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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1878
Page
2
A worksop tale set in Dampoor with Chinese-Sepal titles, showing a laborer and partner as they express dissatisfaction with work and money. The festive couple Ah Goo and Too Hay meet at a fair and pledge affection, Ah Goo declaring a desire for marriage as Too Hay blushes and replies softly.
Kate Talbot, a wealthy American heiress, becomes the center of a romance triangle with Mons. D'Orley and Rodney Yates. In Paris during political upheaval, D'Orley pursues marriage for security while Yates presses a steady courtship, leading to aid and eventual reunion in London.
Mr P H Foster sends to Scientific American his method to destroy the apple worm. He notes the larva leaves the fruit to pupate after eight to ten days, then the next generation threatens again. His plan in July is to wrap tree trunks with woolen rags, weekly checking for worms, pick up fallen fruit, and eventually poison the rags. He estimates pest losses at about five percent of U S fruit production, rivaling interest costs on the national debt.
A dialogue depicts a lawyer and New York belle Amy discussing romance. He insists he was never refused in life, denying a past declined with thanks on Louie Simpson, highlighting a comic misunderstanding of past rejections.
A saying highlights social contrast: almost anyone can dispatch a boy on tasks, but only the rich can afford to wait for his return, implying leisure and economic ease separate classes. The quote underscores how time value and opportunity differ by wealth.
The piece chronicles the marriage of Miss Ilan nah de Rothschild to the Earl of Roseberry, tracing the Rothschild rise from their Frankfort Juden Gasse origins. It notes Meyer Anselm Rothschild born 1748, his five sons earning baronetcies, Lionel Nathan Rothschild entering Parliament after 1858 emancipation, and the family’s enduring prominence in Frankfurt society and finance.
Professor Youmans in Popular Science Monthly lauds Edison’s phonograph as fixing and replaying sound with surprising fidelity. The device, using a vibrating plate and tin foil, can capture voices and music and reproduce them as if spoken live, foreshadowing vast potential for sound science.
A collection of humorous vignettes from Paris and Madrid. San Francisco correspondence notes Cuil and Saint-Beuve’s earnings and pension, Madrid residents poke at the Manzanares river, and a tale of Cardinal de Bernis cookery. An amused chambermaid and valet moment ends with a blush and a mistaken encounter.
The 18 year old Ann Mor gan of Borth Cardiganshire, famed as a fasting girl, has been removed to Aberystwith Infirmary. Dr Morris Jones, medical officer, found no sign of actual fasting despite reports she had abstained from food for over ten days and liquids for several days. Mouth moisture remained normal, prompting precautions to prevent deception and an official examination of the case.
A timid man leans by a doorpost and muses that a steam engine and a trained dlam are similar. The office chair is hurled, creating racket, as confused sounds emerge resembling a claim that they are both controlled bivalves.
A witty maxim notes a man should know little of other things to dance well and balance partners better if his hair is parted in the middle. The quip frames social grace as simplicity and grooming as a subtle aid.
The April number of a popular magazine features illustrations and stories including Naples life, A Prince of Siam, Emmeline, and Our Front Room. It contains puzzles, notes, and a Picture Gallery. Priced 15 cents an issue or $1.50 yearly, published by Thames & Talbot in Boston.
The April Appleton's Journal features The American at Work second in a new series on the cheesemaker and dairy progress illustrated by Mr. Kelly and by William E. Riding. Also fresh writing from J Brander Matthews About the Ballet with portraits of Salle Camargo, Mrs Annie Edwards's Jet continued, a piece The Wonderful Family by John Esten Cooke, and a debate on poetry alongside papers by R H Stoddard Olive Logan and M K W.
A Russian foray across the frozen Gulf of Bothnia reached Bathan after a sixty mile march. Swedish Colonel and 1,000 men had watched the coast and treated the Russians kindly for two months. The Russians then treacherously seized arms, massacred the colonel and his men, and escaped back across the gulf.
The London Baptist Whets the old idea of the church beginning in the home and links family virtue to church strength. It warns that neglect of household duties weakens religious life and public virtue, while renewed domestic religion boosts spiritual activity and reform.
The April Peterson's Magazine arrives first on our table with a refined presentation. The frontispiece At the Fete Champetre is a charming image. Alongside stories and poems, the issue offers many designs for fancy work and Mrs. Weaver's department is admirably managed.
A child pleads for more fried holes at a tea-table, gazing longingly at a plate of doughnuts and asking if another could be stood. The scene captures a lighthearted domestic moment and the child's yearning for indulgence.
A concise line features a clever boy praising a rainy day as ideal for fishing. He prefers weather too raw for school but just wet enough to lure him outdoors, turning a dreary forecast into a practical excursion.
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