17 Apr 1872
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1872
Page
1
Kawily circle Moree Ode to Spring laments Old Winter's retreat and the arrival of spring on Nebraska farms. The speaker notes cattle, hogs, sheep, and hens waking, the barnyard coming alive, and a cheerful shift in mood as fields prepare for planting.
A lyrical verse speaks of longing and closeness as the speaker asks for a tender whispered reply from a beloved. The poem paints a dark world brightened by the loved one's presence and promises fidelity and shared joy through sorrow and joy alike.
A memoir style reminiscence tells how two brothers turned a risky trapeze act at Royal Conduit Gardens into a famed aerial show. They rose to fame on ropes and a soaring balloon, but a fatal accident ended their risky career when government banned such dangerous feats. The speaker reflects on youth, money, and the cost to his livelihood.
In a Partonian household a colored servant Rose mysteriously disappears to the kitchen, while Violet claims Rose is busy in the kitchen and cannot spare time for coffee. Mrs Parton and Mr Parton help the distraught girl, and Rose is placed in the Foundling Hospital. The piece notes James Parton and Fanny Fern’s support for abolition and portrays a humorous misadventure of domestic service and race.
Towanda resident Alexander Simpson dies after following a quack doctor’s bilious cure to lie outdoors between two broad beards. A sandwiched fat man incident atop the body leads to collapse. Mrs Simpson seeks Dr Hall’s whereabouts amid comic blame and a hunt for remedies.
A San Francisco newspaper prints a benevolent yet sharp spoof about a correspondent. It derides the writer as a fiend, false-tongued midnight monster, red-handed assassin, thief, and other epithets while likening him to a pea-green demon with a cottonwood tail and cork neck studded with hot door-knobs.
A chaotic promo for a Boston Jubilee promises sensational stunts and elaborate orchestration. The piece teases 43 lows and a chromatic scale, gunpowder blasts to blow the organ, and a trunk blast. It mentions Cape Horn navigators, George Francis, and a noisy array of drums and banners.
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