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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1871
Page
7
A sprawling column of anecdotes and vignettes recounts domestic mishaps, fires, injuries, oddities, and sensational incidents from various towns. Scenes include a store bound father, a cabman’s wit in rain, a heroic mother rescuing a drowning child, a preacher’s pocketbook find, and multiple tragic accidents across the era’s cities.
A maimed Union soldier, poverty-stricken and in torn uniform, waits in the crowded White House ante room during Lincoln’s day. Little Tad Lincoln brings him to the President, defying guards to seek redress for the wounded man as Lincoln rises to meet the appeal.
The scene recounts Lincoln granting a soldier's petition then signaling the end of public levals and his final acts in office. Legapie Secretary informs that no more visitors will be received that day. Lincoln then departs the White House, never to return to the New York Ledger.
A New York Times list labels governing families in the city with Hoffmans Sweenys Connollys Smiths Bradys and Hiltons as examples. It claims many relatives receive large salaries funded by taxpayers and alleges widespread corruption across city departments and a lack of public disclosure.
A house editorial warns that crowded city stables with poor ventilation harm horses. It cites the Black Hole of Calcutta disaster as a warning and argues air quality, light, and proper stall placement are essential to equine health and property protection.
The fragment discusses placing a barge feed-bdx near a barn for convenient feeding and cleaner surroundings, noting reduced odor and better air, with a humorous remark about an old servant. It appears to be a quoted excerpt from Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Mirror and Farmer urges horse shoers to avoid trimming the frog. It argues that paring the frog dries and damages the foot, comparing it to removing leaves from a tree and urging level shoeing without red hot iron to prevent hoof contraction.
A narrator recalls overhearing a mother and another woman deceive a child about waiting for them. The boy confronts the lie, vowing never to trust his mother again. The piece warns mothers to resist deception, even in small matters, and to consider the lasting harm to a child’s trust.
A Dubuque Iowa former farmer was approached by a man claiming to be a former U S government officer in Philadelphia who offered nickels at fifty cents on the dollar. Lured to a country cave he bought ten boxes after paying 250 dollars with a note, only to find the boxes contained salt in the cellar.
Eowry Lancent of Ellsworth Maine returns home after eleven years gone with seven unseen, presumed dead. He was wounded in the Tebellion serving in a Massachusetts regiment, and his father had drawn a pension for him. The son recovered, sailed to Australia, and has been living there.
A recent writer from Mn. Cup. of Exeter College Oxford argues that human pain sensitivity increases with civilization. He contends that as civilization rises, a person will endure more pain from the same stimulus.
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