
Peoria
Capt York
Prof Cross
New Jerusalem
First National Bank
Senachwine Lake
Undercliff
Swan Lake Club of
Chicago
Rock Island
Century of centennial anniversaries and progress
A historic column notes coming centenaries from the French Revolution and Napoleon to steam power and steamboats. It highlights Louis XVI’s execution, Robespierre’s fall, Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in Savannah, Fulton’s Clermont in 1807, and Stephenson’s locomotive, with predicted celebrations in 1905 1908 and 1914 and praise for American achievements in steam navigation. It also mentions Nelson at Trafalgar and the ongoing buildup of future anniversaries.
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France
Robespierre
Napoleon
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South
Eli Whitney
Savannah
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Thomas
Watts
Robert Fulton
Clermont
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England
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Lord Nelson
Great Britain
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Wellington
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Waterloo
Nelson
Britannia
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The Century Magazine and a Western Anti Chewing Society
A long readable excerpt covers Century Magazine offerings in 1915 including novels, Bible and Science papers, and letters between Sherman and John Sherman. It notes advertising content, purpose of the magazine, and a price of four dollars for a yearly subscription. Also described is a Western town anti chewing society for women and a tobacco chewing versus gum joke. It ends with typical advertisements for remedies and isoprene in rubber production.
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Century
London
New York
Burton Harrison
Metropolitan Opera House
Charles Dana Gibson
Shields
Princeton
Sherman
John Sherman
James Russell Lowell
Bishop Potter
Colorado
Wolcott Balestier
Rudyard Kipling
East 17Th St
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as a universal cure
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages and is a constitutional treatment taken internally. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any failure to cure and cite testimonials. Also mentions “We Starling” patent disputes in U S courts over plow patents with royalties and a Peoria case against Weir Plow Co.
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Cheney & Co
Toledo
We Starling
U. S
St Paul
U S. District Court
Peoria
Weir Plow Co
Salary Talks and Resignations in Congress Through History
The piece notes that before Congress fixed salaries at 5000 a year resignations were frequent, with hundreds over multiple terms. It contrasts many resignations in early congresses with fewer during later periods after salary stabilization, highlighting a total approaching 4 500 up to the present.
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Congress
Dowge
Agsgress
Nice
Tira
Senate Rege
Curious Finnish stone foretells weather changes
A Finnish stone known as seamakuii allegedly predicts rain by turning black before showers and displaying white specks when a dry, clear atmosphere surrounds it. Analysis shows fossil material mixed with clay salt and limestone, with salt absorbing moisture and darkening when rain is favorable, while dryness yields white surface spots.
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Finland
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