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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1869
Page
5
A London theatre scene recounts the pitiful ballad Father Come Home performed by a lady and child actors. The staging shows a drunken father, a sick child, and a grieving mother leading to a harrowing, teary finale with a coffin and angels.
English papers debate solar influence on Earth as sunspot cycles, magnetic storms, and a 1859 telegraph disruption are linked to possible 1870 recurrence. Spectator muses on solar mutability and moon and sun effects, while experts warn the sun could trigger drastic outcomes.
A reader warns that rapid solar constitution changes could disrupt electric safeguards and telegraphic networks, potentially causing global financial turmoil as telegraph shares collapse. The author links celestial shifts to volatile electric conditions and even jokes about human value as a public company.
In a speech to business college graduates Mayor Hall extols ploddership as essential to success, praising pluck over mere genius. The essay defends the Pacific Railroad feat as proof that sustained toil underpins achievement, noting the law of compensation and steadfast virtue as keys to lasting honor and success.
A jumble of light humor and short notes, recounting gags about a Boston mother praying for family, a Connecticut legislator tricked into a race joke, a stage misread with a boy cast as Willie, and a mix of curiosities from a Polytechnic Association letter. It also notes sunflowers used to curb marsh fever, and local Hanover gossip about pastor opposition to town hall balls and a parish prank turning on church membership.
A collection of practical tips from the Hearth and Home era covering strawberry cake, berry preserves, vinegar maceration, screw greasing, berry ice cream, burns treatment with egg white, camphor for mosquitoes, rice flour cement, currant jelly making, home canning green corn, grindstone trueing, and tool turning with soft iron. Includes citations and household methods from Michigan Farmer and similar sources.
Growers report dwarf pear trees commonly fail after years or yield poor fruit unless soil is deep and rich. Pear stock on quince requires compatible habits, deep organic mulch protects roots from drought, and urban trials in Detroit show vigorous growth where soil is enriched with muck street waste manure.
An 1869 feature argues ferns offer preservative and insect deterrent properties. Bracken and Male fern contain alkaline matter and aromatic oils, could prevent mould in fruit shipments, preserve vegetables, and deter fungi. Suggestions include lining baskets, drying leaves for bedding, and using fern-based preparations to combat pests.
A weather and health essay arguing that hot weather drains vital strength and that vigorous digestion keeps organs nourished. It hails NOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS as a safe, temperate tonic that evens invigoration with purification, contrasts it with unmedicated stimulants, and warns against rye spirits.
In this period notice, Dr. Pierce of Buffalo promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as a perfect specific for catarrh and related head symptoms. The ad offers sixty cents single or four packages for two dollars, with mail order post paid and distribution through druggists nationwide.
Ex Governor Farwell of Wisconsin and Major RE A Ellsworth have formed Farwell Ellsworth and Co a large patent agency at AO Lawn St Cul oaco Ill to procure American and foreign patents and handle general patent office business with a branch in Washington D C Inventors are urged to contact them for prompt service.
The ad claims Tlions Lung Balsam cures consumption and lung complaints by loosening phlegm and soothing irritated chest areas. It asserts the remedy addresses coughing oppression and chest pain and is sold by all druggists.
An 19th century style advertisement extols Hazard and Caswell’s cod liver oil soap made in New York. It claims superiority for treating chapped hands rough skin pimples ringworm salt rheum and other skin ailments while promising easy application and smoother skin.
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