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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1875
Page
4
A fragmentary moral tale follows Easyman as a spectre warns him of drunken ruin and its effect on his child. A dream sequence shows revelry wrecking families, prompting the protagonist to seek reform and vow a new path, tempered by fear of consequence.
The piece laments waning home news from Stephenson county and mocks local literary output. It notes a recent school director election with a large turnout by seasoned voters and foresees teachers moving away, listing several names and destinations for the coming term.
A 1875 letter argues reports overstate Nebraska crop ruin from grasshoppers and drought. It notes corn nearly failed while wheat and oats yielded well, attributing hardship to influx of settlers with limited means and farms not yet cultivated, urging balanced view.
A detailed description of Kalakua's Palace at the eastern city edge. The visit notes coral walls, a wide tree shaded avenue, a one story coral edifice, and a grand interior with a green leather table, law books, and portraits of Louis Philippe and other rulers. The Crown room holds the crown and fine engravings. The grand reception room mirrors Washington’s White House in scale and splendor.
The piece describes moss covered moss filled boxes with holly berries shells and a wandering jew plant in water for a green corner display. It also suggests decorative tops for worn tables with red scalloped edges white lace and shell embellishments and mentions a portable scrap bag idea for small spaces.
The description gives step by step instructions to fashion a basic bustle from a brown lifter, a shirt, a hoop skirt wire, and bright satin ribbon. It suggests adding quillings of ribbon, linen pieces, braid, and a bright cord to finish, then placing the item by a bureau.
International match arranged for five thousand dollars and the world championship between Major J H McLaughlin of Detroit and Richard Space of London. Best three of five with two English styles and two American styles. winner claims the title. McLaughlin, 6 ft 1 in, 259 lb, from Oneida North Carolina, has defeated leading wrestlers and won the Detroit International belt. Space, 6 ft 2 in, 260 lb, recent English challenger notes, with a strong record in Britain. match likely first week of May in England.
A neighbor sues over a boundary tree and loses after protracted court battles. Forty three years earlier a country schoolmaster resolved two farms’ dispute by drawing a map and line that both owners accepted. His quiet decree saved land and peace, proving law avoided and feuds ended.
De Im Fayette asked the government about plans for the United States Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 and pledged committee support. Duc de Angres said measures would promote France's representation, with a credit to be asked when the Assembly reconvenes, while the Commerce Minister seeks chamber cooperation.
The April Galaxy runs a Justin McCarthy installment My Lady Diadain and includes Alfred B Street's poem Just Before Sunrise with rural imagery. It also covers My Farm at the Five-mile Stone on New York real estate, a sketch on Michael Angelo's birth anniversary by Geo Lowell Austin, Mrs Edwards Leah, and Grant White's prose version of As You Like It.
The April Atlantic Monthly opens with poems and essays by Aldreh Callie Ita Pratt George B. Wossing Edgar Fawcett and Henry James plus fiction by Rose Terry Maurice Thompson and others. It notes serials articles on Carlyle Norways early kings and California Pacific Coast topics with poetry by T. Harcourt and Miller. Subscription details and publication info are provided by Littell & Gay Boston.
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