03 Aug 1881
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1881
Page
1
A reflective verse contemplates the mystery of wind and water as a breeze wanders along a river. Images of a rose, a gust, and waves mingle with questions about origin and purpose, urging the speaker to become the wandering breeze themselves.
Edgar Arden courts Olive Langley while revisiting his past and Evelyn Leslie, a child friend, inspires a change toward true charity. Arden proposes after a season of social intrigue, and Evelyn accepts, revealing a deeper moral awakening. Meanwhile London funds a £1000 garden for St Margaret's churchyard amid urban expansion and neglect of historic monuments.
An elderly captain aboard the Mystic ferries passengers between Haverstraw brick yards and Cruger's station on the Hudson. He teaches his daughter Hattie to steer and collect fares while he remains aboard, praising her skill and reliability as the boat slips into the slip. The scene highlights a daughter taking the helm under her father’s instruction.
The noted novelist Miss Mulock offers guidance for young writers. She argues stories must hold a central idea and a spine of structure, with every part serving the whole. She adds tips on brevity, avoiding excess adjectives, and the impossibility of fully “life-like” characters, urging fiction as the safe field for writers.
The Presbyterian column argues against credit for domestic economy. It highlights pay as you go as the best rule, noting pass books tempt mismanagement, disputes with servants and dealers, and the risk of overspending. It urges households to live on cash, buy wisely, and avoid cashless stores.
A Des Moines woman petitions for a second divorce from her husband after a separation. She was divorced last September, remarried quickly, and now asks the court to dissolve the marriage again, alleging ongoing cruel treatment by the defendant since the divorce.
The article honors women who served as nurses in the Crimean War, including Miss Nightingale and Miss Mary Seacole. It notes their heroism, cross-class and cross-racial cooperation, Seacole’s battlefield work, and postwar aid from eminent men enabling her later life in comfort after hardship.
A shabby attempt to borrow money ends with Gus White trading a pistol to Disconsolate Jones who refuses, then uses the weapon on Gus. Jones later reports the tale, while Gus is blamed for carrying a pistol. The incident concludes with Jones keeping the pistol as payment for his trouble. Lima Beans and Potatoes. Garden notes discuss lima bean stagnation and tomato and grape vine pruning.
A farming tip explains planting two kernels in every other hill twelve to fifteen days after the first sowing. Late planted seeds produce vigorous stalks that shed pollen onto silks, improving ears, especially under drought. The writer cites repeated beneficial results and urges small scale trials for comparison.
The passage claims a man can judge a woman by her boot heel. It describes four heel types high, medium, small lady-like, and notes the high heel signals giddiness and bad taste, the medium heel signals fashion with restraint, and the small heel signals good breeding and delicacy, advising young men to judge accordingly.
Raymond of Worcester, a boastful soap man, recounts a storm tale to tout his product. He claims during a shipwreck the soap saved him and a captain, letting them wash ashore after lathering up in a cuddy. He hawks remaining cakes at ten cents each and urges buyers not to sail without it.
A Chicago man visiting San Antonio laments the Alamo site and declares if Travis and Crockett fell in Chicago they would have built a grand four story house with gas, telephone, and burglar alarm. He accuses San Antonio residents of treating the Alamo heroes shabbily. The traveler vows to return home on the way back.
Mr Sharpe asks about Wagner. Miss Posigush declares fondness and praise. She recalls a Boston to Chicago ride where she was not tired. Sharpe sighs and denies referring to her tunes, maintaining a wary smile.
The Indianapolis Journal describes how an old iron rail is transformed into a new one. From arrival in the yard it passes through a rolling mill, shears, furnaces, welding, weighing, cooling, straightening, and end finishing before final inspection and splicing. The process involves multiple passes through rolls and machines, with arcing heating and final inspection before loading onto cars.
An advertisement notes that feeling miserable dull or nervous ruins work and preaching and promotes Hop Bitters as a simple remedy. It cites the Albany Times as a source and urges readers to try the product to restore energy and clarity.
A London paper defines the so called baby stare as a fashionable idiocy among young ladies. It involves opening the eyes wide without raising the brows and slowly turning the mouth corners upward, achieved by repeating the word mouse.
A Boston article notes a young man aiding a southern girl who trips on her bonnet. The bonnet needed tying at the back of the neck, and the woman insisted he remain in front to keep him in view, reflecting social propriety of the time.
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