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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1872
Page
2
Telegraph and newspaper dispatches report famines and storms across Europe, fires in Boston and Chicago, ship and rail disruptions, political strife in France and Britain, with trials, strikes, and weather hardships affecting nations from Denmark to the United States.
A broad sweep of late 19th century political items: Spain’s minister visits the President to congratulate re election, Pennsylvania delegation presses for Philadelphia Postmaster selection with George Trueman as a claimant, and Civil Service rules loom over the process. Reports from Washington note reactions among Republicans and critics, with related notes on appointments, resignations, and civic orders across Illinois Kentucky and Maryland.
The Army of Cumberland held its sixth annual reunion at Dayton Ohio on the 20th with Lt Branton arriving by rail and displaying a reportedly $250000 ruby and a $15000 diamond. Jewelers question the ruby's authenticity while Branton touts its beauty.
Fragmentary notes recount Truman stating future appointments would follow Civil Service rules. The record mentions a Denacerattié group and a Knox County senatorial candidate, with voters in Virginia and Congress composition cited as 1,900 in a dated context.
The London Times reports a catastrophic quake in Sicily destroying Pa Anzoni. Buildings uprooted, walls cleft, roofs swept away, and streets littered with debris. About one third of the town dismantled, 1000 families homeless, 32 dead and around 30 seriously hurt.
A collage of brief anecdotes from different papers includes a jab at Nast over streetcar business plans, horse disease notes in Portland, and a Stamford Ky stall warning about “Apes Without Leafe.” It also recounts a bookstore clerks exchange, fringe knotting, a thief caught breaking into a song, humorous verses about snow, a Lynchburg Newt poet, and a young man coughing while swallowing marbles on Olm street.
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