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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1874

Page

3

Appleton Literary Notices in March 28 issue

The Appleton volume features Martha J. Lambs illustration The Phil ipse Mawr House and My Story by the Patty author. Christian Reid continues A Daughter of Bohemia. A Gounod portrait and The Dalles of St Louis illustration appear. Parisian Shop Windows by Lucy Hooper. Delmar previews A Summer Tour in High Latitudes with more Miscellany and Editorials.

Appleton Philipse Mawr House Martha J. Lamb Patty Christian Reid Bohemia Charles Gounod St. Louis Lucy Hooper Alexander Delmar

Pretty Mrs. Gaston ends Hearth and Home issue

Hearth and Home for April 4 closes John Esten Cooke tale Pretty Mrs. Gaston and teases new serials including Louisa May Alcott's Little Neighbors. John Andros adds another chapter as interest grows. Mrs. Kate Hunnibe offers spring homemaking tips while readers of all ages find items.

John Esten Cooke

April Atlantic issue teems with serials and essays

The April Atlantic showcases Mose Evans and Prudence Palfrey among serials, with articles on A Modern Financial Utopia, Weimar with Liszt, and pieces by Harriet Wreston and E. S. Nadal. Poetry by Stedman Cranch Phelps, and reviews in Criticism and arts. Specimen numbers 85 cents. yearly $4.06, shipping to one address for $8.00.

Mose Evans William M. Baker Prudence Palfrey Thomas Bailey Aldrich Grave Gay David A. Wells Charles Dudley Warner Weimar Liszt Mistral Harriet Wreston E. S. Nadal Cohansey Lucy Ellen Gurnsey Canada H. 3B. K Edmund ©. Stedman Christopher P. Cranch Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Atlantic Hoventon & Co Boston Harp & Hovan Ton New York

Litten's Living Ace and The Living Age Offer

The Living Age issues for weeks ending March 14 and 2 feature Henry Thoreau Elizabethan and British reviews plus The French Press and various magazines. Fifty-two numbers, each sixty four pages, yearly total over 3,000 pages. Subscriptions cost $8 or $10 for a year with any American $4 magazine. Livrean & Gay, Boston.

Litten Henry Thoreau British Quarterly Review Cornhill Mendelssohn Ferdinand Hiller Macmillan’s Magazine India Fraser’s Nature Saint Pauls Ashistiel Abbotsford Temple Bar Winkelmann Quarterly Review Sark William Forsyth Fraser’s Magazine Blackwood’s Magazine Gladstone Economist Spectator Speransky Life Blackwood’s Valentine

Eclectic Magazine April content highlights portrait and essays

The April Eclectic features a Jean Ingelow portrait with life sketch, and a leading Mary Somerville profile. Other pieces cover Mrs Gaskell and her novels, Homer translation The Shield of Achilles, Egypt travel by Grant Duff, recollections of Scott and Shakespeare, Spanish life, and Far From the Madding Crowd chapters. Published by E R Pelton at 105 Fulton Street New York. terms five dollars yearly, two copies. single issue forty five cents.

Eclectic Magazine Eclectic Jean Ingelow Mary Somerville Egypt Grant Duff M. P Walter Scott Gold Coast Don Carlos Thomas Nlardy E. R. Pelton Fulton Street New York

Scribner's Monthly April issue highlights new Verne and diverse features

The April Scribner's includes Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island beginning, a Christ’s Resurrection Scientifically Considered essay, Miss Beedy on Health and Habits of English and American Women, and King's Great South Virginia ramble from Bristol to the set. Noah Brooks, Cable tale, Mrs. Davis serial, and poetry by multiple authors accompany drawings and varied departments.

