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Henry Republican

Location

Henry, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1881

Page

7

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Science and Industry Gossip From The Era

A汇collection notes desiccants and insect bite cures, rapid gun-cotton transmission, Milwaukee beer cooling, silk-worm savings for Italy, lightning dangers from wire fences, dynamo demagnetizing watches, a compact motor prize, toughened glass costs, lamp-post uses, underground cable insulation claims, and a semi-elastic carbon-based wire for ground use.

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Random Snippets From The Press Of The Day

A collage of satirical quips and brief lines from various papers includes comments on editors, a stern wheel boat on the river, a wistful scene of Flora and Charlie, and a jab at changing times in Detroit Free Press. The passages mix humor with local color and newspaper style chatter.

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Soldier's Wife Heroism at Brunker's Spruit Battle

The Duart Castle brings Mrs. Smith, widow of a Ninety fourth Regiment band-master, to Portsmouth praised as a heroine for tending wounded, comforting the dying, and aiding others during the Brunker's Spruit engagement where her husband fell. She endured wounds of her own and shielded her child as she tended battlefield casualties alongside soldiers.

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Truth Saved in Car Collision Near Greenwith

A Sunday collision near Greenwith involving Mr Ridaboek and Mr Swan ended with both men thrown from a vehicle. A young couple in a passing car stopped to check on injuries and differences over fault were discussed as the stranger offered to pay the damage before the accident details were resolved.

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Horse Attacked with Hydrophobia in Greenwich

A Greenwich horse showings signs of hydrophobia after a dog bite two weeks earlier. The animal, confined in a box stall, grew violent biting wood and itself before veterinarians confirmed the case and Justice Holmes ordered it shot. The horse belonged to James Mallin of New York.

Greenwich Conn Justice Holmes James Mallin New York Sun

Wife of railroad president dies after weight loss attempt

The wife of R C Griggs, head of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, died at Long Branch from alleged anti fat medicine use. She was described as corpulent and reportedly took eighteen bottles in ten months to shed fat.

R C Griggs Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Long Branch

Farm and kitchen lore and horse weight observations

A miscellany of home farming tips and recipes including soot water for roses bran coffee piccalilli and preserved peaches. Also notes on horse size and stamina comparing large Western breeds to compact Canadian horses and Vermont ponies with claims about weight and performance.

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Be the Best Beef Tea How To Make Nourishing Broth

A writer details three methods for making beef tea to maximize nutrition. The first method uses ramp steak cut small with salt simmered to extract juice and concentrate nourishment. The second method preserves lean beef in a jar with water then boils and strains for a clear broth ready to season. The third method browns beef then steeps in hot water in a basin keeping hot without boiling to extract flavors.

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Record of droughts across centuries in America

A fragmented historical survey lists drought lengths in various summers from 1604 to 1876, noting the longest event in 1762 with no rain from May to September and references to contemporaneous cures, advertisements, and varied anecdotes about weather, health products, and regional notices.

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