Rome longing and a southern cruise misspent amid Milan sights
A traveler narrates Milan’s Baths of Nero and San Alessandro then the Royal Palace and Napoleonic relics. He details a singer aunt in Milan, a La Scala risk, and a Rome-tinged cruise plan with typhoid fever cancelling Rome. Local news notes property gains and crime-fraud concerns, asking for proof.
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Victor Emanuel
Austria
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Lake Como
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Gaeta
Naples
Messina
Palermo
Tunis
Algiers
Port Mahone
Villafranche
Our Vice President praised as capable presiding officer
The Washington correspondent notes Vice President Arthur has earned broad respect, surpassing a mere figurehead. He manages Senate duties with skill, appearing both dignified and courteous, and is described as tall and well dressed, liked by Democrats and Republicans. He and Conkling are close friends sharing quarters.
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Washington
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Blaine
Garfield
Senate
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Inter Ovean
Spring Time in Baileyville Brings Mud and Idle Fields
Baileyville Illinois editor reports a slow spring with lingering snow and mud bound roads. Farmers wait for ground to thaw as seeding remains stalled and conditions hinder work. The piece notes a recent mild day but emphasizes overall gloom and delayed agricultural activity.
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Baileyville
Ill
Pronunciation Practice Piece Guides Readers
A Western Magazine note discusses an extensive pronunciation exercise and its demoralizing tale of an elderly Mr. described as a misogynist. The piece recounts threats and mockery by ruffians, including physical abuse, branding, and a staged interrogation, ending with the subject finding a sinecure through a compassionate patron.
Erin Town Election Results Show Mixed Party Support
Voters in Erin Town weighed party lines in a local election. Majorities favored Democrat candidates for supervisor and town clerk, while Republicans won town collector and the highways post. Justice of the Peace nominees split, with N J Churchill leading and John W Pickard trailing. A total of 167 votes cast in town, 144 in the village, suggesting broad satisfaction with the incumbent’s record.
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Freeport Journal
Eleroy
Justice of the Peace
Democratic Party
R. G. Stout
A. J. Rees
R. C. Stout
Kk. G. Harris
German Lessons Offered by Natural Method In Spring Term
Due to many applicants, J. W. Troger announces new German courses under the Natural Method. Beginnings and advanced classes are forming with recitations daily at set hours. Private lessons available at one dollar each. classes start Monday April 25. A testimonial list from students endorses the instruction. Onion seeds sold fresh by the pound at a local grocery.
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J. W. Troger
O. B. Bidwell
Geo. H. Pattison
O. B. Sanford
R. F. Hayes
L. Z. Farwell
H. ©. Hyde
T. D. Wilcoxon
Jas
I. Neff
Will Fry
H. Woodmans
A. P. Goddard
Wm. O. Wright
O. P. McCool
G. W. Tandy
O. H. Lintner
C. D. Knowlton
Aster
Stephenson
Ilinois
Thomas Webster
Benjamin F. Rhodes
Eva
Freeport
Saic Qoury
Illinois
Stephenson County Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company
Pecatonica
Said
Illinois Central Railroad
Pege Bore
Michael Stoskopf
ALC
Hyde
Robert Pilson
Stephenson County
Holden
Court House
Abdiel C. Martin
Electric Bitters Cure for Stomach and Liver Ailments
Given up by the Doctors. Electric Bitters have often been used when cures failed. They cure diseases of the stomach liver kidneys and urinary organs and also relieve constipation headaches and bilious attacks. Sold by Emmert & Burrell for fifty cents a bottle.
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Emmert & Burrell
Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup Endorsed for Children
The advertisement praises Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup as a pleasant soothing cough remedy for children. It invites readers to ask their druggist for a bottle, priced at 25 or 50 cents.
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Nger
Frank
Jesse James
Frank James
Cole
A. V. Ridgel
ARDS
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Winnebago Counties
Ireeport
Grain buyers from Freeport report by Smith and Porter
Smith and Porter of Freeport report grain buying activity with details on prices and market conditions. The update notes purchaser demand and regional trading patterns affecting local elevator business.
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Smith & Porter
Freeport
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