21 Apr 1875
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1875
Page
1
A fragmentary poem by TW Longfellow imagines red desert sands as Time’s spy and Thought’s minister. The speaker muses on ancient caravans, Ishmaelite camels, and the desert’s vast shifting expanse while a golden thread becomes a rising column against the setting sun.
In a coastal town a crowd condemns a man on rumor of murder. Bill, thought dead, returns with truth about Nellie Glendon and the cave tragedy revealing a family link to Nellie. Ernest Meredith grieves, while Madge cares for the wounded boy, and the tale ends with memory and fate shaping two lives.
A practical guide outlines twelve lessons for making wax flowers suited to home use. It details materials such as wax colors green and yellow, leaves from rose and fuchsia, various moulds, pins, wires, and powders, and provides step by step for copying green leaves and stems with emphasis on natural leaf shading and edge detail for lifelike wax blooms.
Article surveys early spring fashion imports and home fashions with details on gray camel hair over chestnut silk costumes, untrimmed gloves, and trimmed sacqués. It notes price trends for gloves, describes children's dresses in white and brown accents, and discusses neckties, lace trims, and crepe lisse ties. It also contrasts the Scotch kilt for girls and boys and offers fabric color ideas and trimming patterns for young children.
A 93 year old man, married six times since 1818, and his 80ish wife at 60 North Street narrate their union. He recalls little of wives two through four, recalls his fifth wife’s substantial fortune, and moved to Troy with wife No. 6 about twenty years ago. Wife No. 6 boasts plans to remarry if a chance arises, while the couple’s frail condition and deafness color their tale.
Aristophanes states that humans once had three sexes and a double nature with four limbs and two faces. Jupiter split them in two to end their insolence, creating humans who seek their other half to avoid being split again. He notes the danger of impious behavior and the peril of losing sacrifices.
Olivia writes to the Philadelphia Times describing the interior as lacking care. She notes empty conservatories, worn furniture in the blue red and green rooms, and a grand east room ruined by crystal chandeliers that clash with Greek plasterwork. A cupboard-like cloak room and a crowded hat window worsen the vestibule’s effect.
A New York court recalls a widow’s challenge to a planned marriage based on her claim to dower from the husband’s real estate. The litigation centers on a deed given before marriage showing the bride’s lack of knowledge and the balance of the husband’s estate, with the judge noting dower as a legal and moral protection for a wife.
The article explains how salt leaches from rock to oceans through erosion and rivers, forming deposits in places like Portland and Texas. It notes African salt distribution by grain leaching, and asserts salt’s ubiquity in soil and plants, linking salt to animal feeding and vision health.
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