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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1877
Page
2
A clergyman hopes to grow his flock by revivals but asks for help from a peddler. The exchange reveals worn garments and doubts about wealth and earthly goods. The tale ends with a cautionary note on frayed clothing and deception.
A tale set in Bellevue recounts Uncle Zeke and a Blacksmith named Smith whose corn crib is robbed by unseen hands. Zeke inflames superstition with makeshift traps, but a brass knob trap injures him. A white-clad figure appears, a shock knocks him down, and conscience awakens. Mrs. Smith returns to reveal no theft occurred.
An article from the New York journal reports a worker in a machine shop injured when a 700 pound hammer nearly struck the hand on an anvil. The palm was severely damaged, but after hot water treatment for weeks the finger movement improved and the hand regained usefulness. A second case describes a compound fracture with dislocation of a thumb joint treated with tet water care and recovery promising.
In a New Hampshire prison a condemned man describes loving his wife and children yet killing her after drink-driven abuse. He recalls her pale tears and his own guilt, saying he would not have killed if not for alcohol, and accepts life imprisonment without pardon.
A Farwell Hall temperance speaker rebutted the claim that drunkards are made by benevolent men. He argued drunkenness is crime, not kindness, and urged honest diagnoses and the divine remedy through Christ to restore the inebriate, citing Daniel Webster and recent Chicago reactions. Multitudes embrace temperance reforms across the country.
A drunkard asks for liquor in a store, but the keeper serves cold water and explains he stopped selling hard drinks. The repentant man considers the water a better choice and vows to seek only the best, while the storekeeper urges temperance and benevolence as the true remedy.
A New York Observer piece cautions readers to beware of some men while praising noble exceptions. It quotes Burns on man’s inhumanity and envisions universal peace through gospel benevolence and universal preaching of Christian principles.
An 1876 winter banquet for the Ohio General Assembly and other officials is noted, with commentary that wine avoidance would have been unlikely before the Woman's Crusade. The rest of the piece enters devotional reflections on aging, repentance, eternity, and spiritual judgment, urging steadfast faith and humility.
A Paris rumor centers on an armchair once linked to Empress Maria Theresa and Queen Marie Antoinette. The chair traveled from Versailles to the Temple during Louis XVI’s imprisonment, then to England, Berlin, and finally Paris after a jeweler uncovered papers and a portrait inside it.
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