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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1879
Page
3
A reportage style survey traces the vast influx of immigrants to Kansas, outlining where newcomers settle and the costs of living in major towns. It analyzes housing, groceries, and services, citing regional price differences and urban neighborhoods favored by new arrivals.
In a Kansas prairie broadside from March 27 1879 I S Presbrey writes on immigration prospects for eastern settlers. He argues that Kansas offers opportunity for those who work hard, with costs for farms equipment and living conditions detailed. He praises the Arkansas Valley, railroads, and state policy while urging careful planning and direct correspondence for further guidance. He also notes a separate public meeting by Senator Window on negro colonization and migration.
Regular correspondent recalls how enslaved people learned of Union victory and sought liberty, risking opposition from former masters and southern politicians. The piece notes the Westward exodus by various means as enslaved populations move toward citizenship rights and labor shortages in the South.
Prescott crowds paid ten dollars for admission as General Sherman toured Arizona. A miner in boots and cartridge belt gained entry, asked to shake Sherman’s hand, and, after receiving a curt reply, left the room. The tale highlights the mix of ceremony and rough frontier manners at the event.
An odd exchange unfolds as an attendant and guest discuss General Sherman amid a scene described with hurried dialogue and abrupt exits. The fragment hints at a lively social gathering where money and names surface briefly before the moment ends.
The article explains a 24 hour leather tanning method used in Hungary and other European countries. Heavy hides are washed in salt water, scraped, hair removed, then treated with a salt and alum mixture, rolled and heated to expel liquid. After a day, the leather is ready to take grease.
Early steel rails contained 0.60 percent carbon and lasted about 20 years on typical roads but proved brittle at low temperatures. Carbon content then rose to 0.85 percent, producing rails that wear faster yet are far less prone to breaking, boosting safety. Railroads saved costs through fewer repairs and fewer broken rails, offsetting shorter rail life.
The Bank of England, founded with a £1,200,000 capital by William Patterson, Chartered in 1694, marks 185 years this July. It began as a state servant, later expanded to a large Threadneedle Street building, employing about eight hundred, and issues notes up to £5 with no note reissue.
Hon. J. Stanton Gould notes clover has long served as human food among plains Indians. Diggers in California eat it raw or cook it between heated stones. Combined with young onions chives grasshoppers it is a luxury. Apaches mix clover pigweed and dandelions with water then boil with heated stones for cooking.
Thorncombe surgeon John Wiles writes to the London Times about using milk of sulphur for infants and flowers of sulphur for older patients to treat diphtheria after observing two fatal cases among nine or ten. He prepared a creamy glycerine mix to dose three or four times daily and applied the same to the nostrils. He reports no losses in his practice and claims to have saved lives where the disease nearly blocked the throat.
A Cornell estimate catalogs weed seed output per year including dandelion and ox eye daisy, burdock, mayweed, red poppy and others. The figures show tens of thousands seeds per plant and raise questions how weeds persist despite control. Seeds can lie dormant underground for years and sprout when soil is disturbed as shown by a tobacco field case lasting ten years after seeding.
In China large quantities of oysters are dried after removal from shells. They are boiled briefly, cooled, and exposed to sun until all moisture evaporates. The process keeps four a length of time and preserves delicacy of flavor. Finest bi valves from bamboo-fed oysters are selected for this method.
The article notes the lavish use of lace by William and Mary and the sovereigns of the era. It describes lace from Flanders and Venice point lace on Queen Mary's tucker and sleeves and William’s lace cravat. It cites William III as a major lace consumer with a notable annual expenditure.
A New Jersey paper notes a hundred-year-old belief that corn in drills yields more than in hills. After extensive testing, the author finds drill planting increases yields by 25 to 80 percent when proper spacing is used, warning against too thin or too thick planting.
A Worthy Custom notes that in parts of Switzerland families plant a tree during holidays such as marriages. Friends supply and plant the tree while relatives join in a parade with music and congratulatory speeches, making it a festive ceremonial performance.
The court society of Coenhagen, formed on the old school fashion, is deemed the most refined and polished on the continent.
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