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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1879
Page
4
A rural speaker recalls mowing with a scythe in youth and contrasts it with modern machinery. He notes the speed of the mower and the shift in work, reflecting on aging, change, and nostalgia for simpler toil. The piece ends with a moral about enduring faith.
Special correspondence from Chicago notes nearly 3,000 licensed liquor outlets and argues that legalized rum selling fuels crime poverty and disease. The writer condemns business owners clergy allied with liquor profits, laments church hypocrisy, and recalls mass attendance at Everly's Theater where a renowned infidel spoke, reaffirming belief in a hereafter.
Column notes job seekers flood two ads with 219 replies for office clerk roles and only seven for a machinist trainee. Observes many prefer easy, office work over labor, while wholesale firms remain busy. Reports political clashes over taxation with Socialist and Communist demos and a local election battle between two tickets. Also reviews Gilbert and Sullivan spoof Pinafore at McVicker's and previews Eclectic Magazine content including Tyndall lecture and Mill on Socialism with various articles and poetry.
The April Atlantic Monthly opens with the serial Irene the Missionary and profiles Pension Beaurepas by Henry Jamies Jr. It includes memorial pieces on Richard Henry Dana and a sonnet Burial of the Poet for Longfellow. Other items cover Living in London, Easter Hymns, New Lives of the Old Masters, Indian Territory, Over-Production, Washington Monument notes, and poems A Day in Colorado and Saga of the Quern Stones.
A brief note on linguistic nuance shows how positive forms relate to comparative and superlative usage in English. It outlines how adjectives shift form and what signals emphasis in sentence structure.
Lippincott's Magazine for April showcases Strother’s pilgrimage to Virginia shrines, Henry James in illustration, Mary Dean’s Hoosiers at Home, European decorative arts by Benson, Matthews on Moliera, Annie Porter’s Village in the South, Brazil life glimpses, Griffis on Satsuma bric a brac, and lively gossip on Dangerous Girls alongside short tales and serials.
The Living Age weekly notes for March 15 and March 22 list featured works and authors such as Du panloup, Hughes, Myers, Weissman, Tytler, Keary, and George MacDonald, along with ongoing serials from Bride’s Pass and An Old Friend with a New Face. It highlights poetry, price, and subscription offers from Littell & Gay in Boston.
The April Appleton's Journal features Dr Johnson biographers and critics from the Westminister Review with anecdotes, an article on Godwin and Shelley by Leslie Stephen, satire from the Spectator The Higher Criticism, pieces titled Mr Gladstone on Teroes, Prince Bismarck on Swells Snobs and Cockneys from Saturday Review, and a Blackwood comedy Picking up the Pieces.
Demorest’s Monthly arrives with Floral Cross Windsor Castle Ecce Tlomo on steel and many illustrations. It offers complete magazine content for the household, including serial stories poetry housekeeping hints and a young America corner. A school mistress asks principal earth questions, a pupil answers worms.
The April issue presents a frontispiece by Robert Lewis for Mrs. Curwen's Maid of Norway and an illustrated piece on April Fools by J F Packard. It includes Mardi Gras in Nice by M J North, frontier childlife tale by Mrs LeBoutillier of Dakota, and the Forbes-Doolan Affair by Mr Bishop. Biographical pieces feature William M Chase and Colonel Paul H Hayne with portraits. Also illustrated poems and humor. Subscriptions $2.00 yearly. Ella Farman editor. D Lothrop & Co Publishers Boston.
The April St Nicholas issue features Horace E Scudder on early New England childhood with Barnes illustrations including a Tithing-man frontispiece. Thomas Hughes stories with Kate Greenaway art, Harriet Spofford A Boy Astronomer, Olive Thorne Kitchen Garden, Celia Thaxter Easter Song, Lucy Larcom Shower and Flower, and Dodge verses. Also profiles John Milton, German fairies tale, and editorials. Appletons April presents papers on Bergh, Ericsson, Actors and Actresses of New York, Ina Snailery, Stickeen River, and a feature on French Borgia linking to Balzac.
A quirky note imagines shirts woven from paper stories, but the idea unravels as each sheet carries too many tales. The playful concept hints at literary fashion where fiction drapes the wearer in serialized chapters and headlines.
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