A Day of Pleasure to Peidmont Springs and San Francisco
Mary E. Grisworp recounts a spring excursion from Oakland to Piedmont Springs via Mountain View Cemetery and Lake Merritt. She details views of Oakland and San Francisco, visits to Pagoda Hill Browne home, an Artist Exhibition, and a walk through the Sand Lot amid anti Chinese tension. She notes a snow of blossoms on plum trees.
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California
Anamélia
Ournal
East
Peidmont Springs
Mountain View Cemetery
Lake Merritt
Golden Gate
Pacific
Oakland
Francisco
Pagoda Fill
J. Ross Browne
Chung
State University
Art Hall
Pine St
Deakin
Hill
Tammer
Brookes
Keith
Nah Deakin
Myers
Vaneple
Vigilance Committee
Kearney
Gannon
New City Hall
Mary E. Grisworp
Do Bees Destroy Grapes A Question For Apiarians
A historical note discusses whether bees puncture and destroy grapes. Experiments by Lyn Bonham at Oxford, Ohio, show punctured grapes on a Langstroth hive become dry while unpunctured ones remain intact. The author invites readers to test and report results to settle the debate.
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Langstroth
Lyn Bonham
Miami Classical School
Oxford
Waldo
Ohio
A Russian Baby Tradition Sparks Traveler’s Shock
A New York World tale notes Russian babies are swaddled and rolled in bandages to prevent mischief. An explorer visits a home and mistakes hanging, shelving, and roof beams for idols, then learns the cord looped over a mother’s foot holds the child while dirt concerns arise about washing the infant.
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New York World
Neighbor Shad Picture Lays Silent in Drawer
A fragmentary report notes a neighbor named Shad keeping a naturalistic picture safely in a drawer. Details are sparse, but the item’s mundane placement hints at a private moment or hidden value within a quiet domestic setting.
Plain Talk to Tennyson over Lincoln era war remarks
In London during the Civil War era, poet Alfred Lord Tennyson told Thomas Buchanan Read he believed America would perdition and that England sided with the North. Read fired back that the North would fight on its own and cared little for English opinions. Read later recalled Tennyson’s politeness after the exchange.
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Thomas Buchanan Read
London
Tennyson
Mr. Read
England
Read
The Ideal Home and Womans Wider Reach
Antoinette Brown Blackwell argues that true attractiveness of a home comes from a thousand broad interests beyond family life. Cooperation of both sexes should extend to industries science art religion and state governance. Wider female influence ennobles family life and expands compassionate leadership without conflict between head and heart.
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Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Diffusion of Powerful Odors and 19th Century Observations
A musk sample can scent a twelve by twelve foot chamber for years with negligible weight change. The note considers air volume and particle diffusion, then shifts to immigration to Buenos Aires with 50,000 arrivals, mostly Italians, and future settlement by Germans. It mentions Chile Peru unrest aiding Bolivian trade, a planned Tucuman to Jujuy railroad, smuggling via Dutch smuggler bands, and a French chemist claiming coffee preparation boosts espresso like effects.
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Moseley
Buenos Ayres
Rio Negro
Europe
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Tucuman
Jujuy
A New Kind of Watch Case Promises Long Life
Mansfield Pennsylvania May 28 1878 A jeweler touts Boss Patent Cases claiming long wear and easy maintenance. He notes the case uses two plates of solid gold and offers a written guarantee with every case.
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Mansfield
Boss
Kh. E. Olney
Jas
To Obtain Good Milk in a Tea Party Exchange
A witty exchange about milk quality surfaces during a tea gathering. Mrs Lomax explains she switches milkmen monthly to ensure fresh quality, noting that initial milk often has more cow and may please a cat. The remark underscores wary consumer skepticism toward fresh dairy sources.
City Directory Faith Communities and Service Times
Directory lists multiple churches with pastors and service times across denominations. Evanglical Pleasant street Bucks. German Emanuel Oak street. German St John Union Street. German Reform Williams Street. Methodist Embury Exchange Street. First Methodist Stephenson Street. German Methodist Chicago Street. Presbyterian First Stephenson Street. Second Exchange Street. Third German Exchange Street. Roman Catholic St Joseph German Williams Street. St Marys Irish Union Street. Zion Episcopate Stephenson Street. Baptist Stephenson Street. Free Methodist Pleasant Street Walnut. Services mostly 10:30 am and 7:00 pm with Sunday school varying by church.
