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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1880
Page
8
A collage of brief items from the era includes remarks on smoking and its dangers, urban anecdotes, quotes, and local tidbits. The piece references Tonawanda New York, a lynching scare briefly diverted by charity, humorous lines, and assorted notices from newspapers and letters.
Mr Harriott recalls Washington Irving’s gentle greeting as a child living near Sunnyside. He recounts Irving’s story of a bogus spaniel sewn around a terrier, a prank that ended with Irving’s amused reaction and a vow to someday publish the incident.
The passage notes that women hold substantial portions of national bonds and own bank stock in eastern and middle states. It argues women own real estate in their own names and control, highlighting their significant economic stake and potential influence on taxation and government. It suggests property ownership fosters interest in governance and fiscal prudence. It reviews how legal changes expanding women's rights have been more equitable than stabilizing overall judgment.
The London World describes footwomen in Eaton Place wearing livery including black and white mob-cap, stand-up collar, white cravat, brown hunting coat style, buff waistcoat, and silver buckled red stockings. Four maids served dinner, their outfits matching the striking upper dress.
A fruit grower reports a homemade treatment for codling moth using lime, wood ashes, cow manure, soap, Paris green, water to form a paste and coat trees. The result shows bark renewal and apparent improvement. The piece also recounts Countess Mascedo and Senorita Penedo nearly suffocating from flower perfumes in a closed carriage after Queen Isabel la's soirée, rescued when windows were opened.
A humorous line shows a child longing for sugar and a playful call to a mother. The snippet captures a quaint dialect and innocent craving, illustrating light domestic humor.
Curios line Albert Call's San Francisco street shop including a 350 pound sandstone ball from Gallisteo noted as water formed and cannonball shaped. Also a large white stone from a near tunnel lining and an eight inch by five inch petrified cactus. Antiquarian globes from Lasell Seminary show 1800 London craft with celestial and terrestrial spheres and a U S map showing 1800s geography.
Mr Froude recalls his initial year at Oxford with lax discipline and lavish living. He notes widespread dissipation, lack of guidance from deans or tutors, and preposterous prices. He laments college charges as extravagant and describes novices as targets of plunder before self reliance.
Mr. Thompson compliments Mr. Simpson and asks him to keep his pigs off the grounds. Mr. Simpson replies with a quip about spelling pigs with two gees. Thompson asks to add the letter E to a word to honor Mrs. Simpson. Simpson returns Thompson's letter unopened, deeming it impertinent and vulgar.
The LondonForld reports two burglaries near Walton and Way Bridge now solved. A convalescent hospital near those sites, funded by local volunteers, was found to shelter thieves and ticket of leave men. A Scotland Yard detective identified several infamous criminals among the inmates during an outing.
The speaker claims Mr. Godfrey was hopelessly ill and given up by doctors but recovered entirely with Stop Bitters in ten days. A neighbor vows to obtain the remedy for her sick George, noting hops as a possible aid.
Advertisement notes a remedy named Spring Blossom claimed to cure disorders from blood impurities such as constipation and indigestion. It offers trial bottles priced at ten cents with a general statement of value and humorous tone.
Sfudge of Battle Creek Michigan writes May 16 1374 that a boiling water burn was soothed and blistering prevented by Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil. He claims relief in three days and says the family prizes the remedy highly.
Graduates of Washington and Jefferson College living in St Louis have formed an alumni association to unite former students. Members plan events and fundraising to support college programs and scholarships.
A survey of emerging tech cites C J Kintner on electric power for telegraphs and buildings. Capt Abney’s photographic sunshine recorder records sun paths on sensitive paper. A ship crewman reports electric currents through his body from a Siemens dynamo. New Japan mineral wealth notes coal dominance. copper, silver, gold follow. A simple magic lantern for winter fun uses a lamp globe and sulphate crystals to display forest-like patterns.
A vivid portrait describes stone peasant huts in Galway and Mayo with mud floors and single rooms. Smoke from peat fires fills cabins. housing lacks drainage and bedding, with pigs roaming nearby. Many cabins harbor sick residents dependent on neighbors or remittances from America.
Colorado exchange reports tests on preventing smut with copper sulfate. Half the seed soaked in the chemical and half sown dry smeared out smut in several varieties. Eleven dry treated samples smutted, while twenty wet ones showed no smut, indicating blue vitriol as a reliable preventive. Bearded wheat also resists pests better than smooth varieties.
A collage of fashion remarks from January and a satirical aside in the Houston Commercial Bulletin discusses coupons, railroads, dividends, fichus, checks, stripes at Sing Sing and Concord, high value figures, fashion desirables, opera parties, dots, bathing suits for children, bonnet bills, nap on night dresses, old gold in stockings, flat pocket-books, and a joke about a bald headed man and hair.
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