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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1885
Page
3
A fragment from the Norristown Herald notes confusion about Harvard and Yale boat race results and baseball scores, advising readers to consult American sports papers amid musings on higher education. It also quotes a New York Journal vignette about a judge and a retaliatory punch, and reflects on graveyard epitaphs in France with ironic lines.
A long tale recounts Frank Honlay the skilled swindler who sold a bogus watch up to four times daily for a year in Denver, detailing how cappers and a busy auction shop profited while victims were kept anxious. It then shifts to a piano dealer in San Francisco who explains the fake commissions and social tricks used to push pianos, aided by a music teacher from Milan who drives buyers toward the most expensive options.
A bizarre critique describes a New York produced plot to disrupt domestic life and alleges a sinister attack on traditional values. The piece condemns the alleged act as a dastardly attempt to undermine American social order and faith.
London sent thirty thousand gallons of rum to Egypt for Bert Wolseley's soldiers. The piece explains why English forces in Egypt often double enemy strength estimates.
Cin cinnati crowds flocked to the Little Miami station Saturday to glimpse the Liberty Bell amid a carnival atmosphere. The report notes other scattered items from across the country including a death in Milwaukee, a ship voyage from New York, and a warehouse fire in Connecticut. The scattered telegraph of incidents underscores a day of varied news.
Report from a Dakota school district institute held January 24 1885 in the school house. Superintendent Krape opened, J Shaffer and HC Allman elected secretaries. Discussions covered reading language history government and general exercises with witty remarks. The session closed with a sociable and notes to county papers.
A formal declaration from an unnamed husband in Freeport dated January 1895 states that his wife Loulae Termsmeier has left their home and that he will pay no bills she contracted. The note is signed by the husband and bears a date of January 27.
A morning sale to-morrow January 27 offers Mam burg embroideries and a corkscrew cloth at 25 cents a yard. Walton markets items at 104 and 106 Stephenson Streets. The notice also promotes Athlophorod remedies with testimonials from customers and doctors, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sold by Emmert & Burrell and others, plus cranberries and produce listings.
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