26 Jun 1888
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1888
Page
1
The page features political commentary and endorsements from June 1888, praising Benjamin Harrison and Morton, denouncing Samuel J. Tilden’s faction, and recounting viewpoints from Harper's Weekly and various party leaders. It notes Harmonious support at the Republican National Convention, with discussion of Blaine and Harrison and reflections on Indiana and New York figures.
The text argues for Harrison for president and Morton for vice president, praising Republican platform and labor protection. It hails Harrison’s lineage and service, notes Indiana roots, and predicts 248 electoral votes with strong Republican unity and turnout. It condemns Democrats, predicts a Republican sweep nationwide.
A garbled reminiscence lists prominent figures and odd jobs, mentioning Senator Vance as a hotel clerk, Secretary Bayard as a New York clerk, Judge Kelley as a Jawsler, Tom Reed as a Maine navy paymaster, and Branford as a Wisconsin country lawyer, with several other named individuals spanning California to Nevada and Illinois. The passage includes a dilapidated exchange about a traveling man asking another about recent life work and a farmer tale of leaving a farm to mine mountains.
A fragmentary list quotes numerous 19th century figures on liberty, religion, education, and moral duty. The garbled text presents names like Mary Livermore, William Lloyd Garrison, Frances Willard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Timothy Dwight, pairing aphorisms with unfinished phrases. The piece reflects a scattered anthology tone, emphasizing virtue, rights, and social reform.
A Vermont minister preached 121 funeral sermons while a humorous mix of misfortune and oddities unfolded. An Erie physician issued a death certificate citing information of the tongue as the cause. A Ludlow snowfall trapped turkeys belonging to John King, alive and uninjured after rescue. A boy fell into a dry wall and survived sixty hours before rescue with signs of injury. Eliza Bliss aided a tramp who sang, while a rooster attacked Mrs Maggie Juno, causing fatal injuries. In Indianapolis a street walk ended with dangerous clothing fires on two girls. The London bird trade for hats boomed, with millions of birds and feathers sold globally.
A fragmentary column discusses rudiments of courtesy and social behavior starting with childhood training and politeness rules. It notes rising from chairs for mothers, proper greetings, listening between conversations, and saluting in public. It also touches on decorum and a claimed turning point in marital affection driven by impulses and midlife reflection.
Miss Hampton trains as a professional nurse and plans to teach the craft in the South after New York studies. Isabelia of Pain runs a costly hotel near Champs-Élysées, while Maggie Mitchell endures a long stage career as Fanchon. Emily Hannaway funds a free city children's library with notable sponsors. Dumas's daughter Madame Lipmann hosts private Parisian theatricals, and Prof. Morin Mitchell from Vassar advances astronomy, earning LL.D. honors for three colleges. The Brooklyn wedding of Lord Drummond's widow to Henry W. Masters highlights social mobility. Princess Wilhelmina of Holland receives a democratic education, studying with teachers who avoid royal titles.
The column discusses rising prices for George Lunes Jr art and Forcy Moran works, predicts American art will be copied in Europe, notes shifting tastes from traditional barbershop ads to designer furniture, and cites New York World observations. It also covers rose care tips, insect control, and a tale of a Kansas college professor joke about a lecture.
The text cites a 1888 meteor fragment from Ponsa Tissia claiming traces of polarization and diamond-like properties, alongside notes on graphitic carbon and earlier gem theories. It contrasts science with poetry, then pivots to a dubious medical ad for Dr. Pierce's Favorites detailing women's health cures and sensations.
An advertisement lists sugar prices and brands from H. D. Post & Co at 119dw 100 Stephenson St, plus notices of mortgage loan and buying first class mortgage papers, with German American Loan & Trust Co guarantee options and upcoming millinery sale at Miss M. & Borpurr's on Monday June 25.
An old sales notice warns against fake remedies for lung and chest ailments. It urges not to trust cheap imitations of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. The ad promises genuine relief and offers a free sample bottle at Karmen & Burren drug store Teach.
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