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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1884
Page
2
A freight train carrying hogs derailed near Marysville Missouri causing the engineer to be killed and the brakeman and fireman to suffer serious injuries. The incident follows a string of accidents and market notes across the nation as rail and industrial activity continues.
The article lists Republican and Democratic nominations across several states including New York Connecticut Wisconsin and Missouri with renominations and declines. It also notes a Prohibition circular urging a day of fasting and prayer for temperance and marks the incorporation of The Continent with Christian at Work. It reports the death by apoplexy of General J B Murray of Seneca Falk NY.
Nominations for Congress were announced on the ninth with H J Spooner in Rhode Island first district and W A Pierce in the second. T J Van Alstine was nominated in New York nineteenth district. Prohibition candidate Wincram Danron accepted the nomina tion. On the tenth democratic seats listed Charles Lilley in Massachusetts eighth district and C E Remick in New York twenty six district while J H Acklen was named in Louisiana first district. The centennial birth of Dr Graham Kentucky pioneer was celebrated in Louisville on the tenth.
Reports from Europe Africa and the Americas detail relief grants in Lyons unemployment unrest in Harbor Grace and Sicily fatal avalanches and mine explosions in Moravia and Cumminsville cholera cases in Italy and Spain student arrests in Kiev and ongoing Cuban army hardship. The yearlong global turmoil includes cyclones and industrial accidents with substantial death tolls and injuries.
A stormy mix of sea disasters and disease reports dominates the page. The Europa and Roseville collide on the River Clyde with five drowned. Cholera deaths rise in Italy, Naples hardest hit, while Spain reports an epidemic ending. Earthquakes strike Sicily with casualties. A Chicago murder follows a wage dispute, and other crimes surface across towns. The Prohibition ticket shifts in Kansas. Fire destroys Liberty Virginia businesses. Moody and Sankey resume evangelical work in Brooklyn. The National Labor Congress in Chicago adopts a platform pushing union rights and employer accountability. The era reels from theft, fires, and political realignments as investigations begin.
The headless body of Mrs. Stillwell Hendershot is identified near Troy Indiana. Warrants issued for Stillwell Hendershot and his sons F M and William. Stillwell confesses that he and two sons killed her over a deed dispute and disposed of the body. A mob hanged F M Hendershot from a tree after seizing him from jail.
The 1884 annual report of the Bureau of Statistics notes that US-produced goods value is seven times foreign commerce and far higher than Britain Ireland and France. It cites manufacturing scale, crop yields, and timber policy urging forest reserves and reform of land laws.
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