Scribner's Mr. King Virginia Bristol Jules Vernels Augustus Blauvelt Miss Beedy Noah Brooks George W. Cable Belles Demoiselles Plantation Mrs. Davis Miss Trafton Benjamin F. Taylor A. Rt. Macdonough John Fraser J. G. H. Charlotte F. Bates Edward King Dr. Holland Jules Verne

The Nation Contents and Monthly Highlights

The Nation issue 456 presents The Week, Editorial Articles, The President and his Wicked Partners, The Remoter Bearings of the Whiskey War, American Pet monopolies, Correspondence, Library Reading Statistics, A Philadelphia View of the Centennial, Notes Review, The Ancient City, Mrs Barbuld, The Magazines for April, The Life of Archbishop Spalding, On Self Culture, History of the English Institutions, Central Asia, and The Week in Trade and Finance.

the Nation Public Library Philadelphia Barbuld Archbishop Spalding Central Asia

Blackwoods March issue previews new tale Alice Lorraine

In Blackwood's Magazine for March, continuations of Valentine and his Brother and Disorder and Dreamland appear, along with the first part of Alice Lorraine promising high interest. The Two Speransky Part II centers on Elizabeth Speransky Bagreeff, a brilliant traveler and author in St Petersburgh. Lord Stanhope and the historians of Queen Annes Reign stands out with sketches of Marlborough Godolphin and Henley, plus events of the era. Also poems Horatian Lyrics and two political pieces Elections of 1868 and 1874 and Gladstone Night Attack and its results.

Blackwood Valentine Alice Lorraine Speransky Elizabeth Speransky- Bagreeff St. Petersburgh Lord Stanhope Queen Anne Marlborough Godolphin Henley Mr. Gladstone

Invention of Printing Featured in St Nicholas April Issue

The April St Nicholas contains an article on the Invention of Printing by Donald G. Mitchell with Gutenberg statue engraving. Life-Saving on our Coast by Win H Redeing details rescues of shipwrecked sailors. Wood-Carving, Taken at his word story by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, infant violinist James Speright by T. B. Aldrich, translations and poems by Celia Thaxter and Mary A. Lathbury. Serials Fast Friends Nimpo's Troubles What Might Have Been Expected Jack-in-the-Pulpit grow in interest.

St. Nicholas Donald G. Mitchell Gutenberg Strasburg Win. H. Redeing Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Sheppard T. B. Aldrich James Speright Topelius Topelius; Mrs. Pomeroy’s Page, By Mrs. Mary E. Bradley Paul Fort Noah Brooks Celia Thaxter Margaret Eytinge Mary A. Lathbury Mother Moon New York Nimpo Virginia Jack-in Jack

Overland April edition offers diverse nature pieces and poetry

The April Overland prints Walter Field’s Napoleon essays followed by Netherland life tale Genacht Vader and J L Ver Mehr. It features Grayson’s Mexico rambles, a Marie poem by L H Foote, and a Rhode Island Privateer piece from Kip. Open-air Nature works by Muir and Bartlett, Benj P Avery poem, and editorials and book notices fill this varied issue. Published by John H Carmany & Co San Francisco priced $4 per year.

Edward Field Napoleon Genacht Vadér J. L. Ver Mehr A. J. Grayson Mexico L. H. Foote Marie Bishop Kip Rhode Island H. W. Baker Dr. Stillman John H. Carmany & Co San Francisco

Aldine April opens with fine illustrations in Art Journal

The April Aldine features a marvellous collection of illustrations praised as the finest yet in The American Art Journal. J. D. Woodward provides a full page spring view printed in tint with C. Maurand engraving. Five striking Lake George pictures by Thouyag Moran and others showcase exquisite scenery.

Aldine American Art Journal J. D. Woodward C. Maurand Lake George

Remarkable Aldine April issue features Knickerbocker Bays art

A full page picture set depicts Knickerbocker Bays and a vivid Revolution sea battle scene by Julian C. Davidson. Other large illustrations include Marble Mills on the Utersberg, The Fishwife of Marken, In the Cloister Cellar, Getting Around Him, and Led Astray portraits, plus a Theodore Thomas portrait. The April Aldine offers varied literary pieces from The Baron's Daughter to The Story of Jock Williston and Knickerbocker Days with rich art notes and notices. James Sutton & Co. publish at 58 Maiden Lane, New York City. subscription $5 with The East and The West.