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Evangelical
St. John’s—Union St
Cor State Road
C Hoffmeister
Williams St
Corner Union
Wernley
Methodist Episcopal
Embury
Williams
S Washburne
Stephenson St
Northwest Cor Cherry
C E Mandeville
Chicago St. Cor Spring
Hiller
Presbyterian
Cor Walnut
H D Jenkins
Presbyterian—Second—Exchange
St. S W Cor Pleasant
J Giffen
Presbyterian—Third—German—Exchange
Cor Pleasant
E A Elfeld
St.Joseph
West of Exchange
C I Kalvelage
St Mary’s
S of Mary
Hey Mangan
City Official Addresses and Ward Representatives List
Mayors office details and city officers listed with their offices. Includes Cronkrite mayor, Treasurers, City Attorney Kean, City Marshal Chamberlin, Street Commissioner Rogers, Surveyor Josel, and aldermen for the first through third wards. Addresses reference Cronkrite and Fry's blocks, Court House area, and Barnes warehouse.
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IL Cronkrite
Cronkrite
Stephenson St
Wm. Trembor
H. Ratz
Barnes
J C Kean
Fry’s Blk
E § Chamberin
J S$ Rogers
HE E Josel
Court House
O T Irvin
J H Crane
D Kuehner
Zartman
H J Porter
J R Wagner
County Officials and Clerk Office List
County offices are listed with appointments including Clerk I F Kieckner Treasurer W W Hutchison Recorder Dan Brewster Sheriff J R Leigh and Surveyor Hirai Shons. All county offices are located in the Court House.
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I F Kieckner
W W Hutchison
Dan’ Brewster
J R Leigh
Hirai Shons
School Board Office Hours Notice
Board of Education announces offices in the High School building. President F Bartlett and members William D. Awer t and W. G. Barnes, Superintendent Chas C. Snyder, set office hours from 7:30 to 9:00 o clock a.m.
Freeport Post Office Daily Mail Arrivals and Closings
Post office schedule lists arrival and close times for routes to Chicago via GC NW and C W Ry, through eastern lines, southern routes, and northern ICRR. Wisconsin towns Monroe Cedarville Orangeville Oneco Shuey’s Mills Elizabeth Buena Vista and others are served with specific arrival and departure days while November to April hours adjust for season. Office hours and holiday openings noted. manager Smith Atkins and agent J A Carron referenced.
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Chicago
GC & NW
ICRR
Dunage
Western
Monroe
Wis
Cedarville
Orangeville
Oneco
Shuey’s
Ant Buena Vista
Damascus
McConnell’s Grove
Smith D.atkins
The Journal Promises Strong Republican Stance in New Year
The Journal declares unwavering support for the Republican cause and pledges to speak out against evils and corrupt measures. It notes thirty years serving Stephenson County and vows to engage vigorously in the coming year's politically intense contest with expanded facilities and a call for active Republican cooperation.
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Stephenson County
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Freeport Post Office
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
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Chicago & Northwestern
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Ong West
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First National Bank
United States
B. Bidwell
F. DeForest
the Second National Bank
Thompson Wilcoxon
Jacob Krohn
W. Hance
David Neidigh
Joan H. Adams
Michael Sawyer
Alfred H
W. H. Taggart
Munn’s
Til
Kingsley & Mills
Dentists
Minots
Lion’s Jewelry Store
Second National Bank
W.S. Caldwell
Wilcoxon Opera House
Stephenson Street
James I, Neff
J. HH. Stearng
Neff & Stearns
Bailey & Neff
Attorneys AT Law
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Ilinois
D. B. Schulte
R. Pelck
ST Rance Agency
Fry’s Block
Liverpool
London & Globe
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Insurance Campant of
North America
Parndelphia
Phoenix Ins. Co
New York
Springfield
Springfield Mass
Continental Ins.Co
N. Y
Girard Ins. Co
Philadelphia
General Land Office
Jeremiah Dean
Western Star
C.F
Odd Fellow’s
W. Ape
C. P
Geo
LOWIS
Scribe
Hiram Shons
I. F. Kleckner
A. T. Green
Nisa
J. R. Perkins
Bridge St
van Buren
Ad Nson &Co
Portland
Maine
Hallett & Co
Gample Kee
Gaxaman &Co
Marshall, Mi
the Journal
Journal
Freeport, Journal and
Chicago News
Freeport Journal
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Chicago Journal
Chicago Tribune
Gratis
van Buren St
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