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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1879
Page
6
Farmers deserve varied fresh foods from their own farms with milk cream eggs vegetables and poultry rivaling city luxuries. Good cooking by intelligent, economical wives and daughters can lift family meals beyond plainness, while farmers support agricultural clubs and societies through learning, recipes, and efficient meal planning.
A diskursive social view explains wealth as the product of industry and prudent conduct, while idleness leads to poverty. Six shoemakers in one shop illustrate two paths: one diligent, rising to own shop and home. five idle, dissipation, and eventual decline. The tale ends with a clash between capital and labor.
Edmund Q Stedman lauds Bayard Taylor for unmatched journalistic output and sharp literary criticism. He notes Taylor’s two large octavo volumes on Victor Hugo translated into English, and recounts how Taylor’s review appeared in the Tribune in time for publication despite personal and lecture obligations.
A clipped OCR line mentions Christian faith and divine guidance amid a vague plea. The garbled text references God and duty, with fragments suggesting personal reflection or a devotional line within a historical document.
The excerpt notes tramps avoid the South due to racial tensions and scarce plunder opportunities. It cites Louisiana as an example where tramps roamed plantations during sugar season, were rejected by planters, and faced hostility from African American kitchen crews. The New Orleans Democrat advised keeping cotton from outsiders.
The United States consumes about 700000 long tons of cane sugar annually with less than thirteen percent produced domestically. Major imports come from Cuba, Spanish possessions, Porto Rico, French Islands, Brazil, and others, while 1862 domestic output was 191000 tons, dipping to 5000 in 1865, then rising to 79600 tons by 1871 and continuing to grow.
The annual value of silk ribbons exported by Switzerland to the United States declined over five years from more than four million dollars to about one million dollars, reflecting a substantial drop in trade demand and shifting market conditions.
A Detroit Free Press report recalls Tim known as Limpy Tim selling his kit at a post office. He buys a pencil, writes a death notice for Litall Ted, aged three, then learns his brother died. The crowd collects pennies to send flowers to Tim’s doorstep, showing the boys’ compassionate response.
A city office case tells of a boy who paid 25 cents to impound a dog he claimed as his own. The officer questions the owner’s claim and the boy explains he would rather have a quarter than a dog due to the price. Also shared is a joke about Prof. Agassiz and his wife discovering a snake in her boot.
A French engineer Duponchel reports on a Sahara desert railway from Algiers to Timbuctoo about 1554 miles. He notes sand and volcanic rock foundations with no major mountains, extreme daily heat variation, and a critical water shortage. He estimates water needs for three daily trains at 400 cubic meters and says current engineering can supply more if needed.
J B Dancer of Manchester introduces an improved dumpy level featuring a transparent crystal plate on the diaphragm with diamond drawn fine lines, a double brass tube with a protective outer section, and adjustable eye pieces achieved by telescoping tubes for precise cross line focus.
Transit note outlines mall routes with connections to Chicago and Dubuque via C N W Southern and Northern lines, listing several rail and bus termini and times in a terse OCR fragment.
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