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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1885

Page

2

Cleveland Addresses Albany Normal School Graduates

President elect Cleveland attended the Albany state normal school commencement and presented diplomas. He urged the graduates to value education as the foundation of the state’s safety and to use their training for the nation’s progress as teachers or in other paths, hoping their diplomas become souvenirs of happy days.

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Liberty Bell En Route to New Orleans Expo

The Liberty Bell voyage continues as a crowd in Pittsburg witnesses a theatrical ceremony. The bell carrier departs for Cincinnati after a ceremonial stop, with Mayor Rutlon and officials aboard, while a New York correction clarifies a misreported incident involving Mrs. Green at the auction office. A Negro preacher from Texas is hanged for murder, and political notes cover John Kelly's Champlain Hall leadership and Irish parliamentary hopes, with Egypt reinforcements anticipated.

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Curing the Invalid: Latimer Family Feud Turns Comic

In a sunlit June morning scene, Uncle Latimer, bed-bound and hypochondriac, refuses aid and breakfast while his nephew George schemes a cure involving a staged outing. A doctor dismisses the ailment as fanciful, and a ruse to force the invalid from his room leads to comic chaos as a pistol, a love triangle, and a trusted physician collide in a farce that ends with reconciled friendship and a wary doctor.

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Only A Rose by a Silent Lover

A fragmentary poem on a rose as a symbol of love and memory. It contrasts pink petals and amber hues with the idea of enduring devotion, suggesting the flower carries a message and a promise of lifelong passion beyond fading time.

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Velocity of Light Measured by Newcomb at Washington Monument

In Washington DC, Prof. Simon Newcomb outlines experiments using a phototachometer between the Washington Monument and Fort Meyer and the Naval Observatory to measure light’s speed. He cites 8,721.24 meters distance and a near forty thousandth second transit, with broader implications for solar distance, earth mass, and nautical tables.

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Stuping Canvas Advised To Improve Water Resistance

Historical note explains canvas treated with a decoction of oak bark and boiling water to become moisture resistant. One pound oak bark with fourteen pounds water covers eight yards of fabric, which soaks twenty four hours then runs under water and dries. The tannin-rich hemp and tax fibres are also improved for wear resistance.

Defying the Military Boomers siege at Oklahoma frontier

Leavenworth Kansas January 24 Gen Hatch commands troops to clear settlers from Oklahoma amid reports of 40 armed boomers building rifle pits. Col Hatch warns of consequences if soldiers are attacked. Generals Stewart Wolseley and Wolseley fear desert campaign danger as Cairo reports unsettled conditions. Arthur Will resigns to practice law in New York. Freight rates cut to Chicago. Rhine freezes. Turkey warns Italy on Tripoli.

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