A. Gault Knickerbocker Furthe New Ammsterdam New York Julian C. Davidson Utersberg R. Puttner Alps Marken Island of Widows Zuyder-Zee Edward Grutzner F. Widemann Led Astray T. Beech Rose Bytinge Mr. Thorne Theodore Thomas Margaret J. Preston B. P. Avery California W. W. Bailey Lake George John Worthington Mary A. P. Stansbury New England Jock Williston Mr. Davidson M. Despard Mary P. Thatcher Correggio R. H. Stoddard B. J. Taylor The Aldine Artists’ Fund James Sutton & Co Maiden Lane New York City

Nature and Art contrasted in beauty and creation

Afaggie H. writes in the Pha 70s column on nature versus art, arguing nature surpasses human art in color, grain, and grandeur. He notes real rose versus artificial, stars, oceans, and trees as proof of divine workmanship and urges gratitude and faithful living to reach a celestial abode after death.

Afaggie H

California Gold Rush Migration 1849 Population Report

The March 31 1849 to January 1 1850 San Francisco arrival tally reached 30675 not counting crews who deserted. Most came by sea via Cape Horn, Darien crossing, or from Mazatlan and San Blas, with overland routes rising later. Mortality through fever scurvy and bowel diseases cut a fifth of the army. overland travellers faced harsher rates and cholera risk versus sea routes.

San Francisco Joseph A. Coolidge Merchants’ Exchange Atlantic United States Cape Horn Darien San’Blas Mazatlan el Dorado Fremont California New York Journal of Medicine Panama JB. D. Stillman

Disaster Strikes Sherbrooke as Flood Devastates Village

A freshet on the St. Marys river near Sherbrooke Guysborough County Nova Scotia floods the valley. Thousands of tons of ice and logs are carried downstream, bridges vanish, a vessel under construction is wrecked, and the town is submerged with families taking to upper stories or boats. The scene becomes a frozen sea as debris solidifies, leaving ruin sprawling about a mile and a half by one mile with potential total destruction on thaw.

Hautrax N. S Sherbrooke Guysborough County St. Mary’s

Saline county lawlessness and Ku Klux threat cited

A Saline County Missouri warning reports repeated robberies at the Circuit Clerk and County Clerk offices and thefts of indictments from saloonkeepers. Masked Ku Klux blamed, with note of Gad's Hill railway robbery and recent violence. The piece contrasts Republican and Democratic eras, attacks newspapers and Mr. Butler over alleged abuses.

Saline County Iowa

Confession Exchange On Rouge Becomes Curious Admonition

A woman admits using rouge to seem captivating. The priest questions if it makes her more beautiful and then, shining a moral light, tells her she may paint yet remains very ugly. The exchange unfolds as she steps from the confessional into the light.

Queen Victoria Invites Mr Fillmore Interview Abroad

An 1855 account recalls Mr. Fillmore visiting abroad when Queen Victoria invited him to an interview. He hesitated due to reluctance to appear in court dress, but the Queen sent word she would be pleased to see him in any dress. He then called upon Victoria, who was dressed as an American gentleman in fine American cloth.

Fillmore Queen Victoria Victoria

Greenback and bank currency debates inflating US finance

The Chicago Journal notes a sharp split in Congress over inflation and currency policy. Senator Schurz backs a 356 million limit while Howe and allies defend 382 million. expansion to 400 million seems likely unless President Grant vetoes. General Logan pushes further inflation through free banking and relaxing coin reserves.

Yeas House Oonpreas Anal Action Os. Ee Schurz Howe Wisconsin Grant Merriman Brough General Logan Logan United States Chicago Journal

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